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Wednesday 30 September 2026

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Hacker News

  1. How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it
  2. Livenerf: Has Opus 5.5 been nerfed yet?
  3. UnoDOS
  4. Deser: Rethinking Rust Serialization
  5. U.S. postal inspectors shut down website selling counterfeit postage labels
  6. Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market
  7. Galaxy Game – Interim Computer Museum
  8. AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom
  9. Show HN: TurboGPT: train 22KiB transformer in 13s
  10. Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 (so far)

The Verge

  1. Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models are safe
  2. Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
  3. BMW’s revamped i3 boasts up to 468 miles of range
  4. Suspected ShinyHunters leader arrested in the Netherlands
  5. Elon Musk’s AI-powered Grokipedia is updating again
  6. AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’
  7. Razer’s low-latency wireless gaming keyboard is almost half off
  8. OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
  9. Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
  10. Xbox’s Mythic Achievements are here and they’re just like PlayStation Platinum trophies

Ars Technica

  1. Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
  2. Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
  3. AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
  4. Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
  5. NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
  6. Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
  7. Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
  8. This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
  9. Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity
  10. OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release

TechCrunch

  1. America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
  2. The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
  3. Your car and its mobile app are probably handing over all kinds of data to tech companies
  4. a16z-backed EliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation to $4B
  5. Tesla secures $30B in new credit lines as it looks to scale Cybercab, Optimus
  6. OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
  7. OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
  8. OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
  9. More Ways to Disrupt: New 2026 Side Events from KOTRA, WayFounder, Enterprise Ireland, SafetyWing + Descope
  10. Apple Pay set to launch in India with Axis Bank today, sources say

Wired

  1. Range Rover Sport Electric: Price, Specs, Availability
  2. OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
  3. Away’s New Series 3 Luggage Plays It Safe—That’s the Point
  4. Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What?
  5. OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse
  6. I Found National Coffee Day Deals Worth Making Coffee at Home For (2026)
  7. How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
  8. 7 Best Smartwatch Models: Apple, Google, Garmin (2026)
  9. OpenAI Delays Release of Latest Model Over Safety Concerns
  10. Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI

Engadget

  1. Don't throw away your old router — Do this instead
  2. The AI industry wants models to assist in legal battles, but will they help?
  3. Can you still use your router if it doesn't get firmware updates?
  4. How to prepare your Samsung Galaxy for the One UI 9 update
  5. How do translation earbuds actually work?
  6. Codenames Party is the latest addition to Netflix Games
  7. Apple's iOS 27.0.1 update arrives with fixes for Face ID and touchscreen issues
  8. Apple updates Final Cut Camera to support the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture
  9. Mozilla deploys a new-look Firefox across desktop and mobile
  10. Google partners with known nerd Henry Cavill on a video game to showcase Googlebooks

9to5Mac

  1. Apple Pay now rolling out to Axis Bank customers in India
  2. Bank of America says Meta’s Muse highlights a new risk for Apple’s services revenue
  3. Apple TV renews French drama ‘Carême’ for season two
  4. 9to5Mac Daily: September 29, 2026 – iOS 27.0.1, iPhone Duo features
  5. iFixit teardown of the new AirPods 5 reveals first real repairability improvement
  6. Apple faces renewed scrutiny over removal of ICEBlock from the App Store
  7. Apple announces when you can start the iPhone Duo pre-order process
  8. Early fall Prime Day deals now live: MacBook, AirTag 2, MagSafe gear, TVs, smart speakers, more
  9. iOS 27.2: Three new features coming soon to your iPhone
  10. AirPods Pro 3 and more just got new firmware update in beta

Guardian Australia

  1. Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensify
  2. An EV sold every 100 seconds: Australian demand for electric cars more than doubles
  3. Florida man, age 77, becomes 16th person to be executed in state this year
  4. Supreme court allows Trump to temporarily resume deporting people to third countries – live
  5. A tight election looms in New Zealand. This time, overseas voters could be bad news for the big parties
  6. Forget the inflation blame game – politicians should let the RBA get on with its job | Saul Eslake
  7. US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
  8. David Shoebridge launches leadership bid ahead of Greens ballot at party retreat
  9. The political battle over Australian immigration is really a story of what kind of nation we want to be | Peter Lewis
  10. Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’

ABC News

  1. Chihuahua becomes National Guard sensation
  2. Breaking: David Shoebridge named new Greens leader after three-way contest
  3. Charge dropped against man accused of being Chinese spy
  4. Why Nirvana and Midnight Oil made the cut in Songs that Changed the World
  5. Emergency water restrictions for Queensland town following pump failure
  6. Breaking: Headline inflation jumped to 4pc in August, up from 3.5pc in July
  7. Neale set to join Magpies as Lions confirm exit
  8. CCTV shows tractor ram raid at Melbourne cafe and animal farm
  9. Lone finalist for Brisbane Games stadium build announced
  10. Learner driver charged after 17yo dies in Adelaide crash

BBC News

  1. The Papers: 'Burnham's triple shock' and 'City face expulsion'
  2. How AI is creating a UK super-museum and revealing our planet's history
  3. Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break them
  4. Antisemitism on the rise at universities, charity warns
  5. One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
  6. US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
  7. Ukraine's prized steel industry left in ruins by Russian missile campaign
  8. Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas is charged with assault
  9. Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
  10. 'Mum sent them £140,000': How to spot the signs a loved one is being scammed

The Guardian

  1. England can take vital lessons from worst defeats into Rugby World Cup, says Johnson
  2. The Standard of Living review – Rory Kinnear has bags of charm as Bloomsbury economist Keynes
  3. Alexander-Arnold proves his worth to England with trademark assist against Czechia | Jacob Steinberg
  4. Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer
  5. Nations League roundup: Lamine Yamal sinks Croatia in Spain’s World Cup homecoming
  6. OpenAI announces ‘dots’ agent after scrapping launch of new AI model over safety concerns
  7. Trump agrees to end court fight against $5m verdict in E Jean Carroll case
  8. Switzerland’s Rodríguez and Elvedi punish Scotland after Hendry’s early red card
  9. Cherise Saywell wins national short story award for ‘tender’ tale of a child facing violence – read an extract here
  10. Manchester City CEO Soriano says guilty verdicts are ‘a Premier League conspiracy theory’

Al Jazeera

  1. Somali pirates killed five crew members on hijacked tanker, officials say
  2. US Senate blocks resolution seeking report on Americans killed in West Bank
  3. Protesters block Orange Order march in Northern Ireland
  4. King appoints Morocco’s first female prime minister
  5. Morocco’s pro-Palestine protests challenge Rabat’s deepening Israel ties
  6. Indonesia suspends five officials over luxury apartments for inmates
  7. Iran war live: Trump claims war will end ‘very soon’, gives no details
  8. Trump says he plans to campaign for 32 days before midterm elections
  9. ‘Nothing is justifying this’: Qatari PM slams atrocities in Gaza
  10. Trump, top tech firms sign accord to ‘self-police’ AI development

NPR

  1. The federal law aimed at protecting college students from sexual abuse
  2. U.S. Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in third-country deportations
  3. Lindsay Clancy's lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
  4. Potential Taiwan tension sparked 'last minute' change in Trump-Xi National Archives visit
  5. Making gene-edited babies is illegal. This startup says it may be time to reconsider
  6. This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice
  7. Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
  8. Trump weakens fuel efficiency standards. And, Cornell fraternity rape case reopened
  9. 4 ways to avoid getting ripped off, according to a pricing expert
  10. As the U.S. signals a smaller Middle East footprint, Turkey is ready to step in

Kottke

  1. Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket....
  2. Kim Tschang-Yeul, Water Drops
  3. The death of web development education. “The income from...
  4. Brett Simmons on how using the stock Mac UI isn’t the...
  5. What’s On Your To-Do List?
  6. The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris....
  7. On commodified, automated intelligence. “If any of these...
  8. The MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt
  9. In the wake of her divorce, Curtis Sittenfeld revisits...
  10. OpenAI isn’t going to release its newest model because...

The Marginalian

  1. C.S. Lewis on How to Structure the Days of a Creative Life and Train the Receptive Imagination
  2. Inner Space, Outer Space, and How to Be an Astronaut in the Cosmos of Connection: Eric Berne on the Key to True Intimacy
  3. Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator
  4. Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness
  5. The Weasel and the Meaning of It All: Annie Dillard on How to Live
  6. Do Not Spare Yourself: An Antidote to Feeling Like You Are Waiting to Start Living
  7. Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
  8. How to Handle a Narcissistic and Abusive Parent: Kafka’s Remarkable Letter to Father
  9. How to Speak Forest
  10. Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education

Pitchfork

  1. Caroline Polachek, Angèle, and SebastiAn’s New Song Navigates a “Love Triangle”
  2. Brakence Returns With New Album Marrow
  3. Megan Thee Stallion Revives Tina Snow on New Single
  4. Hear Another Father John Misty Single
  5. Kim Deal Has a Live Album on the Way
  6. Ryley Walker Signs to AD 93 and Unveils First Song in Five Years
  7. Lily Konigsberg, Krill, Jane Remover, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
  8. Klein Surprise Releases New Album My Own Fairytale
  9. Watch Taylor Swift Haunt Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell in “Patient Zero” Video
  10. Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks

Stereogum

  1. Megan Thee Stallion – “Tina Tuesday Freestyle”
  2. PISS – “blocking a scene you can’t remember”
  3. Angèle – “Love Triangle” (Feat. Caroline Polachek & SebastiAn)
  4. SOAK Announces New Album decembers: Hear The Title Track
  5. Power Snatch – “Spit” (mark william lewis Cover)
  6. Death From Above 1979 Announce New Album Private Lives: Hear The Title Track
  7. Rick Wakeman Performs For 150 Rescued Moon Bears In Vietnam
  8. Billy Joel Announces Turnstiles 50th Anniversary Edition With 54 Previously Unreleased Tracks
  9. Watch TV On The Radio Bring Back Their Spider-Man Hit “Wolf Like Me” On Kimmel
  10. Lime Garden – “Moving Target”

Longreads

  1. You Should’ve Said Something
  2. Dusklands
  3. Lost and Found: A Reading List on Labyrinths, Mazes, and Wayfinding
  4. Oh, How Lucky We Are
  5. A Graveyard Shift with Britain’s Gen Z Undertakers
  6. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  7. A Tale of Two Trap Houses: Being Cuckooed Ruined My Friend’s Life—But Did It Then Help Save Him?
  8. Heaven’s Melodic Strains
  9. Making Meaning, One Step at a Time: A Conversation with Earl Swift
  10. My Two Front Teeth

ScienceDaily

  1. The ice blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus is stranger than scientists realized
  2. Earth’s day isn’t exactly 24 hours. The reason may lie deep inside the planet
  3. NASA’s Crew-13 could go from Florida to the ISS in under 9 hours
  4. This suitcase-sized spacecraft could hear the universe before stars existed
  5. Scientists expected these Galápagos sea turtles to wander. They stayed put
  6. Hidden stem cells may be fueling spinal stenosis
  7. Scientists find new virus behind mysterious tick illness
  8. Diabetes study finds keeping blood sugar too steady may come at a price
  9. Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain
  10. Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space

Quanta

  1. Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
  2. Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?
  3. Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike

NASA

  1. NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
  2. NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Support Services Contract
  3. NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
  4. NASA Adds Blue Origin New Glenn 9×4 to Launch Services Contract
  5. NASA Sets Crew-13 Launch, Docking Coverage
  6. Crew-13 Rocket and Spacecraft at Launch Pad
  7. NASA Opens Applications for Second Season of ORBIT Student Challenge
  8. NSTGRO 2026
  9. Under the Microscope: NASA-Made Material for Moon Manufacturing
  10. APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula

Nature

  1. Emissions after the Paris accord made Europe’s heatwaves more severe
  2. China wants to build world-leading science journals — can it be done?
  3. A new chapter in targeting kinase enzymes in cancer
  4. How to put people first in cyberspace
  5. AI can widen science — but only if institutions stop rewarding the already measurable
  6. The cost of lost labour on a warming planet
  7. Strange and beautiful creatures spotted on the Challenger expedition
  8. AI-powered medical devices must be tested in real-world settings
  9. Lab-grown brain organoids: time for international oversight
  10. Why AI-authorship debates miss a deeper shift in how scholarly knowledge is produced

Dezeen

  1. Table lamp made from volcanic stone among projects from Tecnológico de Monterrey
  2. Five USA-based job vacancies detailed on Dezeen Jobs
  3. TPG Architecture creates an "office as stadium" for Major League Soccer headquarters
  4. Can data centres ever be examples of good design?
  5. Knekt floor lamp by Hegren
  6. Stanton Williams designs boarding houses to "support the culture" of Winchester College
  7. Populous reveals design for 70,000-seat Vietnamese national stadium
  8. Formafantasma named creative directors of 800-year-old apothecary and perfumery
  9. Capri Comfort chair by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Andreu World
  10. Renovated warehouse becomes permanent home of African Futures Institute in Ghana

Design Milk

  1. Wangari Mathenge Reassembles Memory in ‘Re-membering’
  2. Church Edit’s LA Headquarters Rethinks the Editing Studio
  3. A Paul Rudolph Original Is Rebuilt for Modern Coastal Living
  4. Cincinnati’s Fidelity Hotel Gives a Beaux-Arts Landmark New Life
  5. Hannah Buechler Finds Inspiration in Music, Fashion + Experimentation
  6. MSCHF Twists and Stretches Lexus Cars Into Surreal Sculptures
  7. The Porsche 550 Spyder Gets a Smaller, Electric Second Act
  8. Elizabeth Herrmann Clads a Cornwall Home in Gendai Yakisugi
  9. Wrensilva Gives Its Studio Record Console a Lighter Look in White Oak
  10. Tiffany’s Blue Box Café Brings Breakfast at Tiffany’s to California

BBC Sport

  1. Wigan's O'Neill wins Man of Steel award
  2. Who 'battled impressively' for Scots? And how did you rate players?
  3. Real Madrid considering Van Dijk - Wednesday's gossip
  4. Premier League confirm Man City guilty of all charges - 5 Live reaction
  5. What have Man City been found guilty of doing?
  6. Fury & Joshua in London for news conference as doubts ease
  7. The four 'what next?' scenarios for Premier League after Man City ruling
  8. Saracens face fines over 'wine consultant' Venter's media no-shows
  9. Forest Green confirm Savage offered Peterborough job
  10. England's Palmer a 'victim' of 'sick' schedule, says PFA chief

ESPN

  1. Albert, 17, breaks Pulisic mark as youngest USMNT scorer
  2. USMNT player ratings: Richards scores, steadies backline to get 8/10 in win over Chile
  3. 2026 WNBA playoffs: Schedule, scores for every game
  4. 🤔 Future of college sports: What is the Protect College Sports Act?
  5. Sources: NBA reviewing finalists' bids for Vegas team in $12-13B range
  6. Giants release OBJ amid veteran receiver's struggles
  7. Clark's monster effort keeps Fever alive, helps force Game 3 vs. Aces
  8. White Sox top Astros in Game 1; first playoff win in 5 years
  9. Kessler talks up retooled Lakers' title hopes behind 'nasty' defense
  10. Canes lift banner, Panthers win 'playoff-style' opener in OT

CNBC

  1. Beijing warns of retaliation if Europe imposes curbs on Chinese businesses
  2. ‘Don’t go with a fund, go with a solution’: CEO’s tips from decades of global investing
  3. China factory activity snaps 2-month contractionary streak in September
  4. Hedge funds now hold a record share of the $30 trillion Treasury market. What could go wrong?
  5. Gina Raimondo thinks AI ultimately will create jobs. It's the initial mass layoffs wave that worries her
  6. Stock futures inch higher as traders weather latest rise in Treasury yields: Live updates
  7. Trump Accounts will auto-enroll children, potentially adding 60 million accounts: Treasury
  8. Most traders are looking at Micron into earnings. But don't count out Nike
  9. Trump tries to rename AI 'super intelligence' as polls show him sinking on key issue
  10. The Fed's main inflation measure will be released Wednesday. Here's what to expect

IGN

  1. 'The Train Isn't Stopping' — Diablo 4 Director Promises the Game Will Still Receive Support Well After Diablo 5 Launches
  2. Original God of War Creator Defends Laufey's Creative Director From Harassment After His Critical Remarks Go Viral
  3. GTA 6's Game of the Year Chances Have Been Called Into Question
  4. 007 First Light Is Getting Free DLC Later This Week
  5. Coinbase Joins Pokémon TCG Hype With Its Own Digital Pack-Opening Service
  6. Pokémon VGC Pro Begs Players to Wash Themselves After Opponent’s 'Putrid' Stench Makes Them Vomit
  7. Halo's Former Franchise Creative Director Sees 3 Possible Paths for Activision's Halo
  8. GTA 6: All the Major New Details Revealed Today, Including Animal Species, Side Activities, and Fast Travel
  9. Rockstar Confirms GTA 6 Simulates Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
  10. Why Control Resonant Developer Remedy Avoided Using Yellow Paint to Guide Players

Kotaku

  1. PS5 Pro Shortage Hits Japan As Sony Limits Console Purchases To Active Playstation Users Ahead Of GTA 6
  2. You Can Get A Free Digital Copy Of The Witcher 3 Remastered On Switch 2 If You Just Borrow An Old Physical Switch Copy Of The RPG
  3. It Sure Doesn’t Sound Like GTA 6 Will Include A Disney World Parody
  4. Xbox’s Disc-To-Digital Is Rolling Out Now To All Users
  5. Dune: Awakening On PS5 Is Making Me Break My Rule Against Playing Survival Games
  6. Capcom Says Porting Monster Hunter Wilds To Switch 2 Was A ‘Painstaking And At Times Seemingly Endless Process’
  7. The Witcher 3 Remastered Players Are Turning Bloom Off To Make It Look Better On PC
  8. The Witcher 3 Remastered Just Broke A Steam Record As People Rush Back To Play A New And Improved Version Of One Of The Best RPGs Ever
  9. Dressmaker, As Told By Steam Reviews: ‘I Am A Straight, White Man And This Is My Game Of The Year So Far’
  10. 15 Things The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake Is Changing From The Original On N64

PC Gamer

  1. Making our favorite FPS modes 1v1 to decide the greatest of them all
  2. One of my all-time favorite games just announced an expansion, yet all I feel is fear
  3. Garry Newman adds necks to his neckless characters because the lack of necks 'comes up consistently in our many many many negative reviews'
  4. Deadlock's gigantic new update gives its city a spooky new coat of paint and debuts 6 new heroes, including the one and only Rat King
  5. Diablo 5 director promises Diablo 2-style combat where 'the right build' matters more than Diablo 4's action-heavy approach
  6. Ace Combat 8 Steam reviewers are steaming mad about its pre-order bonus not being a standalone app
  7. The weird experience of liking a game before it's 'fixed'
  8. Wardogs boss talks balance, XP, and why 'the endgame is sh*t' right now
  9. The algorithm comes for Steam's Discounts and Events
  10. Why so many Steam games have weirdly similar (and forgettable) names

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. With Deadlock's latest updating promising six new heroes, over 10,000 new voice lines and too much more to mention, it's clear Valve are still pretty committed to it
  2. Sometimes the thing you need is a wonderfully ethereal physics platformer jam game where you are a little round guy with very stretchy arms called Big Stretch
  3. Valve is changing Steam's homepage discounts and events section to go the way of the algorithm to get you to look at, and buy, obviously, more games
  4. "You will not be using belts": Satisfactory's first expansion isn't the same game set underground - there's a whole new set of resource-moving toys to master
  5. After trading space babies and running people over with a truck, Strange Scaffold want you to organise a haunted library in Something is Wrong with the Library
  6. Set up your own ramen bar and explore a voxel cyberpunk city in the slice-of-lifey Nivalis Nights, out now
  7. The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past sounds like it's mirroring Blood and Wine in being "a lot dreamier" than a "bread-and-butter Witcher story"
  8. I perished in the flesh pipes of Darktide's Depths of the Damned update, and you will too
  9. The Tower of Zeldaga is a free retro mash-up of Zelda and Druaga in which you rescue Ganondorf from some evil blonde queen
  10. "A quite beautiful compromise": The LEGO Skylines devs did consider brick by brick building, but decided it was too much fuss for players

Eurogamer

  1. The Witcher 3 surges to its highest Steam concurrent player-count ever, following Remastered edition's release
  2. You can now watch one of this year's best orchestral game-music performances, celebrating Hades 1 and 2, online for free
  3. Don't worry if you're struggling in human form in The Blood of Dawnwalker - "it should be harder" playing that way
  4. Controversy erupts around Ace Combat 8 on PC as bundled Belkan War re-release remains problematically attached to the new game, whereas it's standalone on console
  5. Mexican lawmakers join the fight for digital games ownership with a new consumer rights initiative
  6. What's the intended difficulty for Gears of War: E-Day? "I can tell you right now, it's Hardcore" says The Coalition creative director
  7. The Elder Scrolls Online is partly why Skyrim never got a Fallout: New Vegas-style spin-off, says Bethesda veteran
  8. Wardogs early access review
  9. All versions of The Witcher 3 "that exist in the world" will be upgraded with the free Remastered edition today
  10. Sony is introducing an anti-scalping lottery system for PS5 Pros in Japan as supply shortages persist