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Game industry fires back as certain adult games continue to be delisted from Steam and Itch.io: "Financial institutions are now influencing which stories can be told and sold in games"

"Games that feature consensual adult content, including queer, kink-positive, or romantic narratives, are easily targeted under vague or overly cautious enforcement"

Warren Buffett Has 56% Of His $258 Billion Portfolio's Value Exposed To AI: Here Are The 5 Stocks That Are Leveraging AI Within Berkshire's Holdings

Warren Buffett Has 56% Of His $258 Billion Portfolio's Value Exposed To AI: Here Are The 5 Stocks That Are Leveraging AI Within Berkshire's Holdings

The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ — Warren Buffett is not invested in any pure-play artificial intelligence (AI) companies, but he holds these five stocks via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK), which leverage AI in their businesses on scale.

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?

Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

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Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch.io and Valve does 'nothing to protect' women, and shock games will just be 'side-stepping the ban entirely', say affected indie devs

"Cutting these women off from income streams and audiences does nothing to 'protect' them."

Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io

Payment platforms demand services remove NSFW content after open letter from Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout, triggering accusations of censorship

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Option Volatility And Earnings Report For July 28 – Aug 1

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10 Classic Logos That Got Axed After Public Backlash

10 Classic Logos That Got Axed After Public Backlash

Changing a logo can feel risky. People get attached to familiar designs. When a company updates its look, it hopes for excitement. But sometimes, the reaction is the opposite. A new logo can spark outrage, confusion, or even jokes. For brands, this backlash can be costly. Here are ten classic…

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Mastercard and Visa Under Fire As Petition For Payment Giants To 'Not Police' Legal Content Blows Up

Mastercard and Visa Under Fire As Petition For Payment Giants To 'Not Police' Legal Content Blows Up

The petition addressed that MasterCard and Visa must stop censoring legal fictional content that complies with the law and platform standards.

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Samsung Wallet now lets you split in-store payments into installments

Samsung Wallet now lets you split in-store payments into installments

Samsung Wallet just added a way for US users to break up in-store payments into installments.

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Gaming’s recent run-ins with payment processors set a dangerous precedent

Gaming’s recent run-ins with payment processors set a dangerous precedent

We could be in for the biggest censorship wave in video game history.

Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire

Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire

Finally, we're safe from… uh, award-winning indies about girlhood and games that discuss the historic oppression of queer people.

A Quick Primer On Stablecoins

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American Airlines Leverages Mastercard Analytics For New Era Of Customized Travel Rewards

American Airlines Leverages Mastercard Analytics For New Era Of Customized Travel Rewards

American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) has extended its decades-long partnership with Mastercard Inc. (NYSE:MA), naming it the exclusive payment network for its co-branded AAdvantage credit cards. The renewed agreement aims to deliver more personalized travel benefits and enhanced digital payment capabilities.

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Steam removing adult games shows "you can even censor another country’s free speech," claims Nier creator Yoko Taro

This is about more than games

'Dangerous on a whole new level'—while Steam's policy change is new, the shadow of credit card porn-hibition has been looming for a while, with Nier: Automata's Yoko Taro sounding the alarm last year

"A security hole that endangers democracy itself."

Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam

It's not a great precedent, that's for sure.

Discover Capital One’s Strategy for Long-Term Stock Growth

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Steam's got a new rule that puts the kibosh on 'certain kinds of adult only content' that make Visa and Mastercard sad

The new rule seemingly coincided with a large number of adult games being delisted from the platform.

Steam now prohibits games that violate the "rules and standards" of payment processors, banks, and more, and users are worried it might affect more than just "certain kinds of adult-only content"

Many adult games have been removed from Steam in the last day

Mastercard Launches New Benefits, Ultra-Exclusive Card For High Spenders

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) on Wednesday announced it is launching a new set of benefits called The Mastercard Collection to meet a major shift in how people, especially Americans, want to spend their time and money.

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Card payment surcharges should be banned for debit and credit payments, RBA says

Surcharges on Eftpos, Mastercard and Visa card payments would be eliminated from July 2026 under proposal from Reserve Bank

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