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Monthly Archives: October 2022
A long time ago, the creator of a galaxy far, far away wanted a bunch of big-name filmmakers to play in his brand-new space sandbox. “The people are there, the environment is there, the Empire is there, and now [other directors] will start building on it,” George Lucas told Rolling Stone in his first post-Star…
A common trope in horror movies: a family flees from the hustle and bustle of the big city to the cozy suburbs. But their new dream home becomes a nightmare — in this case, as creepy typewritten letters turn up from someone calling themselves “The Watcher.” The lives of the Brannacks unravel as their search for this…
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive consumers online, the pressure for incumbent insurance companies to adopt digital technology is intensifying. Incumbent insurers have been pushed to accelerate their use of mature AI deployments over the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with tech-centric firms. For context, consumers are now twice as…
Elon Musk. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Elon Musk said he is “excited about the Twitter situation” on Tesla’s earnings call. Musk spent months and millions of dollars trying to walk away from his deal to buy Twitter before agreeing to go through with the purchase. Musk said the company has “incredible potential” but has “languished for a…
Why use Facebook Messenger ads? These days, more people are using private messaging on social media than ever before. And since Facebook combined its messaging backend with Instagram, Messenger ads have never been more relevant. Facebook Messenger has 1 billion active users – the same as TikTok. Messenger is an ultra-personal way to connect directly…
Konami officially revealed three new game in the Silent Hill series in a special event today: Silent Hill: Ascension, Silent Hill: Townfall and Silent Hill: F. This is in addition to the remake of Silent Hill 2 it also announced, as well as a new movie. We don’t yet know the release dates of any…
Data protection startup Anonos announces it has raised $50 million in funding for a solution to anonymize PII.Read MoreRead More
Bill Gates’ climate venture-capital fund is expanding its mission, adding adaptation to its investment categories and establishing a later-stage fund to help clean tech startups begin building plants and scaling up their technologies. The announcement came at the end of the firm’s Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle on Wednesday. To date, Breakthrough has been focused…
Image: Konami After rumors and leaks, including an early morning flub that revealed today’s entire showcase lineup, Konami has finally officially shared its plans for the Silent Hill franchise. During today’s showcase, which was presented as a livestream but ended up being a 48-minute-long video, we saw news of a remake, a new movie, an…