Month: July 2024
Microsoft’s Xbox TV app now available on Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks
Microsoft is launching its Xbox TV app on select Amazon Fire TV Sticks today. The app, which Microsoft first announced last month, provides access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to stream a variety of Xbox titles to some Fire TV devices. The Xbox app…
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The witch is back in Agatha All Along’s first trailer
The months Marvel spent trotting out new names for Agatha All Along made it hard to get a read on what to expect from the studio’s first WandaVision spinoff, but it seems like a promising horror turn from the looks of its first trailer. Though WandaVision’s finale made it seem…
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Amazon’s Echo Spot is back with a fresh design and an improved display
Amazon is once again expanding its family of Alexa devices, and rather than dropping an entirely new device, it’s bringing back a familiar face. The Echo Spot, the miniature smart display many used on a nightstand or a desk, is officially back after disappearing in 2019. The Echo Spot is…
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How Japan has avoided the gaming industry’s persistent layoffs
Typically, layoff season arrives around Christmas: a flurry of pink slips, empty desks, the anxieties of the newly unemployed, all so companies can cut costs and fatten up bottom lines just before the calendar year ends. But for those plying their trade in video games, it has been layoff season…
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Microsoft invests in bringing AI to Hong Kong classrooms
According to a new report by the South China Morning Post, Microsoft has committed to expanding its generative AI services in primary schools. In a significant move for the education sector, Microsoft is set to maintain access to OpenAI’s models despite the company’s recent restrictions in Hong Kong and China.…
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EVs are taking on combustion engines in a rallycross ‘Battle of Technologies’
After two seasons of all-electric racing, the World Rallycross Championship (or World RX) held its first mixed powertrain races between electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) cars this weekend in Höljes, Sweden. Unlike traditional point-to-point rally racing, rallycross puts those cars on a circuit, but with similar racing over dirt…
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