Sony made some honest to god advancements to the game controller when it released the PlayStation DualSense alongside the PS5, and now it’s apparently looking to add some more innovation with the inclusion of a rewind feature.

The company has patented a new type of controller that comes with a rewind button. This would allow users to rewind gameplay with “user-triggered bookmarks.” The patent was discovered on Patentscope by Tech4Gamers (via TechRadarGaming). It appears to have been published as of October 31, 2024. The patent was applied for back in April of 2023. That might suggest that Sony is already working on this type of controller. Since the patent was applied for more than a year ago.

That does not, however, mean that Sony actually plans to release it. Sony could also just be securing the patent in case it ever wants to start developing a controller with such a feature.

Sony controller with a rewind feature would allow you to rewind gameplay

You can technically rewind a game now, although it depends on the game and it doesn’t really work like this feature that the patent is describing. However, any number of games will allow you to reset at a checkpoint after death. So in a sense, this would be a more advanced version of that perhaps.

The difference may lie in the ability to immediately hit the rewind button and go back to a very specific point of the player’s choosing. According to the patent, when the rewind button is pressed, it captures a series of frames and places them in sequential order. From there, users can pick out a frame and re-enter live gameplay from that point.

“The user is able to enter the rewind mode from the live gameplay using one or more controller inputs to view recent gameplay (e.g. rewinding, fast-forwarding, playing, etc.), and returning to live gameplay afterward,” the patent says.

The button could also allow for fast-forwarding

In addition to the rewind feature, the new button would also allow players to fast-forward. This could potentially let players skip past a particularly difficult portion or area of the game. It’s also noted that the button would be in the same location as the current share button on the DualSense. So it seems this would take the place of the share button. However, the rewind button would incorporate the share button features, so nothing would presumably be lost here.

The patent also describes additional features like a Highlight Reel mode. It’s unclear if this controller will ever make it into consumer’s hands. But, if it did it would be a nifty feature that could enhance gameplay on PlayStation consoles even further.

The November update for Google Pixel devices running Android 15 is rolling out now. This batch doesn’t include exciting new features, like the AI-powered theft protection in the October update, but it has bug fixes and the latest security patches to tighten things up.

The new software includes fixes for known intermittent issues with Bluetooth range, camera tilt when zooming between cameras and unexpected flashing or flickering of white dots or screen brightness. It also has fixes for adaptive brightness not activating, the keyboard dismiss button not working correctly and the performance and stability of some UI transitions and animations.

Android 15 arrived last month for Pixel devices, following the Pixel 9 lineup’s debut in August. The annual software jump focuses on security and privacy, like AI-powered theft detection lock and extra authentication requirements for removing SIMs and deactivating Find My Device.

Google says the November Pixel update is rolling out today and will continue in phases over the next week. You should see a notification when it’s ready for your device and carrier.

French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI launched a new content moderation API on Thursday, marking its latest move to compete with OpenAI and other AI leaders while addressing growing concerns about AI safety and content filtering.

The new moderation service, powered by a fine-tuned version of Mistral’s Ministral 8B model, is designed to detect potentially harmful content across nine different categories, including sexual content, hate speech, violence, dangerous activities, and personally identifiable information. The API offers both raw text and conversational content analysis capabilities.

“Safety plays a key role in making AI useful,” Mistral’s team said in announcing the release. “At Mistral AI, we believe that system level guardrails are critical to protecting downstream deployments.”

Multilingual moderation capabilities position Mistral to challenge OpenAI’s dominance

The launch comes at a crucial time for the AI industry, as companies face mounting pressure to implement stronger safeguards around their technology. Just last month, Mistral joined other major AI companies in signing the UK AI Safety Summit accord, pledging to develop AI responsibly.

The moderation API is already being used in Mistral’s own Le Chat platform and supports 11 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. This multilingual capability gives Mistral an edge over some competitors whose moderation tools primarily focus on English content.

“Over the past few months, we’ve seen growing enthusiasm across the industry and research community for new LLM-based moderation systems, which can help make moderation more scalable and robust across applications,” the company stated.

Enterprise partnerships show Mistral’s growing influence in corporate AI

The release follows Mistral’s recent string of high-profile partnerships, including deals with Microsoft Azure, Qualcomm, and SAP, positioning the young company as an increasingly important player in the enterprise AI market. Last month, SAP announced it would host Mistral’s models, including Mistral Large 2, on its infrastructure to provide customers with secure AI solutions that comply with European regulations.

What makes Mistral’s approach particularly noteworthy is its dual focus on edge computing and comprehensive safety features. While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have focused primarily on cloud-based solutions, Mistral’s strategy of enabling both on-device AI and content moderation addresses growing concerns about data privacy, latency, and compliance. This could prove especially attractive to European companies subject to strict data protection regulations.

The company’s technical approach also shows sophistication beyond its years. By training its moderation model to understand conversational context rather than just analyzing isolated text, Mistral has created a system that can potentially catch subtle forms of harmful content that might slip through more basic filters.

The moderation API is available immediately through Mistral’s cloud platform, with pricing based on usage. The company says it will continue to improve the system’s accuracy and expand its capabilities based on customer feedback and evolving safety requirements.

Mistral’s move shows how quickly the AI landscape is changing. Just a year ago, the Paris-based startup didn’t exist. Now it’s helping shape how enterprises think about AI safety. In a field dominated by American tech giants, Mistral’s European perspective on privacy and security might prove to be its greatest advantage.

Sega is planning to delist a lot of its classic games from digital storefronts as of December 6th at 11:59PM PT.

Steam will be affected the most, losing 62 titles including Crazy Taxi, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, Jet Set Radio, NiGHTS into Dreams, and Sonic 3D Blast. Sega is pulling 12 titles from the Xbox store. The Nintendo eShop and the PlayStation Store will “just” lose SEGA Genesis Classics — but that title includes more than 50 old Genesis games, so it still means a lot will be unavailable. You can see the full lists of what’s getting pulled on a Sega support page.

Any games that you have purchased will still be available to download and play after they’re delisted from the storefronts, so if you’ve had your eye on any of them, you might want to buy them before they’re gone.

The delistings are happening ahead of Sega’s planned reboots for Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Crazy Taxi, but those revivals aren’t expected anytime soon. And it wouldn’t be the first time Sega has delisted games ahead of releasing them in a different form: the company pulled the vast majority of classic Sonic games from digital stores before it launched Sonic Origins.

Hopefully, the games getting removed in December will be available to buy again at some point down the line — keeping video game classics alive is already hard enough.