NA PlayStation Store Sales This Week Include PS Plus Specials, A Way Out And More

Sony is offering a major PS Plus sale this week that includes many of the recently released games. There is also a soccer themed sale for those who are interested in this genre.

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Source: PS4 News – NA PlayStation Store Sales This Week Include PS Plus Specials, A Way Out And More

California Is Halfway to Restoring Net Neutrality

A California bill that would hold internet service providers accountable for violating net neutrality has passed the State Senate, meaning it is halfway to becoming law. The legislation, first introduced in January, is considered by digital rights advocates to be the “gold standard” of state-level laws aiming to…

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Source: Gizmodo – California Is Halfway to Restoring Net Neutrality

Intellivision Announces New Console

In news that no one expected, benzinga is reporting that Intellivision is going to release a new family video game console. Industry veteran Tommy Tallarico has been named President of Intellivision Entertainment, and is bringing with him original Intellivision team members to create the new console. While the new system is yet to be named, details will be released on October 1st, and the first 100,000 people who subscribe to updates at IntellivisionEntertainment.com will get the opportunity to purchase a unique, limited edition version of the console that will not be available in stores.



I was never an Intellivision guy, went from Atari to NES, to Genesis to PC, with a smattering of other consoles here and there since. It’s very cool that they are wanting to stay to their roots, as well as bringing back original team members. Hopefully they will bring some original ideas with them.

“I grew up playing Intellivision with my parents and younger brother,” says Tallarico. “It was always my favorite system because the games were cutting edge, yet fun and simple to play so our entire family could enjoy them together. I find those important elements to generally be lacking from our industry with the current modern gaming consoles. Our goal is to change that by focusing on bringing all age groups and levels of gamers and non-gamers together while introducing new generations of people to the legacy success of the Intellivision brand.”

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Intellivision Announces New Console

California Senate Votes To Restore Net Neutrality

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The California Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a bill that would reinstate the net neutrality regulations repealed by the Federal Communications Commission in December. The bill, S.B. 822, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), was introduced in March and passed through three committees, all along party-lines. The bill was approved 23-12 and will now head to the state Assembly. The bill would reinstate rules similar to those in the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order. It forbids ISPs from throttling or blocking online content and requires them to treat all internet traffic equally. But the bill also takes the original rules further by specifically banning providers from participating in some types of “zero-rating” programs, in which certain favored content doesn’t contribute to monthly data caps. If the bill goes on to pass in the Assembly, providers will no longer be able to obtain government contracts in the state of California without obeying the regulations.

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Source: Slashdot – California Senate Votes To Restore Net Neutrality

California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules

Enlarge / Net neutrality supporter protests the FCC’s repeal outside a federal building in Los Angeles, California on November 28, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Ronen Tivony | NurPhoto)

The California State Senate today approved net neutrality rules that are even stricter than the federal regulations they’re meant to replace.

The California bill would replicate the US-wide bans on blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization that were implemented by the FCC in 2015, and it would go beyond the FCC rules with a ban on paid data-cap exemptions. California is one of several states trying to impose state-level net neutrality rules because the FCC’s Republican leadership decided to eliminate the federal rules effective June 11.

The California Senate passed the bill by a vote of 23-12, with all 23 aye votes coming from Democrats and all 12 noes coming from Republicans. To become law in California, the bill also needs approval from the Democratic-majority State Assembly and Governor Jerry Brown, also a Democrat.

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Source: Ars Technica – California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules

Get Your Gamer Kid 12 Free Digital Issues of Little Player Magazine  

Does your kid love video games? Does he or she need some summer reading material that doesn’t conjure up visions of school? Then check this out: Right now, you can get 12 free digital issues of Little Player, a video game magazine made just for kids. Download year one (issues 1-6) here and year two (issues 7-12) here.

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Source: LifeHacker – Get Your Gamer Kid 12 Free Digital Issues of Little Player Magazine  

Intel QLC NAND Updates: Up to 20TB In 2.5-inch SSD

While today’s Intel event was mostly focused on the announcement of their Optane DIMMs, they have also provided updates on their plans for using their new QLC NAND flash memory. Intel and Micron jointly announced their 64-layer 4 bit per cell (QLC) 3D NAND flash memory earlier this month, but at that time only Micron announced a specific product: the 5210 ION enterprise SATA SSD. Intel still hasn’t officially launched any QLC-based SSDs, but they have now confirmed two different QLC SSDs in developmet.


For the client market, Intel will introduce a QLC-based SSD in the second half of this year. While still officially unnamed, we expect this to be the Intel SSD 660p that has shown up on several leaked roadmaps and a few unofficial online retailer product listings. Those leaks point to a low-end M.2 SSD with a PCIe x2 interface and capacities up to 2TB.


On the enterprise side, Intel has put up to 20TB of QLC NAND into a 2.5-inch drive. During today’s discussions about Optane at Intel HQ, one of Intel’s partners accidentally disclosed that they were working with 20 TB sized QLC drives in a 2.5-inch form factor – this is most likely a 15mm thick U.2 NVMe SSD. That would be positioned below the Intel SSD DC P4510 TLC-based SSD family that currently offers up to 8TB in a 2.5″ 15mm U.2 form factor. Intel is currently sampling enterprise QLC drives to select cloud service providers and OEMs, and production availability is planned for the second half of this year. It is not confirmed whether the 20TB capacity will be available for that initial launch, but it seems likely. Even higher capacities may be available in Intel’s Ruler form factor.


At the event, Intel was presenting with a laptop using a QLC, so there are engineering samples around. We were unable to determine if this was a 2.5-inch drive or an M.2 drive.


Intel is currently manufacturing all of their 3D NAND at Fab 68 in Dalian, China. A major expansion to this fab is coming online soon that will increase its capacity by 75%. The joint Intel/Micron Fab 2 in Utah is no longer producing 3D NAND and has been converted entirely to producing 3D XPoint memory. With Intel and Micron’s NAND flash partnership coming to an end as Micron prepares to switch to a charge-trap memory cell design after the 96-layer generation, the IM Flash Technologies joint venture could use a renaming to reflect its 3D XPoint future.




Source: AnandTech – Intel QLC NAND Updates: Up to 20TB In 2.5-inch SSD

New Evidence Reveals a 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

The first people to cross into North America from Eurasia did so by traveling through the Bering Strait, or so the theory goes. A new theory has emerged proposing a coastal route into the continent, but evidence has been lacking. A recent analysis of boulders, bedrock, and fossils in Alaska is now providing a…

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Source: Gizmodo – New Evidence Reveals a 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

A Bunch Of Crazy People Throwing Themselves Down A Hill After A Cheese Wheel

This is an injury highlight reel from this year’s Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling contest near Gloucester in England. The object of the race is to chase a cheese wheel (now a foam replica on account of a nine pound cheese wheel rolling at 70MPH can do some serious damage) down the steep slope of Cooper’s Hill. The first one to cross the finish line wins a real 9-pound wheel of double Gloucester. Injuries this year included thousands of bruises, a dislocated shoulder, a torn calf muscle, and countless parents disappointed in their children’s decisions.

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Source: Geekologie – A Bunch Of Crazy People Throwing Themselves Down A Hill After A Cheese Wheel

When Should You Close an Old Credit Card?

If you opened credit cards for certain purposes (like, say, an extra 20 percent off at the Gap), then you may have a few extra lying around that you’re wondering what to do with. You don’t use them—you’re more of Club Monaco girl now—but is closing them the smartest solution?

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Source: LifeHacker – When Should You Close an Old Credit Card?

Why Twitter Started Banning Some of Its Youngest Users

Twitter, in an effort to comply with the European Union’s privacy-centric General Data Protection Regulation, has begun to suspend accounts belonging users who were under the age of 13 when they first signed up. While the cynic in me is all for Twitter cleansing its service of youths, it isn’t exactly implementing …

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Source: Gizmodo – Why Twitter Started Banning Some of Its Youngest Users