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Nintendo will start taking action against real-money transactions inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo said on Monday, June 15 that it will move to eliminate real-money transactions when players buy and sell villagers and other items in the game. In a statement to Japanese website J-Cast, Nintendo said that using real money to buy and sell virtual goods is a violation of its terms of service. The company didn’t divulge how it would handle incidents but said that it will evaluate each transaction on a “case by case basis....

In almost every industry, competition drives innovation up and prices down, and in PC hardware, there’s little as hotly competitive as the graphics card market. But what’s good for the gamer is good for the gander too, because while AMD may be riding high on a wave of publicity, goodwill, and mindshare after the release of itsFidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling algorithm, Nvidia is more than happy to coast atop it. It’s been trying for a long time to make upscaling relevant, and in releasing a solution that’s available to almost everyone, AMD has done it instead....

Olympus is bringing the budget PENmirrorless cameraup to 2018 standards with new 4K capabilities and built-in Bluetooth. On Thursday, April 5,Olympus announcedavailability of the newPEN E-PL9in North America. The camera officially launched last month, but only in overseas markets. The Olympus PEN E-PL9 wraps up much of the same imaging hardware as the predecessor,the E-PL8. The camera uses the same 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, a nearly identical 8.6-frames-per-second burst mode, and the same three-axis sensor-shift image stabilization system....

The AI race is unforgivingly fast and brutal. Industries have already adopted it, and the biggest AI companies are racing to put it in the hands of students through exclusive deals and discounts. Now, it seems the next avenue is giving universal access to all citizens, starting withChatGPTPlus. What’s the deal? Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology in the UK, has reportedly held discussions with OpenAI that involve givingChatGPT Plusaccess to all UK residents....

Following its U.S. debut in January, OpenAI’s Operator AI agent will soon be expanding to eight new nations, the company announced on Friday. “Operator is now rolling out to Pro users in Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK, and most places ChatGPT is available,” the OpenAI team wrote in a post to X. The company is “still working on making Operator available in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein & Iceland,” but has not clarified release timing for those additional countries....

After aruthlessly crowded year for video games, you’d think I’d be ready to slow down and take a breather. Unfortunately for me, the video game industry rests for no one. 2024 is right around the corner, and it’s already filling up with new game releases — some of which threaten to be 100-hour affairs that could keep players occupied for an entire year. While 2023’s big releases were set in stone before the year even began, 2024’s release calendar is more of a mystery....

“Why you may trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ When I interviewed the founder of Pantheoneabout his upcoming connected home speaker system, I saw a passion in him for creating something many have attempted and few have achieved: A home audio system designed to look as good as it sounded....

Mobile carriers have touted5Gas thenext giant leapin wireless communication and technology, with expectations to impact health care, transportation, and robotics to name a few. Despite the buzz and pending implications, 5G is only available in select cities, and typically in even moreselect areas of those cities. That hasn’t thwarted people from buying5G phones, though. A new report from global research firm,Counterpoint Technology Market Research, states that the majority of 5G smartphone sales in the month of May came from areas that currently don’t have 5G service....

Summary Bryton Constantin has proven to be outright rude and ignorant, making him the real villain inPerfect Matchseason 2. WhenPerfect Matchseason 2premiered on June 7, there were many familiar faces from different Netflix reality shows making their way into the villa,ready to form a genuine connection. Among them was Bryton, a contestant onSquid Game: The Challengeseason 1. The 24-year-old participated as player 432. Bryton wasn’t seen as one of the best competitors by the other players and was eliminated mid-season....

As Americans turn out to the polls on Tuesday to vote, AI startup Perplexity is launching an election information hub, powered by data from the Associated Press, to provide live updates on the results. “We want to do our part to support an informed electorate,”the company announced Friday, “so we’ve built the election hub on Perplexity’s answer engine: an entry point for understanding key issues, voting intelligently, and tracking election results....

Besides announcing the big winners and unveiling new projects,this year’s Game Awardswill also include a slew of yet-to-be-released game demos that will be free on PC, includingSpiritfarer, Digital Trends’ E3 Best Visuals award winner. Developed by Thunder Lotus,Spiritfarerhas players control Stella, a ferry master who builds a ferry boat and embarks on a journey to explore the world while also befriending and caring for animal spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife....

Pokemon collectors fear for their wallets as “cozy” new card features Kanto favorite Pokemon TCG fans are being treated to a slow but steady roster of exciting card reveals for the upcoming expansion sets on the calendar. DespiteShrouded Fablenot being out yet, Pokemon card reveals for the September setStellar Crownhave already begun making their way out into the community. The Japanese counterpart to the set,Stellar Miracle, went down well with fans and it’s likely this set will do the same....

SpaceX was set to perform another test of the world’s most powerful rocket last night, but the launch was scrubbed in the final minute before takeoff. Now the eighth test flight of the Starship will have to wait for at least a day as engineers check on problems with the rocket. Starship was scheduled to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT) on Monday, March 3, and the rocket was fueled and on the pad ready for takeoff....