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Storm Éowyn Hits *** and Ireland: Red Alerts for Snow, Wind, and Flooding Storm Éowyn Hits *** and Ireland: Red Alerts for Snow, Wind, and Flooding A powerful “bomb cyclone,” named Storm Éowyn, is expected to impact the United Kingdom and Ireland, bringing snow, heavy rainfall, and winds reaching speeds of up to 160 km/h. The storm is forecasted to strike the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland on January 24, with severe weather conditions anticipated across England and Wales as well. Meteorological agencies have issued red weather warnings for several regions, signifying the potential for life-threatening conditions and significant disruptions. Severe Weather Warnings Issued According to Met Éireann and the *** Met Office, the storm is developing explosively as air pressure drops rapidly, creating dangerous conditions. A red warning, the most severe category, has been issued for the entirety of Ireland, while similar alerts are in place for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland. The warnings emphasise the risks posed by strong winds, flooding, and heavy snowfall. Rapid Intensification Explained In a statement released by the University of Reading, Ambrogio Volonte, a cyclone research scientist, explained that the storm is intensifying at an exceptional rate due to a combination of atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The sharp temperature contrast between Arctic air and warmer subtropical air, along with a strong jet stream, is fueling the rapid development of the cyclone. Comparison to Previous Storms As reported by Live Science, the structure and predicted intensity of Storm Éowyn are drawing comparisons to previous destructive storms, such as Storm Eunice in 2022. During that event, falling trees caused fatalities, and widespread power outages impacted over a million homes. Experts warn that Éowyn could result in similar, if not greater, damage across affected regions. Public Advised to Prepare for Impact Officials are urging residents in affected areas to take precautions, stay updated on weather alerts, and avoid unnecessary travel during the storm. Emergency services remain on high alert as the cyclone approaches, with severe impacts expected to persist throughout the weekend. For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who’sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches 23 Starlink Satellites, Sets Booster Record Airtel Revises New Voice and SMS-Only Recharge Plans: Check Updated Prices Source link #Storm #Éowyn #Hits #Ireland #Red #Alerts #Snow #Wind #Flooding Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over *** cloud competition concerns AWS and Microsoft could face ‘targeted intervention’ from CMA over *** cloud competition concerns The competition watchdog has published the provisioning findings from its long-running investigation into the inner workings of the *** cloud infrastructure services market, which shows that competition in the sector is not working as well as it could be. For this reason, Kip Meek, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group, said it is advising the regulator to “consider investigating the largest cloud service providers using its new digital markets powers”. This is because its findings suggest end-user organisations could be paying more than they need for cloud services, and are possibly at risk of being locked into using platforms that do not meet their “evolving” needs. In a seven-page report, detailing the provisional findings of its investigation, the CMA said the lack of competition in the cloud market could mean *** customers are collectively paying hundreds of millions more per year than they need to for services. It went on to state that *** cloud users can be locked into their “initial choice of provider” due to technical and commercial barriers that prevent customers from seeking out the services of other cloud suppliers who might have better-priced or a more innovative portfolio of services. “We have provisionally found that AWS and Microsoft have been generating sustained returns from their cloud services substantially above their cost of capital in cloud services for a number of years,” the report said. “Customers say that cloud services offer both quality and innovation to them. However, we consider that a more competitive market would have sustained better market outcomes, including more consistently competitive prices, as well as further improvements in quality and innovation.” Controversial licensing practices The report also called out Microsoft’s controversial licensing practices, which typically see it charging customers more for running its software in its competitors’ cloud, as impacting on the competitive position of AWS and also Google by “partially foreclosing” them from the market. As well as being in-scope of the CMA probe, Microsoft’s behaviour on this front is also the subject of a European Commission complaint, filed by Google in September 2024. “[The licensing piece] exacerbates the harm we have provisionally found arising from high market concentration and barriers to entry and expansion in relation to Microsoft’s significant unilateral market power,” the report added. To remedy the situation, the report suggests the CMA board should use powers conferred on it through the roll-out of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) on 1 January 2025 to mark AWS and Microsoft out as suppliers with “strategic market status”. This would mean the CMA could impose legally binding conduct requirements or pro-competition interventions on both firms to limit and remedy the toll their activities have allegedly had on the market. As detailed in the report, such powers are “specifically designed to be effected in digital markets … that share a combination of characteristics that can cause them to ‘tip’ in favour of one or a few firms” by allowing the CMA to take a “targeted and iterative” approach to tackling the behaviour of such providers. “We consider that measures aimed at AWS and Microsoft would address market-wide concerns by directly benefiting the majority of *** customers and producing wider, indirect effects by altering the competitive conditions or other providers,” the report stated. Before any action can be taken by the CMA, a consultation on the provisional findings of its investigation needs to take place, with cloud market stakeholders now invited to share their feedback on the conclusions raised so far. The final report from the CMA’s investigation is due to drop by 4 August 2025. In the meantime, AWS has responded to the CMA’s provisional findings by describing its proposed intervention under the terms of the DMCCA as “not warranted”, and urged it to think about the long-term impact of such a move. “We urge the CMA to carefully consider how regulatory intervention in other areas will stifle innovation and ultimately harm customers in the ***,” a spokesperson for AWS said. “We will continue to work constructively with the CMA as they work on their final report.” Rima Alaily, corporate vice-president and deputy general counsel in the competition law group at Microsoft, seemed to suggest in a statement to Computer Weekly that the contents of the CMA report are mistargeted. “The draft report should be focused on paving the way for the ***’s AI-powered future, not fixating on legacy products launched in the last century,” she said. “The cloud computing market has never been so dynamic and competitive, attracting billions in investments, new entrants and rapid innovation. What could be better for *** businesses and government?” Meanwhile, Chris Lindsay, vice-president of customer engineering for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Google Cloud, said the company was pleased to see the impact that restrictive licensing practices have on cloud customers feature in the CMA’s provisional findings. “Restrictive licensing harms *** cloud customers, threatens economic growth and stifles innovation, and we are encouraged that the CMA has recognised the harm of these practices,” he said. Source link #AWS #Microsoft #face #targeted #intervention #CMA #cloud #competition #concerns Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Consumer is really healthy, changing pricing off of demand patterns Consumer is really healthy, changing pricing off of demand patterns ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jason Liberty, Royal Caribbean president and CEO, joins ‘Money Movers’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, the company’s pricing, and much more. Source link #Consumer #healthy #changing #pricing #demand #patterns Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Atomic scientists adjust 'Doomsday Clock' closer than ever to midnight – Reuters Atomic scientists adjust 'Doomsday Clock' closer than ever to midnight – Reuters Atomic scientists adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer than ever to midnight ReutersThe Doomsday Clock reveals how close humanity may be to total annihilation CNN2025 ‘Doomsday Clock’: This is how close we are to self-annihilation, scientists say ABC NewsThe ‘Doomsday Clock’ just moved closer to midnight. Here’s why atomic scientists think humanity is closer than ever to destroying itself. Yahoo! Voices’Sleepwalking into nuclear disaster’: The ‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks forward USA TODAY Source link #Atomic #scientists #adjust #039Doomsday #Clock039 #closer #midnight #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Chorus Waves Found Far From Earth Raise Concerns for Space Exploration Chorus Waves Found Far From Earth Raise Concerns for Space Exploration Strange electromagnetic waves resembling bird chirps have been detected at an unexpected distance from Earth, raising concerns for space missions. These signals, known as chorus waves, can accelerate particles to dangerously high speeds, posing a risk to spacecraft and astronauts. Previously observed much closer to Earth, the latest detection occurred nearly 100,000 miles away. This discovery challenges long-standing theories about their origins and behaviour, urging scientists to reassess their understanding of Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with solar particles. Chorus waves: A closer look According to findings published in Nature, chorus waves are energetic bursts within Earth’s magnetic field, known for their short duration and rapid propagation. While these waves have been extensively studied since the 1960s and detected on various planets with magnetic fields, this new observation in a flatter region of Earth’s magnetosphere diverges from earlier detections in areas characterised by strong magnetic gradients. As reported by Live Science, The Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites from NASA captured these waves, sparking renewed interest in their formation and implications. Potential risks to space missions These findings highlight the potential threats posed by chorus waves to satellites, astronauts, and deep-space missions. The waves are believed to be driven by plasma instability, where electrons released by the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field. This interaction disrupts the electrons’ orderly motion, accelerating them to near-light speeds. Unlike earlier detections near dipole-shaped regions, these waves were found in a relatively flat magnetic field area, suggesting alternative mechanisms might be at play. Richard Horne, Head of Space Weather at the British Antarctic Survey, noted the significance of these findings in Nature, emphasising the need for enhanced solar plasma monitoring. The discovery prompts further investigation into the formation of these waves, aiming to develop measures to mitigate risks for future space exploration. For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who’sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. iPhone 17 Series to Arrive With ‘Largely Unchanged’ Dynamic Island: Ming-Chi Kuo Airtel Revises New Voice and SMS-Only Recharge Plans: Check Updated Prices Source link #Chorus #Waves #Earth #Raise #Concerns #Space #Exploration Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

It’s looking bleak for AMD’s older GPUs – a file spotted in unofficial Radeon drivers further hints at FSR 4’s RDNA 4 exclusivity It’s looking bleak for AMD’s older GPUs – a file spotted in unofficial Radeon drivers further hints at FSR 4’s RDNA 4 exclusivity Unofficial AMD Radeon drivers reveal FSR 4 DLL file The file suggests RDNA 4 GPUs will have access to FP8 WMMA, which may be a prerequisite for FSR 4 Games that already have FSR 3.1 will have FSR 4 implemented instantly While AMD has already confirmed that the new FSR 4 (FidelityFX Super Resolution) upscaling method will be exclusive to RDNA 4 GPUs, some gamers were holding out hope that older GPUs could one day benefit from its addition – but a recent revelation may have shut that possibility down entirely. As reported by VideoCardz, an FSR 4 DLL file was spotted in unofficial Radeon drivers. According to Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein on X, FSR 4 uses a machine learning algorithm with an 8-point floating-point implementation – and reports are also suggesting that RDNA 4 GPUs will use FP8 WMMA (Wave Matrix Multiply Accumulate that helps to accelerate AI applications), which is what is supposedly required for FSR 4 to function. With this in mind, it would mean older GPUs won’t be able to take advantage of FSR 4, as RDNA 3 GPUs (like the RX 7900 series) reportedly won’t receive the full optimization of FP8 WMMA, while older RDNA 2 GPUs won’t receive any FP8 support at all. Since rival Nvidia’s DLSS 4 upscaling tech will be available for all RTX GPU users, this could easily lose Team Red some fans. (Image credit: Joseph GTK / Shutterstock) What does this mean for RDNA 3.5 handheld gaming PCs? It remains to be seen whether RDNA 3 GPUs will be able to make the cut for AMD’s new FSR 4, so I fear for what this may mean for handheld gaming PCs. Upcoming devices like the Lenovo Legion Go 2 will be using the Ryzen Z2 Extreme APUs, which are likely built-in RDNA 3.5 architecture. If it wasn’t clear enough already, upscaling will be an important feature for games going forward, especially graphically-intensive ones. If new handhelds can’t take advantage of what Team Red’s new frame generation will have to offer in terms of performance enhancements, then the ability of these handhelds to be able to play the latest AAA games will be compromised. Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Games that already have FSR 3.1 support will instantly have FSR 4 implemented once it becomes available – so it begs the question of whether this could mean older GPUs could still use FSR 4 super-resolution, but lose out on potential improved frame generation tech, similar to Nvidia’s DLSS 3 and 4 with RTX 3000 and 2000 series GPUs. Hopefully, older AMD GPUs can get something out of this… You may also like… Source link #bleak #AMDs #older #GPUs #file #spotted #unofficial #Radeon #drivers #hints #FSR #RDNA #exclusivity Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Disinformation an ‘existential threat’ to ********* democracy: Hogue Disinformation an ‘existential threat’ to ********* democracy: Hogue Disinformation and misinformation campaigns represent an “existential threat” to ********* democracy according to the foreign interference commission. Justice Marie-Josée Hogue’s final report on foreign interference in Canada found “information manipulation” poses the “single biggest threat to our democracy.” Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. “It is noxious, and it is powerful, it poses a major risk to ********* democracy. If we do not find ways of addressing it, misinformation and disinformation have the ability to distort our discourse, change our views, and shape our society,” the report read. The Hogue commission’s sprawling 860-page report, released Tuesday, makes 51 recommendations to improve the ********* government’s response to foreign interference threats. Trending Now Hogue concluded that while the federal government has improved that response, it must “find ways of reacting more swiftly” to counter what she considers an evolving threat. Story continues below advertisement More to come. More on Politics More videos Source link #Disinformation #existential #threat #********* #democracy #Hogue Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

How China Is Reacting to DeepSeek Upending the A.I. Race How China Is Reacting to DeepSeek Upending the A.I. Race Inside China, it was called the tipping point for the global technological rivalry with the United States and the “darkest hour” in Silicon Valley, evoking Winston Churchill. It was possibly a breakthrough that could change the country’s destiny. The news that the ******** start-up DeepSeek can build artificial intelligence models that are as good as OpenAI’s, and at a fraction of the cost, tanked the stock market on Monday and sent Silicon Valley into a panic. The claim about DeepSeek’s success was viewed in China as a shot in the arm for a discouraged tech industry and a public that’s suffering through a stagnating economy. On social media posts and state news outlets, DeepSeek was nothing less than a testament to the country’s ability to innovate, especially when facing efforts by the United States to limit China’s access to the most advanced technologies. “A nation like China, which is equipped with substantial technological resources, cannot truly be suppressed,” wrote Hu Xijin, a retired editor in chief of the ********** Party tabloid Global Times. “U.S. sanctions in one area will only spur more comprehensive and resilient progress in China, potentially leading to breakthroughs that outpace the U.S.” The American semiconductor policies toward China “may ultimately backfire on the U.S,” he wrote. On Monday evening, four out of the 10 most popular topics on the social media platform Weibo were related to DeepSeek. “DeepSeek, keep up the momentum!” a Weibo user in Beijing wrote. “The nation must protect the founder of DeepSeek at all costs! Seriously!” wrote another user in Shanghai who usually posts about entertainment news. Even a hashtag about the DeepSeek chief executive, Liang Wenfeng, visiting his hometown in southern Guangdong Province for the Lunar New Year, which falls on Wednesday, was a hot topic on Weibo. It had more than 50 million views. Much of the outpouring of attention emphasized the U.S.-China tech rivalry. The assumption that the United States would lead the next wave of the technological revolution was now open to challenge, Li Chengdong, an e-commerce investor, wrote on his WeChat timeline. Fancaiju, a business blog on WeChat, had a post saying that DeepSeek had burst the U.S. stock bubble in one fell swoop — a more significant strike than when George Soros bet against the British pound in 1992. The DeepSeek breakthrough had turned the $100 billion A.I. initiative known as Stargate that President Trump announced last week into “Interstellar Graveyard,” said a post on Fancaiju. The commentariat took immense pride that DeepSeek was stocked with talented ******** technologists educated in China. DeepSeek dispelled the myth of the dominance of American A.I. talent and demystified companies like OpenAI, said Tom Zhang, a human resources expert who has worked at several big tech companies in Silicon Valley. “A group of ‘homegrown Ph.D. graduates’ from Tsinghua and Peking University outshines their counterparts from Stanford and MIT,” he wrote on his WeChat timeline. Entrepreneurs and investors said that DeepSeek demonstrated that China’s A.I. sector had an edge in innovation. They also said they believed that the U.S. government’s export restrictions on specialized chips from the Silicon Valley tech giant Nvidia forced ******** companies to be more efficient. That was not what Washington had intended, people in China said, but that was what happened. DeepSeek trained its A.I. chatbot with 2,000 specialized Nvidia chips, compared with as many as the 16,000 chips used by leading American counterparts. It’s also not the only ******** company to prove the efficiency of its engineering: 01.ai, a startup founded by Kaifu Lee, a Beijing investor and entrepreneur, trained its A.I. models with computing power that cost about $3 million, the company said, compared with the $80 to $100 million OpenAI has tapped. “In my book AI Superpowers, I predicted that US will lead breakthroughs, but China will be better and faster in engineering,” Mr. Lee, who studied artificial intelligence at Carnegie Mellon in the 1980s, wrote on X on Sunday. “With the recent DeepSeek releases, I feel vindicated.” Among the most popular articles on the ******** internet were two interviews of Mr. Liang, the reclusive chief executive, with a tech blog. In the interviews, Mr. Liang, who founded a quantitative stock trading firm called High-Flyer after graduating with a master’s degree in artificial intelligence, came across as a geeky billionaire full of idealism and optimism. He started DeepSeek as a side project in 2023 because he wanted to explore the limits of A.I., he said. Mr. Liang said he believed that innovation was, first and foremost, a matter of belief. “Why is Silicon Valley so innovative? It starts with daring to try.” he said. Mr. Liang noted that when OpenAI’s ChatGPT came out, China was suffering from a lack of confidence to pursue such innovation. “From investors to major tech companies, many felt the gap was too wide,” he said. As China’s economy develops, he said, China should gradually become a contributor to tech innovation, rather than a follower. He said he believed that China’s economic slowdown wasn’t necessarily a bad thing because it could force company founders to be driven less by financial success. “When many people realize that making quick money in the past was likely due to the luck of the times,” Mr. Liang said, “they will become more willing to focus on genuine innovation.” Mr. Liang told the blog that he had hired mostly young graduates or even graduate students with little work experience. Every team member who worked on an A.I. model that was released last spring graduated from a ******** university, he said. “The top 50 talents might not currently be in China, but perhaps we can cultivate such talent ourselves,” he said, a quote that has been reposted many times. People on social media portrayed DeepSeek employees as geniuses, posting their names and citing their educational background and academic papers. Mr. Liang, born in 1985, didn’t attract much public attention until last week when he joined a group of businesspeople and academics for a meeting with Li Qiang, China’s premier. The meeting was a sign that Mr. Liang had risen to the top, but it could also put him in an awkward position, tech executives said. The relationship between ******** entrepreneurs and the government has been tricky after Beijing’s crackdown on the tech sector in recent years. The government wants the companies to help make China a tech power less reliant on the United States. But it’s also wary of the companies’ influence. The crackdown crushed the promise of the ******** internet. A Hong Kong investor told me that he would not invest in ******** internet stocks as long as Xi Jinping, the ******** leader, was in office — even with the DeepSeek breakthrough. Mr. Xi is known for his dislike of the internet sector. Business executives hope the government can refrain from interfering with DeepSeek. “As is often the case with this government,” Zhang Fuyu, an entrepreneur, wrote on WeChat, “any promising company gets incorporated into a national strategy — receiving funding and resources but being subjected to state directives — or is directly placed under control, then DeepSeek’s future prospects may be entirely stifled.” Under government regulations, A.I. models that serve consumers are subject to censorship rules. Many DeepSeek users posted photos and videos of its chatbot censoring topics including Xi Jinping, the war in Ukraine, the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square massacre. “If DeepSeek is truly as remarkable as claimed, so impactful that it shakes the U.S. stock market, yet it remains confined to being just an AI model with ******** socialist characteristics,” a journalist using the handle Xiaoming wrote on her Threads account, “then that would be truly tragic.” Source link #China #Reacting #DeepSeek #Upending #A.I #Race Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials – ABC News Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials – ABC News Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials ABC NewsKansas health officials say tuberculosis outbreak in KC-area is ‘largest documented outbreak in US history’ KSHB 41 Kansas City NewsKCK is in the middle of an ‘unprecedented’ tuberculosis outbreak. Here’s what to know Kansas City StarKansas seeing largest tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, dozens of cases reported CBS News Source link #Kansas #faces #largest #tuberculosis #outbreak #history #Health #officials #ABC #News Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Using options to bet on a bounce in this casualty of Monday’s AI stock rout Using options to bet on a bounce in this casualty of Monday’s AI stock rout A ******** startup, DeepSeek AI, caused a significant knee-jerk reaction in the markets Monday, leading the Nasdaq to drop nearly 4% at one point. This dramatic pullback hit many semiconductor heavyweights, but the impact wasn’t limited to that sector. Power companies with heavy exposure to the tech sector’s data center ***** also plunged as DeepSeek’s claims raised questions about how much energy artificial intelligence applications will actually require. One particular stock of interest is Vistra (VST) . In the 6-month daily chart below, you’ll notice that VST gapped down an eye-popping 30%, closing around $137ish, which coincides with an area of short-term support. When a massive knee-jerk reaction like this occurs, technical indicators often become irrelevant. Since most indicators are lagging, they take time to adjust and catch up to the new price action. However, trade opportunities can still emerge by carefully analyzing price action and identifying support and resistance levels. This is a classic case where observing the market’s behavior and key price levels can help uncover actionable trade setups even amidst chaos. Given the extreme nature of this market overreaction, a bounce is imminent and VST being at a support area provides clues as to where a relief rally may emerge. To take a bullish position on VST, I’m utilizing a bull call spread strategy. The trade At the time of writing, VST is trading around $141, so this trade involves: Buying a $140 call option (just below the current price). Selling a $145 call option (just above the current price). This creates a defined trade structure that sandwiches the current price between the strikes. The exact strikes can be adjusted based on where VST is trading when you enter the trade. If, by expiration, VST is trading at or above $145, this trade will deliver a 100% return on investment (ROI) on the capital deployed. For example, with 10 contracts, the trade risks $2,500 to potentially earn $2,500. This strategy provides an excellent balance of capturing bullish momentum while keeping the risk well-defined and manageable. It’s ideal for trading setups like this, where the stock shows signs of stabilization at key support levels. Here is my exact trade setup: Buy $140 call, Feb 21st expiry Sell $145 call, Feb 21st expiry Cost: $250 Potential Profit: $250 -Nishant Pant Founder: Author: Mean Reversion Trading Youtube, Twitter: @TheMeanTrader (I explore setups like these in greater depth in my book, Mean Reversion Trading , and provide additional resources and insights on my website: .) DISCLOSURES: (Nishant has a VST 135-140 bull call spread expiring on 2/21/2025.) All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium. THE ABOVE CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY . THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSITUTE FINANCIAL, INVESTMENT, TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE OR A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY ANY SECURITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSET. THE CONTENT IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND DOES NOT REFLECT ANY INDIVIDUAL’S UNIQUE PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ABOVE CONTENT MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BEFORE MAKING ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER SEEKING ADVICE FROM YOUR OWN FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT ADVISOR. Click here for the full disclaimer. Source link #options #bet #bounce #casualty #Mondays #stock #rout Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

*** will not be able to resist China’s tech dominance *** will not be able to resist China’s tech dominance China’s success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock. The obscure Hangzhou hedge fund that coded a ChatGPT competitor as a $6m side project emerges from a concerted effort to invest in future generations of technology. This is not an accident. This is policy. The raw materials of artificial intelligence (AI) are microchips, science PhDs and data. On the latter two, China might be ahead already. There are on average more than 6,000 PhDs in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) coming out of ******** universities every month. In the US it is more like 2,000-3,000, in the *** it is 1,500. In terms of patents generally, more are being filed in China than in the rest of the world put together. In 2023 China filed 1.7 million patents, against 600,000 in the US. Two decades earlier China had a third of the patents filed by the US, a quarter of Japan’s and was well behind South Korea and Europe. While there are some questions about the quality, on some measures China now exceeds the US on what is known as “citation-weighted” patents too, which adjusts for how often new scientific papers are referred to. ******** lithium-ion electric batteries now cost per kWh about a seventh of what they cost a decade ago. DeepSeek is doing in AI exactly what China has done elsewhere. While the impact of this was most visible in electric vehicles (EVs), where China is now the world’s biggest exporter, having cornered the supply chains and the science for battery technology, it stretches well beyond. Even in auto the ******** manufacturers are now pushing the concept of “electric intelligent vehicles”, in which conventional carmakers cannot compete, especially on software development. China’s consumer electronics companies are shifting into car manufacturing, with “dark factories” operated 24/7 by armies of AI-powered robots, now also increasingly made in China. This innovation is partly of necessity. China does not have indigenous fossil fuels, and is electrifying at an astonishing rate, and is referred to by some researchers as an “electro state”. It now files three-quarters of all clean tech patents, versus a twentieth at the start of the century. Last year the US National Science Board asserted China’s objective of being the world’s leading science and engineering nation was on the verge of being achieved. “We already see this in artificial intelligence, where China out publishes us, has more patents, and produces more students than the United States,” they wrote. Delegates who accompanied the *** Chancellor Rachel Reeves to China earlier this month marvelled at how the Beijing air had been cleaned up, and indigenous electric cars were everywhere. Another *** CEO told me of a visit to Huawei’s Oxbridge-style campus complete with spires and bridges, and its own Tube line, purely for its scientists. Clearly, however, there are concerns about censorship, democracy and security. One of the drivers of the ******** AI industry has been access to extraordinary amounts of data, which is more difficult to get hold of in the West. If the US Congress was sufficiently concerned about TikTok to ban it, then surely a table-topping AI program could be highly problematic. President Trump’s argument this morning was that DeepSeek’s innovation was “positive” and “a wake-up call”. China has not been prominent as the first target of Trump tariffs. There is still an obvious balancing act for the *** government here. But this sort of innovation and its impact on the world was exactly why the chancellor visited Beijing a fortnight ago. She said at the time she wanted a long-term relationship with China that is “squarely in our national interest” with the visit part of a “commitment to explore deeper economic co-operation” between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and President Xi. Other European nations such as Spain have encouraged China not just to set up factories but to transfer its advanced battery technology, for example, into Europe. The West wants China to make its T-shirts, its tables, its TVs and EVs. But could that really now stretch into DeepSeek data-hungry AI models too? It is a deep tremor, not just for tech, but for economics and geopolitics as well. Source link #resist #Chinas #tech #dominance Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

OpenAI debuts a version of ChatGPT for US government agencies OpenAI debuts a version of ChatGPT for US government agencies OpenAI has begun offering a version of ChatGPT designed for US government agencies. ChatGPT Gov includes many of the same features found in the Enterprise offering of the chatbot, including access to the company’s GPT-4o model. “By making our products available to the US government, we aim to ensure AI serves the national interest and the public good, aligned with democratic values, while empowering policymakers to responsibly integrate these capabilities to deliver better services to the American people,” OpenAI said in a blog post published Tuesday. Before today, US government employees were already using ChatGPT in their day-to-day work. According to the company, federal, state and local government workers at 3,500 agencies across the country have sent more than 18 million messages since 2024. With today’s announcement, those same agencies can now self-host ChatGPT within their own Microsoft Azure commercial or government cloud environment. In practice, that should make it easier for government IT heads to ensure the tool is used safely. OpenAI’s move to offer ChatGPT Gov comes after the company announced it was partnering with SoftBank to build $500 billion worth of AI infrastructure within the United States over the next four years. Many immediately questioned whether OpenAI had the money to fund Stargate to the level it said it would. After the announcement, The Information reported that SoftBank and OpenAI would each commit about $19 billion to the project to start, far less than the $100 billion the two had said they would deploy “immediately.” More broadly, the arrival of ChatGPT Gov comes amid uncertainty about the strength of the American AI industry. On Monday, US tech stocks dropped dramatically after DeepSeek, an AI assistant from a ******** startup, unseated ChatGPT as the top free app in the App Store over the weekend. DeepSeek purportedly spent less than $6 million to develop its R1 model. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Source link #OpenAI #debuts #version #ChatGPT #government #agencies Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump administration targets thousands of programs in funding freeze Trump administration targets thousands of programs in funding freeze The Trump administration sent a second demand to federal agencies on Tuesday as the White House carries out its sweeping freeze of federal assistance, undermining laws Congress has enacted in recent years. The White House budget office is circulating a 52-page document ordering agencies to answer 14 questions by the end of next week for each program that “has funding or activities planned through March 15.” The spreadsheet, obtained by POLITICO, covers thousands of programs, including many that send assistance each month to U.S. households, like food aid to “very low-income” people age 60 and over, the home energy program that helps cover winter heating costs for the poorest households and the WIC program that aids low-income pregnant mothers and babies. The new directive follows Trump administration movement Monday night toward fulfilling the new president’s initial executive actions ordering the freeze of foreign aid and a broad range of other federal funding. The Office of Management and Budget’s order called for federal agencies to pause all federal assistance that could be targeted under President Donald Trump’s Day One demands. Source link #Trump #administration #targets #thousands #programs #funding #freeze Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Women’s Ashes 2025: Why is the gap between Australia and England so significant? Women’s Ashes 2025: Why is the gap between Australia and England so significant? One former England coach previously suggested to me that Australia were genetically superior, a statement that would perhaps test the credulity of most evolutionary scientists. Lewis, meanwhile, was criticised after saying the *********** climate is a big advantage: “I walked from Bondi to Coogee the other Sunday morning and pretty much the whole of the eastern suburbs of Sydney were out swimming in the sea and running and walking so you’re like, there’s a cultural difference.” Athletes from other sports have have railed against this notion. Would a Lioness say that endless cold nights at training left them at a disadvantage in comparison to Spain or Italy? Lewis has also repeatedly talked about England players having freedom to make bold decisions for themselves, both on and off the field, sentiments borrowed from the ‘Bazball’ approach of the England Men’s Test squad. However, barring occasional, mercurial exceptions, England remain painfully timid in pressure moments. Conversely, during this series Australia have faced tough moments several times, notably in the third ODI when they fell to 59-4. They went on to score 308-8. They consistently show game intelligence that seems to be ingrained as cricketers from a young age, and something sorely missing from England. England wicketkeeper Amy Jones, who is technically the best in the game behind the stumps, told me after a miscalculation in the second ODI that she had little experience of managing who was on strike at the end of a run-chase: “I can safely say I don’t think I’ve ever farmed the strike before in a game,” she said. This is no slight on 31-year-old Jones, who has more than 200 caps for England, but rather a symptom of a structure that has failed to develop cricketers with the in-built game smarts that seem second nature to Australia. Part of the challenge in the women’s game is judging where you are as a side often only happens when you play against the mighty Australians. Rolling over New Zealand and Pakistan last summer was impressive from England, but how hard did they have to work to win the games? The odd extra boundary conceded in the field didn’t matter so much. To Australia, saving every run is a badge of honour. As seen in the memorable Women’s Ashes series of 2023 that was drawn 8-8, England have the talent to compete. But sometimes the language from the two sides suggests that competing alone is enough for one but not the other. After the first ODI, a game Australia won, the message from Australia’s Alana King was clear. “I don’t think that [performance] was a marker of any sort.” England captain Heather Knight, meanwhile, said: “[We’re] not far away, there’s a few things we can tidy up.” Are England any good? Yes, compared to almost every team they’re exceptional. But compared to Australia they are light years behind. To beat them, they must match them, down to every last tiny detail and beyond. For every yard sprinted, England must aim to sprint one more. Source link #Womens #Ashes #gap #Australia #England #significant Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Incention is a desperate attempt to make new Hollywood IP with AI, fans and the blockchain Incention is a desperate attempt to make new Hollywood IP with AI, fans and the blockchain You’ll only need to remember the name Incention for the brief moment you’re reading this post, because you’ll likely never have to think about it again. As Variety reports, it’s a new platform for building new Hollywood IP using the combined power of AI tools, fan contributions and the blockchain. Incention describes itself as “a new blueprint for building modern franchises, where IP holders, communities, and agents collaborate seamlessly in an endless playground rooted in real IP.” Because, of course, the real problem plaguing Hollywood today is the inability to build franchises with user-generated content, unproven AI tools and blockchain hype. Incention’s first franchise — the modern Hollywood term for “story” — is Emergence, a sci-fi premise from Blade and The Dark Knight writer David S. Goyer. It centers on a universe where a white hole appears (my god, the opposite of a ****** hole!) and spews out mysterious high tech objects. Goyer describes it as a “creative sandbox” for artists and fans to build “limitless narratives” across multiple genres and mediums. Atlas, an AI agent that’s meant to be a “creative partner,” serves as Incention’s main AI tool for developing content. It’ll be able to come up with ideas, help story direction and even generate full videos, according to the company. Incention also claims that Atlas can post autonomously to social media platforms to improve itself, perhaps because social media engagement for real franchises is too dangerous for humans these days. Incention is powered by the Story blockchain, which will help to track the content produced by fans and creators across all of its franchises. Again, a major problem that needed to be solved. The NFT grift is over, and we’ve yet to see any product outside of Bitcoin and other digital currencies tapping into the blockchain effectively. “A couple of years ago, I realized that it’s [AI] not going away, it’s going to completely embed itself within society,” Goyer told Variety. “So I tried to learn as much about it as I could, whether it be ChatGPT or Midjourney or the various other tools, and I think those have useful applications that don’t necessarily put people out of a job — although there are a lot of potential AI applications that could. But in this instance, we’re not putting anyone out of a job. If anything, this is a tool to allow people that normally wouldn’t have an entry point into Hollywood or publishing houses or things like that.” The big problem Incention faces, though, is that it’s not actually fixing anything in Hollywood. Similar to the short-lived Quibi, the entire impetus behind Incention is driven by technology, instead of genuine demands from creators or a franchise-hungry public. And unlike Quibi, Incention isn’t launching with nearly $2 billion in funding (though it has raised an undisclosed amount from the a16z crypto fund) or the Hollywood bonafides of someone like DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. Incention also seems to fundamentally misunderstand how fan-produced content works. People aren’t spending hours on their fanfic, fanart and cosplay simply because they want to get paid. They’re doing it because someone created a story and characters that genuinely moved them. Good luck getting the same sort of support from a generic-sounding franchise like Emergence. Source link #Incention #desperate #attempt #Hollywood #fans #blockchain Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

As tech sell-off eases, what does it mean for Big Tech’s AI spend? As tech sell-off eases, what does it mean for Big Tech’s AI spend? Chip stocks tick back up in Tuesday’s pre-market trading, a first step in recovering from Monday’s DeepSeek AI-driven tech sell-off. The ripple effect the ******** startup’s newest artificial intelligence model had on the wider landscape has left investors concerned about Big Tech’s spending on AI and potential overconcentration in the sector as a whole. T. Rowe Price’s Global Technology Fund portfolio manager Dom Rizzo joins Morning Brief to suggest that while short-term consolidation may occur, the medium-term outlook remains strong after the DeepSeek shakeup. “Well, if you think about what’s happened, DeepSeek really gave this incredible innovation to the world in terms of model efficiency by open-sourcing their V3 and their R1 models… And quite naturally, the first market reaction is, ‘oh my gosh, GPU utilization is getting better, memory utilization is getting more efficient.’ That must mean that AI spending goes down.” While the DeepSeek reaction “actually implies that compute intensity and GPU intensity could go up [in the medium term],” Rizzo states. “So I think it still remains to be seen.” He also highlights that the future and rate of AI spending is really “a business model question” for the biggest hyperscalers. He sees companies like Nvidia (NVDA) benefiting from the increasing compute needs tied to AI, while others tech players may scale back their investments. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Josh ****** Source link #tech #selloff #eases #Big #Techs #spend Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre The Louvre Museum in Paris will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Tuesday as he unveiled sweeping plans to renovate the world’s biggest and most visited museum. Speaking in front of La Gioconda herself, Mr. Macron also announced that the Louvre would create a new entrance in its easternmost facade to alleviate overcrowding at the museum, which is swarmed by nearly nine million visitors every year. “Long live the Louvre’s new renaissance!” Mr. Macron said at the end of a carefully choreographed speech, as the Mona Lisa’s famous gaze peered from behind him. The Louvre Pyramid, the glass-and-steel entrance that was designed by the architect I.M. Pei in the 1980s, during the museum’s last major overhaul, was intended to welcome half the visitors it currently does. Already, the museum has capped daily attendance at 30,000 people. Source link #Mona #Lisa #Move #Room #Louvre Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee – The New York Times The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee – The New York Times The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee The New York TimesRFK Jr. to face Senate confirmation hearings tomorrow. Here’s what to know. CBS NewsRFK Jr. Says He’s Not Anti-Vaccine, Sees Critical Role for Shots BloombergThe RFK question: Trump’s HHS nominee splits biopharma before moment of truth Endpoints News Source link #Billion #Childrens #Vaccine #Fund #Kennedy #Oversee #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea’s city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board, fire authorities say. They say three people were injured as they were escaping the Air Busan aircraft on inflatable slides in the south-eastern airport on Tuesday evening. The blaze is said to have started at the tail of the Hong Kong-bound plane shortly before take-off. Firefighters – who arrived within minutes – were seen trying to put out the fire that spread to the fuselage. This comes less than a month after the worst air disaster on South Korean soil when a Jeju Air plane ******-landed in the south-western Muan airport, killing 179 people. Two people survived. The fire on board the Air Busan plane Gimhae International Airport began at about 22:26 local time (13:26 GMT) on Tuesday, Yonhap news agency said, citing South Korea’s fire authorities. It said that firefighters arrived at the scene eight minutes later. Photos later emerged showing the burning aircraft being doused with water. There were 169 passengers and seven crew on board the plane. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Air Busan is a budget airline, whose parent company is Asiana Airlines. Busan’s airport is located about 315km (195 miles) south-east of the capital, Seoul. Source link #South #Korea #plane #fire #mass #evacuation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

*** seeks greater regulatory power over Microsoft and Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing services *** seeks greater regulatory power over Microsoft and Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing services The ***’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its preliminary findings that the cloud services market “is not working as well as it could be.” That relatively vague statement follows a 16-month investigation into the ***’s cloud services market, especially its two largest providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft. Both companies hold between a 30 and 40 percent market share, followed by Google at five to 10 percent. Despite the vague thesis statement, the CMA’s investigation has so far raised a few critical points and recommendations. It found that there are alternative cloud suppliers face significant barriers to enter and expand in the market. Also, that “technical and commercial barriers” limit customers’ ability to switch providers, such as data transfer charges. Specific to Microsoft, the CMA stated that the company uses its large software presence to limit how effectively AWS and Google can compete when it comes to customers who want to use that software while on the cloud. The CMA reports that *** businesses and organizations have increased their spending on cloud services by 30 percent each year — hitting £9 billion ($11 million) in 2023. Given this £9 billion spend, the CMA stated that paying just five percent more than prices in a “well-functioning market,” would cumulatively cost another £430 million ($535 million) annually — more if the growth continues. “Given the size of capital investment and economies of scale required to provide cloud infrastructure services, there may be a natural limit to the number of providers who can compete effectively in these markets,” the CMA’s states in its release. “For this reason, it is vital that competition between even a small number of providers works well for customers.” The inquiry group points to a new solution: Strategic Market Status (SMS) designation for AWS and Microsoft’s cloud services. The label comes courtesy of the ***’s new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act and would allow the CMA to enforce greater regulation and pro-competition directives on the two services. “Should AWS and Microsoft be designated as having SMS, the CMA would be able to consider the interventions we have considered in this inquiry relating to egress fees, technical barriers and Microsoft’s licensing practices,” the release further states. Earlier this month, the CMA opened investigations into whether Google’s search practices and mobile ecosystems should receive SMS designation. The regulator is also probing Apple in the second instance. Source link #seeks #greater #regulatory #power #Microsoft #Amazon #Web #Services #cloud #computing #services Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wall Street analysts universally say buy the dip in anything impacted by the DeepSeek sell-off Wall Street analysts universally say buy the dip in anything impacted by the DeepSeek sell-off Monday’s sharp decline for Nvidia and basically everything else tied to the artificial intelligence trade was not enough to change the minds of Wall Street analysts who have been cheerleading the trend. “Citi tech analysts remain bullish on NVDA, and our updated bubble work does not point to an end of the US equity bull market,” Citi’s Adam Pickett said in a note to clients, in a note representative of the optimism among the sell-side crowd. Start with semiconductor stocks, where Wall Street analysts remain cautiously optimistic even after Nvidia suffered the biggest one-day loss of market cap in U.S. history. Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore cut his price target on several major chipmakers, including Nvidia and Broadcom , but kept his overweight ratings on the stocks. Benchmark’s Cody Acree identified several smaller semiconductor stocks that now look “oversold,” including Tower Semiconductor and Semtech . Of course, Nvidia already had a positive rating from more than 90% of the analysts covering it before Monday’s sell-off, according to LSEG. That looks glaring after the huge drop, but it has generally been good advice, as the stock is still up more than 90% over the past year. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia’s long-term gains are still impressive despite Monday’s sell-off. One phrase that recurred several times across Tuesday’s research notes was “buying opportunity.” UBS analyst Manav Gupta used those words in a note about midstream and natural gas energy stocks, which had been getting a boost from the expansion of power-hungry AI models. RBC Capital Markets analyst Rishi Jaluria echoed that in a note about software stocks and stuck to a positive outlook on Microsoft , which fell 2% Monday. “DeepSeek is, on the surface, a negative development. At the same time, Microsoft has architected its own applications (e.g. GitHub Copilot, M365 Copilot) to work with any LLM, not just those from OpenAI. … On balance, we believe Microsoft (and OpenAI) will likely remain well-positioned for GenAI and would be buyers of any weakness,” Jaluria wrote. Smilarly, JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee upgraded IT stock Ciena to overweight, describing the 21% drop for the stock on Mondy as an ” entry point .” Another common theme was saying that the sell-off had gone too far. “We believe, however, this panic selling of the [data centers] seems overblown and disagree with the negative sentiment. Instead, we think that more efficient LLMs/training models will actually boost demand for high performance GPU companies and those that build data centers,” Erik Rasmussen of Stifel said in a note. Digital Realty and Equinix were two names in that group that got hit on Monday, falling 8.7% and 4.3%, respectively. And as for power generating stocks, which benefit from powering those data centers, Neil Kalton of Wells Fargo acknowledged there may be more volatility ahead but stuck to overweight ratings on names like Constellation and NRG Energy . “We think the knee-jerk reaction for the [Independent Power Producers] is overdone and that the AI landscape has not completely changed overnight,” Kalton said. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed reporting. Source link #Wall #Street #analysts #universally #buy #dip #impacted #DeepSeek #selloff Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lifeguards found not guilty over death of swimmer Christopher Rogers Lifeguards found not guilty over death of swimmer Christopher Rogers A jury has found three lifeguards not guilty of failing to take “reasonable care for the health and safety of others” on the night Armagh swimmer Christopher Rogers died. Mr Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh’s Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017. During the session he had been practicing underwater swimming and breath holding exercises. He lay at the bottom of the pool for more than five minutes before a rescue attempt was launched. He died in Craigavon Area Hospital later that night. On Tuesday at Newry Crown Court a jury of eight women and three men took less than two hours to find the three defendants not guilty of the charge Lifeguards Cathal Peter Forrest McVeigh, 35, of Dunamony Road in Dungannon, James Monaghan, 26, of Folly Lane in Armagh and William Holden, 26, of Unshinagh Lane in Portadown were on duty the night he died. They had denied a single count of being employees, they “failed to take reasonable care for the health and safety of other persons who may be affected by [their] acts or omissions at work”. It was the defence case that the lifeguards believed Mr Rogers to be an experienced swimmer who was engaged in a training exercise; that there was no policy in relation to how long a swimmer could stay under water and that they had no training in how to recognise the type of seizure that Mr Rogers had suffered. The prosecution said that, irrespective of their training, the men should have intervened based on a common sense approach and that they had taken too long completing role handovers during a rotation of poolside duties. Source link #Lifeguards #guilty #death #swimmer #Christopher #Rogers Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Sonic The Hedgehog Mod Degrades Game Quality In Real Time In The Weirdest Way Sonic The Hedgehog Mod Degrades Game Quality In Real Time In The Weirdest Way The modding community can give older games a much-needed overhaul, or add an extra challenge to maybe an oversimplistic one. In recent years, we’ve seen everything from Resident Evil demakes to GTA upgrades–not to mention the vast landscape of Baldur’s Gate 3 mods–but a new mod for 1991’s Sonic the Hedgehog adjusts the game’s visuals in real-time, going back and forth depending on the player’s blast processing in the game. Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games showed how the mod worked on his Bluesky account and did a quick demo. “Vladikcomper on the SGDK Discord has created an amazing and ridiculous mod for Sonic the Hedgehog (MD) in which quality degrades to different resolutions/numbers of colors unless you fill your blast processing meter up,” he said, as the game switched from widescreen to smaller size as the gameplay went on. Gallery “Blast Processing” was the marketing term used by ***** of America to describe the processing capabilities of the ***** Genesis/Mega Drive that didn’t really have any technological explanation, but sounded cool. With this mod, the player has a blast processing meter at the bottom of the right screen, which shows the processing power at that moment. If the player lets Sonic get hit or slow down, the game degrades from 16-bit graphics to almost Game Boy levels. You can find this mod, and a slew of other Sonic-centric mods, here. The recent Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie was a huge holiday hit, with a fourth installment to the franchise already in the works and aimed with a March 2027 release. Source link #Sonic #Hedgehog #Mod #Degrades #Game #Quality #Real #Time #Weirdest Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wall St up as big tech gains counter broader weakness Wall St up as big tech gains counter broader weakness US stocks have opened slightly higher as investors looked to the upcoming release of earnings from major tech companies. Source link #Wall #big #tech #gains #counter #broader #weakness Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Next Xbox Should Be More Innovative, Phil Spencer Says Next Xbox Should Be More Innovative, Phil Spencer Says With an increasing numbers of Xbox console-exclusive games starting to appear on Sony’s PlayStation 5, some players are openly wondering why they should purchase one of Microsoft’s consoles. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has fueled some of that talk by pushing for more Xbox titles on other consoles and PC. In a new interview, Spencer also acknowledges that the hardware differences between Xbox Series X and PS5 have drastically diminished. Spencer recently appeared on The Destin Channel, and he shared his belief that the the current console generation is too similar. That’s why he wants to see the next iteration of Xbox offer innovations that will make it an easier choice for players. “I want us to innovate and make the hardware the differentiator,” explained Spencer. “We’ve got into this space where the differentiation on the hardware has gone down and it’s really been locked games that you’ve tried to make the identity of the hardware. I love when I see handhelds, when I see kind of unique things that hardware manufacturers do. And I want our hardware to compete… so let’s have our platform continue to innovate with services and the hardware work that we’re doing… I think that’s our identity going forward and it’s working for us now.” This lines up with Spencer’s recent comments that he wants Xbox to “win” any console wars, while reiterating that Microsoft still plans to require that games be released on both Series S and Series X. Spencer’s remarks about handhelds may also fuel the rumors that Microsoft is developing a handheld console of its own. In the short term, Spencer hasn’t ruled out games like Starfield crossing over to PS5, while Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Doom: The Dark Ages are both making the leap to Sony’s platform in the first half of this year. There are even reports that Xbox franchises like Halo and Gears of War may make the leap to PlayStation 5. Source link #Xbox #Innovative #Phil #Spencer Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]