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Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively'

Wup, there's management. Let me guess what they're talking about.

"You, sir, are mad! Dinosaurs are reptiles! They must be cold-blooded!"

"Now, you listen and you listen good: Birds are one of the closest living relatives to dinosaurs we have. And I don't need to tell you they're all warm-blooded."

"Do you know how difficult it is to maintain thermostasis for an animal so large? They're cold-blooded, I tell you!"

"Let me tell you something. There's evidence to suggest that Velociraptors had feathers. Feathers! What does that tell you?"

It's amazing that Ross Scott has gone from delivering the funnies to absolute morale boosting for the gaming media.

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Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player [co-op online multiplayer mode still require it]

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There are differences between a studio, publisher, and distributor. Sometimes they are the same corpo, sometimes they aren't. But whenever you see some enshitification of games, it's most likely the publisher. You might want to direct your anger at Sony in this case, not the studio.

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My detailed de-google journey: Why and what I replaced with

Not a criticism, but something to consider for other folks. Not everyone is able or willing to de-Google/Apple and seek alternatives.

In Singapore, the regulators have directed banking apps to "secure" the mobile banking environment. This includes library tampering detection and irregular activity detection. These banking apps also only exist in the Google Play and App Store walled gardens, while the regulators also gave them the key to a duopoly control over the local smartphone market. All in the name of preventing scams and frauds. Their intention meant well, but at the cost of consumer rights. Bear in mind digital payments and physical tokens replaced by the apps are the norm here.

De-Googling and carrying another phone just for everyday mobile banking is going to be quite a chore.

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My detailed de-google journey: Why and what I replaced with

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For better or worse, no.

The mandatory 2FA used to be either physical tokens (a small dedicated device that generates the codes, not too different from the 2FA apps), or sent through SMS.

The physical tokens are phased out, while SMS was demonstrably insecure due to interception.

So everyone is stuck with 2FA through the mobile banking apps, for logging in to the web browser banking platforms.

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Stop him!

He could have gone sneaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking-neaking