Final Fantasy VII Rebirth just got a new release window. During the Summer Game Fest event, held early Friday, Square Enix dropped a gameplay trailer revealing some key plot beats, as our heroes continue exploring the wider world outside Midgar. The second entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake project releases in early 2024, still sticking to the timeline producer Yoshinori Kitase originally set. The game also appears to be quite hefty in size, with the closing title card claiming that the physical edition comes in two discs on the PS5. The trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth opens with a news ..read more

Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Thursday gave employees a sneak peek at a series of AI tools it was building, including ChatGPT-like chatbots planned for Messenger and WhatsApp that could converse using different personas. Company executives speaking at an all-hands meeting also demonstrated a coming Instagram feature that could modify user photos via text prompts and another that could create emoji stickers for messaging services, according to a summary of the session provided by a Meta spokesperson. The showcase provided the first concrete indications of how the social media giant is planni ..read more

Xiaomi Civi 3 Disney 100th Anniversary Edition model was launched in China on Thursday, June 8. The handset comes in custom packaging, accessories, and a Mickey Mouse design. Even the user interface has been customised to integrate a Disney theme. The specifications on this model are the same as the standard Xiaomi Civi 3 launched earlier this year. With this limited edition model, the company claimed to interpret "century-old classics with trendy technology," to pay homage to Disney, which has been an integral part of childhood for several generations. Xiaomi Civi 3 Disney Edition price Offer ..read more

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on June 23 and demand that he act immediately to tackle content targeting children, as Meta's voluntary child protection code seemed not to be working. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, Snap's Snapchat, and Alphabet's YouTube have stirred concerns among regulators and users over content targeted at young children. "#Meta's voluntary code on child protection seems not to work," Breton said in a Twitter post. "Mark Zuckerberg must now explain and take immediate action ..read more

Summer Game Fest, the tentpole video game showcase event helmed by industry veteran Geoff Keighley, streamed late Thursday night at the YouTube theatre in Los Angeles, raising the curtains on a massive lineup of upcoming titles. There were some that were expected at the event, and then there were some surprise reveals and appearances — Nicolas Cage dropped by to reveal that he's coming to Dead by Daylight. While the show kicked off with a gameplay trailer for the new Prince of Persia action-adventure platformer, we got an early deep dive into Mortal Kombat 1. The detailed gameplay trailer, fol ..read more

Indian Space Research Organisation has decided not to rush its Gaganyaan project, the manned mission to space, as it wants to ensure that the country's first human space flight is a 'sure shot safe mission', said its chairman S Somanath here on Thursday. Gaganyaan was set to launch in 2022 but due to COVID-19 there was an inordinate delay, Somanath told reporters during the international conference on Spacecraft Mission Operations (SMOPS-2023). "We have a different thinking now. Our thinking is like this that we don't want to rush. That decision we have taken. The primary objective of the huma ..read more

India and New Zealand on Thursday decided to increase cooperation in areas such as facilitation of UPI system, timely resolution of trade issues, work visa, and improving the banking relations. Looking at the present quantum of bilateral trade between the two countries, both sides acknowledged the huge potential and the need for bringing in synergy for enhanced economic relations in areas of mutual interest. These issues were discussed during a joint meeting between India and New Zealand with the industry and industry associations of both the countries here. The discussions also focused on tak ..read more

Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe — head, of course, being a primary concern. A new NASA-funded study provides a deeper understanding of the issue. Researchers said on Thursday that astronauts who traveled on the International Space Station (ISS) or NASA space shuttles on missions lasting at least six months experienced significant expansion of the cerebral ventricles — spaces in the middle of the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid. This colorless and watery fluid flows in and ar ..read more

Ryan Cohen, the billionaire investor whose bold bet on GameStop made him a hero to meme stock traders, took over as executive chairman on Wednesday after the video game retailer ousted its CEO and posted a bigger-than expected quarterly loss. Investors pushed the stock price down more than 20 percent in after-hours trading, continuing a roller-coaster ride that started in early 2021 when retail investors piled in to prove hedge funds betting on GameStop's demise wrong. Some analysts are questioning whether Cohen can turn GameStop around, two years after he became board chairman. The new execut ..read more

Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a US appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Lawyers for the two companies said the panel should rehear the case or the court should convene "en banc," as an 11-judge panel, to reconsider the dispute. The April three-judge ruling upheld a 2021 order in California federal court in Epic's ..read more