We still too often talk about video games as escapes — little playthings that are big business but often considered not as serious as their media peers. And yet in 2023 the most mature, poignant and thoughtful narratives I experienced were the interactive ones — whether they tackled major topics or were simply about the…
In a bid to tailor its products more, the Met Office has introduced dedicated beach and mountain forecasts. “With the beach forecast, it tells you how windy it is, what the waves are going to be like… and we have partnered with RNLI [the Royal National Lifeboat Institution] on it,” says Ms Yeomans-Smith.
Quick, name five classic American magazines. Did you say Sports Illustrated? I did. And I’m not even a sports guy. But if you’re of a certain age, you know Sports Illustrated. Along with, say, People, Time and National Geographic, it has long lined the dentist offices, neighbors’ doormats and coffee tables of your life. It’s…
What if a missile could jet toward a moving target — and then fly back home to try again if it missed? That’s the idea behind the Roadrunner, a novel combination of AI-powered drone, bomb and boomerang designed by the defense tech company Anduril Industries and announced on Thursday. The company unveiled the product at…
Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…
Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…
Technology 01 December 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices had left rivals at a significant disadvantage. Market Impact In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure had a combined 70-80% share of Britain’s public…
Next week’s Hollywood fundraiser for President Biden, his first in-person soiree here since the end of the entertainment-industry strikes dried up the traditional wellspring of campaign money, is expected to draw big-name donors spending as much as nearly $930,000 each in support of the Democratic leader’s bid for reelection. Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and…
The spice saffron fetches huge sums of money, but is hard to grow and Indian production is falling.
After months of strikes by the writers’ and screen actors’ unions — and billions of dollars in losses to California’s economy — Hollywood is back to work. Sort of. We still need the SAG-AFTRA membership to ratify the hard-won deal for the TV and movie industry to continue its post-pandemic recovery. Like the Writers Guild…
