The Metaverse is ready now, said Epic Games’ founder and CEO Tim Sweeney at the Game Developer’s Conference, which wrapped last week. Following a slew of announcements about a massive revenue share with users who create engaging content, bringing the power of its Unreal Engine 5 to Fortnite, and creating Fab, the world’s biggest 3D More
How to solve today’s Wordle.AFP via Getty Images Well we had a snow day on Monday, which was fun for the kids. Fun for me, too, since I didn’t have to drive anyone to school! You have to take pleasure in the little things in life: Sleeping in, getting your kids to shovel the driveway More
The official trailer for The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power just dropped this morning and it gives us even more of a sense of the vast scale of Amazon’s fantasy epic. Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) is on the hunt for the Enemy, following in the footsteps of her brother, Finrod, who was captured… More
Topline Shares of Hong Kong fintech firm AMTD Digital continued to plunge on Thursday, crashing for a second day in a row after rising more than 21,000% since its July IPO, with experts calling it a new meme stock and warning investors to stay away from the stock as its valuation looks like “an absolute… More
Here’s today’s Wordle #356 solution plus a helpful hint. Getty Images Friday, thank God it is—as the little green man might say after a hard day on the Jedi Counsel, or working the swamps of Dagobah. It’s been a long week and a busy one and I’ve been fighting off some kind of minor cold… More
Here’s today’s Wordle solution #258 for Friday, March 4th. NurPhoto via Getty Images What makes a Wordle difficult to solve? Sometimes it’s the word itself. It’s just obscure—like rupee or knoll. Sometimes it’s got a strange combination of letters—like vivid with its double V’s and double I’s. Sometimes, it’s just a word with lots of… More
Here’s today’s Wordle word of the day solution. Getty Images It’s Friday at last, and thank goodness. This week has been weirdly long but the weekend is here at last—or very nearly here. Let’s dive into today’s surprisingly tricky Wordle. Some of these really can be tough to solve, and this one was no exception.… More
Topline Shares of Facebook parent Meta fell over 25% on Thursday—erasing over $230 billion in market value for its worst trading session in history—after the company’s dismal quarterly earnings report showed declining users and surging expenses related to the company’s metaverse project. Facebook’s stock had its biggest drop ever, losing a quarter of its value… More
If there’s one truism in digital advertising, it’s that there’s Google, there’s Facebook, and then there’s everyone else. After all, the adtech duopoly raked in 65% of digital ad revenue in 2021, according to eMarketer. But could we be on the cusp of a reversal of this decade-long trend? According to a November eMarketer report,… More
Topline As the surge in oil prices continues amid increasing demand and a supply crunch that has driven up prices for all types of fuels, energy stocks are soaring—in some cases, notching triple-digit returns—while several U.S. oil tycoons watch their net worths spike. Several U.S. billionaires have seen their net worths jump considerably as the… More
(Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images Cisco Systems CSCO set its 52-week intraday high at $60.27 on August 25. The stock is up 28.6% year-to-date and is 4.5% below the high. Longer-term the network equipment company is 63.1% above its October 19, 2020 low of $35.28. On Wednesday, September 15 the stock traded… More
Artificial intelligence and a hologram of a house and a percent sign. Mortgage concept for housing … [+] mortgage interest rates. Copy space, 3D illustration, 3D rendering getty Artificial Intelligence and its inherent bias seems to be an ongoing contributing factor in slowing minorities home loan approvals. An investigation by The Markup found lenders were… More
Archer Aviation Maker-an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The Maker is a precursor to … [+] the eventual production aircraft Archer plans to deliver by 2024. Ignite Media- Al M. Arena An idea hatched more than a decade ago by a couple of college buddies to reduce urban traffic congestion and carbon emissions took… More
Deepak Chopra and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone attempt to pass the Turing Test AI Foundation In the months leading up to the pandemic, 73 year old best-selling author Deepak Chopra uploaded his “consciousness” to the AI Foundation to ensure he would be around to chat with future generations. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, Twitter co-founder… More
(Bernard Kim image courtesy of Zynga) Mobile game publisher Zynga ZNGA said it would buy mobile ad and monetization platform Chartboost for $250 million in a bid to diversify its revenue base amid major changes in Apple AAPL ad rules. The company also reported record first quarter revenues and bookings, and raised its full-year guidance.… More
