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JPMorgan reports Q2 earnings miss – as CEO Jamie Dimon sounds the alarm on global growth

Jamie Dimon. REUTERS/Brian Snyder JPMorgan’s Q2 earnings fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts. The bank was hit by lower investment-banking fees and card income, while markets income rose. CEO Jamie Dimon touted the US economy but issued a bleak outlook for global growth. JPMorgan Chase reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that fell short of Wall…

Lufthansa hired a pet tracker to help find a cat that was missing for 19 days at Boston Logan Airport, reports say

The cat, called Rowdy, went missing at Boston Logan airport after flying in on a Lufthansa flight. Courtesy of Massport via AP A cat that was missing for 19 days at Boston Logan International airport, was found Wednesday. Lufthansa hired a pet tracker to aid the search for Rowdy, a black cat per Simple Flying. …

Nintendo is buying an animation studio to help create its own ‘visual content’

Nintendo has acquired the Japanese CG production company Dynamo Pictures and plans to rebrand it as “Nintendo Pictures,” the company announced. Its aim with the new subsidiary is to develop visual content using Nintendo IP and focus on “the planning and production of visual content including CG animation.” Dynamo worked with Nintendo before on the…

The Morning After: Hasbro can 3D-print your face onto your favorite action figure

The Hasbro Selfie Series is a collaboration between the toy maker and 3D printing specialists Formlabs, can customize an action figure with your own face. Hasbro You can scan your face with a smartphone and get a custom-made, look-a-like action figure with opposable limbs: AKA the dream. At launch, options include Star Wars X-Wing pilots,…

Fans mourn “death” of Red Dead Online in community “funeral”

Last night, Red Dead Online fans came together to mourn the “death” of Rockstar’s online service via a community-run “funeral” in-game. Tributes to the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2 poured in all over social media. @RockstarGames we still love this game but you decided to stab us in the back shame on you!#SaveRedDeadOnline…

Nintendo buying animation studio it will rename Nintendo Pictures

Nintendo has announced it will purchase Dynamo Pictures, the Tokyo-based visual production company behind a series of animated Pikmin short films. The acquisition was detailed today, alongside plans to rebrand the company Nintendo Pictures Co Ltd. Once fully part of Nintendo, the studio will “focus on development of visual content utilising Nintendo IP”, documentation of…

Qualcomm teases new Wear OS chip

Qualcomm has teased the launch of a new wearable chip that should help Wear OS smartwatches reach the next level of performance and battery efficiency. The official Snapdragon Twitter account has tweeted the following: The clock is ticking on something big. pic.twitter.com/0bYaGf3SrF — Snapdragon (@Snapdragon) July 12, 2022 Besides the headline message that “The clock…