[ Sea of Thieves is a game that really only works with a group of friends. Rare’s live-service pirate simulator is one of the best co-op games available today, allowing you to put together a swashbuckling crew to take to the high seas, raid rival ships, and hunt for treasure. Thankfully, you don’t need to … Read more
[ XBOX gamers have been warned their screenshots and clips will be deleted next month unless they save them now. Last year, Microsoft announced that the ability to store cloud backups will be removed. 2 Changes kick in from the end of MayCredit: Getty 2 Alert has started landing in people’s message boxes It was … Read more
[ WALL Street’s main indexes were set for a higher open on Friday as robust quarterly results from Alphabet and Microsoft lifted growth stocks, while fresh evidence of progress on the inflation front rekindled hopes of an interest rate cut this year. Alphabet jumped 11.7% in premarket trading after the Google-parent announced its first-ever dividend, … Read more
[ Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is already doing it. Both companies reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profit on Thursday. And the stock prices of both soared on the results, with Alphabet … Read more
[ Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can download, run, and build on. Pesenti used to be vice president of artificial intelligence at Meta and says he often pushed the company to consider releasing its technology … Read more
[ MICROSOFT has a bad reputation for acquiring companies and then their output rapidly declining. Rare was the king of the N64 era before Microsoft acquired it and forced a pivot to the widely unpopular Kinect. 1 Tjodolf Sommestad is the president at Candy Crush developer KingCredit: King Then there was the purchase of Bethesda … Read more
[ SUDDENLY over the last year, the meaning of AI shifted, and conversations over its use have run rampant. AI used to mean how an NPC in a game moves or talks, but when you hear AI now, you picture melting faces, too many fingers, and nonsense word salad. 1 Luka Crnkovic-Friis thinks that the … Read more
[ THE XBOX Series S is seen as the affordable option for gamers, but the Xbox Series X rivals the price of the PS5. Costing almost £500 / $500 brand-new, not everyone can afford the pricey high-end console. 1 The prize package comes with an additional regular controller that’s not picturedCredit: Xbox Luckily, Xbox often … Read more
[ Nintendo just hosted its Indie World Showcase on April 17th to highlight a ton of indie games coming to the Nintendo Switch this year, and Xbox appears to have paid attention. Less than two weeks later, we’re getting another indie-focused gaming event. Xbox has announced that it will be hosting its next event, called … Read more
[ BENGALURU: Cognizant has expanded its partnership with Microsoft, with the goal of making MS’s generative AI and Copilots available to millions of users.Cognizant has purchased 25,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot seats, along with 500 sales Copilot and 500 services Copilot to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and transform customer experiences. In addition, Cognizant will work to … Read more
