Tag: digital ownership

Devices • July 12, 2026

When Amazon Deleted 1984 From Kindles

In 2009, Amazon delivered one of the most brutally ironic tech moments of the digital age: it remotely deleted copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from customers’ Kindle devices. Not a parody. Not a Black Mirror pitch. The book famous for state-controlled truth, disappearing records, and the “memory hole” was itself vanished from people’s e-readers. The […]

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Gaming • July 8, 2026

PlayStation’s Digital-Only Future Is a Warning Shot for Ownership

Sony has made the move the games industry has been circling for years: from January 2028, new PlayStation games will no longer be produced on physical discs. According to Sony’s own PlayStation Blog announcement, new releases after that point will be available through the PlayStation Store and retail digital formats only. Existing disc releases are […]

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