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OpenAI announces new publishing deal as race to license content hots up
29.4.2024
A new strategic partnership between OpenAI and Financial Times aims to integrate FT journalism into its AI models for more accurate and reliable information and sources
Over 30 People Charged In $24M Crypto Fraud Linked to Taiwan’s ACE Exchange
26.4.2024
Taiwan prosecutors charged 32 individuals with fraud and money laundering linked to ACE Exchange, the Taipei Times reported Friday.
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Turbulent times ahead as Ripple files response to penalty of $2 billion
22.4.2024
The continuing legal encounter between Ripple Labs and the American SEC is climaxing this week. Ripple is planning to file an opposition brief, and its sealed response will be submitted by 22/April/2024. Ripple Lab’s submission of a sealed response will be followed by a version that will...
Thrilling times again: Ragnarok is back in Ronin with a Big Bang
18.4.2024
Monster World is an excellent mixture of Ragmons, PvP mode battling, and guild creation. ‘Ragnarok: Monster World’ is conceptualized by ZERO X AND, a gaming and Web3 development company. They have collaborated with the license holders of Monster World to bring IP to Web3 on Ronin....
Binance Plots Comeback to India with $2M Penalty: Report
18.4.2024
Crypto exchange Binance is considering re-entering India’s market after having been banned there in late 2023. The potential re-entry would involve a penalty of about $2m, the Economic Times reported Thursday.
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Overwatch 2 Players Are Waiting Over An Hour In Ranked Queues
17.4.2024
Overwatch 2’s tenth season is officially underway, and everybody’s pretty happy with the new damage hero Venture, and the fact that they (and the rest of the Overwatch 2 cast) are officially free for everyone after being locked behind the battle pass for over a year. Blizzard has also added several...
GTA VI Publisher Cancels $140 Million In New Projects And Lays Off Hundreds
17.4.2024
Grand Theft Auto VI publisher Take-Two Interactive announced massive cuts in an SEC filing at the end of business today. The company revealed it will lay off 5 percent of its roughly 11,000-strong workforce and has cancelled several in-development projects valued at $140 million in an effort...
Blockchain Engineer Salaries in Asia Drop by More Than 5%
8.4.2024
Salaries for blockchain engineers went down in 2023 due to tough times in the industry, like layoffs and companies not hiring as much.
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New York Times Simulator Is A Gripping Exploration Of Modern Media Pitfalls
2.4.2024
The goal of The New York Times Simulator, a new, free game, is simple: keep readers happy and don’t get shut down. It’s a problem any modern media outlet knows well. But this new game doesn’t just make you any old journalist struggling to make a living in today’s fraught media landscape. No,...
Thanks To Hits Like Wordle, The New York Times Is Now A Gaming Company
1.4.2024
The New York Times might be best known for its long-running newspaper. But new data shows that thanks to popular games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and more, the Times has quietly become a video game company that just so happens to have a newspaper subscription, too. Read more
Mark Yusko Predicts Bitcoin At $150,000 In 2024
1.4.2024
Mark Yusko believes Bitcoin will rise to two times its "fair market value" at the end of the bull market, while altcoins could potentially multiply far more.
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Today’s NYT Connections Puzzle Is A Cruel April Fools' Joke
1.4.2024
Just a few months ago, I was incapable of completing the New York Times’ Connections puzzles. Now, I can usually do the daily word-based puzzle without too much of a hassle—which is why today’s version has got me (and others) so irrationally angry. You see, today, April 1, 2024, I opened up the...
Maniac Takes The Best Part Of GTA And Makes It A Roguelike
28.3.2024
When I was younger, my friends and I would play Grand Theft Auto III differently than how the developers intended. Instead of completing missions and side activities, we would use cheat codes to give ourselves all the guns, a good car, and then save the game in that state. We would then each take...
GTA 6 Production Reportedly Falling Behind, Rockstar Urges Staff To Return To Office To Avoid Delay
22.3.2024
Grand Theft Auto VI is likely one of the most anticipated games in history, with millions of players around the world waiting for any scrap of info or screenshot of the upcoming open-world crime simulator. However, as remote workers struggle with an unwanted return-to-office mandate from Rockstar...
Rockstar Finally Lets GTA Online Players Drive The Train, 11 Years Later
8.3.2024
3,811 days after Grand Theft Auto Online’s 2013 release, players can finally, officially drive the game’s indestructible train. And while it’s only possible in a specific mission in GTA Online’s latest update, it’s still a cool moment for many players. Read more
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Is Heavily Inspired By GTA V, Says Director
6.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s upcoming open-world fantasy RPG, is looking like it’s gonna be something special. And while you might expect a game with swords, mages, dragons, and other high-fantasy concepts to be inspired by something like Dungeons and Dragons or Lord of the Rings, the game’s director...
Spain Halts Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Eyeball-Scanning Venture Over Data Concerns
6.3.2024
Spain's data regulator, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), has instructed Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project, Worldcoin, to halt its operations in the country. This includes stopping the collection of private data through eye scans and ceasing the use of previously gathered data...
French Soccer Star Lists GTA As One Reason He Moved To LA
4.3.2024
Famous and celebrated French footballer Hugo Lloris left the Tottenham Hotspurs after eleven years and is now a member of the Los Angeles Football Club. It’s believed he passed on higher-paying offers from other teams to instead live in LA and play for the much-less-prestigious American...
Cinematrix Is The Best Commute Game Since Wordle
28.2.2024
As someone whose commute to and from the office every day is under half an hour, I am always looking for something short and sweet to do while riding the subway. Sure, there’s the New York Times Games app and its offerings like Wordle and the more recent Connections. But as of February 26, there...
Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times, Nintendo Claims In Lawsuit
28.2.2024
Nintendo filed a civil lawsuit on February 26 against Yuzu software developer Tropic Haze, claiming that the team’s tech let folks illegally pirate 2023’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over one million times a full week and a half before it even came out. According to the Mario maker...