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Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

GeekWire

tournament scene, Nintendo of America has announced a new partnership that will see the debut of the first officially-licensed Smash tournament series. We've partnered with @PandaGlobal to launch the first officially licensed Super Smash Bros. After years of being indifferent at best to the Super Smash Bros. ” Confirmed.

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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

The Verge

We at YouTube TV license content from our content providers to then provide to you. When content prices increase, the overall cost of streaming goes up for everyone. YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) June 30, 2020.

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Sony subsidiary makes a PS5 SSD that’s even further out of your reach

The Verge

Sony subsidiary Nextorage has released an SSD that’s perfect for the PS5 ( via Tom’s Hardware ): it has a heatsink (which Sony says is a requirement ), is fast enough to well surpass Sony’s recommendations, and comes in 1TB and 2TB varieties, which gives you plenty of storage for your games. Image: Nextorage. Image: Yodobashi / Nextorage.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

For comparison, this is slightly above the availability of pre-World War II audio recordings,” Salazar writes, “and slightly below the survival rate of American silent films. The rest are out of print and unplayable without resorting to software piracy.

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

The new reactor will be the same size as Polaris, and include additional hardware and technology for putting energy on the grid. It should be able to produce at least 50 megawatts of power following a yearlong ramp up period (by comparison, the average wind farm in Washington has about a 150 megawatt capacity). gigawatts of power.

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Why DRM-Protected eBooks Are the Preferred Choice for Educational Publishing Today?

Kitaboo

Just like a lock on the door that protects your home, DRM ensures that only consumers who pay for a license will receive access to the content. This makes DRM a good option for educational publishers/authors to control how their data, hardware, or software is used. Digital publishing is cost-effective in comparison to print publishing.

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Technology Short Take 114

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. These look interesting, but be aware that they are not licensed with an open source license. Networking. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux.

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