Month: November 2023
Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says
Amazon’s secret pricing algorithm, codenamed “Project Nessie,” may have generated the company more than $1 billion in extra profits, according to new details released Thursday from the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the e-commerce giant. In September, the FTC and more than a dozen state attorneys general sued Amazon,…
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Even more Silent Hill “remakes” are in the works according to Konami
Multiple Silent Hill remakes are apparently in the works at Konami, alongside new previously announced entries for the series. As reported by VGC, the Japanese publisher provided an update on its current projects as part of its quarterly earnings results, but also revealed that it may have more than one…
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The Fall Guy trailer sees Ryan Gosling trade Barbie beach life for a wild stunt-filled rescue mission
The first trailer for The Fall Guy, the new action-comedy movie starring Ryan Gosling, has debuted online. Fresh from his scene-stealing turn as Ken in 2023’s cultural phenomenon Barbie, Gosling’s star has never been higher. Interest in his next project, then, is understandably high – and it just so happens…
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The second season of The Last of Us might be a long ways away
We might be waiting a while for more of HBO’s The Last of Us. HBO announced in January that a second season of the excellent adaptation was in the works, and on Thursday, HBO and Max content chief Casey Bloys said that the season will enter production in early 2024,…
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Microsoft is bringing humans and machines closer together with its new industrial AI
Microsoft has been busy over recent months getting generative AI into the hands of office and corporate workers globally, but a new partnership with Siemens will see it deliver AI to industrial customers in the latest technological push. Together, the two companies announced Siemens Industrial Copilot, a jointly developed AI…
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Apple Arcade exclusive ‘Japanese Rural Life Adventure’ is a surprising story of rebirth
For the third time in less than two years, I have COVID-19. Whenever an illness has forced me to stay in bed, my comfort food has been gaming. In 2009 I played through all of Assassin’s Creed II in a feverish, swine flu-induced haze. When I was sick with COVID…
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