Nintendo take first Japanese Switch modder to court, resulting fine is 400,000% less than the one given to Gary Bowser

Nintendo take first Japanese Switch modder to court, resulting fine is 400,000% less than the one given to Gary Bowser

In a Japanese first for the console, the Kochi District Court has delivered a guilty sentence for modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles. A 58-year-old transportation worker from Ryugasaki City, Fumihiro Otobe has been met with a fine and jail time for soldering and selling second-hand Switch consoles loaded with pirated software. Though these consequences…

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Researchers develop Graphene Oxide membrane that could be used to create ‘forever chemical’-busting water filter. Yes, another funky use for the wonder material

As someone who’s been writing about cool developments in the tech space for far too long now, I’m quite familiar with graphene. I can’t go a few months without reading about some new use for this miraculous substance. Whether you’re wanting to make super thin almost immediately rechargeable batteries, create tiny hard drives with massive…

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CD Projekt Red Coy On Witcher 3 Upgrade For Switch 2

The developer is “all in on Cyberpunk” for now. Before Cyberpunk 2077, the Polish developer CD Projekt Red was best known for its work on The Witcher series including the award-winning third entry. With its futuristic title now confirmed for the Switch 2, it’s got many Witcher fans wondering if it will maybe one day…

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Seth Rogen goes rogue at science awards show to slam tech billionaires for backing Trump: ‘It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr’

The Breakthrough Prize, whose co-founders include Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner, is kind of like the “Oscars of science” in that they’re glitzy, televised, and crawling with Hollywood celebrities. The most recent prize ceremony, for instance, featured appearances by Mr Beast, Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, and Katy Perry, among numerous others, none of…

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Skyblivion fan project lead sends ‘all love and no hate’ to the official Oblivion remaster devs: ‘This always was a passion project and still is until the end’

Bethesda’s long-rumored Oblivion remaster is now all but official, thanks to a leak from developer Virtuous Games that blabbed a bunch of screens and box art all over the internet yesterday. You might expect that development would take the wind out of the sails of Skyblivion, the fan-made Oblivion remake in the Skyrim engine, but…

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