Google now uses your uploaded search media to train AI

A few simple adjustments to your settings will opt you out of Google's latest AI-training method. [...]

'Physical media is what makes consoles the best place to play' — PlayStation fans pushing back against Sony's plan to end physical discs have managed to amass over 170,000 signatures in a bid to reverse the decision

PlayStation fans have created a petition to urge Sony to reverse its decision to end physical disc production, and it's already surpassed 170,000 signatures. [...]

A senator is urging Wall Street to reject Trump Media's paid post feed — banks aren't interested anyway

Senator Mark Warner wrote to major financial trade groups urging them to disavow the arrangement, while banks showed little interest [...]

Black Forest Labs launches FLUX 3 capable of generating images and 20-second video with audio — but in limited release to start

Black Forest Labs (BFL) is expanding its FLUX family beyond image generation with today's launch of FLUX 3, a multimodal frontier model trained to understand and generate images, or combined audi [...]

Sega president says 'we still value the culture of physical media' but 'believe that a digital shift is crucial'

Sega president Shuji Utsumi has addressed the controversy surrounding Sony's decision to end the production of game discs in 2028. [...]

Disney+ just lost 4K and all HDR support in parts of Europe, so you have to ask what the point of a Premium subscription is — and this is exactly why physical media is on the rise

Disney+ has stopped streaming in 4K and HDR to some European subscribers, most likely because of a streaming patent dispute. Premium customers are going to be very unhappy, but there's no word on [...]

Miss your CD collection? This wall-mounted display for Spotify and Apple Music promises to bring back its ‘feeling of connection’ — but its maker insists he doesn’t want to kill off physical media

Spine Music founder Ricardo Amorim is putting his love for albums and CD collecting into a new digital music display. [...]

Trump Media's paid data feed giving Wall Street faster access to Trump's posts is now live

The Truth API charges up to $100,000 a month for millisecond-faster access to Trump's posts, drawing calls for a federal investigation [...]

This transparent CD player puts the inner workings on full display like a work of art — it's the perfect showpiece for physical media fans

Syitren's new CD player is equal parts music player and live art display, and it looks like it came straight from an art gallery. [...]