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Jumat, 26 April 2019

Sony Officially Confirms PS5 Again, As PS4 Sales Near 100 Million - GameSpot

Following the first details about the PlayStation 5 announced last week by lead system architect Mark Cerny, Sony has now officially confirmed a next-generation console. In the company's latest earnings report, Sony said its gaming division experienced an "increase in development expenses for the next generation console."

That's all Sony had to say on the subject of the PS5, however.

According to Kotaku's Jason Schreier, Sony's decision to seemingly randomly announce the PS5 was not completely random. Schreier says that one reason is because Sony just started to deliver PS5 devkits to third-party studios, and they wanted to get ahead of leaks.

Also in the earnings report, Sony announced that it shipped 17.8 million PS4 consoles during the fiscal year ended March 31. That's down from 19 million during the year prior. In all, the PS4 has now sold 96.8 million consoles worldwide since its release in 2013.

PS4 sales have been falling annually for years now, which makes sense given the console is so old. For the current fiscal year, Sony expects PS4 sales to drop yet again, falling to 16 million.

It was also confirmed in the earnings report that Sony has 36.4 million paying PlayStation Plus subscribers. Sony's digital offerings are doing very well. PlayStation Network revenue, including full-game downloads, DLC, PS Now, and PlayStation Plus, amounted to over $12.8 billion for the year, which is a new yearly record.

Sony's video game division overall, called Game and Network Services, saw revenue of $20.9 billion. PS4 sales dropped, as mentioned, but this decline was partially offset by more PS4 game sales and PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Some of the numbers and analysis here was compiled by Niko Partners senior analyst Daniel Ahmad.

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2019-04-26 14:36:00Z
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The Morning After: The CIA is on Instagram - Engadget

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We're going into Friday with some bad news for Sinemia and the potential for one-day default Amazon Prime shipping. Also: turn the tables on the CIA and follow them on Instagram.

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iFixit pulls its Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung's request

Remember iFixit's teardown of a pre-release Samsung Galaxy Fold? Great, now forget it. Samsung requested -- via the "trusted partner" that provided the donor device -- that iFixit pull its teardown, and the site complied voluntarily. Of course, the Internet Archive is still there if you really want to see the Fold's hinge undressed, or you could wait for a new release date so iFixit can grab a retail model and find out what, if anything, is different.

The PS4 is nearing 100 million sold.
PlayStation 4 sales slow down as Sony's new console nears

Sony's earnings report warns it expects to make even less profit in the next year, as PlayStation 4 sales slow down, and it invests in its replacement. In the last year, 17.8 million consoles were sold, less than the 19 million sold in 2017.

It couldn't outlast MoviePass.
Sinemia's theater subscription shuts down in the US

After quickly rushing through a series of plan changes and account terminations, the subscription movie-theater ticket service has announced it's shutting down. A note on the front page of Sinemia's website confirms what subscribers have suspected, citing "unexpected legal proceedings" (including a patent lawsuit filed by MoviePass) and lack of capital. Instead, the company may pivot to building subscription services for theater owners.

Oh isn't that convenient?
Amazon Prime shipping could shrink to just one-day

In a call to investors following Amazon's first quarterly earnings report, CFO Brian Olsavsky said the company is working on changing the two-day default to just one. "We're currently working on evolving our Prime shipping program, which has historically been a two-day program, to a one-day shipping program," he said. "We'll be building most of this capacity through the year in 2019."

Finally, technology we can use.
Ford's futuristic shopping cart can brake on its own

If your kids use it as a skateboard, or one rolls away in the parking lot, a sensor can detect objects in the way and bring it to a smooth stop.

Time to follow them for a change.
The CIA is now on Instagram

In a bid for transparency that will probably only reveal how thirsty it is for likes, the CIA made its first Instagram post Thursday afternoon. There's a wig disguise and a paper bag labeled "Top Secret Pulp". The caption is "I spy with my little eye...".

But wait, there's more...

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2019-04-26 11:29:29Z
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Sony confirms PS5 won\'t launch in next 12 months, 2020 holiday season likely launch window - Notebookcheck.net

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2019-04-26 11:24:14Z
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Google Inbox’s co-creator wants to fix Gmail with a new Chrome extension - The Verge

The co-creator of Google’s beloved-yet-discontinued Inbox app, and former lead designer for Gmail, has released a new Chrome extension that considerably simplifies Gmail’s web interface.

Michael Leggett, who was Gmail’s design lead between 2008 and 2012, released the Simplify Gmail extension on April 2nd — the day after Gmail’s 15th anniversary which was also the day Inbox was discontinued. Leggett left Google in 2015.

The extension makes numerous small tweaks to Gmail’s web interface. The left and right sidebars are hidden behind a pair of menu buttons, the search bar at the top of the screen is minimized by default, and the button to compose a new email has moved from the top left to the bottom right.

Another prominent change is the removal of the Gmail logo. “Go look at any desktop app and tell me how many have a huge fucking logo in the top left,” Leggett explained in an interview with Fast Company, “C’mon. It’s pure ego, pure bullshit. Drop the logo. Give me a break.”

The extension mirrors the strategy Leggett adopted while at Google where he used the experimental Inbox to introduce features and encourage the company to change the Gmail service. “The best I could hope for is, it’s really good and Google will force people to switch to Inbox, or it’s really good and they take the best features and put into Gmail,” Leggett said of his original aims. Gmail would later adopt many of Inbox’s ideas, including Smart Replies and the ability to snooze emails.

For what it’s worth, I like some of the changes the extension makes, but I think others go too far. Hiding the sidebars and search bar makes the interface look neater, and I like the repositioned button to open a new email. But I don’t like the removal of the Gmail logo. Leggett might think it’s “pure ego,” but I like a visual indicator of what site I’m looking at for when I’m quickly skipping through my open tabs.

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2019-04-26 10:30:06Z
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The PS5 won't be releasing till May 2020 at the earliest, according to Sony - GamesRadar

After the PS5 was confirmed by Sony in a surprise move earlier this month, many questions remain about the nature of the next-gen console, including details about the release date, architecture, and the PS5 price point that day-one buyers can expect.

While Sony is keeping its cards close to its chest for now, a recent earnings call by the tech company has shed a brighter light on the Sony's plans for the product, and in a subsequently released earnings report, the development of the PS5 was again reconfirmed, stating an "increase in development expensed for the next generation console."

However, according to tech reporter Takahishi Mochizuki, who transcribed the conversation that took place during the call itself, Sony stated that there would be "no next-gen PlayStation launch over [the] next 12 months." That means that we won't be seeing the release of the PS5 until May 2020 at the earliest, and even that's an optimistic prediction.

Historically, next-gen consoles are released in the third or fourth quarter of the financial year, closer to the Holiday season rather than Spring, so perhaps an October/November 2020 launch window is more feasible. Meanwhile, Microsoft has yet to lift the curtain on its Xbox Project Scarlett, but there's a chance it has plans to do so in June, alongside the debut of its E3 2019 games on the stage of its press briefing at the expo.

Kotaku's Jason Schreier has recently suggested that the reason Sony had the PS5 confirmed so early is to get ahead of any leaks, as developers start to receive press kits for the console this year. Whether we'll hear any more about the hardware within the next few months is debatable, but we need all the time we can get to our heads around the ray-tracing tech that is being used to build the next generation of the PlayStation Nation.

We're still not done with this generation. Check out the big new games of 2019 on the way, or watch the video below for a guide to the week in entertainment ahead.

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2019-04-26 09:53:00Z
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Save on Japanese Games in Golden Week Sale on US PlayStation Store - Push Square

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Japanese games have made a dramatic resurgence these last few years. Just the past few months, in fact, have seen the release of several top notch titles from the east, and it only looks set to continue. Japan's Golden Week celebration is fast approaching, so now is an opportune time to nab a game or two in PlayStation's annual sale. The North American PS Store offer isn't live quite yet - presumably it'll begin when the holiday itself does on 29th April - but Sony has detailed the huge list of included games over on the PlayStation Blog.

There's plenty to go through here, with games of all shapes and sizes discounted. Dark Souls III, Kingdom Hearts III, and Resident Evil 2 are some pretty recent releases with reduced prices. Dragon Ball FighterZ, The Last Guardian, and Everybody's Golf are also top choices, and have some tempting price tags. Some smaller games in the sale are PixelJunk Monsters 2, Dead Cells, and Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Yes, those aren't all strictly Japanese, but don't worry yourselves too much.

Here's the link again if you want to check out the full list of games in the Golden Week sale, which runs until 7th May. Will you be buying anything? Let us know in the comments below.

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2019-04-26 09:03:54Z
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Windows 10 updates KB4493437, KB4493440, KB4493436 and KB4493473 arrive a week late - Ghacks Technology News

Better late than never, I guess. Microsoft released the usual second batch of updates that it releases each month for Windows 10 version 1607, 1703, 1709 and Windows 10 version 1803. The patch for Windows 10 version 1809 is late, as usual, and monthly previews for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8.1 are available as well.

Woody Leonard spotted the updates first, and he called them lame as they include a truckload of Japanese Era fixes and just some other changes.

The updates are available on Windows Update already. I recommend you wait with the installation unless you are affected by one of the issues that they resolve. In any case, make sure you back up the system and all important data properly before you start the update process.

KB4493437 for Windows 10 version 1803

KB4493437 windows 10

Here are the changes for the KB4493437 update for Windows 10 version 1803:

Lots of Japanese Era fixes.
Fixed an Internet Explorer issue that caused HTTP downloads on HTTPS pages to be blocked.
Fixed the Custom URI schemes issue in Internet Explorer.
Built-in Administrator account may launch Microsoft Office setup after downloading the installer in Edge.
Fixed an issue that caused the loss of Favorites or Reading List in Edge after system updates.
Fixed an App Container issue that disabled it for Microsoft Office.
Fixed a folder redirection issue when setting the Roaming AppData folder to a network path that prevented certain apps from launching.
Fixed an issue that caused the removal of Microsoft Office apps to stop responding and blocked the installation of newer versions of these applications.
Fixed the error "0x3B_c0000005_win32kfull!vSetPointer".
Fixed a scrolling issue that caused user interfaces to stop responding for multiple seconds.
Fixed an issue that caused the touch screen to stop responding after restarts.
Allow devices managed by Configuration Manager to be enrolled in Microsoft Intune without user interaction.
Fixed a BitLocker issue that prevented the encryption of removable drives with Azure Directory or Azure Active Directory.
Addressed a memory leak in LSASS.exe.
Fixed an issue that allowed disabled accounts to continue logging in using a smart card.
Fixed a Windows Hello authentication issue when using Kerberos with Windows Hello for Business credentials.
Fixed an issue that caused slow server performance or servers to stop responding because of firewall rules.
- To enable the changes, add a new registry key “DeleteUserAppContainersOnLogoff” (DWORD) on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy” using Regedit, and set it to 1.
Fixed an issue with Always-On VPN exclusion routes.
Fixed boot failure issues with hyperconverged infrastructure virtual machines.
Fixed an issue that caused roaming profiles to lose Start Menu settings after system upgrades.
Fixed a Remote Desktop Session Host servers connection issue.
Improved results when provisioning printers in educational environments that include multifunction printers.
Fixed a Server Message Block share access issue.
Fixed a Print Workflow Applications issue that prevented launching from Point and Print.
Fixed a keyboard input issue with Universal Windows Platform applications.

Know issues:

Issue with Preboot Execution Environment (long standing issue). Fix provided on the support page.
Error "STATUS_BAD_IMPERSONATION_LEVEL (0xC00000A5)" when performing certain operations, e.g. rename, on a Cluster Shared Volume. Fix provided on the support page.

KB4493440 for Windows 10 version 1709

Contains a subset of the fixes that went into the Windows 10 version 1803 update. Only the second known issue of 1803 is listed.

KB4493436 for Windows 10 version 1703

Contains a subset of the fixes that went into the Windows 10 version 1803 update. Only the second known issue of 1803 is listed.

Fixed an issue that made PostScript printers use the wrong font.

KB4493473 for Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016

Contains a subset of the fixes that went into the Windows 10 version 1803 update.

Fixed a Gdi32full.dll issue that caused apps to stop responding.
Fixed a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol issue that caused client applications to stop responding for at least 30 seconds.
Fixed a Custer Aware Update issue that prevented them from restarting nodes when cluster credentials are reset.
Fixed an issue when setting up a Storage Replica in a Scale-Out File Server with a Storage Spaces Direct cluster.
Fixed the cause for error 0x7E when adding nodes to an Exchange Database Availability Group server.
Fixed an issue that caused slow screen refresh rates.
Fixed the PostScript printer selecting the wrong font issue.
Fixed an enumeration issue that failed to enumerate devices that have 64-bit base address registers and are assigned to virtual machines.

The support page lists several known issues, all existed in previous versions already.

The two issues of Windows 10 version 1803.
Hosts managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager cannot enumerate or manage logical switches. Fix provided.
Cluster service may fail with error "245 (NERR_PasswordTooShort)” if the group policy “Minimum Password Length". Fix provided.

Windows 7 Sp1 KB4493443 and Windows 8.1 KB4493453

The previews for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8.1 address Japanese Era name issues only.

Now You: Did you install any of these updates?

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Windows 10 updates KB4493437, KB4493440, KB4493436 and KB4493473 arrive a week late

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Microsoft released the usual second batch of updates that it releases each month for Windows 10 version 1607, 1703, 1709 and Windows 10 version 1803

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2019-04-26 06:21:38Z
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