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2024-03-25 21:43:27| Engadget

T-Mobiles annual deal for baseball fans is back. From Tuesday through Sunday, the carriers customers can claim a free yearlong subscription to MLB.TV for live and on-demand streaming access to the entire Major League Baseball season. This is the ninth straight year T-Mobile has offered the deal, which the companies have extended through 2028. MLB.TV lets you watch all out-of-market regular-season games and select Spring Training games. (Unfortunately, blackout restrictions, universally loathed by everyone not profiting from them, apply to in-market games.) They stream in HD, and the service supports DVR and in-game playback controls. The streaming package usually costs $150 for the season or $30 per month, so this is a nice perk for baseball fans. You can claim the offer in the T Life (formerly T-Mobile Tuesdays) app (iOS and Android) from tomorrow through Sunday only, so dont forget to claim it during that short window. As a promotional gimmick to help plug the deal, T-Mobile is introducing a Secret Baseball Button. The Bluetooth device connects to your computer and can be set to discreetly switch from baseball to work with the literal click of a button. (Its the same idea as the March Madness Boss Button, only in physical form.) If you care about such things, you can enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win one.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/its-almost-time-for-t-mobile-customers-to-claim-their-free-year-of-mlbtv-204327276.html?src=rss


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2024-03-25 20:21:16| Engadget

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law a bill named HB 3 that creates much stricter guidelines about how kids under 16 can use and access social media. To that end, the law completely bans children younger than 14 from participating in these platforms.  The bill requires parent or guardian consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to make an account or use a pre-existing account on a social media platform. Additionally, the companies behind these platforms must abide by requests to delete these accounts within five business days. Failing to do so could rack up major fines, as much as $10,000 for each violation. These penalties increase to $50,000 per instance if it is ruled that the company participated in a knowing or reckless violation of the law. As previously mentioned, anyone under the age of 14 will no longer be able to create or use social media accounts in Florida. The platforms must delete pre-existing accounts and any associated personal information. The bill doesnt name any specific social media platforms, but suggests that any service that promotes infinite scrolling will have to follow these new rules, as will those that feature display reaction metrics, live-streaming and auto-play videos. Email platforms are exempt. This isnt just going to change the online habits of kids. Theres also a mandated age verification component, though that only kicks in if the website or app contains a substantial portion of material deemed harmful to users under 18. Under the language of this law, Floridians visiting a porn site, for instance, will have to verify their age via a proprietary platform on the site itself or use a third party system. News agencies are exempt from this part of the bill, even if they meet the materials threshold.  Obviously, that brings up some very real privacy concerns. Nobody wants to enter their private information to look at, ahem, adult content. Theres a provision that gives websites the option to route users to an anonymous age verification system, which is defined as a third party that isnt allowed to retain identifying information. Once again, any platform that doesnt abide by this restriction could be subject to a $50,000 civil penalty for each instance. This follows DeSantis vetoing a similar bill earlier this month. That law would have banned teens under 16 from using social media apps and there was no option for parental consent. NetChoice, a trade association that represents social media platforms, has come out against the law, calling it unconstitutional. The group says that HB 3 will essentially impose an ID for the internet, arguing that the age verification component will have to widen to adequately track whether or not children under 14 are signing up for social media apps. NetChoice says this level of data collection will put Floridians privacy and security at risk. Paul Renner, the states Republican House Speaker, said at a press conference for the bill signing that a child in their brain development doesnt have the ability to know that theyre being sucked in to these addictive technologies, and to see the harm, and step away from it. And because of that, we have to step in for them. The new law goes into effect on January 1, but it could face some legal challenges. Renner said he expects social media companies to sue the second after this is signed and DeSantis acknowledged that the law will likely be challenged on First Amendment issues, according to Associated Press. Florida isnt the first state to try to separate kids from their screens. In Arkansas, a federal judge recently blocked enforcement of a law that required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. The same thing happened in California. A similar law passed in Utah, but was hit with a pair of lawsuits that forced state reps back to the drawing board. On the federal side of things, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act would require parental consent for kids under 18 to use social media and, yeah, theres that whole TikTok ban thing.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ron-desantis-signs-bill-requiring-parental-consent-for-kids-to-join-social-media-platforms-in-florida-192116891.html?src=rss


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2024-03-25 19:44:44| Engadget

Night City is looking for new residents even if theyre only temporary ones who happen to be in the neighborhood for a few hours. CD Projekt Red is offering PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S players the chance to check out Cyberpunk 2077 for free over the Easter weekend. Youll be able to play up to five hours of the sprawling first-person RPG at no extra cost between 11AM ET on March 28 and 2:59AM ET on April 1. PlayStation Plus Premium members also have access to a five-hour trial of the base game, but CDPR notes that no subscription is necessary to hop in this weekend. Try out #Cyberpunk2077 for free!Get a taste of Night City in a free trial coming soon to @PlayStation 5 and @Xbox Series X|S. Deets below pic.twitter.com/CTcs2Sm3ZJ Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) March 25, 2024 If youre an efficient player, five hours of game time might just be enough to see you through the pivotal heist mission toward the end of the first act. Its there that the story really opens up and perhaps might entice you to buy the full game to keep playing. Cyberpunk 2077 had a disastrous debut in 2020 and was in such rough shape that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation Store and offered refunds. The games in much better condition these days. I dropped off of Cyberpunk 2077 after playing for a few hours at launch. The arrival of the current-gen console versions in early 2022 pulled me back in and I ended up enjoying the base game. I've yet to check out the highly regarded Phantom Liberty expansion or the 2.0 update that overhauled some of the key systems, but newcomers will be able to get a taste of the latter for free this weekend.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cyberpunk-2077-will-have-a-free-trial-on-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-this-weekend-184444112.html?src=rss


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2024-03-25 18:30:48| Engadget

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches hate speech on the Elon Musk-owned platform. In the decision, the judge said that the lawsuit was an attempt to punish the organization for criticizing the company. X sued the CCDH last summer, accusing the group of scraping its platform as part of a scare campaign to hurt its advertising business. The group had published research claiming X was failing to act on reports of hate speech, and was in some cases boosting such content. In a ruling, federal judge Charles Breyer said that this case is about punishing CCDH for publishing unflattering research. It is clear to the Court that if X Corp. was indeed motived to spend money in response to CCDHs scraping in 2023, it was not because of the harm such scraping posed to the X platform, but because of the harm it posed to X Corp.s image, Breyer wrote. X Corp.s motivation in bringing this case is evident. X Corp. has brought this case in order to punish CCDH for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp.and perhaps in order to dissuade others. X said it planned to appeal the decision. In a statement, CCDH CEO Imram Ahmed said that the ruling affirmed our fundamental right to research, to speak, to advocate, and to hold accountable social media companies for decisions they make behind closed doors. He added that it is now abundantly clear that we need federal transparency laws that would require online platforms to make data available to independent researchers.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/judge-dismisses-xs-lawsuit-against-anti-hate-group-173048754.html?src=rss


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2024-03-25 18:02:27| Engadget

It's a busy spell for fans of Final Fantasy, and fantasy RPGs in general. Many folks are still working through Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but Dragon's Dogma 2 just dropped and Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree arrives in June. The second Final Fantasy XVI DLC, The Rising Tide, will drop on April 18. On top of all that, Square Enix has revealed that Dawntrail, the fifth expansion for Final Fantasy XIV Online, will arrive on July 2. Phew. Dawntrail arrives just over 19 months after the last major expansion, Endwalker. You'll be able to check out a new storyline, try two fresh classes or jobs (Pictomancer and Viper) and tackle more dungeons. Square Enix is also increasing the level cap to 100 and there are several other additions to delve into. Pre-orders for the $40 expansion open on Tuesday. Those who buy it in advance will be able to check out Dawntrail several days early, likely starting on June 28. Digital and physical collector's editions will also be available. Snap up either of those and you'll get access to several in-game items, including an Ark mount based on the eidolon from Final Fantasy IX. All editions include access to the previous expansions, Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Meanwhile, a crossover questline with Final Fantasy XVI will run from April 2 until May 8. Those who complete quests in The Path Infernal will receive several Final Fantasy XVI-themed in-game rewards.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/final-fantasy-xiv-onlines-dawntrail-expansion-arrives-on-july-2-170227638.html?src=rss


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