Sony revealed the release date, new story details and new gameplay for Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Yotei in a surprise announcement on Wednesday. The action-adventure title, a follow-up to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima, is coming exclusively to PlayStation 5 on October 2. The second trailer for the game details the protagonist Atsu’s quest for revenge … Read more
Google has just given up on a third-party cookie alternative. Google announced it will maintain its “current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome, and will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies.” Google said, instead, “users can continue to choose the best option for themselves in Chrome’s Privacy … Read more
Electronic Arts has fully revealed its next Star Wars game, Star Wars Zero Company, a single-player turn-based tactics title developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games. The game is set towards the end of the Clone Wars and is described as a “gritty and authentic story” featuring an unconventional squad … Read more
Enhance Your CI Efficiency by Disabling Unnecessary Lint Tasks When Building APKs Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash I’ve been exploring ways to speed up a white-label automated app-building system. After a deeper inspection, I realized that the Android Gradle build task could run much faster for assemble tasks, a.k.a. building APKs. Given the number … Read more
Enhance Your CI Efficiency by Disabling Unnecessary Lint Tasks When Building APKs Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash Context I’ve been exploring ways to speed up a white-label automated app-building system. After a deeper inspection, I realized that the Android Gradle build task could run much faster for assemble tasks, a.k.a. building APKs. Given the … Read more
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 Beta 4 is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, April 17. This is just over a month since Beta 3 landed, and 3.1 and 3.2 have arrived in the interim. Google’s getting down to the wire for making changes ahead of Android 16’s stable release. It’s been just … Read more
If you somehow haven’t already heard, Switch 2 pre-orders remain indefinitely delayed in the U.S. While folks in the UK are able to pre-order the new console now (while stock lasts, of course), Americans will have to wait for their time to shine. In response to new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump shortly after … Read more
According to references on OpenAI’s website, the Microsoft-backed AI startup plans to launch five new models this week, including GPT-4.1, 4.1 nano, and 4.1 mini. BleepingComputer previously reported that OpenAI is working on three new AI models called o4-mini, o4-mini-high and o3. While it’s unclear when the reasoning model o4-mini-high is coming or if the plans … Read more
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR It looks like Samsung’s One UI 7 release has been paused due to several possible reasons. Some Galaxy S24 owners in Korea reported trouble unlocking their phones after the update. There have also been reports of a major Secure Folder bug and abnormal battery drain. Samsung finally pushed out … Read more
Photo by Lucas van Oort on Unsplash We were preparing a long-awaited feature for release — something users had been asking for, and something the team was excited to finally ship. It was a real, commercial Android app — monetized, live on Google Play, with an active user base and very real consequences for mistakes. … Read more