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Warner Bros. Games remains undeterred by the sub-par critical and commercial performance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and plans to further lean into the live service model for its games going forward. J.B. Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games at Warner Bros. Discovery, laid out the company's games strategy at a recent Morgan Stanley speaking event, reiterating the studio's intentions to invest more in 'games as a service' model, free-to-play games and mobile titles, and expressing doubts…

The question of what the title means, or what the movie means, remain open; even so, this is a quietly amazing feature debut from 34-year-old Thien An Pham, born in Vietnam and based in Houston, Texas. It’s a jewel of slow cinema set initially in Saigon and then the mountainous, lush central highlands far from the city; it is a zero-gravity epic quest, floating towards its strange narrative destiny and then maybe floating up over that to something else. It’s compassionate, intimate, spiritual and mysterious in ways that…

A gaming service lives and dies by its developers, and it’s a worrying sign for Apple Arcade that the people who make its games aren’t pleased with how the service is being run.Apple Arcade, to those who pay for it, is almost like the Xbox Game Pass of mobile games — a collection of cool titles that you can play on your iPhone for a small monthly subscription. For developers, however, it seems like it’s becoming more and more of a nightmare as time moves on, with a new report from mobilegamer.biz revealing considerable…

Every TV news anchor needs a high level of authority and confidence to succeed, making expressions of self-doubt a rarity. But Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” since 2012, has never been shy about asking for help. Guthrie, 52, has long relied on prayer to navigate challenges or setbacks in her life, such as the death of her father when she was a teenager and a brief failed marriage in mid-30s. She admits she turned to faith during her career ascent to the anchor desk at “Today,” which was fraught due to…

In stand-up comedy, silence typically equals death. You tell a joke and the audience laughs? Great. You tell a joke and they groan? Well, at least they were interested enough to respond. Tell a joke and … nothing? You may have lost the room altogether.  For Ramy Youssef, though, a joke greeted with silence allowed him to find his comedic voice, which has expanded beyond his stand-up to include creating and/or starring in a pair of acclaimed comedy series — Ramy on Hulu, Mo on Netflix — a juicy supporting role in…

Singer performs "Everything Almost," "For Months Now" and "Don't Do Me Good" from new album A week after Madi Diaz released her new album Weird Faith, the now-Nashville singer performed three tracks from the LP for CBS Mornings’ Saturday Sessions. In addition to “Everything Almost” — which Diaz also played on The Tonight Show last week — she also highlighted Weird Faith’s “For Months Now” and “Don’t Do Me Good,” the latter of which features Diaz’ friend Kacey Musgraves on the album version.…

You’re reading Plugged In, Fast Company’s weekly tech newsletter. I’m global technology editor Harry McCracken, and I’m certainly happy you stopped by. If a friend or colleague forwarded this edition to you—or you’re reading it on FastCompany.com—you can check out previous issues and sign up to get it yourself every Wednesday morning. Your email—comments, ideas, random musings about tech—are always welcome: Shoot me a message at [email protected] are four Fast Company tech stories you might not have read…

After the Supreme Court declined to hear Apple’s appeal, the company will finally have to let developers offer links to external payment methods, but Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is not happy with Apple’s counteroffer. Taking to X, Sweeney laid out his arguments against Apple's compliance in a handful of central points, whilst calling its compliance “Bad Faith”. The first is critical of Apple’s new 27% commission taken on web purchases. Sweeney argues this will kill competition as developers will be effectively giving up a…

City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh is a memoir of love, home, and family. How has your understanding of home and belonging changed while writing this book?My understanding of the concept of home was destroyed and then remade. It was as if I was looking at myself, my family, my old house, even animals and trees around me with different eyes. I escaped into my own mind, but that was a bit comforting in those tragic times. PREMIUM Author Zeyad Masroor Khan (Courtesy the subject’s instagram account @zeyadmkhan) My…

“Our threat is from within,” Donald Trump told his supporters at a Veterans Day campaign rally in New Hampshire. “We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.” The remarks prompted outrage and comparisons to Nazi Germany. Dehumanizing political opponents erodes public trust in the democratic system by creating an “us versus them” mentality. The dangers are not mere rhetoric. Political violence is, indeed, on…