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In 2024, Sony shut down its live-service shooter Concord after only two weeks, as it became one the publisher’s most prominent failures. According to Sony Interactive Entertainment chief executive of studio business Hermen Hulst, the biggest lesson from Concord was that more oversight is needed during the development process. “We have since put in place much more rigorous and more …

Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.” Unlike certain other Meta employee memoirs, “How to Save the Internet” doesn’t sound like a tell-all or a scathing critique. And in an interview with the Guardian, Clegg (who previously led the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats) seems to …

Cheaper Xbox Game Pass plan for cloud gaming teased by Microsoft exec  TrueAchievements Microsoft hints at “more affordable” Xbox Cloud Gaming plan  The Verge Xbox Teases Plans To Make Cloud Gaming More ‘Affordable’ And ‘Accessible’  Pure Xbox Xbox cloud console, streaming-only Game Pass tier hinted at by Microsoft  TweakTown Microsoft may soon let you stream Xbox games for free with ads: Details  Business Standard Source …

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Patriots’ front office sounds open to making a trade ahead of the 2025 season. Ahead of training camp practice on Monday morning, executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf was asked if New England would consider giving up “a second, or maybe even a first-round pick” to make the team better this season. His answer …

As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000 (or in some cases, a $100 million signing bonus). However, one former Google leader says Gen Z should not be so fast to jump on the PhD train, as even doctoral degrees may have lost their …

Bitcoin may have no more than 27% upside left in this cycle before entering a downtrend, according to Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg. “I think there is a greater than 50% chance Bitcoin goes to the 140 to 150 range this year before we see another bear market next year,” McClurg said during a CNBC interview on Friday. At the …

Image: Push Square A sprawling – and quite insightful – article about the current state of the games industry has been published by GamesIndustry.biz, featuring interviews with the likes of Circana’s Mat Piscatella. But it’s former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden’s thoughts that are going viral, as he’s chimed in with his opinion about Xbox Game Pass. As part of a …

Amid his contract hold-in, Cam Heyward isn’t receiving a warm welcome from fans or former NFL executives. Seeking a revised contract less than one year after signing an extension, former Buffalo Bills general manager and Pittsburgh Steelers front office member Doug Whaley slammed Heyward for his decision to go back to the team in search of a new deal. “Think …

Picture this: it’s a scorching summer day in the U.S. You wake up in a cool, comfortable room after a solid night’s sleep. You head to work, where the temperature is optimised for concentration. Unless you step outside for a lunchtime walk, you’re completely protected from the heat. Now picture the same scenario in an average European city. You wake …

Google X’s former chief business officer Mo Gawdat says the notion AI will create jobs is “100% crap,” and even warns that “incompetent CEOs” are on the chopping block. The tech guru predicts that AGI will be better at everything than most humans—echoing the likes of Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and OpenAI chief Sam Altman. Only the best workers …