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It seems no industry is safe from consolidation, and the latest target is gaming media. IGN Entertainment has acquired the website portfolio of UK publisher Gamer Network, which operates a number of beloved games-focused publications. That list includes Gamesindustry.biz, Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, VG247, and the tabletop site Dicebreaker. The network also holds shares in sites like Nintendo Life and Digital Foundry.
Terms of the deal were not...
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Google only just rolled out AI summaries in search results — and now they’re getting ads. In an update on Tuesday, Google says it will soon start testing search and shopping ads within AI Overviews for users in the US.
In the example shared by Google, the search engine’s AI overview lists a response to the question: “how do I get wrinkles out of clothes?” Beneath the AI-generated suggestions, there’s a new “Sponsored” section with a carousel...
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Like parent company Disney, Pixar is now laying off employees as part of Bob Iger’s big plan to get the company’s spending under control.
According to Variety, Deadline, and The Hollywood Reporter, Pixar is laying off 175 staffers — 14 percent of its workforce — as it shifts its focus back to projects meant for theatrical rather than streaming releases. These layoffs come months after Disney began dismissing employees by the thousands in...
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F1 may have said no, but Andretti-Cadillac has made their biggest move yet in their bid to join the grid
Formula One Management (FOM), Formula 1’s commercial rights holders, may have told the proposed Andretti-Cadillac team no.
But Andretti-Cadillac is forging on, doing everything they can to get FOM to say yes.
The potential F1 team announced a stunning signing on Tuesday, as Pat Symonds will soon join the organization as an executive...
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has no limitations as he practices with the team during organized team activities, which began Monday.
Caitlin Clark has signed a multiyear partnership with Wilson that will include a signature basketball collection, the company announced Tuesday.
The inside story of the usage rules Houston's closer set before a team would commit to him long term.
PRE-ORDER NOW: Sonos has introduced their first pair of headphones, the Sonos Ace, which are available for preorder through Sonos as of May 21. The headphones cost $449 and will ship as soon as June 5.
Where to preorder the Sonos Ace headphones Sonos Sonos Ace headphones ...Apple has a fix for the iOS bug that was resurfacing deleted photos, including nudes.
Following reports from iPhone and iPad users about the sudden reappearance of permanently deleted photos, Apple has issued an iOS 17.5.1 update to fix the bug.
In the release notes, Apple said the update "provides important bug fixes and addresses a rare issue where photos that experienced database corruption could reappear in the Photos library even if they were deleted."
SEE ALSO: ...If the videos on Pornhub don't do it for you, there's plenty of visual porn alternatives out there. But there's also an entire world separate from glossy high-production videos or homemade tapes: audio erotica.
Interest in audio erotica has skyrocketed in the past few years, as have apps dedicated to it. While subreddits like r/gonewildaudio and sites like GirlOnTheNet have been around for much longer, the recent flood of millennial- and Gen Z-branded audio erotica offerings is hard to...
Conservative outlets have criticized Justice Juan M. Merchan as politically motivated, while some liberal media organizations have praised him for muzzling Mr. Trump.
The Ukrainian president spoke to Times reporters in Kyiv for nearly an hour.
AI assistant Khanmigo can help time-strapped teachers come up with lesson ideas and test questions, the companies say.
Khan Academy’s AI assistant will now be free to K-12 teachers in the U.S., thanks to a new deal with Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday during Microsoft’s Build conference.
By 1941, testing had proved the design and the system were ready for mass production.
Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of the besieged territory. Built by the U.S. military and operated in coordination with the United Nations, aid groups and other nations’ militaries, the pier can trace its origins back to a mid-20th century U.S. Navy officer who collected discarded cigar boxes to experiment with a...
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A new breed of online ad allows brands to pay Google to offer shoppers AI-generated images that show how items of clothing would look on different skin tones and body types.
Google is set to start mixing ads into its new AI-generated search answers. It’s a test of how the company’s biggest revenue stream can adapt to the age of generative AI.
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Get ready for yet another streaming bundle: Comcast is launching a new $15 per month subscription that combines Netflix, Apple TV Plus, and Peacock. The “StreamSaver” bundle will be available to Xfinity Internet and TV customers on May 29th — and it offers monthly savings of around $8.
If you do subscribe, expect to sit through some commercials, as the bundle includes Netflix’s ad-supported plan ($6.99 / month), Peacock’s ad-supported Premium plan ($5.99 /...
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With only a month until release day, there’s a new story trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree, and the Elden Ring lore hounds have their work cut out for them.
FromSoftware has been slowly teasing Shadow of the Erdtree and its story beats ever since the gameplay trailer was released back in February. All we knew then was the DLC would take place in the Land of Shadow and feature a bunch of new horrors straight from the slightly warped imagination of game director...