Sony just killed PlayStation disc games by 2028—and gamers discovered what 'ownership' really means now
Tech Policy & Law

Sony just killed PlayStation disc games by 2028—and gamers discovered what ‘ownership’ really means now

Sony's plan to end physical game discs by January 2028 strips gamers of ownership rights and locks them into digital rentals. Here's what Section 1201 of the DMCA means for…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant

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compliant child / tracking and control behavior patterns
Persuasion & Influence

Behavioral researchers noticed the once-easy children who never asked for seconds often become the adults who can’t stop tracking every metric — the reflex that kept them safe now makes being surveilled feel like self-care.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
walking without earbuds / phones, attention and the brain
Behavioral Psychology

Most people don’t realise that the people who walk with nothing in their ears aren’t being antisocial — they’re keeping the last stretch of attention no platform has figured out how to sell.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Netflix's Beef just lost 70 percent of its viewers — and the streamer still doesn't know why
Big Tech Stories

Netflix’s Beef just lost 70 percent of its viewers — and the streamer still doesn’t know why

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
daily ChatGPT use weakens moral reasoning / outsourced thinking
Behavioral Psychology

Nobody tells you that the people who reach for ChatGPT the moment a hard question lands aren’t thinking faster — they’re handing away the friction that once made them almost impossible to persuade.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
UK Age Verification Laws Just Forced Millions to Hand Over Facial Photos—and Discord's Breach Proves Why That's Dangerous
Surveillance & Privacy

UK Age Verification Laws Just Forced Millions to Hand Over Facial Photos—and Discord’s Breach Proves Why That’s Dangerous

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
saying thank you to ChatGPT / protecting relational reflexes
Behavioral Psychology

Psychology says that the adults who still type “thank you” to ChatGPT aren’t being naïve — they’re guarding a reflex a system is quietly measuring, and learning exactly how to earn.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Gen Z raised by algorithms / not fragile
Persuasion & Influence

The researchers who study how children form preferences say the generation everyone calls fragile isn’t fragile — they’re the first cohort profiled and fed back to themselves before they were old enough to vote.

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
The device reviving dead donor eyes is about to change transplant surgery forever
AI & Machine Learning

The device reviving dead donor eyes is about to change transplant surgery forever

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Meta's new Pocket app is nothing like the old one — and users are furious about the name theft
AI & Machine Learning

Meta’s new Pocket app is nothing like the old one — and users are furious about the name theft

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Amazon's Customer Support Trapped Identity Theft Victims in a Kafkaesque Nightmare — FTC just fined them $2.25 million
Data Breaches & Scandals

Amazon’s Customer Support Trapped Identity Theft Victims in a Kafkaesque Nightmare — FTC just fined them $2.25 million

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
T-Mobile just forced 15-year-old Sprint plans offline — and customers are posting angry screenshots everywhere
Big Tech Stories

T-Mobile just forced 15-year-old Sprint plans offline — and customers are posting angry screenshots everywhere

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Asha Sharma's Xbox 'reset' just killed five studios and hiked console prices $100 — here's what comes next
Big Tech Stories

Asha Sharma’s Xbox ‘reset’ just killed five studios and hiked console prices $100 — here’s what comes next

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
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