Technology Facebook finally cuts 3rd-party 'friend data' access for Microsoft and Sony, under $5B FTC deal Xeni Jardin

corruption Sony's copyright bots remove a band's own release of its new video Cory Doctorow

youtube Sony won't let you post "crap recordings" of a few seconds of your own Beethoven piano performance Cory Doctorow

Business Incoherence, multiplied: Sony announces nebulous "blockchain for DRM" Cory Doctorow

video games Sony to retire PS Vita in 2019 Seamus Bellamy

video Tom Hardy caught a real nasty bug in the latest trailer for Venom Seamus Bellamy

Japan Buddhist funeral service for robot dogs David Pescovitz

video games Sony is killing production of physical PS Vita games in 2019 Seamus Bellamy

Copyfight Sony's new robot dog doubles down on DRM Cory Doctorow

music After 28 years, Sony resumes vinyl record production Rob Beschizza

security Not just crapgadgets: Sony's enterprise CCTV can be easily hacked by IoT worms like Mirai Cory Doctorow

streisand effect Sony tries, fails to scrub Playstation 4 Slim photos off the net Rob Beschizza

Gadgets The Leica Q is the best fixed-lens compact camera Rob Beschizza

Games EA reveals the Xbox One sales total that Microsoft prefers not to Rob Beschizza

Games Sony filed a trademark application for "Let's Play" Cory Doctorow

Business Sony licensed stock footage, then branded its creator a pirate for using it himself Cory Doctorow

Copyfight It's been ten years since Sony Music infected the world with its rootkit Cory Doctorow

movies Sony "took most of the bite out of" football concussion movie to please N.F.L. Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Anti-piracy dolts gobble up content with "pixels" DMCA takedowns Andrea James

Entertainment Sony Pictures Animation plans animated “emoji movie,” starring emoji characters Xeni Jardin