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Wes Davis
Wes Davis
You’ll need a PSN account to play the Horizon Zero Dawn remaster on PC.

Meanwhile, the original game has been delisted on Steam, Polygon writes. (You can still get it in a bundle with the remaster, which requires you to link a PSN account.)

Sony introduced the same requirement for God of War: Ragnarök earlier this year, and unlike with Helldivers 2, it hasn’t taken that decision back.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Lego’s site was hacked to promote fake crypto.

An X post spotted by The Brick Fan flagged to the company yesterday that its online shop was displaying a “LEGO Coin” cryptocurrency banner.

Naturally, there is no such thing; Lego tells Engadget that the situation was quickly resolved and no user data was compromised.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
X paid its fines to the wrong bank, says Brazil’s Supreme Court.

On Friday, the social media company once again asked Brazil to lift its ban on X, saying it had paid the roughly $5 million in fines it owed from its tiff with the nation’s Supreme Court.

But the court said that will have to wait until the money is transferred to the correct bank, reports Reuters.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
YouTube has almost reversed all the damage from a channel-deleting glitch.

After a bug “incorrectly flagged” some channels for spam and removed them, YouTube started working on getting the channels back. That’s done, the Team YouTube X account posted — now it’s just working to get the last few videos reinstated.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
The US is investigating Fisker’s liquidation plan.

In a filing yesterday spotted by TechCrunch, the US Securities and Exchange Commission objects to the company’s “use of an opt-out process to attempt to bind shareholders to a third-party release.” It also worries the plan doesn’t “adequately preserve” the SEC’s ability to investigate the company for securities violations.

Fisker filed for bankruptcy in June after years of trying to best Tesla.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
X argued it shouldn’t owe a fine in Australia because it’s not Twitter.

The company claimed that it’s not liable for failing to fully answer a notice asking how it handles child abuse imagery because Twitter “ceased to exist” after the notice was sent, as ArsTechnica writes.

The judge didn’t buy the argument, though, so X still must pay a $610,500 AUD (about $414,100 USD) fine Australia issued last year.

Big Tech has cozied up to nuclear energy

Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US.

Justine Calma
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Texas is suing TikTok for sharing minors’ personal data.

State Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges that TikTok has violated the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act by not giving parents control of their kids’ privacy and account settings, writes Reuters. TikTok denied the allegations in a statement to The Texas Tribune.

TikTok A federal judge blocked part of the act requiring large social networks to stop harmful content from reaching minors just prior to the law taking effect on September 1st.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Qi2 3-in-1 wireless charging station review.

This one’s the $79.99 Kuxiu X40Q tri-folding magnetic wireless charger, but it’s available under many names and prices on Amazon or Temu. I love the design having owned a less-powerful no-name Qi version for about a year. It folds up super small for travel and unfurls into a “Z” to simultaneously charge my iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods while I sleep, all from a single USB-C cable.

<em>The box says it charges iPhones at 15W and Apple Watches and AirPods at 5W each. In practice, I was seeing it pull a maximum of 14W when charging only my iPhone 15 Pro and no more than 23W total when charging the phone, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watch Ultra simultaneously.</em>
<em>A reasonably strong MagSafe-compatible magnet holds the iPhone in place vertically or horizontally to take advantage of StandBy mode. There’s a weaker magnet on the folding Apple Watch puck, while the AirPods are held in place by gravity.</em>
<em>The aluminum alloy charging stand feels heavy in the hand, while the hinges have good resistance to maintain whatever shape you fold the stand into. </em>
<em>Here, you can read the rated specs for this Qi2 wireless charging stand branded with Kuxiu, model X40Q.</em>
<em>It ships with a 36W USB-C charger, cable, and carrying case.</em>
<em>It pulls as much as 23W when charging three devices, in my testing. Usually, it pulls less, however, which is normal.</em>
<em>The iPhone pulling 14W, just shy of the 15W maximum allowed by Qi2. Thanks, heat.</em>
<em>It can still charge in this shape if you only need to charge your iPhone. An LED indicator on the back next to the USB-C jack lights up briefly and then turns off so it doesn’t interrupt your sleep.</em>
<em>I love how small and portable this 3-in-1 stand is. A soft touch coating adds to the tactility, giving the overall build a feeling of high quality.</em>
1/9
The box says it charges iPhones at 15W and Apple Watches and AirPods at 5W each. In practice, I was seeing it pull a maximum of 14W when charging only my iPhone 15 Pro and no more than 23W total when charging the phone, AirPods Pro, and Apple Watch Ultra simultaneously.
Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge