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EU says it can't stop Sony from ending physical PlayStation game releases (techspot.com)

2026-07-13 | by Rob Thubron | tags: digital, games, physical

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Xbox gamer wins lawsuit against Microsoft to restore account and digital library (engadget.com)

2026-07-12 | by Jackson Chen | tags: access, account, court

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This gamer had to sue Microsoft to get his hijacked Xbox account back (techspot.com)

2026-07-12 | by Daniel Sims | tags: account, digital, microsoft

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Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-11 | by Luke James | tags: account, court, digital

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‘Backrooms’ Seeps Into Your Home Starting Next Week (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: arrive, arrive digital, digital

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Meta Failed to Protect Users From Addictive Apps, EU Says (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-10 | tags: bloc, bloc regulator, breach

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Data shows physical PlayStation games can be up to 90% cheaper than their digital versions (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Daniel Sims | tags: digital, games, physical

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Former ransomware negotiator gets 4 years for BlackCat attacks (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: attacks, blackcat, digitalmint

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The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia’s AI ‘Fuckup Finder’ (wired.com)

2026-07-09 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: country, digital, estonia

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Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-09 | by Jowi Morales | tags: accounts, chinese, digital

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The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder” (wired.com)

2026-07-09 | by Chris Stokel-Walker | tags: country, digital, estonia

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PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity (EU) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Rasmus Larsen | tags: account, digital, discs

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Digital Deli, 1984 book by early PC hackers and enthusiasts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: computer, computers, digital

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State IDs for AI Agents: Will Estonia Set a Precedent? (darkreading.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: agents, agents government, ai agents

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An interactive explorer for Benford's Law across real datasets (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | by Vatsal Bakshi | get Benford's Law Explorer Tool → | tags: benford, benford law, dataset

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Netflix is about to host videos from BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, and other publishers (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Streaming Video Content Hub → | tags: added, brands, deal

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Physical media is dying. So is the idea that you own what you buy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-06 | get Digital Media Storage Kit → | tags: beginning, coming, coming physical

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It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | get Digital Game Ownership Guide → | tags: console, digital, game

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Companies join hands to collectively dunk on PlayStation's all-digital future — Domino's pizza, KFC, and GameSir all threaten an end to physical production (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get GameSir X2 Bluetooth Controller → | tags: account, chicken, controller

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Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-03 | by Etiido Uko | get Data Center Infrastructure Kit → | tags: center, data center, digital

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PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation (engadget.com)

2026-07-03 | by Kris Holt | get PlayStation Game Preservation Kit → | tags: playstation, sony, ps5

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, July 3 (cnet.com)

2026-07-03 | by See Full Bio | tags: cnet, gael cooper, pudding pops

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24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense (2012) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | get HiFi Digital Music Player → | tags: xiph.org, neil young, apple

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24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | get Hi-Fi Digital Music Player → | tags: xiph.org, neil young, apple

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Game Discs Deserve to Die (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | get Digital Game Download Card → | tags: game discs, digital future, consumer-friendly

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Digital archivists rush to save PS3 game data before Sony shuts down the store forever in 2027 — RPCS3 emulator urges users to preserve all content (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-02 | by Hassam Nasir | get PS3 Game Preservation Kit → | tags: digital, future, game

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Typographers Have Spent a Thousand Years Trying—and Failing—to Render Arabic Properly (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-02 | get Arabic Font Pack → | tags: typography, arabic script, font rendering

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I Tried Rips, the Card-Pack App Where Users Spend Thousands Chasing Pricey Pokémon (wired.com)

2026-07-02 | by Reece Rogers | get Pokémon TCG Card Pack → | tags: rips, pokemon cards, apptopia

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AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi (theverge.com)

2026-07-02 | by Nilay Patel | get AI Advertising Analytics Tool → | tags: publicis, digitas, cannes lions

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As Sony exits physical media, Microsoft is testing a way to link your Xbox discs to digital licenses (techspot.com)

2026-07-02 | get Xbox Digital License Adapter → | tags: sony, microsoft, xbox