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One of the biggest topics often surrounding Call of Duty is the matchmaking experience, and Activision has released a new blog post to discuss all the factors that weigh into matchmaking for the game's multiplayer mode.In a debate that's old as time, Call of Duty is often criticized for having "high SBMM," with skill-based matchmaking that's meant to match up players in lobbies with similarly skilled players, but this latest blog refutes that skill is the dominant factor.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Parents are often under the impression that the best way to protect their preteens and teens online is to restrict their use: limiting the amount of time they can spend, implementing rules about which apps they're allowed to use, etc. But this kind of restrictive monitoring, though popular, may not be the most effective strategy. …

In a new interview, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters has revealed he doesn’t think Apple Vision Pro is relevant to its subscribers for the foreseeable future.Speaking with Stratchery, Peters was asked about the absence of a native Netflix app on Apple’s headset. “We have to be careful about making sure that we’re not investing in places that are not really yielding a return, and I would say we’ll see where things go with Vision Pro,” Peters revealed. “Certainly, we’re always in discussions with Apple to try and figure that out…

Two sentences in a Google blog post seem to have convinced more than a few people in the search community that Google’s Search Generative Experience “isn’t going to happen.” Specifically, SGE won’t launch. It will never be more than an “experiment” in Labs or become part of the default Search experience for all (or the vast majority) of users.I just don’t buy it. Here’s why. What is at issue. When Google announced Circle to Search, Elizabeth Reid, Google VP, Search, wrote in a blog post: “This week’s…

“Especially for the big app developers with loads of downloads, who are the ones that really Apple make all their money from, that will rack up to a very high cost very quickly,” says Max von Thun, Europe director at Open Markets, a group dedicated to campaigning against monopolies. “This new cost structure, including the core tech fee, will disincentivize lots of developers from moving to the new system.” Less than 1 percent of developers would qualify for this fee, Apple said in its announcement. Government agencies or…

June Wan/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe OnePlus 12 goes on sale today at a starting price of $799foldable. But the timing is somewhat awkward; not because the OnePlus 12 was already unveiled in China back in December, but because it's being introduced to the US audience just one week after Samsung's Galaxy S24 series debut.Also: OnePlus' first-ever foldable makes Samsung and Google's look outdated – and it's near perfectSamsung Unpacked was unquestionably all about AI -- it's the mobile trend of the year, and will…

A Pokémon mod has surfaced online for Palworld and has already been spotted by Nintendo. YouTuber Toasted Shoes posted a brief clip on X (formerly Twitter) from a YouTube video that showed Palworld models replaced with various Pokémon creatures from the Nintendo franchise. The mod also replaces the player character model with Ask Ketchum and other character models with Misty and Brock, Ash’s friends in the Pokémon anime. You can’t watch the video on X anymore, however, due to a copyright strike from Nintendo. Toasted…

Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have many benefits for communities and cities, including providing fresh produce in neighborhoods with few other options.Among those benefits, growing food in backyards, community gardens or urban farms can shrink the distance fruits and vegetables have to travel between producers and consumers – what's known as the "food mile" problem. With transportation's greenhouse gas emissions eliminated, it's a small leap to assume that…

Pocketpair We have our first hit video game of 2024, and it’s a shocker. The eccentric Palworld, an early access game available now on PC and Xbox Game Pass, is smashing Steam records as developer Pocketpair sells millions of copies. That’s thanks in large part thanks to its bizarre elevator pitch, which is succinctly described as “Pokémon with guns.” That success has come with some heated debates. Palworld earned a lot of criticism in its inaugural weekend as players discovered monster designs that looked nearly…

It goes without saying that one of the biggest (and best) films of 2023 is Barbie – the Greta Gerwig-directed fantasy romp starring Margot Robbie. Not only did it break records at the box office for Warner Bros., but critics also praised Robbie’s film. Of course, as is the case with all movies, not everyone is a fan. A handful of notable individuals have spoken out against the flick, and the latest to do so is veteran filmmaker Oliver Stone. He recently expressed his disdain for the production and didn’t mince words…