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WhatsApp has introduced four new text formatting options, enhancing the way users can communicate and organize their messages. Starting today, WhatsApp users across Android, iOS and web platforms, including those utilizing the app’s Channels feature, can access bulleted and numbered lists, block quotes, and inline code formats. These additions complement the existing text formatting capabilities...
AI has been used to produce everything from images, movies, as well as chatbots. Now a former Google DeepMind engineer is said to be utilizing GenAI to create actual physical materials. Orbital Materials uses new technologies and LLMs to develop novel green materials for clean water, air, and energy. Founded by Jonathan Godwin, he wrote in a blog post in 2023 that “dramatic innovation” was needed...
The regulated US sports betting industry posted $10.9 billion in revenue last year, contributing to an all-time high of $14.4 billion in state and local gaming taxes. For 2023, the $10.9bn figure represented a year-on-year increase of almost 45%, as revealed by an annual report from the American Gaming Association (AGA). The study revealed a massive $120 billion was staked on sports last year, up...
Nintendo Direct today confirmed one of the worst-kept “secrets” in gaming and gave us a date that the first two former Xbox exclusives would make the cross-console leap to Nintendo’s handheld. The first of the four games confirmed by Phil Spencer last week are Penintent and the excellent Grounded, which should make a terrific Switch game. Neither is a title that people would have bought an Xbox...
In 2023, the cybersecurity landscape witnessed a dramatic escalation in cyber threats, with attackers honing their skills and exploiting the weakest links in business defenses. According to CrowdStrike’s 2024 Global Threat Report, the year marked a notable surge in the severity and sophistication of cyberattacks, with cloud intrusions increasing by 75% and data theft victims named on leak sites...
Twitch has confirmed an increase in the cost of channel subscriptions for the first time with the price hikes set to apply from next month. The Amazon-owned streaming platform released a blog post on Tuesday 20 February detailing the reasons for the change, the first-ever time subs have been raised. By the end of next month, Tier 1 subscriptions will increase in the United Kingdom, Canada, and...
There has been a significant surge in hunter-killer malware, with a 333% rise, according to the latest Picus Red Report. The fourth edition of this annual report revealed insights from the analysis of over 600,000 real-world malware samples, pinpointing the most frequently used techniques by attackers. The study found a significant shift in the strategies of cyber attackers, notably the emergence...
Lionsgate has finally released the first images of the highly anticipated movie adaptation of the “Borderlands” video game series, which has received rather mixed responses. buckle up. we’re not asking nicely.#BorderlandsMovie coming soon… pic.twitter.com/XRVTme7rNn — Lionsgate UK (@LionsgateUK) February 20, 2024 The film studio has been trying to produce a film based on the action role-playing...
Well, Bandai Namco has just dropped the first trailer for Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree with three minutes of gameplay footage, after announcing last night that today was to be the day we finally learned more. While we may have told by leakers that the game may be coming out this week, what we in fact got was a brief look at some of the new stuff we can expect when we finally return to the...