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A new report by Epyllion, a gaming industry advisory company headed by venture capitalist and market guru Matthew Ball, has broken down the state of the video game industry, and has published data indicating the medium is losing the war for people's attention to other ventures, including gambling, crypto, and pornography. Read more
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"Sam, Greg, OpenAI have the Ring, and everyone is willing to do whatever they can to take it," said Kushner, whose VC firm is a big OpenAI backer. Read more ›
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I took a Norse Atlantic Airways red-eye flight from NYC to Berlin and thought it was comfortable and clean despite not getting enough sleep. Read more ›
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A statement from the Gates Foundation said Bill Gates would not appear to "ensure the focus remains" on the India AI Impact Summit's key priorities. Read more ›
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The beloved attraction fell victim to a recent surge in destructive storms that have ravaged southern Italy. Read more ›
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Tesla said it only hired US-based human helpers to assist its robotaxis, after Waymo came under fire for using remote workers in the Philippines. Read more ›
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Rumors of a Meta smartwatch first surfaced in 2021, with leaked images appearing in 2022 before reports claimed the project was shelved. Now, a new report says Meta has revived the smartwatch project and plans to launch it this year. According to The Information, citing sources familiar with the project, Meta’s upcoming smartwatch, internally codenamed Malibu 2, is expected to launch in 2026 with health-tracking capabilities and Meta AI features.... Read more ›
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HBO returns to Westeros this June with a new installment in the war-torn 'Game of Thrones' prequel. Read more ›
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Everyone talks about the challenges empty nest parents face, but no one talks about the youngest kid left behind. I'm worried for my daughter. Read more ›
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Etsy saw its profit dip in the fourth quarter, even as revenue grew slightly, the company said Thursday, a day after the online marketplace said it would sell the Gen Z-focused clothing resale app Depop to rival eBay for $1.2 billion. Etsy reported revenue of $881.6 million, a 6.6% increase from ... Read more ›
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Workplace grievances that once fit in a single email are now ballooning into 30-page documents stuffed with irrelevant historical detail, made-up legal precedents, and citations to laws from the wrong country -- and UK employment lawyers say generative AI is the likely culprit. Anna Bond, legal director at Lewis Silkin, says the complaints she now sees sometimes cite Canadian legislation or fabricated case law. Sinead Casey, employment partner at Linklaters,... Read more ›
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A decision to ban Telegram on home soil may have backfired on the Kremlin. Last week, Russia went on a blocking spree, banning a number of Western apps in an effort to push domestic users towards Max, an unencrypted state-owned app. One of the restricted apps was WhatsApp (which was also blocked) rival Telegram, a move that drew rare internal criticism from soldiers and pro-war bloggers, with the army being... Read more ›
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For the first time, scientists were able to directly detect upper-atmospheric pollution from space debris. Read more ›
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The office of the Attorney General for West Virginia announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company had "knowingly" allowed its iCloud platform "to be used as a vehicle for distributing and storing child sexual abuse material." The state alleges this went on for years but drew no action from the tech giant "under the guise of user privacy." In the lawsuit, the state... Read more ›
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Using research and simple tools, I made my decision to move to a place without visiting it. Now I'm an American happily living in Florence, Italy. Read more ›
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Royal family-linked mining rigs are producing about 4 BTC a day, turning state-backed infrastructure into a steady sovereign bitcoin machine Read more ›
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Janice Min, editor of The Ankler, offers an un-sunny assessment of the world's entertainment capital: "There is definitely a Detroit vibe underway." Read more ›
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Gaming accessory company Abxylute has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming N6 and GameCube-style N9C Switch 2 dock-style controllers. If the ergonomics of Nintendo's Joy-Cons don't jibe with you, these aim to be solid alternatives, particularly for people with medium-to-large-size hands. Both of Abxylute's new controllers have bigger, more comfortable grips than Joy-Cons offer, […] Read more ›
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A year on from the federal layoffs, Jay Gulledge, 59, said that while he has landed on his feet, he feels for other USAID workers who haven't. Read more ›
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Nintendo just released a Switch 2 upgrade for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. The upgrade is $4.99 for owners of the Switch game, or $64.99 if you buy the Switch 2 version. Don’t buy the Switch 2 version! Instead, score a deal on the digital Switch version that’s $39.99 (originally $59.99) at GameStop and Amazon. […] Read more ›
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on Thursday morning, the BBC said. Read more ›
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I feel for Avowed. It's a bit like an athlete that goes to an Olympics and makes it to a final but doesn't place. It's a great achievement, a success by many people's standards, but history doesn't care. Read more Read more ›
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The Legacy of Kain franchise might be one of the most beloved cult franchises in gaming (for Millennial goths with an English degree, like myself, at least). The dark fantasy action-adventure series kicked off with Blood Omen back in 1996, and followed that up with Soul Reaver in 1999, before a three-year run of Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance rounded off the series for... Read more ›
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Classic arena shooter Unreal Tournament 2004 has risen from the grave and is now available to download for free, all thanks to a dedicated group of fans working with developer Epic Games' blessing. And the upshot of all this that the much-loved arena FPS has received its first patch "in over 20 years". Read more Read more ›
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An advert released to promote Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been banned after the UK's Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints that it "trivialised sexual violence" following an investigation. Read more Read more ›
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What a terrible day to be a God of War-like! You put on your fanciest bird suit for your big reveal, then a whole bunch of actual God of Wars come along and steal your thunder. But that's not to say Krafton's new open-world PlayStation 5 game Project Windless isn't intriguing. Read more Read more ›
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Bloober Team's countdown to Valentine's Day has ended, and despite all those rose references, it's not a Rule of Rose revival, but is, in fact, Layers of Fear 3. Read more Read more ›
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Sumptuous 2021 action-adventure Kena: Bridge of Spirits is getting a sequel, despite previous work from its developer suggesting otherwise, and it's coming to PlayStation 5 and PC later this year. Read more Read more ›
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Hideki Sato, the designer of most Sega home consoles, has allegedly died. Read more Read more ›
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UK Discord users have raised concerns about the company's new age verification processes, claiming that while it had originally promised that "video selfies submitted for facial age estimation will never leave a user's device", a change in service provider allegedly now suggests otherwise. Read more Read more ›
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Replaced, the highly-anticipated cyberpunk platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has been delayed. Read more Read more ›
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