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Samsung said on Tuesday in its preliminary earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2023 that it expects operating profit of 2.8 trillion won and sales of 67 trillion won for the quarter. Operating profit dropped 35% from a year ago and revenue by approximately 5% over the same period.Despite the poor performance, it is Samsung's best quarterly profit of a harsh year that was marred by the downturn in the chip market and sluggish demand for consumer electronics.Taking the fourth quarter earnings into account, the…

Volkswagen’s latest infotainment update rolling out to several of its ID EV models includes a popular new bot – ChatGPT. The German automaker kicked off CES 2024 in Las Vegas this morning with the announcement as it looks to make the chatbot a standard feature in a majority of its passenger vehicles. Volkswagen Group as a whole has been an interesting OEM to follow the last couple years. As the Group’s entire portfolio looks to go all-electric over the next decade, we’ve seen it take huge strides…

The last big hurrah in Hawkins, Indiana, is nigh, with Netflix confirming that Stranger Things is back in production for its fifth and final season after being delayed during last year’s writers and actors strikes. The news wasn’t accompanied by any other pertinent information, like how much writing and/or filming was completed before the strikes and how much is left to do. It’s also unclear when the final season will premiere. (One thing we do know: Linda Hamilton is set to join the cast.) Stranger Things…

Golden Globes host Jo Koy is all smiles rolling out red carpet ahead of showGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Golden Globes are back with a blowout, televised ceremony on Sunday (7 January).The annual, Beverly Hills-based awards show has been obscured in recent years after a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single…

Gif: PixelChoice (Getty Images)More people are making video games than ever before, but most games are still designed by teams of professionals. There’s a barrier of technical skills that keeps the average person from making their own game, but in 2024, that’s going to change. AI is going to make game development so easy that you’ll be able to pump one out in half an hour and spend the rest of the afternoon playing it with your friends. There’s a flood coming, and in the next 12 months, an AI-driven indie game renaissance…

Golden Globes host Jo Koy is all smiles rolling out red carpet ahead of showGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Golden Globes are back with a blowout, televised ceremony on Sunday (7 January).The annual, Beverly Hills-based awards show has been obscured in recent years after a 2021 Los Angeles Times investigation revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single…

Over two years after announcing plans to develop and build an electric fire truck for the Mesa fire department, E-ONE has delivered the emergency EV, and it has begun operations in Arizona – the first of its kind in the state and one of the first in all of the United States. E-ONE, Inc. is a Florida-based fire apparatus manufacturer specializing in emergency vehicles, rescue trucks, and custom fire apparatuses. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of REV Group ($REVG) – a collection of design…

Wout Vergauwen / Bloomberg: Airbus begins talks to acquire Atos' cybersecurity and data unit, in a deal that could be valued up to €1.8B; Atos says another company had also made an offer — Atos added it had received interest from another party, without elaborating. Wout Vergauwen / Bloomberg: Airbus begins talks to acquire Atos' cybersecurity and data unit, in a deal that could be valued up to €1.8B; Atos says another company had also made an offer — Atos added it had…

At long last, the final journey of the last space shuttle ever built, Endeavour, and its giant orange external tank are expected to begin this month — the capstone to a historic journey to an ambitious museum exhibit in Los Angeles. It’ll be a momentous occasion for the California Science Center, the state-run museum just south of downtown L.A., which is building the 20-story Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center to house Endeavour. Anticipation has been building for more than a decade for the new museum wing, after…

Xiaomi HyperOS India rolloutXiaomi on X announced the rollout for HyperOS in India through a dedicated page. It’s yet to confirm the launch date but the rollout is scheduled to begin this month. Xiaomi also announced the first devices that are in line to get the HyperOS update.In India, Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi Pad 6 will be the first batch of devices to get the HyperOS update. More devices will be added to the roadmap later.The global rollout included eight devices — Xiaomi 13 Ultra, Xiaomi 13 Pro, Xiaomi 13, Xiaomi 13T…