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Games & Commerce
OneStore names Toast\'s \'ArcherCastle Grow\' as May\'s top beta game
OneStore selected Toast’s new title “ArcherCastle Grow: Idle RPG” as its top beta game for May from mobile beta test participants. The company also announced indie and beta games newly to be showcased on its platform this month. OneStore is running a “June Beta Game Zone” event featuring five titles and will provide 10,000 won in OneStore game cash to up to 100 participants per game. It also listed three titles for its June Indie Game Zone through month-end.
Telecommunications & Media
NFC device Brick targets smartphone addiction by requiring users to stand up to unblock apps
A small device called Brick is drawing attention for linking app blocking to a physical action aimed at reducing smartphone use. Instead of simply turning off alerts or restricting apps, users must go to where the device is and tap their phone on it to lift blocks. The NFC-based product offers multiple modes such as an automatic sleep mode, limited emergency unlocks, and user-selected exceptions.
Industry
Pacific Fusion achieves 440 gigawatts in 80 nanoseconds, prepares to break ground on fusion demonstration facility
Pacific Fusion unveiled the latest prototype of its pulser module, a key device for a fusion demonstration power plant. The prototype recorded peak output of 440 gigawatts for 80 nanoseconds, and the company is preparing to break ground this summer while deploying additional Series A funds totaling more than $1 billion. The container-sized unit represents about one-third of a full module. The company aims to generate more electricity than the facility consumes.
