Sony phases out PlayStation discs, and gamers are furious
Sony is slowly killing physical games, prompting a backlash over who actually owns what they buy.

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Sony is slowly killing physical games, prompting a backlash over who actually owns what they buy.
A misread comment from a Sony DADC executive sparked panic over a 90% collapse, but the actual number is a far smaller decline that changes the physical media timeline.
Hunan Satellite TV, a major state-owned broadcaster, airs a fully AI-generated classic adaptation, taking synthetic video from social media slop to prime time.
A judge refused to dismiss the $100M defamation suit, sending the cable network and a lawyer into discovery over an unproven on-air claim.
The iconic synth maker's new plug-in offers 250 genre-based palettes to generate melodies, chords, basslines, and drums - a more controlled alternative to Suno's full-song generation.
Small card businesses are losing thousands to mail-order theft, forcing new packaging, insurance, and delivery strategies.
Y Combinator's co-founder warns that launching a company to seem cool is a brutal, inefficient path compared to easier ways to impress.
Japan's tech giant is signaling a strategic shift toward high-growth sectors, with an eye on manufacturer deals. Here's what it means for the competitive landscape.
The country star leads a class action alleging Suno encodes artists' personas as tokens, letting users conjure their identities with a name prompt.
As Suno inks deals with Warner and BMG, UMG and Sony argue those licenses prove a market exists-potentially sinking its fair-use defense.
Music publishers target Claude's training data in a multibillion-dollar case that could reshape how AI companies license creative work.
A 12-terabyte dump of Steam data reveals prototypes and builds of third-party classics like GTA 3 and Mafia 2, plus unreleased Valve content, rewriting game history.