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Sony Plans to Launch PlayStation 5 for Next Year’s Holiday Season

(Bloomberg) — Sony Corp.’s highly anticipated next-generation PlayStation will go on sale in time for the holiday season next year.The PlayStation 5 will come with a high-speed solid state drive, Ryzen processor and Radeon graphics cards from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 8K resolution video and a unit for processing 3D audio, the company said in a release on Tuesday. The new gaming console will sport a controller equipped with improved physical feedback technology to convey a variety of sensations, and can also adjust the resistance of triggers to mimic the sensation of drawing a bow or revving an off-road vehicle …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-Venezuela designers turn to piracy after Adobe announces it will cut service

Venezuelans desperately explored piracy workarounds on Tuesday to continue using Adobe programs after the software developer said it will cut access to its products for the country’s users, citing U.S. sanctions. Critics said the move demonstrated the unintended consequences of the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. San Jose, California-based Adobe Inc, whose products like Photoshop and InDesign are widely used by designers, illustrators and digital marketers, said on Monday it was “deactivating all accounts in Venezuela” to comply with the sanctions, which are part of Washington’s effort to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro. …read more […]

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Marijuana Penny Stock Zenabis Global Is Dirt Cheap, but Financing Risk May Keep It That Way

Zenabis Global (ZBISF) has large global cannabis aspirations, but the company also has a balance sheet that doesn’t match the size of their aspirations. When the cannabis market was strong, the risk to investors was low. The market shift has the investor focus far away from the ability of the company to expand operations with the biggest questions now shifting to whether the company has the cash to build the empire.August Corporate UpdateZenabis is one of the cannabis companies that was late to the cannabis market, but the company has huge plans to take on the large global cannabis companies …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-Twitter says user data meant for security purposes may have been used for advertising

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday email addresses and phone numbers uploaded by users to meet its security requirements may have been ‘inadvertently’ used for advertising purposes. Social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, have faced heat from users and regulators globally on how their platforms handle user data. Twitter said when advertisers uploaded their marketing lists, it may have matched people on the platform to their list based on the email or phone number provided by account holders. …read more […]

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Tesla’s Cell Supplier Hires Battery Expert for Key Gigafactory Job

(Bloomberg) — Panasonic Corp. has hired a former Tesla Inc. battery guru to a senior role at the so-called gigafactory the two companies share in the U.S.Celina Mikolajczak, who left Tesla in early 2018 for short stint at Uber Technologies Inc., joined Panasonic this month as vice president of battery technology. She’ll be based in Reno, Nevada, where Tesla and Panasonic produce electric vehicle battery packs for Model 3 sedans.“Celina is a leader in the lithium-ion industry who is widely recognized for her technical acumen and leadership,” Allan Swan, president of Panasonic Energy of North America, said in an emailed …read more […]

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Fitness startup Peloton sues Echelon for patent infringement

Peloton Interactive Inc filed a lawsuit against Echelon Fitness LLC on Tuesday, alleging that it infringed the fitness startup’s patents and sold “cheap, copycat” products. The company also alleged that Echelon had issued false advertisements to mislead customers about the price of products from both the companies and made “deceptive” comparisons between them. Echelon could not be immediately reached for comment. …read more […]