Month: February 2023
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New Nintendo Direct on February 8th
On Wednesday, February 8th, Nintendo will host a Nintendo Direct and broadcast news about its upcoming Switch games. The presentation will air live at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time (2 PM Pacific Standard Time) and can be watched on Nintendo’s YouTube channel (embedded below). According to Nintendo, this month’s Direct will last approximately 40 minutes…
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Nintendo Switch Sales Slowing, but Now Third Bestselling Console Ever
Hardware and Software Sales are down, but the Switch overtakes PS4 in total sales According to the latest financial report from Nintendo, the company has seen a decline in its profits and a lower outlook for future quarters. The reason for this dip in performance is due to a slowdown in sales for their Switch…
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Sony Confirms Over 100 Games Are in Development for PlayStation VR2
The long-awaited PlayStation VR2 is set to release on February 22, 2023, and will be available for purchase globally. The retail prices for the VR headset will start at $549.99 in the United States, €599.99 in Europe, £529.99 in the UK, and ¥74,980 in Japan. These prices include tax for the UK, Europe, and Japan,…
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Microsoft and OpenAI Partnership: Surprise Event Announced
Microsoft has scheduled a major news event for tomorrow, February 7th, which is expected to bring some major announcements to the tech industry. The event, to be held at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, was first teased through mail invites last week and has now been officially confirmed. Starting at 10AM PT / 1PM…
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Google Unveils Bard: Their Next Generation Chatbot AI
Google has finally confirmed the existence of their highly anticipated chatbot AI project, named Bard, a blog post from CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed. The project aims to merge the vast knowledge of the world with the power, intelligence, and creativity of Google’s language models. Bard will function as an experimental conversational AI service, and…
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Apple CEO Hints at New Top-End iPhone Model with Even More Features and Higher Price
During a recent earnings call, Apple Inc.’s CEO, Tim Cook, was asked about the sustainability of the rising average sales price of the iPhone. In recent years, the cost of a top-of-the-line iPhone model has increased, with the iPhone X that cost $1,150 in 2017 now costing $1,600 for the iPhone 14 Pro Max with…
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Falling PC Sales Prompt Layoffs at Dell
Dell, the global computer manufacturer, is facing the harsh reality of declining demand for PCs and laptops, as well as an uncertain future, and has announced that it is cutting approximately 5% of its global workforce, amounting to 6,650 jobs. According to a memo from Dell Co-Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Clarke, the company’s previous cost-cutting…
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Live-Service Gaming: The Pressure to Succeed in Today’s Evolving Market
It has been a month into 2023 and we are witnessing a spate of live-service games announcing their closure. Live-service games are those that are updated constantly and are known for their longevity and revenue generation capabilities, such as Fortnite, Call of Duty Warzone, Genshin Impact and others. However, in the past week alone, we…
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Jury Takes Just One Hour to Rule in Favor of Tesla CEO Elon Musk
A jury in a California federal court took just an hour to deliberate before delivering its verdict in the securities fraud trial against Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The jury found Musk “not liable” for losses incurred by investors who had accused him of fraud based on tweets he sent in August 2018 claiming that he…
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Google Backs Anthropic’s Chatbot Claude in Race for AI Dominance
The race for AI dominance between Google and Microsoft is continuing with almost daily AI news updates on this site. Recently, Microsoft formed a partnership with OpenAI, creators of the popular chatbot, ChatGPT, and Google now potentially turning to a company founded by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic. The Financial Times are reporting that Google invested…