Future

Battlefield 2042 is a first-person shooter that doesn't have a campaign mode. Battlefield, developed by Electronic Arts and DICE, has long been known for its single-player campaigns as well as its 64-player lobbies. The latest iteration of the popular first person shooter franchise ditches these two factors that made it popular, entirely. Battlefield 2042, as the name suggests, is set 100 years in the future from the original game — Battlefield 1942 — that made the franchise a blockbuster. Has Battlefield found a new…

The United States, all European Union member states, and 32 non-EU countries have announced a “Declaration for the Future of the Internet” that lays out priorities for an “open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, and secure” internet. It highlights goals like affordability, net neutrality, and removing illegal content without curtailing free expression — although it offers few specifics for achieving them. The three-page declaration, also summarized by the White House and the European Commission, offers a broad…

ViacomCBS missed Wall Street profit forecasts on Tuesday as the company announced it will change its name to Paramount and unveiled a broad range of new programming in the battle for viewers in the crowded streaming market.Shares of the media conglomerate that owns CBS, Showtime, Comedy Central, MTV, and other networks, which initially fell 3 manner, slipped to a 6 manner loss as the company's two-hour presentation of its streaming strategy continued after the markets closed.ViacomCBS reported adjusted earnings per share…

The OnePlus 10 Pro comes with OxygenOS 12 installed over Android 12. That’s the good news. The bad news is its considerable similarity to Oppo’s ColorOS 12 software, and all its inherent issues has caused controversy among the OnePlus faithful. Many are looking forward to OxygenOS 13 as the savior, but OnePlus’ current messaging around it is confused and noncommittal. But was OnePlus’s old OxygenOS software really that much better? After all, it’s easy to look back with rose-colored glasses when we’re faced with…

India's top retailer, Reliance, has privately defended an abrupt takeover of the stores of debt-laden rival Future Retail, saying mounting dues of $634 million (roughly Rs. 4,800 crore) compelled it to act beyond expectations, a company letter shows.The takeover was part of the race to dominate a $900-billion (roughly Rs. 68,11,875 crore) retail sector that set off a bitter dispute in which India's Supreme Court will decide whether Reliance or Amazon.com gets to scoop up Future's assets.The March 8 letter, seen by…

You know what, I’m into it. Let’s go full, unkempt beard for this one. The Gen-Xers are online and they are posting Radiohead on main. It did fill me with nostalgia to see Twitter co-founder, former CEO, and newly-minted “Block Head” Jack Dorsey post Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place” (he linked to niche music service Tidal, which is owned by Block) like he was setting an early-2000s AIM status about soon-to-be-Twitter-owner Elon Musk, who is one of the site’s more prolific users. Musk is also the CEO of…

Large chip companies so far predict limited supply chain disruption from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, thanks to raw material stockpiling and diversified procurement, but some industry sources worry about the longer-term impact.One of the worst security crises in Europe in decades is unfolding, with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday authorising a military operation in eastern Ukraine in what appeared to be the start of a war.The crisis has hit stocks of tech companies that source or sell globally on fears of…

Amazon and Future Group (FRL) on Monday agreed before the Supreme Court to resume the arbitration case in Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) in connection with the merger deal of FRL with Reliance Retail. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asked Amazon and Future Group to file a joint memorandum.The Court was informed by the counsels of both parties that they have agreed to appear before the SIAC arbitral tribunal. The Supreme Court said that it will request SIAC to expedite the…