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Amazon Prime Video India Announces 58 Titles — 35 Series and 23 Movies — for Next Two Years

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled 58 Indian titles for the next two years — 2022, 2023, and early 2024 — and they are packed with enough names that there’s something to delight everyone. They star the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Aditi Rao Hyadri, Juhi Chawla, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Abhishek Bachchan, Jitendra Kumar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Arya, Naga Chaitanya, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ramya Nambeesan, and Vidya Balan. And they come from the minds of Vikramaditya Motwane, Raj & DK, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Sudip Sharma, Nikkhil Advani, Farhan Akhtar, Puneet Krishna, Anu Menon, Abhishek Sharma, and Rohit Shetty.

Farhan and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment — best known for Mirzapur on Prime Video, and behind Bollywood movies such as Dil Chahta Hai — is the most common fixture in Amazon’s new Indian slate with nine projects in total across the board. That’s thanks to five licensed films which will premiere in cinemas first, before streaming exclusively on Prime Video. The other four are originals, including the returning Mirzapur and Made in Heaven, alongside new series Dahaad with Sonakshi Sinha, and Bambai Meri Jaan with Kay Kay Menon. Other major production houses include Yash Raj Films (five films, all licensed), Johar’s Dharma (two originals, three licensed), Abundantia Entertainment (two originals and two co-productions), and Raj & DK’s D2R Films (three originals).

This is the biggest slate Amazon has announced in one go from India, and there will no doubt be more reveals across the next two years. At its “Prime Video Presents India” event on Thursday in Mumbai, Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke said this was part of its efforts to double investment in producing local content from India over the next five years. No concert investment numbers were provided though. In early 2020, when Amazon founder and then-CEO Jeff Bezos visited India, he had basically said the same thing — that Amazon had “made a decision to double down our Prime Video investments here in India.”

Among the 58 Indian titles coming to Prime Video, there are 35 series and 23 movies. If you were to break it down further, Amazon announced 18 new original scripted series and four documentary series. Additionally, it renewed three ongoing scripted series, and gave us first looks at or provided more details for six returning ones and four new series. On the movies side, there are 17 licensed films from the likes of YRF and Excel Media (five each, as I said previously), Ajay Devgn FFilms (four films), and Dharma (three). That leaves six movies, among which there’s five new announcements, alongside a first look at Akshay Kumar-led Ram Setu.

That’s a lot to parse through, which is why we’ve divided all of it in neat lists below that you can quickly parse through. If you want to learn more, be sure to check out our dedicated coverage from Amazon’s Prime Video Presents India event on Wednesday — attached below — for all the new Indian movies, series, documentaries, and reality series coming your way over the next two years.

At an event in Mumbai on Thursday, Amazon also announced a rental option for movies on Prime Video. The biggest new names at launch include the likes of Robert Pattinson-led The Batman, the Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure Spider-Man: No Way Home, the 2022 slasher Scream that’s the fifth chapter in the series, and the Roland Emmerich sci-fi disaster Moonfall. Pricing varies between Rs. 99 and Rs. 499 — and there doesn’t seem to be any buying options, unlike with Apple TV, Google Play Movies, and BookMyShow Stream. You can only rent them.

Amazon Prime Video India 18 new series

Amazon Prime Video Unveils 35 Indian Series, With 18 New Led by Sonakshi Sinha, Shahid Kapoor, Others

Amazon Prime Video Renews Panchayat, Paatal Lok, and Mumbai Diaries for Season 2

Adhura — from Nikkhil Advani, with Ishwak Singh and Rasika Dugal

Bambai Meri Jaan — starring Kay Kay Menon

Call Me Bae — from Karan Johar

Crash Course — from Vijay Maurya

Dahaad — from Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, starring Sonakshi Sinha

Dhootha — starring Naga Chaitanya and Parvathy Thiruvothu

Farzi — from Raj & DK, starring Shahid Kapoor and Vijay Sethupathi

Gulkanda Tales — from Raj & DK, starring Kunal Khemu and Pankaj Tripathi

Happy Family Conditions Apply — starring Raj Babbar and Ratna Pathak Shah

Hush Hush — starring Juhi Chawla and Soha Ali Khan

Jee Karda — starring Tamannaah and Suhail Nayyar

Jubilee — from Vikramaditya Motwane, starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Aditi Rao Hyadri

P.I. Meena — starring Tanya Maniktala and Jisshu Sengupta

Shehar – Lakhot — from Navdeep Singh and Devika Bhagat

Suzhal: The Vortex — from Pushkar and Gayatri, starring Aishwarya Rajesh

Sweet Kaaram Coffee — starring Lakshmi, Madhoo, and Santhy Balachandran

The Village — starring Arya

Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie — starring S.J. Suryah

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Amazon Prime Video Unveils 23 Indian Movies, Tie-Ups With YRF, Ajay Devgn, Karan Johar, and Farhan Akhtar

Ammu — starring Aishwarya Lekshmi

Aye Watan…Mere Watan — from Karan Johar

Maja Maa — from Anand Tiwari, starring Madhuri Dixit Nene

Neeyat — from Anu Menon, starring Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, and Rahul Bose

Tiku Weds Sheru — starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Amazon Prime Video India 4 new documentaries

This is AP Dhillon — from executive producer Erik Barmack

Cinema… Marte Dum Tak — from Vasan Bala and Vice Media

Dancing on the Grave — from Patrick Graham and India Today Productions

India Love Project — from Karan Johar

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WhatsApp Getting Quick Reactions, May Offer 8 Emojis to Choose From: Report

WhatsApp recently announced the arrival of emoji reactions to the platform that allows users to share their responses quickly. Now, the messaging service is reportedly working on a Quick Reactions feature that lets users send an emoji while viewing a status update on WhatsApp. This functionality is already available on other Meta-owned platforms like Instagram and Messenger. The choice of reactions is said to be limited to eight emoticons. However, WhatsApp has not yet officially confirmed the development of the Quick Reactions feature.

As per a report by WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is working on Quick Reactions feature that will allow users to express feelings toward a status update without having to send an individual emoji as a message.

WhatsApp is said to bring eight emojis to use as reactions— smiling face with heart eyes, face with tears of joy, face with open mouth, crying face, person with folded hands, clapping hands, party popper and hundred points emoji. There is no information if users will be able to customise or change emojis in Quick Reactions. However, the report also mentioned that “this feature is under development” and will roll out in a future new update.

As mentioned, Quick Reactions to status or story updates are already available on WhatsApp’s major rivals in the space Instagram and Messenger. The feature allows users to show how they feel about certain content posted on Facebook and Instagram stories. Once selected, an animation with chosen reaction will appear on the screen, and the user will receive a message indicating that you have responded to the story.

WhatsApp has been releasing new features and updates at frequent intervals to improve the messaging experience. The company recently announced that emoji reactions will soon arrive on the chat app. Separately, it is bringing the ability for group admins to remove problematic messages from everyone’s chats. Further, the company is increasing the file sharing limit to up to 2GB and has already introduced one-tap voice calling for up to 32 people.

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iPhone 14 Series Design Suggested in Panel Leak, Display Differences Tipped

iPhone 14 series has been in the rumour mill for quite some time now. The lineup is expected to include four models – iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Max, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The Cupertino giant is yet to confirm the development of these models, but ahead of it, an image showing the front panels of the iPhone 14 series has surfaced online. The leaked render tip the size differences of upcoming iPhone models and suggests their front-facing and face ID layouts. Both iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are shown with a pill-shaped hole-punch display replacing the display notch of previous iPhone generations. They are said to have a 19.5:9 aspect ratio as well.

Tipster Saran (@SaranByte) tweeted a leaked photo from Weibo showing the front panels of the entire alleged iPhone 14 series. The image suggests a pill-shaped hole-punch cutout on iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. If this turns out to be correct, this would be a design change from the display notch of previous iPhone generations. The display cutout will house the face ID sensor and selfie camera.

In the leaked render, the alleged iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max are seen with the same notch design we have seen in iPhone 13 series. As per the panel photo, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max could pack thinner bezels with a taller build. They are said to come with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio as well, slightly lower than the 20:9 aspect ratio of current iPhone models.

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max are expected to be powered by the next-generation Apple A16 Bionic chip. The regular iPhone 14 models are tipped to come with the current generation A15 Bionic chips that power the iPhone 13 series and the new iPhone SE (2022).

As per past leaks, iPhone 14 will come with a 6.06-inch flexible OLED screen while the iPhone 14 Pro will sport a 6.06-inch flexible OLED LTPO screen. The iPhone 14 Max is said to get a 6.68-inch flexible OLED screen and the iPhone 14 Pro Max could sport a 6.68-inch OLED LTPO screen.



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42 Affordable Amazon Finds That Make Me Feel Like I’m at Free People

We independently selected these deals and products because we love them, and we think you might like them at these prices. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a commission if you purchase something through our links. Items are sold by the retailer, not E!. Prices are accurate as of publish time.

Free People is one of those brands that always comes through with those keep-forever pieces. From their Way Home Shorts that are so perfect for a workout to the celebrity-worn jacket that seems to be everywhere, Free People has the best wardrobe staples.

If I could have a full Free People, I would, but, unfortunately, I don’t have an unlimited shopping budget. Thankfully, there are so many affordable Amazon finds that make me feel like I’m shopping at Free People. Of course, Amazon seemingly has everything, so there are actually a ton of Free People styles to shop on the site. But, if you want to take a more budget-friendly route, here are some fashion finds that reminded me of my favorite brand. 

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Huawei Mate Xs 2 Foldable Smartphone, Huawei MatePad SE Budget Tablet Launched: Price, Specifications

Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone was launched in China. The Huawei Mate Xs 2 is the successor to the Huawei Mate Xs that was released back in February 2020. It features a 7.8-inch OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the smartphone gets a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC, and 4G connectivity. It gets a triple rear camera setup that is fitted with a 50-megapixel primary sensor. It also gets support for Huawei M-Pen 2s. Along with the Huawei Mate Xs 2, the company also launched the Huawei MatePad SE budget tablet.

Huawei Mate Xs 2 price, availability

Huawei Mate Xs 2 is launched in two models, and three colour options
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The Huawei Mate Xs 2 price starts at CNY 9,999 (roughly Rs. 1,15,850) for the base 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. The 8GB RAM + 512GB storage variant is priced at CNY 11,499 (roughly Rs. 1,33,200). There is the Huawei Mate Xs 2 Collector’s Edition that comes with 12GB of RAM and 512GB storage. The variant is priced at CNY 12,999 (roughly Rs. 1,50,600). The Huawei foldable smartphone will be available for purchase in Brocade White, Elegant Black, and Frost Purple colours from May 6.

Huawei MatePad SE price, availability

The Huawei MatePad SE price is set at CNY 1,499 (roughly Rs. 17,400) for the Wi-Fi-only 4GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The Wi-Fi + LTE variant with 4GB RAM + 128GB storage is priced at CNY 1,699 (roughly Rs. 19,700). It will be available for purchase starting May 6 in Dark Blue colour.

Huawei Mate Xs 2 specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano) Huawei Mate Xs 2 runs on HarmonyOS 2. The smartphone’s screen measures 7.8 inches (2,480×2,200 pixels) in expanded state, and 6.5 inches (1,176×2,480 pixels) in folded state. There is an OLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate, up to 240Hz touch sampling rate, and 424ppi pixel density. Under the hood, the foldable smartphone gets a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G SoC, paired with up to 12GB of RAM.

The Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone gets a triple rear camera setup for photography. It carries a 50-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 lens, a 13-megapixel sensor paired with f/2.2 ultra-wide angle lens, and an 8-megapixel sensor paired with a f/2.4 telephoto lens and OIS support. Huawei says that the telephoto camera supports 3x optical zoom, and 30x digital zoom. For selfies and video calls, the handset carries a 10.7-megapixel sensor paired with an f/2.2 ultra-wide angle lens.

Huawei Mate Xs 2 packs a 50-megapixel primary sensor
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The handset comes with up to 512GB of storage which can be expanded further by up to 256GB. Connectivity options on the Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone include dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, USB Type-C port, and NFC. Sensors onboard include gravity sensor, IR, fingerprint sensor, ambient light, among others. As far as battery is concerned, the vanilla model comes with a 4,600mAh battery with 66W fast charging, and the Collector’s Edition gets a 4,880mAh battery with 66W charging support.

The Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone measures 156.5×139.3×11.1mm in expanded state, and 156.5×75.5×11.1mm in folded state. The vanilla model weighs 255 grams, and the Collector’s Edition weighs 257 grams.

Huawei MatePad SE specifications

Huawei MatePad SE is offered in Blue colour option
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The Huawei MatePad SE runs on HarmonyOS 2, and sports a 10.1-inch IPS display with 1,920×1,200 pixel resolution. Under the hood, the budget tablet gets a HiSilicon Kirin 710A SoC, which is paired with 4GB of RAM. For photography, it gets a 5-megapixel rear sensor coupled with a f/2.2 lens. On the front is a 2-megapixel sensor with f/2.4 lens.

It gets 128GB of onboard storage, which can be expanded to 512GB. Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v5.1, 3.5mm headphone jack, and USB Type-C port. The Huawei MatePad SE packs a 5,100mAh battery, and features a dual speaker system. It measures 240.2x159x7.85mm, and weighs 450 grams.

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Finance Authorities of Singapore Call for Stringent Licencing Process for Digital Asset Businesses

Singapore wishes to establish itself as a ‘responsible’ hub for crypto activities. In a bid to achieve this goal, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has called for very strict verification and licencing processes for entities dealing with virtual digital assets wishing to set up shop in the southeast Asian sovereign island city-state. Singapore’s central bank has also joined MAS in suggesting a tough screening process for the businesses that expose people to high-risk assets and could potentially cause major financial damage if left unsupervised.

“The licensing process is stringent. And it needs to be because we want to be a responsible global crypto hub with innovative players, but also with strong risk management capabilities,” said Ravi Menon, the managing director of the MAS, while addressing the subject.

The statements were made by Menon during the Financial Times Crypto and Digital Asset Summit on April 27, Bitcoin.com reported.

The MAS chief noted that cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets do pose the threat of being misused for illicit activities such as terror financing and money laundering among others.

“I think many global regulators share similar concerns about retail exposure to cryptocurrencies,” he added.

In Singapore, Menon said, the track record of licence applicants is thoroughly analysed to see if strong corporate governance structures are in place or not.

Singapore also takes a tough approach on retail investors pouring money on cryptocurrencies in order to curb the risk of big losses.

A recent report has revealed that the total crypto-related crime in 2020 has amounted to around $10.52 billion (roughly Rs. 79,194 crore).

The same report also highlighted that scams and frauds are a major problem, which made for 67.8 percent of the total cryptocurrency crime in 2020.

In January this year, the MAS had published its “Guidelines to Discourage Cryptocurrency Trading by General Public”. The document warns innocent investors against making ignorant decisions.

As of January, over 100 companies applying for licences to operate in Singapore’s virtual assets industry were denied permits. Over 170 firms had reportedly applied at the time.

The island authorities, however, do not wish to ban the crypto sector.

In fact, in March, the Singaporean regulators had advised other nations also to enter the cryptocurrency space.

As per a report by research firm TripleA, over 550,000 Singaporeans — making up 9.4 percent of the country’s total population — are crypto-owners.

The country’s biggest bank DBS Group has also created a platform to facilitate digital token transactions.

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World Press Freedom Faces a Perfect Storm — Global Issues

  • Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada)
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TORONTO, Canada, Apr 29 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The following article is part of a series of IPS features and opinion pieces focused on media freedom globally.Empowered by a global pandemic and the drum beats of war, the strongest despots are growing more despotic, and criminal cartels even more brazen in their violence. Extremists of various hues are also stepping out of the shadows.

Just when the world most needs press freedom to thrive, the liberties that societies only really treasure when they are emasculated are coming under more pressure from different directions, old and new.

Farhana Haque RahmanThe 2021 World Press Freedom Index measured by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) declined last year, and is 12% down since first issued in 2013. RSF reported “a dramatic deterioration in people’s access to information and an increase in obstacles to news coverage”. The coronavirus pandemic was cited as widely used to block journalists’ access to information.

Lest you think that this deterioration is the preserve of less developed countries under autocratic rule, RSF noted an increase in attacks against journalists and arbitrary arrests in Germany, France, Italy and several other European states.

This year –as we approach World Press Freedom Day on May 3 — is measurably worse already, notably in Russia and China, but also in Mexico with an escalation of targeted killings of journalists by suspected drug traffickers.

Some 200 Russian journalists and several dozen foreign reporters have left Russia since the passing of a draconian media law on March 4 which criminalises “deliberately false” information. It outlaws calling the invasion of Ukraine a “war”. In addition Russia is still applying its “foreign agents” legislation to punish and intimidate critical media outlets, including PASMI dedicated exclusively to fighting corruption.

“The Russian authorities’ crackdown on independent media is escalating at breakneck speed. Evidently unsatisfied with merely blocking critical news sites or forcing reporters into exile, the Kremlin now seeks to incarcerate journalists who report on anti-war protests or Russian soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine,” Amnesty International said on April 14 commenting on the arrests of two journalists in the Russian republics of Altay and Khakassia.

“Apart from state propaganda, there is no media landscape in Russia,” Journalist Alexey Kovalyov, now based in Riga, told Al Jazeera. The power of that propaganda must not be underestimated. Accounts are widespread of people living in Ukraine telling relatives in Russia that they are being bombed by the Russian army but their own family members refuse to believe them.

The “world’s biggest jailer of press freedom defenders”, reports RSF, is however China, with 115 men and women currently incarcerated. China ranks 177 out of the 180 countries and territories surveyed. “Media freedom in China is declining at breakneck speed,” the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) stated in January. China has labelled the FCC an “illegal organisation” and appears in its rhetoric to be encouraging an exodus of foreign journalists.

Free media in Hong Kong, once among the freest in Asia, has been almost completely dismantled, according to Hong Kong Watch, a UK-based advocacy group. Its recent report followed the HK FCC’s announcement it would suspend its Human Rights Press Awards as it risked violating the city’s national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020.

Whereas Russia and China are deploying “lawfare” against independent journalists and big companies in developed countries are stifling the press with “vexatious” lawsuits, it is more a legal wasteland or absence of the state that is killing journalists in Mexico, among others.

A wave of murders has targeted at least eight journalists so far this year, with seven killed in all of 2021, making Mexico under populist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador one of the most dangerous countries for the press. Journalists, in the words of Adela Navarro Bello, director of the Tijuana weekly Zeta, are “caught in the crossfire between the threats and bullets of narco-traffickers and organised crime and the threats and verbal attacks and attempts to morally annihilate us from the federal and state governments”.

International human rights organisation Article 19 says the Mexican government’s denial of what is happening “results in no urgent measures being taken to stop this brutal spiral of violence”.

A similar pattern is seen in Bangladesh where suspected narco-traffickers killed Bangladeshi journalist Mohiuddin Sarker Nayeem on April 13.

The Committee to Protect Journalists publishes an annual Global Impunity Index and notes that no one has been held to account in 81% of journalist murders worldwide over the past 10 years. Somalia tops the list, with Mexico ranked 6th and Bangladesh 11th.

State-sponsored or tolerated violence and political persecution aside, world press freedom is also being eroded in an insidious way in places where such freedoms are commonly understood to be vital in sustaining well-functioning democracies. Coupled with the apparently unstoppable rise of social media as a source of information – some surveys suggest 50% of adults in the US and UK get their news from social media – the state of much of the traditional press, digital or not, is far from healthy.

The annual Digital News Report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found the US ranked last in media trust, at 29%, among 92,000 news consumers polled in 46 countries. (Finland came top).

Governments must not be passive while the same powerful corporate lobbies that have spent fortunes over decades spreading climate dis/misinformation in traditional media now feed on the rapacity of Big Tech social media, which are failing to disclose comprehensive policies to combat this. Climate disinformation as a threat to climate action is highlighted in the latest UN Climate Reports.

Press offices of international organisations, particularly the UN and large INGOs, also have a particular responsibility to uphold media freedom by eschewing the corporate dark arts of delay, denial and obfuscation.

A new proposal by the EU executive to protect journalists and campaigners from so-called vexatious lawsuits is highly welcome. The move would target “strategic lawsuits against public participation” known as Slapps, where the rich misuse legal means to silence troublesome investigative reporters and NGOs.

No press freedom, no democracy. Just like freedom of speech, that does not mean a free press can publish whatever it wants. Both need to be defined and, in these very dark times, defended.

Farhana Haque Rahman is Senior Vice President of IPS Inter Press Service and Executive Director IPS North America, including it’s UN Bureau; she served as the elected Director General of IPS from 2015-2019. A journalist and communications expert, she is a former senior official of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

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Sony Informs Developers Must Release Free 2-Hour Game Trials for PlayStation Plus Deluxe: Report

Sony has reportedly told developers to create free timed trials of their games for its upcoming highest tier of the new subscription, PlayStation Plus Premium (PlayStation Plus Deluxe in India). These free trials are purportedly required to be at least two-hour long. This policy is expected to only apply to games that will have a wholesale cost of over $34 (roughly Rs. 2,600). Furthermore, developers are expected to release free game trials only for upcoming titles. Already released games and PlayStation VR titles are believed to be exempted from this new policy.

The report from Game Developer suggests that developers would be given up to three months to release these trials from the date of the launch of their game on the PlayStation Store. They would have to keep these free trials live for at least 12 months for PlayStation Plus Deluxe and Premium users. Sony is said to be even open to custom game demos. Developers are supposedly still allowed to release games for free weekends and other promotional offers outside the PlayStation Plus Deluxe / Premium tier.

Ethan Gack from Kotaku suggests that these free game trials could be developed by the PlayStation Store team, which might prevent relatively smaller studios from getting overburdened with extra work. Still, concerns remain over these timed trials negatively impacting game sales. Also, Sony is believed to be not offering any extra perks to developers for releasing these free trials.

The all-new PlayStation Plus gaming subscription service has been confirmed to arrive in India on June 22. This three-tier service is divided into the PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Deluxe in India. Globally, the regions that support cloud streaming will receive the slightly expensive PS Plus Premium as the top subscription tier, instead of PS Plus Deluxe.

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Dogecoin Jesus? Roger Ver resurfaces on Twitter, backs DOGE over BTC

Roger Ver, an early investor and ardent promoter of Bitcoin (BTC) which earned him the moniker “Bitcoin Jesus” has resurfaced on Twitter after a year and backed Dogecoin (DOGE) in an interview, preferring it for payments over the world’s first crypto.

In an interview with Bloomberg, the Bitcoin.com founder said how he was a fan of the memecoin due to its fast transaction times and low fees:

“Dogecoin is significantly better, it’s cheaper and more reliable [than Bitcoin]. If I had to pick three contenders for the world’s dominant cryptocurrency, they would be Doge, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash.”

Ver also took time in the interview to voice his support for honorary Dogecoin CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover.

“It’ll certainly make Twitter more attractive,” said Ver. “I am really, really grateful that Musk is out there calling out censorship.”

Although Ver was a proponent of Bitcoin for years, he now spends his days as a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) evangelist, the altcoin which forked from Bitcoin after a dispute over the block size.

A video posted in March to Ver’s YouTube channel shows he and his entourage onboarding retail merchants and taxi drivers to use Bitcoin Cash as a preferred payment method in Saint-Martin.

Ver says that Bitcoin Cash is the true vision of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, and despite all his advocacy for the crypto, he claims he isn’t all in on BCH:

“I am definitely a cryptocurrency whale still, I’ve always had a wide assorted basket in cryptocurrency. I was never a Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash maximalist.”

Related: Roger Ver’s next life: Cryonics meets crypto

In his return to Twitter, Ver wasted little time calling attention to crypto’s first principles, with his second tweet after his hiatus on April 28. He said that custodial wallets like those used by traders interacting with centralized exchanges would cause Bitcoin to lose a “key revolutionary property.”

Noncustodial wallets where the user retains control over the assets is something that allows Bitcoin to stand out from banks and other financial products.



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8,000 British Troops to Join Allied Exercises in Eastern Europe, Official Says

The British military will send some 8,000 troops to Europe as part of a larger allied deployment to deter further Russian aggression, British officials said.

The British troops will be serving in the Joint Expeditionary Force, a British-led multinational group created in 2014 in response to Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of troops from Joint Expeditionary Force and NATO countries will participate in exercises between April and June, Britain’s defense ministry said in a statement released on Friday. The deployment was reported earlier by The Guardian.

“These exercises will see our troops join forces with allies and partners across NATO and the Joint Expeditionary Force in a show of solidarity and strength in one of the largest shared deployments since the Cold War,” Ben Wallace, the British defense secretary, said in the statement.

The exercise was long planned, and Britain’s participation had been announced in February, but British officials said it had been expanded as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The joint force’s deployment is temporary, but NATO allies are considering whether to expand the forces they deploy on a rotational basis to Poland and the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Those discussions are expected to continue at the NATO summit in Spain, scheduled to begin June 29.

Those NATO battle groups have roughly 1,500 soldiers each. Some NATO allies want to expand those forces to brigade size, which could make them around 3,000 troops each.

NATO has also been discussing ways to offer enhanced security support to Sweden and Finland should they seek membership in the alliance. While NATO is expected to offer membership quickly, it will take months for individual allies to ratify the agreement, leaving those countries without the alliance’s security guarantees.

The joint-force deployment will focus in part on the security of the Baltic region, and it could offer a measure of reassurance to Finland and Sweden. Both participate in the force.

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