New California law will force companies to admit you don't own digital content

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 2426, a new law that requires digital marketplaces to make clearer to customers when they are only purchasing a license to access media. The law will not apply to cases of permanent offline downloads, only to the all-too-common situation of buying digital copies of video games, music, movies, TV shows or ebooks from an online storefront. The Verge spo

After my divorce, I took back my old last name. I feel like I took back my identity.

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The author, not pictured, changed her last name after her divorce.

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  • I was kicked out of my house as a teen and changed my last name to separate from my family.
  • When I met my ex-partner, I changed my last name again so that we felt like a family.
  • Now that we are divorced, I'm changing my name again to take back my identity.

Just weeks after my ex-partner walked out on our

Zillow will now show climate risks for property listings in the US

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Zillow has announced that its real estate property listings in the US will soon feature details about climate risks, including the potential for wildfires, flooding, extreme temperatures, high winds, and poor air quality. Buyers will also see what types of

NY appellate judges voice serious doubts about Trump's $454M civil fraud verdict

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Donald Trump campaigns in North Carolina

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  • Trump's arguments for overturning his $454M civil fraud verdict received a warm reception Thursday.
  • Appellate judges questioned the New York AG's 'mission creep' and lack of 'guardrails' in the case.
  • At stake are Trump's spiraling cash penalties and ability to freely operate Trump Org in the state.

Lawyers for Donald Trump enjoyed a warm

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The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series finally arrives on Xbox

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Square Enix’s terrific Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has finally made its way to Xbox. The 1980s and ’90s classics, which arrived on PC and mobile starting in 2021 and Switch and PS4 last year, are now available on Xbox Series X/S.

The Xbox Store sells the six-game series in a $75 bundle ($60 for a limited time). Alternatively, you can buy the individual installments for prices ranging from

Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn remaster may cost $20 more than we thought

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If you thought you’d buy a new copy of Horizon Zero Dawn on Sony’s digital storefront for a smooth $20 and just pay an extra $10 for the new remastered version when it arrives on October 31st, think again. Sony has quietly doubled the price of Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition on the PlayStation Store.

While Sony has long sold

Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos

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NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including autogenerated ones.

Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief summary of key topics discussed in the