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It's been a rocky 18 months for the Overwatch 2 team. After releasing back in 2022 to positive-yet-underwhelming reviews, scrapping the game's once-promised PvE hero mode, and, more recently, undergoing large-scale layoffs that hit core members like former lead narrative designer Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie, there's been a bit of uncertainty in regards to what's next for the team-based shooter. However, the studio's next steps might just help get things back on track.Since release, players have been vocal about…

You could argue that generative AI has had a pretty negative marketing campaign from its nascent introduction into the world order to where we are today. From heretic articles bemoaning the top jobs that will be replaced, to hastily arranged committees of the titans of tech defining our AI future, to the culture heralded CEO of AI (Sam Altman) being ousted and then re-ordained, to the Musk-ian battles for AI invasive supremacy, and to no doubt a year of election deepfakes. It’s clear that the “marketing” for brand AI, in…

When Taylor Swift first played in Melbourne 15 years ago, it was to an audience of 900. This week in the city, the US megastar performs for a quarter of a million.Love her or hate her, there’s no denying it: Australia is in the thick of Swiftmania. Leading up to the hotly anticipated Australian leg of Swift’s Eras Tour, Melbourne was lit up with it all, from a Swift-themed academic symposium to a pop-up merchandise stand at Crown, to a projection on Flinders Street Station welcoming Swifties to town – with the clock…

Apple Apple is just hours away from launching preorders for its most important product since the release of the Apple Watch nearly a decade ago. Preorders begin for the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset at 5 a.m. PT (8 a.m. ET) on Friday, January 19, with shipping starting two weeks later on February 2. The tech giant has high hopes for the Vision Pro headset, but its hefty $3,499 price tag means that many Apple fans who would ordinarily dive in to try new gear from the tech giant may hold off on this one. There will…

Film, TV and video-game producers will get more generous tax breaks in the UK from Monday, amid industry warnings that the country could lose out to others, particularly in animation and special effects.The government said all companies would receive more tax relief under a revamp of the current system, along with greater flexibility over production decisions and clarity about the amount of credit they can expect.To expand the UK’s production industry, the audio-visual expenditure credit and the video-games expenditure…

Concept illustration of a mother receiving cash for child care. Credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney/University of Michigan Young children in low-income households could be at risk for abuse and neglect if their parents are unable to receive adequate child care subsidies, according to a new University of Michigan study published in Child Maltreatment. …

The study suggests that local inequality is associated with increased generosity among rich people in both places, which is contrary to findings at more aggregated geographical levels, pointing to contrasting implications of inequality at different spatial levels. Credit: Alexander Grey, Unsplash, CC0 (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Rich individuals living in communities with greater levels of economic inequality…

Taylor Swift Makes A Generous Donation To A Food Bank In Detroit, Michigan, Amid Critical Times  (Picture Credit: Bang Showbiz) Taylor Swift made a generous donation to a food bank in Detroit, Michigan. The Grammy winner has been donating to food poverty charities in cities on her ‘Eras Tour’, and her latest was to the Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, as she played two nights at Detroit’s Ford Field on Friday (09.06.23) and Saturday (10.06.23). Quoting the ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker, the food bank…

Last updated: April 20th, 2023 at 07:56 UTC+02:00 Netflix is among the most popular video streaming platform worldwide. While there are paid plans for you to hop onto to watch the content in its best quality, Netflix introduced the ‘Basic With Ads’ plan in November for $6.99/month. As soon as this tier was announced in the US, it faced harsh criticism from users for its limited video streaming support, which was capped at 720p. The criticism went off the roof when its rival Disney+ launched its ad-supported plan…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is reasonably broad support among Dutch voters for a basic income, according to new research by sociologists at Tilburg University. However, this must be subject to conditions. Most proponents favor a "participation income," available to everyone on the condition that a social task is performed, like volunteer work, informal care or an education. This participation income should then be…