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Sony surrenders: Helldivers 2 won’t require PlayStation login on PC

PC World 

Last week, the publisher and developer of co-op Helldivers 2 had a real “the peasants are revolting” situation on their hands. Sony told players that they’d have to link their Steam accounts with PlayStation Network to continue playing the game later this month. After an overwhelmingly negative reaction from fans — many of whom lived in countries where Sony’s PSN isn’t available — the company has retreated, saying that it will not enact the requirement.

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India on track to become third largest consumer market by 2026: UBS

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

India is set to become the third largest consumer market in 2026, surpassing Germany and Japan, according to a UBS report. The report predicts that the affluent category will double in the next five years, with 88 million people with over $10,000 annual income by 2028. Consumption growth is expected to remain muted at 4-5% in the current and next fiscal, below the 6.5-7% average annual growth seen during FY11 and FY20.

"White Trash Wins Lotto," an insane and insanely clever musical about Axl Rose, now available for free download

Boing Boing 

"White Trash Wins Lotto" is very hard to describe. It's a musical about Axl Rose coming to LA and becoming a rock star. But the music is anything but rock: it's Broadway by way of Gilbert and Sullivan. And it's hilarious and audacious and grandiose, full of wraiths, Eurotrash kids, record execs, heavy metal stripper chicks, and drugged-out rock stars, alive and dead. — Read the rest

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Study investigates a nearby M-dwarf binary system

Phys.org 

Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have explored a nearby binary stellar system composed of two M dwarfs, known as LP 349−25AB. Results of the study, presented April 25 on the pre-print server arXiv, shed more light on the properties of this system, suggesting that one of its components may be a brown dwarf.

Iranian Cyberpolice To Ratchet Up Crackdown On Social Media Critics

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 

Iran’s cyberpolice are launching a plan to combat “moral and social crimes that violate Islamic, social, and cultural norms in cyberspace," in another sign of the curbing of freedoms by authorities following a renewed crackdown on the wearing of head scarves and the blocking of social media sites.

Ben Anderson's 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix driver rankings - The Race

Top Stories (us) - Google News (ru) 

  1. Ben Anderson's 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix driver rankings  The Race
  2. Lando Norris claims first win of F1 career, storming to victory at Miami Grand Prix in front of star-studded crowd  CNN
  3. McLaren boss Brown says maiden Norris win 'long overdue'  Formula 1
  4. 'It's been a long time coming': F1 drivers react to Norris' maiden win in Miami  The Athletic
  5. Lando Norris: nice guy finishes first after long road to top of F1  The Guardian

Naoya Inoue dominates Luis Nery to remain undisputed super bantamweight champ

The Japan Times (sports) 

Naoya Inoue gave the fans at Tokyo Dome a scare when he was knocked down in the first round of his super bantamweight title fight against Luis Nery. It was not long, however, before the champion put everyone at ease by taking control of a fight that underpinned his standing as the unquestioned king of the division.