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Sony spent nearly three decades building PlayStation into the console that always had a disc drive. That changes in January 2028. On July 1, 2026, the company confirmed on the PlayStation Blog that it will stop manufacturing physical discs for new PlayStation games, shifting the platform to digital-only distribution at retail and on the PlayStation…

Nine Entertainment (ASX: NEC) enters the second half of calendar 2026 as a leaner, less-levered media company. The Domain divestment reset its balance sheet and returned capital, while streaming and digital subscriptions provide growth against declining free-to-air and print advertising. The QMS acquisition adds a new advertising channel, but the group still depends heavily on…

Two Irish stories dominated the cultural conversation in early July 2026. One was four men from Dublin announcing their first studio album in nine years. The other was a Cork influencer getting dumped from a villa in Mallorca while half the country watched through their fingers. U2 releasing ‘Street of Dreams’ and Charleen Murphy’s Love…