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Fallout 76 has been having a bit of a moment of late. Following the release of Amazon's hit TV adaptation, the MMO's player numbers have surged, with the developer recently announcing that over one million of us were all making our way around the Appalachia wasteland in a single day.Now, following this fresh influx of players, the studio has released a rather hefty patch for Fallout 76 that takes aim at bugs, quality of life improvements and more.First up, the file sizes for this Fallout 76 update are relat
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Shoppers carry Uniqlo bags in the SoHo neighborhood of New York on March 8, 2024. | John Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images They say the economy is bad, but they’re spending like it’s booming. Americans have been pessimistic about the economy for years. Weirdly, that’s seemed to have little impact on their willingness to open their wallets. Retail sales surged during the pandemic as home-bound workers clicked “complete purchase” on everything... Read more ›
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The refreshed artillery is now helping to blunt Russian advances around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, a report said. Read more ›
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Apple will soon begin selling the Vision Pro in additional markets outside the U.S., according to Bloomberg, and Mark Gurman today reports that the United Kingdom and Canada are included in the list of countries where the headset is next set to launch. Gurman's update corroborates the exact same list of countries for the next Vision Pro launches that MacRumors revealed back in March. They include: Australia Canada China France... Read more ›
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Middle-income Americans aren't middle-class; that's reserved for the rich now. Read more ›
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A tool chest can be a great investment for many, but like any other good or service, you'll want to know which brands to do business with before you buy. Read more ›
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Sam Altman says OpenAI's newest AI model, GPT-4o, helps him stay on task without needing to switch between tabs to look things up. Read more ›
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Use Live Photos to take gorgeous long-exposure shots, with no extra apps or equipment needed. Read more ›
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Two coworkers often made fun of their job at work. They started hanging out a lot and eventually fell in love. They've been together for 11 years. Read more ›
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As part of the FIRE movement, many millennials are looking to achieve financial independence but aren't hoping to retire early. Read more ›
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Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is PlayStation's fourth-biggest launch on Steam in terms of concurrent players.As noted by SteamDB, the highly anticipated PC port has had more simultaneous players than several notable Sony games since its launch on Thursday, 16th May, boasting a concurrent record of 61,453 at the time of writing.Only Helldivers 2, God of War, and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered sport higher concurrent stats at 458,709, 73,529, and 66,436... Read more ›
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Utilizing an advanced new missile capable of significant accuracy, South Korea's KF-21 jet live fire tested the first MBDA Meteor payload successfully. Read more ›
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Keith Pitt, founder and CEO of tech firm Buildkite, prefers remote work to hybrid setups, saying that's a "scheduling and policy nightmare." Read more ›
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A recruiter shares why you might get ghosted, how to follow up, and when to move on. After four emails, you've probably been intentionally ghosted. Read more ›
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Warren Buffett warned humanity has let the genie out of the bottle again with AI. Nuclear power may be a better analogy given its risks and benefits. Read more ›
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Ukraine's military is short of combat gear. This is what it would take to fully equip its troops to launch a decisive victory. Read more ›
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Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla are worth $14 trillion — and their CEOs are paid handsomely. Read more ›
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The cost of childcare is higher than ever, and more moms are working. What's going on? Read more ›
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We asked AI chatbots how they'd decide the Donald Trump trial if they were jurors. ChatGPT and Perplexity both said they'd find him guilty. Read more ›
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Friends of Ivanka Trump told Business Insider that, despite her recent distance from her father's political brand, never say never to a return. Read more ›
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Ubisoft has revealed a first proper look at Assassin's Creed Shadows, and detailed the game's dual protagonists. Both characters appear front and centre in the game's new cinematic trailer (gameplay will follow next month, Ubisoft says) and on the game's cover, with each offering a markedly different play style. Today's trailer opens on Naoe, a female shinobi, as she crosses paths with Yasuke, the historical figure depicted here as a... Read more ›
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Players and content creators have hit back at Marvel Rivals for a playtest terms of service contract that prohibits players from making "statements that are detrimental to the reputation of the game".As shared by former professional eSports player and Twitch streamer Brandon "A_Seagull" Larned, the contract "signs away your right to negatively review the game".In section 2.1 of the agreement – subtitled "Non-Disparagement" – content creators are obliged to "agree... Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed Shadows is the latest Ubisoft blockbuster to warn players they'll need an online connection when first installing the game - despite the fact it is otherwise an offline title. Shadows follows in the footsteps of last year's Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws in requiring an internet connection to first play physical copies of the game. All three titles include a warning note on... Read more ›
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EA CEO Andrew Wilson has revealed plans to "harness the power" of its game communities and use advertising as a "meaningful driver of growth" for the company.In EA's latest financial report, Wilson fielded comments from investors, advising that whilst the megacorp needs to be "very thoughtful about advertising", given "many, many billions of hours" are spent on its games, "advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth... Read more ›
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Square Enix is "aggressively pursuing" a multiplatform strategy, including "Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs". The company's new medium-term business plan was shared today alongside its latest financial report, and follows news of both a review of its development system and the abandonment of £112m of in-development projects. The multiplatform strategy is part of a move to "diversify earnings opportunities" and aims to allow more customers to "enjoy our titles... Read more ›
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Ubisoft has cancelled its upcoming free-to-play shooter, The Division Heartland, as it moves to refocus its resources on "bigger opportunities". The Division Heartland was announced for PC and consoles back in May 2021, when it was original set to launch within a vague "2021-22" release window. Since then, it's resurfaced intermittently, although an open beta last summer - followed by a Taiwanese ratings board sighting - seemed to suggest the... Read more ›
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Creative Assembly is reportedly working on three new Total War games, including an officially licensed Star Wars game. The news comes from DualShockers, which has reported as of October 2023 Total War: Star Wars was one of three games in development at the studio. The studio's most recent game was Total War: Pharaoh, but a Star Wars game would see it return to the more fantastical settings of Total War:... Read more ›
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Cyberpunk 2077 associate game director Paweł Sasko has thanked the game's community for the thousands of positive Steam reviews it has received in the last 30 days.The open-world action-adventure game had a release so disastrous, CD Projekt investors considered suing the studio for "materially misleading information", and Sony refunded Cyberpunk 2077 players unhappy with the game's performance on PS4 even beyond the typical two-hour playtime limit before pulling the game... Read more ›
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Following a flurry of pre-announcement leaks, Ubisoft has shared first official details of its feudal Japan-set Assassin's Creed Shadows - including confirmation of its 15th November release date and word it'll have a £115 Ultimate Edition and a season pass giving access to two post-launch expansions and an exclusive quest. Assassin's Creed Shadows, a full-scale series entry following last year's smaller-scale Assassin's Creed Mirage, was confirmed to be in the... Read more ›
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Ubisoft will now focus on open world and live service games, as it invests in AI to assist development. The strategy was outlined in the company's latest financial report, which claims record annual sales - in particular for the Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed franchises. The company's next games slot neatly into this strategy: namely Star Wars Outlaws, the newly-revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows, and free-to-play shooter XDefiant. Read more Read more ›
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