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Rachelle Abbott

PlayStation Showcase 2021: Star Wars, Project Eve & Gran Turismo 7 for PS5 | Tech Science Daily

Sony unveiled the new PlayStation 5 logo at CES 2020

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We reveal Sony’s latest PlayStation Showcase - which unveiled 18 new and updated titles set for release over the coming months and into next year.

But if you’re hoping for a PS5 version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5, you’ll now be waiting until March as the launch is pushed back to complete updating graphics and features like smooth switching of characters.

Plus, we speak to consumer tech expert GadgetsBoy about the latest developments using artificial intelligence to give video gaming characters hyper-realistic faces.

Former England footballer Rio Ferdinand says he’s having to explain the meaning of the horrific racist abuse he receives on social media to his children.

Giving evidence to MPs and peers ahead of the Online Safety Bill, Ferdinand, who has 81 senior caps for his country, urged social media firms to deploy their powerful software to ensure abusers don’t get away scot-free.

Facebook’s unveiled its first smart glasses, and reviews are decidedly mixed...notably on the subject of just how creepy it is to wear them.

The social media firm has packed electronics into a pair of modified Ray-Ban Wayfarers, and is calling them Stories, which will cost you about £300.

Amazon offers to pay $1.2 billion college fees for 750,000 US staff, NHS lung cancer patients to receive breakthrough tumour-stopping drug, and, best way to airlift a rhino wins satirical science prize.

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