Last week, we asked you to climb to great heights and share images from above in the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: call_me_xavii shares Aloy taking a hot air balloon ride in Horizon Forbidden West PattyGnand shares the four girls sitting on a lookout ledge in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage secondcapture shares Wander raising a sword atop the head of a colossus in Shadow of the Colossus deogovakin shares their ship zooming through space in No Man’s Sky wingsforsmiles shares Cal being flown over lava in Star Wars Jedi Survivor xenobitz shares the player dropping into Fortnite Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? THEME: The Last of Us CompleteSUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on April 16, 2025  Next week, we’re joining Joel, Ellie, and Abby on their complete journey. Share epic moments from The Last of Us Complete using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Humble Choice is easily one of the most overlooked gaming subscriptions. Brought to you by the same people responsible for the Humble Bundle, Humble Choice serves up a rotating catalog of DRM-free games that you get to keep forever, in addition to an array of other cool benefits, for just $129 a year, or $11.99 month-to-month. Humble Choice is a fantastic value when compared to the annual cost for services like Game Pass Ultimate ($240) or PSN Plus Extra ($159.99), which don’t let you access their game library when you cancel your subscription. This month, Humble Choice subscribers get access to the eldritch fishing simulator Dredge, 1000X Resist, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, Aliens: Dark Descent, and four other awesome titles. But if you don’t see something you like, don’t worry. Humble Choice also gives you access to the Humble Vault, which contains over 100 DRM-free titles for you to check out whenever you like. In addition to getting this massive library of PC titles, Humble Choice subscribers also enjoy discounts of up to 20% on select titles from the Humble store (including many first-party titles for the Nintendo Switch). Like with the company’s other bundles, a portion of your Humble Choice subscription fee goes to support a charity. This month, 5% of your subscription will benefit One Tree Planted, a humanitarian organization that combats deforestation around the world.

Another major data breach has compromised the sensitive health records of more than 1.6 million patients—including minors under 18—who received care at Planned Parenthood in more than 30 states. Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), which provides lab testing services to reproductive health clinics across the U.S., is notifying individuals who may have been affected by a security incident that took place in October 2024. Planned Parenthood itself has been the target of cyberattacks in 2021 and 2024. What happened with LSC?According to LSC's filing with the Maine attorney general's office, hackers accessed its systems on Oct. 27, 2024—the breach was identified the same day—and stole the data of 1.6 million individuals. The information compromised varies from patient to patient but may include the following: Personal information: Name, address, email, phone numberMedical information: Date(s) of service, diagnoses, treatment, medical record and patient numbers, lab results, provider name, treatment locationInsurance information: Plan name and type, insurance company, member/group ID numbersBilling information: Claim numbers, bank account details, billing codes, payment card details, balance detailsIdentifiers: Social Security number, driver's license or ID number, passport number, date of birth, demographic data, student ID numberLSC employee data may also have been leaked, including details about dependents and beneficiaries. What patients can do if their information was compromisedIf you (or someone whose medical bills you pay) have received care at a Planned Parenthood center, you can check to see if clinics in your state are partnered with LSC for lab testing. LSC has a list on its FAQ site, and you can call the company's service center at 855-549-2662 to verify specific clinic locations. While you can't undo the potential damage of a data breach, you can take steps to secure your information and accounts, like keeping an eye out for suspicious activity and reviewing your credit report regularly (you can request a free copy every week from each of the three major credit bureaus). Freeze your credit, place a fraud alert, and lock down your Social Security number to protect against identity theft. LSC's website about the breach has information about reporting identity theft to federal and state agencies. LSC is also offering 12–24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals via CyEx Medical Shield Complete. To register, call the customer support number listed above between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET Monday to Friday to request an activation code, which you'll need to enroll online. Affected minors and those without an SSN or credit history are eligible for a separate service called Minor Defense, which has a similar enrollment process. The deadline to sign up is July 14, 2025.

Tequila Works, the Spanish developer that created games like Rime and Gylt and published games like The Sexy Brutale, is auctioning off its intellectual property (via VGC). The studio filed for insolvency in 2024 after "prolonged market conditions" made it financially-difficult to stay above water. The games and IP rights available to bid on at auction site Escrapalia include Tequila Works' first game Deadlight, Rime and its horror adventure game Gylt. The company is also auctioning off in-development projects, including "The Ancient Mariner," "Dungeon Tour" and "Brawler Crawler."  Prior to it filing for insolvency and Tequila Works' founders stepping down, the studio released Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story, one of the games on the short-lived Riot Forge publishing label. Riot announced it was shutting down Riot Forge in January 2024. The label published League of Legends spin-off games in variety of different genres, including turn-based RPG Ruined King, 2D action RPGThe Mageseeker, and more. Back in 2022, Tencent acquired a controlling stake in Tequila Works, a connection that made sense given the Chinese company also owns Riot. Contraction across the games industry, the failure of Riot Forge games to connect with a larger audience and Tequila Work's Gylt starting life as a Google Stadia-exclusive all likely contributed to the studio's current position.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-rights-for-tequila-workss-games-are-up-for-auction-after-insolvency-filing-193627934.html?src=rss

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Attending the Masters for the first time was a new experience for Thomas Abraham, and it wasn’t just about the golf. The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time. “It was kind of cool,” said Abraham, who phoned a friend while attending the Masters Par 3 competition on Wednesday with his father, Sid. “I’ve never used one before. I figured it out. If I had to use one of those (rotary) phones I probably would’ve had to ask my dad.” Augusta National requires its patrons to leave their cellphones and other electronic devices behind. In place of those security blankets, there are several public telephone banks of those throwback devices from days gone by. They are a foreign sight for many in the younger generation who’ve never seen a phone with an attached cord. Abraham is not unlike most teenagers — or adults, for that matter — who are very much attached to the world through their cellphones. At some point, chances are, patrons check for their phone — patting their pockets, reaching for the clip on their belts, wherever it usually is. And when they can’t find it, well… “It’s kind of panic mode,” Abraham said. “We were at 18th (hole) and I went to reach in my pocket and it wasn’t there. Then I remembered it’s in the car.” He wasn’t alone. “I’ve checked my pockets for my phone no less than 10 times today,” said Ryan O’Connor from Little Rock, Arkansas. “I was sitting in the bleachers on the 16th green and someone dropped a water bottle and it made a loud noise and I instinctively reached for my phone. Not there.” The line at the public phone bank can stretch up to 10 people deep at the height of the Masters. And while they provide an outlet for those looking to touch base with the world outside of Augusta National’s gates, there are some issues that come with them. Like, remembering phone numbers. Bill Kehoe, 50, from Raleigh, North Carolina came prepared. As he approached the public phones, Kehoe whipped out a sheet of paper with a handful of names and numbers written on them with a black Sharpie. He picked up the receiver on the phone, punched in the number “1” to start the call and then looked down at the paper and entered the remaining numbers to complete the free call. “I can’t even remember my own phone number, let alone anyone else’s number,” Kehoe joked. “They’re all saved in my phone.” One of the calls he made was to his 14-year-old son Connor, who was on a school fieldtrip to Washington. D.C. Connor had asked his dad to call at a prearranged time while he was on a bus, and his 8th grade classmates were shocked when his caller ID popped popped up as “Augusta National Golf Club.” “You could hear all of the kids like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool!,” Kehoe said with a laugh. “But then they all started asking for merchandise so I had to hang up.” The reasons patrons disrupt their round of watching professional golf to make a call. One person was calling to hear about the day’s dramatic movement in the stock market. Another said he was checking in with work. And several others were simply touching base with family or loved ones. Tyler Johnson and his wife Lauren called home to Roswell, Georgia to check on their 5-year-old son, who is staying with his grandparents, “just to make sure there’s no blood,” Tyler said with a laugh. As mom and dad alternated talking to their son, they took pictures of each other talking on the odd-looking black public phone. “I think the last time I used one of these was 1999, before Y2K, I think,” Tyler joked. While not having a cellphone is an inconvenience for some, others have come to relish the liberating feeling of being disconnected from the world for a little while. Fletcher Lord from Little Rock texted his wife after he arrived at the course around 6 a.m. and reminded her not to expect to hear from him all day. He then set out to enjoy a few refreshments on a sunny, 70-degree day amid the serene backdrop of blooming azaleas and tall pines. “Once you get over the anxiety of not having your phone, it’s a very freeing feeling because it forces you to just be here in the moment,” Lord said. O’Connor agreed. He phoned one of his old friends from high school just to see if he’d pick up. He did. “He didn’t recognize the number obviously, but when he saw Augusta National pop up he said I better pick this one up,” O’Connor said. Then it was off to enjoy the day. “Is not having a phone a pain?” O’Connor said. “No, I think it’s actually good for me. Those emails will be there when I get back home.” —Steve Reed, AP sports writer

For about a decade, Bose and JBL have dominated the portable Bluetooth speaker market, targeting slightly different submarkets. Bose is the go-to for indoor audiophiles, while JBL's rugged offerings are well-suited to beaches and barbecues.A Michigan-based startup called Lodge has done JBL one better. Lodge's weatherproof Solar Speaker 4 is designed to be outside—and stay there. As the name suggests, it doesn't need to be plugged in to recharge; instead it's covered in 180 square inches of shatter-proof solar panels that draw juice from the sun. The 10.5"H x 7"W x 6"D speaker weighs 7.5 pounds. Its Bluetooth range is 100 feet. To cover larger outdoor areas and approximate stereo or surround sound, you can pair multiple units; you just have to designate one as the "main" speaker—that's the one you need to keep the source within 100 feet of—and the others can be placed 30 to 70 feet away, depending on obstructions. To keep the speakers off of the ground, Lodge offers a $25 stake with a circular metal plate on top. You pound the thing into the ground, then the speaker attaches to the plate magnetically. The speakers themselves run $400 a pop ($50 less than JBL's Boombox 3, which lacks solar charging), or $700 for a pair. The company says every hour of direct sunlight provides 2-3 hours of playback time, and that the battery can store 22 hours' worth of juice. And yes, if you're beset by cloudy weather, you can haul the thing over to an outlet and charge it the old-fashioned way.As for audio quality, you'll have to dive into reviews written by your chosen tribe. A ZDNet writer called it "simply the best-sounding speaker I have ever tested" while others complained that the treble is "sizzly" and the bass is "boomy." The product's strongest appeal is undoubtedly that you've got, essentially, infinite battery life.

Spotify officially discontinued their first and only hardware product – the Car Thing in December 2024, leaving us entering 2025 with a palpable car media player-shaped void in our hearts. But here’s a question – what if we just had other companies make Car Things instead of Spotify? This new ChatGPT AI feature allowed us to imagine what the Car Thing would look like if it was built by other iconic audio-related brands, both old and new. Prepare to go on an absolute feels trip as we look at the Car Thing from brands as old and iconic as Sony Ericsson’s Walkman and VLC to fairly new kids on the block like Tidal and Audible. The format is simple – a car-mounted player that lets you, either through touch or through button control, play media on a streaming service of your choice. More analogue systems like the Walkman and the VLC player obviously have local storage playback, while others like YouTube and Audible tap into internet playback. Designer: Sarang Sheth This started purely as a nostalgia exercise, inspired by the retro gadgets series from last week. However, it later blossomed into a more rounded ‘what if’ experiment as the idea of a hardware player made more and more sense for most audio streaming giants today. We start with Sony Ericsson Walkman and VLC, absolute behemoths of the media space in the 2000s. VLC had two features – firstly, the ability to handle literally every file format on the planet, and secondly, the fact it was free. VLC Media Player could be found on every laptop and desktop on the planet, which is why making a VLC car media player made sense too. Simple interface – a nice volume knob, and controls that mirrored the skeuomorphic ones seen on the player. While VLC reigned supreme on desktop, Walkman was the go-to for every non-iPod user on the planet. It was the iPhone before the iPhone was the iPhone. Sure, Nokia had some wild phones back in the day, but nothing beat the cultural impact of Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phones. The car media player mirrors the same cult impact, with a black body and bright orange accents like that gorgeous radial-brushed knob. Finally, the Sony Ericsson logo makes its way at the bottom too, just giving everyone absolute feels! Sure, Sony had to butt heads with the iPod, which is why we looked at the Car Thing from an iPod lens too, with an iTunes player instead of the newfangled Apple Music. Everything about this player feels classic, from the design to the color finish to the gorgeous jog-wheel on the side that’s highly reminiscent of the iPod. Anyone who grew up in the 90s and 2000s will gush over this beauty. The next player really needs no branding – the red play button on the bottom is branding enough. This one was a bit tough, because we deliberately didn’t want to include video players in this series – but the thing is a LOT of people use YouTube to listen to podcasts too (I’m an ardent TWiT.tv and Waveform Podcast listener), so we decided to go ahead with a YouTube-esque Car Thing. The screen gets priority here, so we moved the volume knob to the side, and the buttons on the bottom let you do everything from quickly control playback to even toggle video quality settings just in case you’re driving through an area with bad reception. For me, the first ever truly addictive audio-only platform was Soundcloud. It was THE place for indie music, mixes, playlists, etc. I was quite the EDM lover and artists would upload their remixes, livesets, and entire albums directly onto the Soundcloud website. That’s why this one definitely deserved a player. The screen’s much more narrow, because the only thing that matters is the track itself, and of course you’ve got all the tactile buttons you need to control music playback on your car ride. Let’s just say I also asked ChatGPT to help me manifest my DJ career with a nice Levels remix! Obviously, you can’t have online audio media today without having podcasts and audiobooks, which is why we took two popular players in this area and gave them their own hardware devices. Most people listen to podcasts or books while commuting, so this made a world of sense The Pocket Casts service gets its own hardware unit, with all the interface controls you need to listen to your favorite pod episode. Similarly, if you’re a book person, this Audible Car Thing is perfect for you, helping you get through your book collection while you’re stuck in traffic! They’re all conceptual, but I’d like to think that these devices do have on-board storage too, so you can listen to your favorite audio pieces even without an internet connection. Finally, the last in this list is a bonafide Spotify competitor. Run by Jay-Z and a bunch of other Hollywood music execs, Tidal is touted as the world’s go-to for hi-fi music. You don’t stream MP3s here, you stream high-definition audio – which I assume some people definitely pay for. For the folks subscribed to Tidal (I honestly don’t know who you are), this car player is for you, bringing hi-fi audio to your presumably hi-fi car sound system. The design and interface seem very slick with the black-on-black design palette… and given that it’s Tidal, I had to put Beyonce on the Now Playing section… I guess I’ll thank her too, just in case. Which Car Thing is your favorite? Would you like to see more? Hit us up on Instagram and let us know!The post If Sony Walkman, YouTube, Audible, and Apple made Car Things, this is how they’d look first appeared on Yanko Design.

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