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Embracer Group to Undergo Layoffs and Game Cancellations in Corporate Restructuring
“Tomb Raider” will not be affected, developer Crystal Dynamics says
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Atari 2600 Gets First New Game on a Cartridge in 32 Years
Preorders for the collectible version of “Mr. Run and Jump” go live July 31
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‘Diablo IV’ Launches YouTube Series With Chloe Grace Moretz Crafting Her Own Character (Exclusive Video)
“Diablo Dungeon Crawl” will feature a rotating guest lineup
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Paul McCartney Says the Beatles Have Made a Final Song by ‘Extricating’ John Lennon’s Voice With AI
The new song, possibly the Lennon-penned “Now And Then,” will debut later this year
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My Son Is Going to Film School – What’s the Point in an AI World? | PRO Insight
Computers already churn out facsimiles of movies, but human storytelling can’t be gamed via algorithms
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Dot.LA Sacks All 8 Editorial Staffers, CEO Will Focus on ‘Venture in the AI Space’
The company is “refining our editorial focus to better serve our readers,” says cofounder Sam Adams
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‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ Gameplay and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ VR Trailer Dominate Ubisoft Forward Showcase (Video)
The event also featured an extended preview of “Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora”
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Twitter Sets Messaging Restrictions for Users Without Blue Subscription
The move is said to combat spam but will also impact users such as journalists
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FTC Escalates Effort to Shut Down Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition
Following the agency’s lawsuit to stop the purchase, it’s now planning to file an injunction
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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Heralds ‘Twitter 2.0’: ‘The Global Town Square Needs Transformation’
The social platform’s owner Elon Musk hired the former NBCU ad chief to replace him as CEO in May
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Apple Has a Cheaper Version of Its Vision Pro Headset Model on the Way
There will also be a proper successor to the debut product
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Studios Say They Hate Piracy – but It Offers a Treasure Trove of Data | Charts
The billions of dollars streamers lose to illegal downloads doesn’t stop them from leveraging the numbers to analyze viewer tastes
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Congress Mulls AI-Focused Bills on Transparency and Global Competition
One suggests government artificial intelligence disclosures, the other proposes a new federal tech office
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U.S. Government Cracks Down on Its Own TikTok Ad Spend (Report)
It’s just the latest instance of federal pushback against the app
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Where Apple’s Vision Pro Leaves Meta | PRO Insight
Mark Zuckerberg will have to overindex on openness, and hang in tightly, if he wants his big mixed reality bet to pay off
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