Sony is ending selling games on physical discs. It’s not alone. But it’s wild this happened during a week in which Sony also announced hundreds of digital films people had bought were to be removed from their libraries. But, hey, “trust us” with your ‘purchased’ digital-only games? Hmm. As I write on Stuff, I think this is all a terrible idea.

Tidal has demonetised AI music. Which is good. But it’s not enough. I wrote for Stuff about the AI music crackdown, but how only one major music service (not Tidal) is willing to fully protect human creativity and combat slop. (Also: to the person who bought my most recent album off the back of this piece – thank you! I really need to get out the new one that’s been bumbling along for years now…)

Apple gear just got more expensive. I explore whether Apple really needed to raise its prices and how to still secure a tech bargain (while avoiding costly mistakes).

StandBy makes idle iPhones useful. Find out how to get the most from it here.

16,000 games on Apple Watch? Sort of. Picpic brings Pico-8 to Apple’s wearable. 

Google wants the UK to ditch copyright rules for its AI. And other AIs. It’s the latest entry in “Wah! Waaaaaah! Our business model doesn’t work unless we can freely rip off all human creativity, ever, without compensating creators!” In the UK, this is especially bonkers, given that it remains illegal to rip a legally bought and owned CD to MP3 on your computer. But Google will likely convince the UK government that every creative endeavour should be available for it to remix and regurgitate, entirely for free.

One rule for the public – another for megacorps… Bah.