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Blizzard Entertainment has had an eventful year. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the studio has seen the successful releases of World of Warcraft: The War Within and Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred but also had to deal with mass layoffs and the release of Jason Schreier’s revealing book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. To cap off this hectic year, and in lieu of its traditional BlizzCon event, Blizzard Entertainment is holding a Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct livestream this week. Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the game that put Blizzard on the map, and it … Read more

One of Netflix’s best genres is, without a doubt, action. Action movies are frequently found on Netflix’s most popular movies list. Most of these action films are quickly paced and straight to the point. In other words, these movies perfectly provide an escape from our daily lives. Extraction, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and The Adam Project have all been huge hits with subscribers. More of these movies are under the “Action” section on Netflix. From there, Netflix separates action into subgenres including suspense, sci-fi, adventure, and international. If you don’t feel like scrolling for hours, we did the hard work … Read more

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Microsoft has expanded Visual Studio 2022 with a new Unreal Engine toolbar, available in version 17.11, aiming to streamline game development workflows by giving developers direct access to essential Unreal Engine features. The toolbar, positioned at the top of the code window when working on Unreal Engine projects, brings several core functionalities directly into Visual Studio, reducing the need to toggle between different software. Key Tools for Unreal Engine Developers The Unreal Engine integration is aimed at making the development process more efficient. By reducing the need to switch between different windows or tools, Microsoft hopes to keep developers focused … Read more

After a long and tumultuous road, the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch is finally in sight. Yellowstone season 5, part 2 returns with six new episodes starting very soon. Since the last episode aired in January 2023, Yellowstone has been in the news, mostly for reasons behind the camera, with the biggest storyline being the departure of Kevin Costner as John Dutton. Regardless of Costner’s status, Yellowstone remains as popular as ever and will become a ratings monster over the next month. It begs the question if more seasons of Yellowstone will be commissioned.That’s enough about the unknown future. Let’s talk about the present, which begins with the … Read more

In a surprise incident this weekend, OpenAI exposed its upcoming o1 model, which promises advanced reasoning capabilities. Jimmy Apples, a notorious X user known for circulating insider leaks about OpenAI, drew widespread attention when he posted a link granting temporary access to this unreleased model. SEEMS LEGIT. I AM GETTING A O1 TYPE MODEL WITH ATTACH FILE CAPABILITY WHEN I APPEND” Apples tweeted on November 2. He tested and confirmed features such as image analysis before warning that OpenAI might close the loophole soon. This prompted a surge of interest from other enthusiasts eager to experience the model’s enhanced reasoning … Read more

Customers now have access to Google’s homegrown hardware — its Axion CPU and latest Trillium TPU — in its Cloud service.  At the same time, Google gave customers a teaser on Nvidia’s Blackwell coming to Google Cloud, which should arrive early next year. “We’re… eagerly anticipating the advancements enabled by Nvidia’s Blackwell GB200 NVL72 GPUs, and we look forward to sharing more updates on this exciting development soon,” said Mark Lohmeyer, vice president and general manager for compute and AI infrastructure at Google Cloud, in a blog entry. Google is preparing racks for the Blackwell platform in its cloud infrastructure. … Read more

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Microsoft’s PowerToys utility suite has received a major update with the release of version 0.86. This iteration introduces the Advanced Paste feature with optical character recognition (OCR) and a reorganized interface to streamline the user experience. These new tools build on Microsoft’s focus on enhancing productivity for Windows 10 and 11 users. Advanced Paste Expands Clipboard Capabilities Central to this update is Advanced Paste, which significantly broadens how users can handle clipboard content. By using the Win+Shift+V shortcut, users can paste text as plain text, markdown, or JSON. The OCR capability allows for quick extraction of text from images in … Read more

The 2025 release of Solid Edge introduces the cloud-enabled Solid Edge X, which will see new AI-enabled tools alongside simplified IT admin, personalised UX and greater options for collaboration. Siemens Digital Industries Software says that the AI-powered functionality will be available in 2025 and will offer real-time assistance to users and help minimise disruptions to engineering workflows. With cloud-enabled built-in data management, based on Siemens Teamcenter software and infrastructure, users can collaborate across engineering and manufacturing disciplines wherever and whenever it is needed. “The release of Solid Edge X delivers on Siemens’ strategic goal to bring our industry-leading software to … Read more