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Just a few days after Apple finally opened the App Store to iPhone retro game emulation for the first time, the Delta emulator has taken the world by storm. The free app is able to play countless classic Nintendo games from a variety of consoles, and quickly shot to the top of the App Store’s charts, where it remains as of Friday afternoon. Currently, Delta is the only emulator on the App Store worth downloading, but that might change in the near future. https://twitter.com/provenanceapp/status/…
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Later this week, Taylor Swift will release her highly-anticipated new album, The Tortured Poets Department. The album will be on sale and streaming wherever you get your music on April 19, but Swift hasn’t given fans any songs to tide them over while they wait. Thankfully, social media is helping to pick up the slack with a few fun easter eggs, including an exclusive new feature on Taylor Swift’s Instagram profile that we haven’t seen anywhere else before. As spotted by Billboard, head to Swift’…
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Days after Apple announced that developers could offer retro game emulators, Riley Testut’s Delta app has made its long-awaited debut on the App Store. As the successor to GBA4iOS, Delta is an all-in-one emulator with support for a variety of Nintendo consoles. At the moment, it’s possible to play NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games on Delta. Each console has its own skin that mirrors the look of the original controller. You can also upload your own custom ski…
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Late last year, YouTube finally began cracking down on ad blockers. The company encouraged users who blocked ads to upgrade to YouTube Premium and disabled all videos if they refused. This year, the video service is expanding the enforcement of its ad-blocker policy by setting its sights on third-party apps that allow viewers to skirt advertisements. On Monday, YouTube posted an update on its support site about third-party apps. Viewers who use third-party apps may experience buffering or see th…
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Sony is struggling to keep a lid on its unannounced PS5 Pro. Any questions you had about the “high-end version” of the PS5 (codenamed Trinity) have likely already been answered by a leak or report. The leaks continued on Tuesday as The Verge shared new details about what a PS5 Pro “Enhanced” game will actually look like on the upgraded console. Sony is reportedly telling developers to create new graphics modes exclusively for games on the PS5 Pro. The modes will reportedly combine the PlayStatio…
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Over the past few months, we have all had the chance to expand our library of Nintendo Switch games rather significantly with all of QubicGames’ giveaways. This Friday, the publisher is back with another promotion, but you’ll have to take out your wallet for this one. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, QubicGames is marking down over 100 Switch games to just 20 cents a piece starting on Friday, April 12th at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. You will be able to find all the deeply discounted games by searchin…
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During its Google Cloud Next ’24 event on April 9th, Google announced an all-new AI-powered video creation app for work called Vids. The app will exist alongside Google’s other Workspace apps, such as Drive, Meet, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Google describes Vids as an all-in-one video, writing, production, and editing assistant. Unlike some of the other exciting AI-powered video makers we’ve seen in recent months, this is a tool for work, not for creating picturesque clips of a couple walking dow…
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In a rather stunning turn of events, Apple updated its App Review Guidelines this week to allow retro game emulators on the App Store. Unlike many of the recent changes to iOS, this change won’t be limited to Europe. In the coming days and weeks, developers all around the world will be able to launch their emulators on the App Store legally. Here’s what the App Review Guidelines say about retro game emulators as of this week: Apps may offer certain software that is not embedded in the binary, sp…
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After revealing the cast of The Fantastic Four in February, Marvel Studios has reportedly found one of the team’s foils as well. On Wednesday, Deadline reported that Julia Garner will play the Silver Surfer in the forthcoming comic book movie. More specifically, Garner - who rose to fame as Ruth Langmore in Netflix’s crime drama series Ozark - will play Shalla-Bal, Empress of Zenn-La and the lover of Norrin Radd, who is the Silver Surfer in the comics. Eventually, she obtains the Power Cosmic as…
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March was relatively slow for new video games, but April is the first month of 2024 without a big new triple-A release. While we all patiently await news about the PS5 Pro, the Switch 2, and the all-digital Xbox Series X, there are still plenty of interesting titles to keep us occupied, including two long-awaited JRPGs and a PS5-exclusive action game. First up, here are the five new video games we’re most excited to play in April 2024. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes https://www.youtube.com/wa…
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In order to settle a 2020 lawsuit accusing Google of lying to users about tracking and collecting their data in Chrome’s Incognito mode, the company agreed to delete and remediate billions of data records collected from private browsing sessions. According to the proposed settlement in Brown v. Google, deleting troves of data is just one of several conditions. Going forward, Google will rewrite its disclosures to make it more clear that the company collects private browsing data by updating its…
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