Aircrafts depart at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Faerberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the partial mobilization of his country’s reservists. Tickets for destinations including Istanbul and Yerevan have sold out after his address. A 30-year-old Russian who lives in the UK told the BBC his friends are desperately trying…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
IBT Many companies use the term artificial intelligence, or AI, as a way to generate excitement for their products and to present themselves as on the cutting edge of tech development. But what exactly is artificial intelligence? What does it involve? And how will it help the development of future generations? Find out the answers…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Chip Somodevilla/Getty The Federal Reserve should consider a 150-basis-point rate hike, a Wells Fargo strategist said. “Why not just rip off the Band-Aid — let’s get there in one day,” Michael Schumacher told CNBC. Most economists expect the Fed to raise interest rates 75 basis points after the conclusion of…
After all the rumors and teasers, Peloton’s $3,195 rowing machine is finally official. It packs a 24-inch HD display and electronically-controlled resistance. That kind of resistance, which typically feels different to Concept2 rowers in your local gym, doesn’t mean it’s particularly small, however – you might want to check you have the space in your…
Over the weekend, Rockstar faced a massive leak that saw numerous screenshots and videos taken from GTA 6’s development show up online with missing assets and features. On seeing this leaked footage, some corners of the internet decided to use it as ammunition to criticise Rockstar’s unfinished work. “If you knew how game development goes,…
Co-operative time-travel puzzler The Past Within – the latest entry in developer Rusty Lake’s wonderfully sinister puzzle-adventure series – finally has a release date and will be coming to PC, Mac, iOS, and Android on 2nd November. Developer Rusty Lake has released 14 games under the Rusty Lake and Cube Escape banner to date –…
A demo for forthcoming Square Enix published JRPG Star Ocean: The Divine Force is now live. It’s available across PlayStation and Xbox consoles, ahead of the game’s release on 27th October. The demo takes place at the start of the game, but has been specially designed with restrictions on certain features. Progress will not carry…
I didn’t believe this day would come. Almost 12 years have passed since Trails from Zero’s Japanese launch and many JRPG fans had given up on the idea of an official western release. We had fan translations, sure, and while Trails fans know localisation waiting pains all too well, Zero and its sequel felt destined…
2K Games, the publisher behind franchises such as Borderlands and BioShock plus sporting series such as NBA 2K and WWE 2K, has acknowledged its customer support services were hacked. In a warning post on Twitter, 2K said it had become aware “an authorised third party illegally accessed the credentials of one of our vendors” and…
Shawn Layden, best known for his time in senior positions within Sony, joined Tencent Games last month, it has emerged. First spotted in an update made on Layden’s LinkedIn profile, Layden has since confirmed the move in statements posted to social media. The position of strategic advisor at Tencent is listed under Layden’s experience, beginning…