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The Next Entry In The Persona 5 Series, The Phantom X, Finally Has A Worldwide Release Date The Next Entry In The Persona 5 Series, The Phantom X, Finally Has A Worldwide Release Date After launching in South Korea, China, and Taiwan back in April 2024, Persona 5: The Phantom X finally has a worldwide release date. The Persona 5 spin-off hits PC and mobile devices on June 26, 2025, and brings with it even more of the series’ stylish turn-based combat and an entirely new cast of Phantom Thieves. Developed as a collaboration between Atlus’ P-Studio and ******** developer ****** Wing Games, Persona 5: The Phantom X is a mobile-focused title that sends players back to the world of Persona 5, albeit as a new character and under slightly different circumstances. In it, players control Wonder, a second-year high school student at Kokatsu Academy whose worldview is shifted upon meeting a mysterious owl-like creature named Lufel. After some good old-fashioned exposition, the duo eventually set off on quest to recruit a new cast of Phantom Thieves, their ultimate goal being to restore the concept of desire back to humanity and put a stop to the mysterious force hellbent on taking it away. What ensues is a continuously-expanding, live-service adventure filled with much of the same turn-based combat, social simulation, and time management elements found in mainline Persona titles. Players will get the chance to explore new dungeons and areas of Mementos, take on part-time jobs and join after-school clubs, strengthen their Personas, raise Wonder’s social stats, and form relationships all while experiencing an original story. Players can also expect fan-favorite Persona characters–like Joker, Ann, Ryuji, and the rest of the original Phantom Thieves–to make appearances in the game via special contracts. Lastly, the Phantom X also introduces new elements to the series, including the PvE-focused Velvet Trials, mini-games, and the ability to create and join Guilds. Since its release in select regions last year, the title has earned a lot of praise for its story and new cast of characters, with players stating that both are shockingly on par with those found in the Persona 5. This could certainly have something to do with Persona veterans–like series producer Kazuhisa Wada, composer Ryota Kozuka, and artist Shigenori Soejima–being involved in the game’s development. However, it’s important to note that the upcoming title has gacha elements, similar to games like Genshin Impact or Wuthering Waves. Though you don’t have to spend money in order to play through The Phantom X, players are often encouraged to, which can definitely be a barrier when it comes to fully enjoying the game. Persona 5: The Phantom X will launch on mobile and PC worldwide on June 26. For a closer look at the upcoming title, we’ve included screenshots and a few pieces of the game’s key art below. Gallery Source link #Entry #Persona #Series #Phantom #Finally #Worldwide #Release #Date Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Google Gemini Advanced Users Can Now Connect the Chatbot With GitHub Google Gemini Advanced Users Can Now Connect the Chatbot With GitHub Google is adding a new feature to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Gemini. Announced on Wednesday, Gemini can now connect to GitHub repositories and perform several coding tasks. These include generating and modifying functions, explaining code, answering queries about the codebase, debugging code, and more. Currently, the feature is only available to the paid subscribers of the platform. Notably, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced that it will now expand Gemini to more devices, including smartwatches, smart TVs, infotainment systems in cars, and more. Gemini Advanced Can Now Access GitHub Repos In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the official handle of the Gemini app announced the new feature. The post stated, “Gemini Advanced now connects with GitHub, making it a more powerful coding assistant.” Those using the latest version of the mobile app or the web client should be able to access the new feature. Notably, this feature is only available to the Gemini Advanced subscribers. While the feature does not enhance the coding ability of the chatbot, it makes its use case more personalised. Users can now link the AI to their repositories and then ask Gemini questions about them or ask it to debug the codebase. Google says this new capability will allow Gemini to generate and modify code and functions, analyse and explain code, answer queries, debug, and more. In an example shown, Gemini was able to analyse the code and show ways to make it more efficient. To use the feature, Gemini Advanced users can tap on the plus icon (+) on the left side of the text field and select the “import code” option. Once done, they will see another text box where they can paste the GitHub URL. These links can belong to public or private repos, the AI works with both. Notably, the Gemini Advanced subscription in India costs Rs. 1,950 per month. Earlier this week, the tech giant announced the expansion of Gemini to more Android devices. Google said that in the coming months, Gemini will be integrated into smartwatches, smart TVs, in-car infotainment systems, and even headsets and smart glasses. Source link #Google #Gemini #Advanced #Users #Connect #Chatbot #GitHub Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Using options to trade the sell-off in UnitedHealth shares Using options to trade the sell-off in UnitedHealth shares The Fortune 500 index ranks the 500 largest companies in the nation by revenue. Third on the list, trailing only Walmart and Amazon, is the nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth. The company has had a tough go of it recently. Late last year, the CEO of the company’s UnitedHealth subsidiary was shot and killed just as he was entering the Hilton in Midtown to present at a conference. The company missed earnings and reduced guidance in April. On Tuesday, the CEO resigned “for personal reasons,” the company suspended guidance only a month after reducing it. The average of analysts’ 12-month price targets, over $640 per share earlier this year, has fallen more than 30% to $438. Then, after the close on Wednesday, the fire responsible for all that smoke was revealed when The Wall Street Journal reported a criminal investigation for possible Medicare fraud by the Department of Justice. The stock fell another 15% on Thursday, making it the worst-performing stock in the S & P 500 this year. When a company with a long and successful track record falters this severely, we have to ask ourselves questions to help establish whether the crisis is existential, persistent, prolonged or temporary: Is a secular shift in the industry threatening the business? Think Blockbuster Video before Netflix entered the picture—existential. Was there an unusually strong cycle that is unlikely to repeat? A “pig in a python” scenario — think Pfizer and Moderna with Covid vaccines — persistent/prolonged. Was the company fraudulently cooking the books? Think Enron or Worldcom —existential. Was the company creatively “massaging” its financials with creative accounting? Consider General Electric during the Jack Welch/Jeff Immelt era —persistent/prolonged. Is this a valuation issue where the price and the fundamentals are diverging? Think of Amazon in the late 1990s and early aughts. The stock price fell 95%, peak to trough, while revenues doubled–temporary. Is the company facing massive legal or regulatory problems that will significantly impair the business? Think tobacco, PG & E or Boeing — persistent/prolonged. More bad news is possible. The company insists it has done nothing wrong and said the DOJ had not notified it of the reported investigation. While executives insisted on a conference call Tuesday that they intend and expect to get back to prior margins and growth targets, it seems unlikely all this damage can be erased in the near term, and options prices, already elevated on hefty volume this week, are likely to rise even further now. Uncertainty caused a sharp drop in the stock price, a spike in options prices. A possible criminal investigation compound the hazards facing contrarians looking to pick up a once great company on the cheap. It’s always tricky to try and catch a falling knife. But as the two charts above reveal, 1) a 4% net income margin is a conservative baseline assumption, and 2) the only times UNH has traded much cheaper than it is right now were in the 1999/2000 time frame and during the great financial crisis. Could the stock fall to those multiples again or even lower? Of course, it shows how depressed the stock price is now. One way to take advantage of the depressed stock price combined with well-above-average options premiums is to perform a call/spread risk reversal, as follows. However, remember that this is a speculative long-term bet. The trade: Buy 1 June 27 $265 call Sell 1 June 27 $300 call Sell 1 June 27 $240 put Incidentally, if you own the stock and want a little kicker to upside without adding to downside risk, consider overlaying your long stock with zero-cost 1×2 call spreads. DISCLOSURES: 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 #trade #selloff #UnitedHealth #shares Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Live Updates: Supreme Court Hears Case on Birthright Citizenship and Judicial Power Live Updates: Supreme Court Hears Case on Birthright Citizenship and Judicial Power It has been a major impediment to President Trump’s agenda — the ability of a single federal judge in a single district to block a policy across the country. On issue after issue, the White House has been stopped by judges from carrying out Mr. Trump’s initiatives while they are litigated in court, including his ability to withhold funds from schools with diversity programs, to relocate transgender women in federal prisons and to remove deportation protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants. On Thursday, the Supreme Court will take up one such case, with potentially major implications for the power of the judicial branch. The dispute stems from an executive order signed by Mr. Trump on the first day of his second term that ended the practice of granting citizenship to all children born in the United States. The policy was blocked almost immediately by federal judges who ruled that it was unconstitutional. The debate over whether such freezes are legal has simmered for years, as district court judges have issued orders blocking the actions of presidents from both parties. But Mr. Trump has expressed particular outrage about them since he returned to office. Some of the justices have also been critical of nationwide injunctions. A decision that limits nationwide injunctions could dramatically reshape how federal courts handle challenges to Mr. Trump’s policies, curbing the power of federal judges to swiftly block policies and boosting executive power. Groups opposing Mr. Trump’s actions would most likely have to bring many individual claims, or pursue other legal pathways, such as class action lawsuits. Should the Trump administration sway the justices, the immediate implications for Mr. Trump’s executive action ending birthright citizenship would not be entirely clear. The groups that have challenged the order have warned of chaos, with birthright citizenship potentially ending in some states but not others. Trump administration lawyers have argued that those fears are overblown, and that nationwide injunctions have prevented the executive branch from even preparing to carry out Mr. Trump’s orders by writing or issuing guidance about how a policy might work. Although the justices are not expected to immediately weigh in on Thursday on the constitutionality of Mr. Trump’s birthright citizenship order, the oral argument may provide hints of where they stand. While the justices have issued written orders in response to emergency applications that arose from other Trump administration actions, Thursday’s case marks the first time since Mr. Trump returned to office that the Supreme Court will hear an oral argument stemming from one of his policies. The argument will take place after the justices have heard all of their scheduled cases this term, and in the weeks before they begin issuing their most consequential decisions of the year — an unusual move that signals that the justices regard the dispute as significant enough to consider immediately. Birthright citizenship, or the practice of granting citizenship to people born in the United States to parents who are not citizens, has long been considered a tenet of immigration law. The 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, declared that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” In 1898, the Supreme Court affirmed that right in a landmark case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark. For more than a century, courts have upheld that constitutional interpretation. Mr. Trump’s executive order drew immediate legal challenges from 22 Democratic-led states, and from immigrant advocacy groups and several pregnant women who contested the order, saying they feared their children would be denied U.S. citizenship. Federal judges in three states quickly paused the policy while court challenges continued. On March 13, the Trump administration asked the justices to step in and lift the court-ordered blocks, which most likely would have allowed the policy to go into effect in the states that had not sued. More than a month later, on April 17, the justices announced that they would schedule an oral argument to consider the legality of the nationwide injunction. The Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the issue before, in part because judges have used nationwide injunctions far more frequently in recent years. Some justices have signaled opposition to their use. In a 2020 decision, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch criticized injunctions of “‘nationwide,’ ‘universal’ or ‘cosmic’ scope,” writing that such “patently unworkable” rulings were “sowing chaos.” Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has also criticized nationwide blocks. In a legal brief, the immigrant groups challenging the birthright order argued that the justices do not need to issue such a ruling now, because “case-specific considerations” support such nationwide freezes. They cite the judiciary’s power under Article III of the Constitution to issue such rulings. And they argue that if judges had been barred from making rulings that applied to parties not directly involved in litigation, courts could not have outlawed school segregation or racial gerrymandering. Thursday’s argument consolidates three challenges to the Trump executive order imposed by federal courts in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington State. Judges in each state have been skeptical of Mr. Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship. At a hearing in Seattle, Judge John C. Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, said: “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.” In their emergency application to the justices, Trump administration lawyers argued that any order issued by the those trial judges should have only applied to parties directly involved in the court challenges. Sarah M. Harris, the acting solicitor general at the time, called the government’s request a “modest” one, an effort to limit the freeze on the policy to “parties actually within the courts’ power.” Immigrant groups and leaders of the 22 Democratic-led states argued that the birthright citizenship case showed why nationwide injunctions were a necessary tool. “There is nothing ‘modest’ about the government’s request for emergency relief in this case,” two immigrants’ rights groups — CASA Inc. and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project — argued in their own filing. It is not clear how much the justices will engage with the substance of Mr. Trump’s executive order. But Matthew J. Platkin, New Jersey’s attorney general, said he thought the justices would need to wrestle with the practical consequences of the policy. “Clearly there are going to be some justices who want to talk about the merits,” he said in an interview Wednesday. “I don’t know how you consider a nationwide injunction in this case without considering the merits.” Mr. Trump has said he would welcome it. In comments to reporters in the Oval Office after the justices announced they would hear oral argument, Mr. Trump had said that he was “so happy” the court agreed to hear the case. Mattathias Schwartz contributed reporting. Source link #Live #Updates #Supreme #Court #Hears #Case #Birthright #Citizenship #Judicial #Power Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Live updates: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial, Cassie Ventura testimony continues – CNN Live updates: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial, Cassie Ventura testimony continues – CNN Live updates: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial, Cassie Ventura testimony continues CNNDiddy trial live: Cassie Ventura testifies in Sean Combs sex-trafficking case BBCCassie Ventura reveals how much Diddy paid to settle her 2023 lawsuit USA TodayCassie to Continue Testimony at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Trial: Live Updates The New York Times Source link #Live #updates #Sean #Diddy #Combs #trial #Cassie #Ventura #testimony #continues #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

RDR2-Style GTA 6 Trailer Remake Feels Like the Red Dead Redemption 3 We Need and Deserve RDR2-Style GTA 6 Trailer Remake Feels Like the Red Dead Redemption 3 We Need and Deserve GTA 6 has been the talk of the town now for a while, and Rockstar Games, the title’s developers, are making sure that it will be the greatest game to ever come out. But amidst all the hype for the upcoming open-world game, we are losing sight of another franchise by the same studio. Of course, we are talking about the Red Dead series. Let’s delve deeper into this and find out why we need a Red Dead Redemption 3 and what we know so far about the rumored game. Rockstar is probably working on Red Dead Redemption 3 Rockstar blew everyone’s minds when they released a cowboy-themed, western action-adventure game back in 2004, known as Red Dead Revolver. Although the game received average reviews, Rockstar decided to take it up a notch and released Red Dead Redemption, and then, years later, Red Dead Redemption 2, both of which became a massive hit in the game industry. Both games sensationalized the Wild West scenario, with breathtaking visuals and captivating narratives, and became massive successes in the video game space, elevating the bar for open-world titles forever. Now that Rockstar Games has finally revealed a date for the release of their most anticipated game, GTA 6, fans of the studio are now turning their gaze back to the Wild West for a new Red Dead Redemption game. Since the smashing success of RDR2 back in 2018, players have shown a keen interest in a new RDR game that would feature the protagonist of the previous entry, Arthur Morgan. GTA 6 Screenshots recreated in RDR2 pic.twitter.com/TTGzFSqSAK — Trevor Philips (@Trevorphilipsig) May 13, 2025 Although there have been no official announcements about whether the next installment is even in development or not, there are considerable speculations that are making the entire community light up like a Christmas tree. In a recent X (formerly known as Twitter) post by @Trevorphilipsig, they shared some screenshots of the GTA 6 trailer recreation in RDR2, and that sort of added fuel to the fire. Rockstar can work on different megaprojects simultaneously Red Dead Redemption 2 is Rockstar’s next best series | Image Credits: Rockstar Games While Red Dead Redemption 3 might feel like a distant dream right now, especially with Rockstar pouring its heart and soul into GTA 6, there’s still reason to hold onto hope. It’s easy to feel like the Red Dead series has been quietly shelved, but if we look back at Rockstar’s history, we see a different story. According to reports, work on the sequel already began in the same year as the release of RDR, which was back in 2010, and this was all happening while GTA 5 was in production. This shows that Rockstar is not just a small company making huge AAA games; they are literally a global powerhouse, and with studios across the world, it is not hard to see that Rockstar has the manpower and expertise to work on two different franchises at the same time. Rockstar Games are famously known to play the long game and take their sweet time to develop games that are absolutely made to perfection. So while it may take some time before we saddle up again, there is a good chance that the developing company is laying down the groundwork quietly and carefully. And when they will finally be ready, they’ll make sure that the wait was worth it. Source link #RDR2Style #GTA #Trailer #Remake #Feels #Red #Dead #Redemption #Deserve Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production | Apple Trump says he has a ‘little problem’ with Tim Cook over Apple’s India production | Apple Donald Trump has admonished Apple and its chief executive over the tech firm’s reported plans to source production of US-bound iPhones from India. The US president said he had a “little problem” with Apple’s Tim Cook, after reports that the company is planning to switch assembly of handsets for the US market from China to India. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” said Trump, speaking in Qatar on Thursday. Referring to Apple’s recent promise to spend $500bn (£375bn) in the US, he added: “I said to him: ‘Tim, you’re my friend. You’re coming here with 500bn but now you’re building all over India. I don’t want you building in India.’” The complex manufacturing process behind iPhones involves more than 1,000 components sourced from all over the world, which are largely put together in China. Apple is secretive about details of its production processes but analysts estimate about 90% of iPhones are assembled in the country. However, production in India has reportedly increased due to trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. “I said to Tim … we’ve treated you really good, we’ve put up with all the plants that you’ve built in China for years, now you got to build [for] us,” Trump said. “We’re not interested in you building in India, India can take care of themselves … we want you to build here.” Trump then said Apple was “going to be upping their production in the United States”, although he did not provide further details to back up the claim. No iPhones are currently made in the US and experts have warned that moving assembly of Apple’s top-selling product to its home country would be impractical and costly. The US financial firm Wedbush Securities has estimated that the cost of an iPhone would treble if assembly were to be shifted to the US. Apple was approached for comment. The US president also said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed “no tariffs” for American goods. New Delhi is seeking to clinch a trade deal with the US within the 90-day pause announced by Trump on 9 April on tariff hikes for trading partners. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to Business Today Get set for the working day – we’ll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion “It is very hard to sell in India, and they are offering us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariffs,” Trump said. India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has in recent years promoted his country as a smartphone manufacturing hub. In March, Apple’s main India suppliers, Foxconn and *****, shipped nearly $2bn of iPhones to the US, an all-time high, to bypass Trump’s impending tariffs. Reuters contributed to this report. Source link #Trump #problem #Tim #Cook #Apples #India #production #Apple Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Blade Mobility Stock Soars—Is This SPAC Finally Taking Off? Blade Mobility Stock Soars—Is This SPAC Finally Taking Off? Shares of Blade Mobility Inc. are up more than 18% the day after the company delivered its first quarter earnings. Blade Mobility provides air transport alternatives with a fleet of helicopters, private jets, turboprops, and amphibious seaplanes. The company’s business is divided into Medical Services and Passenger Services verticals. The Medical Services vertical is about organ transport (primarily hearts, livers, and lungs), accounting for 58% of the company’s revenue. This business includes contractual relationships with transport hospitals. That leaves about 42% of the company’s revenue in Passenger Services. This includes short-distance flights between 10 and 100 miles as well as long-distance private jets. The small-cap urban air mobility company delivered a double beat punctuated by the first-ever profit in its passenger category. As the world starts to prepare for a world of air taxis, is this rally the one that will send BLDE stock soaring? A First-Time Profit Fuels Optimism There was a lot to like about Blade’s earnings report. Revenue of $54.3 million beat expectations of $49.3 million, a 10% beat. Earnings per share came in at a loss of four cents, beating analysts’ forecasts for a loss of 11 cents. Blade was also able to beat expectations by posting its first-ever EBITDA profit of $0.1 in its passenger segment. Adding fuel to the positive report, Blade reaffirmed its full-year revenue guidance of $245 million to $265 million. At the midpoint, that would be a 2% year-over-year (YOY) gain. The optimism is based on less aircraft maintenance activity in the second half of the year as well as ongoing cost-saving initiatives. This SPAC May Be More Than a Four-Letter Word Blade Mobility went public in 2020 via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Many SPAC stocks were part of the meme stock movement popularized by traders who frequented groups such as WallStreetBets. Penny stocks have always been attractive to traders. But many of these stocks fell on hard times in late 2021 as interest rates began to rise and investors lost their appetite for unprofitable companies. That was true of Blade. Even though the company has an asset-light model, it was still in the early stages of monetizing its business. While many SPAC stocks may never recover, BLDE stock has a chance to be different. Even though it is down approximately 80% from its high, it is solidly off its 52-week low. In addition, the post-earnings surge has lifted the stock past its 200-day simple moving average (SMA), which frequently indicates bullish momentum. There Are Enough Seats at the Table Interest in electrical vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) is growing. So, it’s important to note that the air mobility sector is broad enough to cover many business services stocks. The core of Blade’s business, organ transplants, is an area in which it has a significant first-mover advantage. In fact, this is an area that companies such as Joby Aviation (NYSE:) Inc. and Archer Aviation Inc (NYSE:). are unlikely to be able to compete in. In the area of passenger travel, it will take time for eVTOL companies to build out their network. In the meantime, the emergence of these flying taxis may help give Blade’s offerings more exposure. Blade is not yet profitable, but some analysts believe that the company, which currently has no debt on its balance sheet, can deliver profit margins in the mid- to high single-digit range. That would support a single-digit price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple for investors willing to hang on for several years. Although it’s not heavily covered by analysts, BLDE stock has overwhelmingly bullish sentiment. The consensus price target of $6.25, which would be an 81% increase in the stock price. Original Post Source link #Blade #Mobility #Stock #SoarsIs #SPAC #Finally Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

******** judge arrested over 2014 disappearance of 43 students ******** judge arrested over 2014 disappearance of 43 students Police in Mexico have arrested a retired judge accused of tampering with evidence related to the disappearance of 43 students from Iguala more than a decade ago. Lambertina Galeana Marín was the president of the Superior Tribunal of Justice in the state of Guerrero when the ******** teachers went missing in 2014. The 79-year-old is suspected of having given an order that led to the disappearance of CCTV footage which investigators said was key to the case. She was arrested in the city of Chilpancingo, three years after a warrant for her arrest had been issued. The disappearance of the 43 students – who all attended the same teacher training college in the town of Ayotzinapa – has long haunted Mexico. More than a decade on, and despite several investigations, much is still unknown about what happened on the night of 26 September 2014. The remains of three of the students have been found, while the whereabouts of the 40 others remain a mystery, although they are widely presumed to have been killed. A 2022 report by a truth commission tasked by the ******** government with investigating the case found that it was a state-sponsored crime involving federal and state authorities. According to the commission report, local police worked members of a criminal group to forcibly disappear the students. The students had gone to Iguala to commandeer buses to take them to an annual protest in Mexico City. The ******** government said both the police and a local criminal group known as Guerreros Unidos (United Warriors) had been alerted to the students’ activities. Guerreros Unidos suspected that the students seizing busses in Iguala had been infiltrated by members of a rival criminal gang, Los Rojos, the report alleged. Both the police and members of Guerreros Unidos then mounted several roadblocks in and around the city, it added. One of those roadblocks, manned by local, state and federal police was on the street outside the Palace of Justice. Two Palace of Justice employees told investigators that the palace’s security cameras had captured what had happened at the roadblock. However, the footage was never handed over to the authorities and when officials attempted to retrieve it almost a year later, the footage had been “lost”, investigators said in 2015. Prosecutors have since alleged that it Ms Galeana gave the order to have the footage destroyed or deleted. In an official statement, Mexico’s security ministry said Ms Galeana would face charges of forced disappearance. Source link #******** #judge #arrested #disappearance #students Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Persona 5: The Phantom X is coming to mobile and PC this summer Persona 5: The Phantom X is coming to mobile and PC this summer Persona 5: The Phantom X is set to arrive on mobile That’s worldwide, by the way, as it finally breaks free from its previous eastern-only release Enjoy a wholly original storyline and the same great gameplay from the original Persona 5 A long, long time ago, in days of yore, or 2023 at least, we heard about a new spin-off of the hit Persona series arriving on mobile. Now, almost two years later, Persona 5: The Phantom X is not only coming to mobile and PC worldwide, but it’s also coming next month! Yes, save the date because June 26th is when Persona fans will finally get their mitts on Persona 5: The Phantom X. Seeing you take on the role of a brand-new protagonist leading their own band of Phantom Thieves similar to those in the original Persona 5, you’ll get to explore modern-day Tokyo in this mobile adaptation of the hit RPG. For those not in the know, the Persona series is split between the day-to-day lives of the students whom you interact with, attend classes and extracurricular activities alongside, but also the nighttime action of the so-called Phantom Thieves who’re aided by ghostly beings called Personas. It’s not a Stand Persona 5: The Phantom X captured the imagination of the Persona fandom. Not being a mere spin-off release, it’s practically a standalone sequel on its own. And yes, while it may be riffing on an existing storyline, basically everything aside from the basic premise of the Phantom Thieves and Personas is pretty much entirely new. Phantom X also offers new palaces, mementoes and a guild feature, alongside the Velvet Trials PvE mode for you to take on. Oh, and we have it on good authority that you’ll also be running into some familiar faces from Persona 5, too. But June is still a while away, so there’s plenty of time for you to experience what else mobile RPGs have to offer. Want to get a sample platter? Then why not check out our list of the top 25 best RPGs for iOS and Android? Source link #Persona #Phantom #coming #mobile #summer Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

When it comes to crime, you can’t algorithm your way to safety When it comes to crime, you can’t algorithm your way to safety Simone Rotella The *** government’s proposed AI-powered crime prediction tool, designed to flag individuals deemed “high risk” for future violence based on personal data like mental health history and addiction, marks a provocative new frontier. Elsewhere, Argentina’s new Artifical Intelligence Unit for Security intends to use machine learning for crime prediction and real-time surveillance. In Canada, police forces in cities like Toronto and Vancouver use predictive policing and tools like Clearview AI facial recognition. And in some US cities, AI facial recognition is paired with street surveillance to track suspects. The promise of anticipating violence ********* Report-style is compelling. But… Source link #crime #algorithm #safety Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lancashire Police extends use of Pronto tech for faster, more effective response Lancashire Police extends use of Pronto tech for faster, more effective response Lancashire Constabulary, reputed to be one of the ***’s most digitally advanced police forces, has invested in Motorola Solutions technology to modernise frontline policing and make a real difference to efficiency and time spent in the community. Police in the *** have historically relied on paper notepads and had to travel to and from police stations to file evidence and reports, often using complicated, time-consuming IT systems. The bottom line is that the more time they spend in stations, the less time they spend on the beat. The new world of policing in the *** is seeing forces adopt technology that allows them to spend less time on paperwork and more time in their communities, where it matters. The advancement of technology at Lancashire Constabulary through an extension of its contract for the Pronto digital policing app until 2029 is said to have seen the force’s 3,500-plus frontline officers and staff spending hundreds more hours on the streets. The Pronto app enables officers to access records and file reports from anywhere, replacing traditional police notebooks. It also gives officers the ability to easily and reliably record and access information without the need to return to the station, including using voice commands to access records and file reports safely from their vehicles without taking their eyes off the road. One of the first forces in the world to adopt Pronto, Lancashire Constabulary has additionally purchased 1,750 body cameras to improve evidence collection. The technologies are designed to provide critical information to officers to support faster, more effective policing while freeing up time for officers to engage with their communities. According to Motorola Solutions, a recent survey found the vast majority of Lancashire’s police officers regard the app as highly valuable and easy to use. A majority of frontline officers surveyed also credit body cameras for capturing stronger evidence and giving them better protection against threats. The force is in the process of upgrading its existing body cameras with the Motorola Solutions V500 devices to give its control rooms livestreaming visibility of incidents as they unfold. It has also deployed the M500 in-car video system across the Lancashire fleet of police vehicles. The V500 and M500 devices integrate with Pronto and are supported by the VideoManager evidence management software that helps ensure the secure handling, storage and sharing of evidence. The force also uses the Airwave mission-critical voice communications system. Assessing how the force has advanced its ecosystem of safety and security technologies, Lancashire Constabulary chief superintendent Chris Hardy noted that embracing innovation is central to how the force serves its communities. “Investing in technology like Pronto and body camera solutions, we are enabling our teams to work more safely and effectively,” said Hardy. “We also know that when data is entered into our systems through Motorola Solutions’ digital policing app, it has integrity and helps to reduce operational challenges such as duplicate records. We are moving towards channelling all data collation through Pronto in the future, continuing to modernise our approach to policing to help make our community safer.” Fergus Mayne, *** and Ireland country manager at Motorola Solutions, added: “Real-time video is transforming the way police forces gather information, respond to incidents and create records with rich, objective evidence. Lancashire’s digital transformation has been hugely impressive, connecting the front lines with control rooms and setting a new standard for police forces across the country.” Source link #Lancashire #Police #extends #Pronto #tech #faster #effective #response Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Why are PSG and Kylian Mbappe facing each other in court? Why are PSG and Kylian Mbappe facing each other in court? The striker’s legal team, however, now assert that the “gentleman’s agreement” is invalid as the additional clause was never signed. As a result, they are claiming Mbappe is owed 55m euros – a sum made up of the final third of his signing-on fee and three months’ worth of wages which were unpaid. They argue that a written contractual amendment would have had to be signed and submitted to the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) – the governing body for France’s two professional divisions – for the change to be valid, and that no “tangible proof” of an agreement has been presented. Mbappe brought the case to the LFP, whose disciplinary commission initially issued a non-binding ruling that PSG were to pay the sum. It later deemed itself to have no jurisdiction over the matter because of an ongoing civil court case, which the player’s team claims was only launched by PSG against the LFP “in order to avoid disciplinary action”. In February, the French Football Federation (FFF) dismissed Mbappe’s subsequent appeal on the same grounds. Speaking to BBC Sport, a lawyer with knowledge of PSG’s case explains that the LFP’s decision came from the fact that it could make a judgement based on the original contract – “but what’s being debated is whether it was amended”. In December, following the LFP’s latest decision, a club spokesperson reiterated that Mbappe had “made clear public and private commitments that the club simply asks to be honoured”, and that PSG remained hopeful of “an amicable solution”. The club also claimed that Mbappe refused the LFP’s offer for mediation. Last month, Mbappe’s lawyers held a press conference to announce they had “gone on the attack”, having notably obtained the seizure of the 55m euros from PSG’s accounts through a court decision. They also indicated that they were filing a complaint claiming PSG put pressure on Mbappe to renew, which the club denies, and that they had sent a letter to the FFF asking them to notify Uefa on the situation. In a hearing on Monday, after PSG contested the precautionary seizure, the club announced that a counterclaim for 98m euros (£82.6m) in damages would be brought forward as part of their wider case. In their court submission, the club’s lawyers asserted that the counterclaim was prompted by Mbappe’s “deceptive behaviour during negotiations to revise his contract”. The striker’s team, meanwhile, reiterated that despite the counterclaim there was “no legal basis for deferring payment of the sum due”. “The aim is not to recover the 98m euros, but rather to show that if he owes us money, his claim is unfounded,” PSG lawyer Renaud Semerdjian told the AFP. For the club, the standoff also represents a reversal in the days where player power reigned supreme – the new-look (albeit still as spendthrift) PSG styles itself as a project built around a collective unit rather than individual talents. Mbappe’s team, meanwhile, claimed in their April press conference that it was PSG who had put him under pressure to re-sign back in 2023 through “scandalous and indecent practices”, and that they would be joining the players’ union in its legal action against the “lofts”. A decision on the seizing of the club’s accounts is expected on 26 May – the same day as a separate hearing on the wider case, in which the French football authorities initially dismissed Mbappe’s appeals. While the 26-year-old will have wrapped up his maiden season in Spain the previous evening, Paris St-Germain will be in the midst of a week bookended by the Coupe de France and Champions League finals. It could be an era-defining week both on and off the pitch for the Parisians. Source link #PSG #Kylian #Mbappe #facing #court Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ubisoft’s Rumored Plan for Far Cry 7 Will Ruin Longtime Fans Ubisoft’s Rumored Plan for Far Cry 7 Will Ruin Longtime Fans Ubisoft had some news to share at the company’s recent earnings call, and Far Cry fans are probably hit the hardest. The publisher announced that it will be delaying its biggest games, including the long-awaited Far Cry 7, into 2026 and beyond. This move comes after we witnessed the recent success of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which was also delayed. On paper, it’s a move meant to boost quality. But for us, the delay isn’t the biggest problem. It’s the possibility that when the next Far Cry game does arrive, it may be unrecognizable from the franchise we’ve grown to love. With the recent dealings with Tencent, there’s no telling where Ubisoft is headed. Ubisoft is delaying its biggest upcoming games, including Far Cry 7 Ubisoft officially confirmed during its May 2025 earnings report that several of its “biggest productions” had been postponed beyond the 2025 fiscal year, extending into FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28. While no titles were explicitly named, CEO Yves Guillemot highlighted franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, The Division, and Ghost Recon as central to this strategic delay. Additionally, after a review of our pipeline, we have decided to provide additional development time to some of our biggest productions in order to create the best conditions for success. As a consequence, FY2026-27 and FY2027-28 will see significant content coming from our largest brands. The publisher has already formed a new Tencent-backed subsidiary to handle its biggest IPs, including Far Cry, Rainbow Six, and Assassin’s Creed. With $1.25 billion in funding and a focus on pushing into “underpenetrated markets” like China, what could this mean for Far Cry 7? Will the game be affected by Tencent’s typical touch and become a multiplayer live-service game full of microtransactions? To be fair, there is reason to believe Ubisoft’s focus on quality might lead to a more refined and less buggy experience. We have seen games from Ubisoft that could’ve used more time in the oven to fix bugs and other issues. But for Far Cry, the concern isn’t just whether it will be polished, it’s about whether it will feel like a Far Cry game at all? We don’t know anything yet. Assassin’s Creed Shadows delivered the 2nd highest day one sales revenue in the franchise history behind Valhalla. It also set a day one Ubisoft performance record on PSN. The company expects it to contribute “strongly” to its FY2025-26. More pic.twitter.com/wIvxDvbKRU — Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) May 14, 2025 Insider Gaming reports that Far Cry 7 has been internally delayed to the end of 2026, placing it well beyond the current fiscal year ending March 2026. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated that the decision to push games back was because of the commercial and critical success of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which launched in March 2025 after multiple delays. Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ success is influencing the studio’s future Another Far Cry is still….far | Credits: Ubisoft The newest addition to the Assassin’s Creed franchise is one of Ubisoft’s best games in the last 5 years. And it makes sense that it served as the blueprint for this new, quality-first development approach. We can’t really fault the studio for seeing what worked this year and trying to repeat it. But that isn’t to say that the delay doesn’t *****. While Assassin’s Creed Shadows showed what a delay can change in terms of game quality, it’s not a perfect comparison. We don’t think that Far Cry‘s style and world would necessarily benefit from getting delayed. To make matters worse, there has been zero communication from Ubisoft about the direction of Far Cry 7. With no new games in the Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, or Ghost Recon franchises, the next 12 months will rely on smaller projects like Anno 117: Pax Romana, the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, and mobile spin-offs like Rainbow Six Mobile and The Division Resurgence. Source link #Ubisofts #Rumored #Plan #Cry #Ruin #Longtime #Fans Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Out of This World and Into the Next review: A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist Out of This World and Into the Next review: A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist The Martian’s Mark Watney (Matt Damon): on Mars, but not by choice Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Out of this World and into the Next Adriana Marais (Profile Books (***); Pegasus Books (US)) Do you yearn to leave dusty footprints on the moon or prowl the rocks of Mars? Could a new life await you on future off-world colonies? Theoretical physicist Adriana Marais is convinced we are on “the brink of a new era” of humanity, where we will spread across the worlds of our solar system – and perhaps farther. Out of this World and into the Next is Marais’s… Source link #World #review #doeeyed #space #exploration #inadequate #zeitgeist Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says | TikTok TikTok breached EU advertising transparency laws, commission says | TikTok The European Commission has said TikTok is in breach of EU digital laws that require transparency over who pays for advertising. The commission reached a preliminary verdict on the ********-owned short video platform’s advertising policy, having launched an investigation in February 2024. The company could face a fine of 6% of global annual turnover, if the commission upholds this view. The commission said a separate EU inquiry into TikTok’s suspected failure to guarantee election integrity in Romania, which was launched last December, was ongoing and was a priority. The commission’s verdict that TikTok lacks transparency over advertising comes four days before “super Sunday”, when voters go to the polls in Poland, Portugal and Romania. Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), large internet companies are obliged to publish an advertisement library, detailing ad content, users being targeted and who paid for the publicity. The commission said TikTok did not provide this information, nor allow the public to search for it. The advertisement repository is seen by EU officials as a vital tool enabling researchers to detect scam ads and coordinated campaigns that aim to disrupt elections. Romania was plunged into political chaos last year when the first round of the presidential election was annulled, after the country’s intelligence services alleged that Russia had mounted an online campaign to promote a far-right outsider, who topped the poll. On Sunday, Romanian voters will choose between two candidates in the second round of the rescheduled presidential elections. The European Commission launched an investigation last December into whether TikTok had failed to tackle risks to the integrity of Romania’s presidential elections. Ursula von der Leyen, the commission’s president, said there were “serious indications that foreign actors interfered in the Romanian presidential elections by using TikTok”. TikTok’s alleged failure to provide an advertising library was said to make it harder for EU officials and other researchers to determine whether fake ads were used during election campaigns, including in Romania. But the commission cautioned against assumptions that TikTok would be found to have violated the election integrity obligations of the DSA. Thomas Regnier, a commission spokesperson, said there was no direct link between the December investigation and its preliminary view published on Thursday of a breach of EU law relating to advertising transparency. “Of course it’s not helping that your ad repository is not working. That’s one fact because it doesn’t help us to assess if there were fake or scam ads being used in the context of elections,” Regnier said. But he added: “The fact that the ad repository is not working in the context of this February investigation of last year is absolutely not prejudging the outcome of the December investigation.” As part of that December investigation, EU officials are studying actions TikTok said it took to prevent election interference in Romania. A TikTok spokesperson said the company was reviewing the commission’s preliminary findings on its ad repository. “While we support the goals of the regulation [DSA] and continue to improve our ad transparency tools, we disagree with some of the commission’s interpretations and note that guidance is being delivered via preliminary findings rather than clear, public guidelines,” the company said. The company now has the right to examine the commission’s investigation file and mount a defence. If the commission confirms its current view, TikTok could be fined up to 6% of its annual global turnover and be obliged to take measures to remedy the issue. The commission said it continued to investigate other suspected offences under EU law, including whether TikTok’s algorithms led users down damaging content “rabbit holes” and had addictive effects. It is also investigating TikTok’s age verification and child safety policies. These inquiries were launched at the same time as the investigation into the ad repository last February, but remain incomplete. TikTok has previously said that it cooperates with relevant authorities around elections “providing them with dedicated channels through which they can report content they believe may violate either our community guidelines or applicable regulations”. Source link #TikTok #breached #advertising #transparency #laws #commission #TikTok Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Diddy’s ex to face cross-examination in criminal trial Diddy’s ex to face cross-examination in criminal trial Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former girlfriend Casandra Ventura will likely face a gruelling cross-examination starting at the hip-hop mogul’s criminal trial after she accused him of ***** and more than a decade of violent abuse. Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, is the star government witness against Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to five felony counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted on all counts, the 55-year-old rapper and founder of Bad Boy Records would face a minimum 15 years in prison and could face life behind bars. Combs is being tried in Manhattan federal court. He is being held in a Brooklyn jail when not in court. Ventura, pregnant with her third child, spent one-and-a-half days answering questions under oath from a prosecutor, and a lawyer for Combs said the cross-examination may take two days. In testimony on Wednesday, Ventura told jurors how Combs coerced and blackmailed her throughout their 11-year relationship, which ended in 2018, into days-long, drug-fueled ******* performances he called “Freak Offs”. The trial has drawn intense media coverage because of Combs’ fame and towering cultural influence before a wave of abuse allegations led to his arrest and indictment last September. Part of the criminal case stemmed from Ventura’s November 2023 civil lawsuit against Combs. She testified that he agreed after 24 hours to settle for $US20 million ($A31 million). Lawyers for Combs have signalled they will ask Ventura about what they have called her own history of domestic violence and have suggested she was motivated by money to get back at him. Asked on Wednesday why she decided to testify against Combs, Ventura said she could no longer bear the emotional burden of years of his physical and emotional abuse. “I can’t carry this any more,” Ventura said. “I can’t carry the shame, the guilt, the way he treated people like they were disposable. What’s right is right, what’s wrong is wrong. I came here to do the right thing.” Also known during his career as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, Combs founded Bad Boy Records and is credited with helping turn artists such as Mary J Blige, Faith Evans, Notorious B.I.G. and Usher into stars in the 1990s and 2000s. Combs also faces dozens of civil lawsuits by women and men who accuse him of ******* abuse. He has denied wrongdoing and said his relationships were consensual. The criminal trial could take up to two months. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) National ******* Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028 Source link #Diddys #face #crossexamination #criminal #trial Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Bullet Noir interview: born out of our love of Hotline Miami and Sin City" Bullet Noir interview: born out of our love of Hotline Miami and Sin City" LLC: “In a bid to learn just what makes it tick, we interviewed Tavi Petre, Game Director of Bullet Noir, to find out all about its development.” Source link #Bullet #Noir #interview #born #love #Hotline #Miami #Sin #Cityquot Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Roguelike Death end re;Quest: Code Z Launches Today for PlayStation 4, PS5 Roguelike Death end re;Quest: Code Z Launches Today for PlayStation 4, PS5 The Switch versions of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will no longer be released in the west due to the contents “not complying with the Nintendo Guidelines,” publisher Idea Factory International announced. Source link #Roguelike #Death #reQuest #Code #Launches #Today #PlayStation #PS5 Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 16 (game #439) NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 16 (game #439) Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, May 15 (game #438). Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers. You may like NYT Strands today (game #439) – hint #1 – today’s theme What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands? • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… To a degree NYT Strands today (game #439) – hint #2 – clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CHIP CHEEP SPORES SINS SORT RACES NYT Strands today (game #439) – hint #3 – spangram letters How many letters are in today’s spangram? • Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #439) – hint #4 – spangram position What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches? First side: left, 8th row Last side: right, 1st row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM. Today’s best Get Better At Wordle deals NYT Strands today (game #439) – the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today’s Strands, game #439, are… GOWN PHOTO SPEECH DIPLOMA TASSEL PROCESSION SPANGRAM: GRADUATION My rating: Easy My score: Perfect There are many universal traditions associated with GRADUATION ceremonies, from paying far too much to hire a GOWN to posing for a PHOTO that will be given pride of place in your parents’ house until the zombie apocalypse – and even then it’ll still be there, just with added cobwebs and a splatter of green blood. Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. There is also a whole legend surrounding the tassels on the mortarboard hat. Traditionally, tassels are worn on the right side and moved to the left during a special portion of the ceremony for high-school graduates. For college graduates, Bachelors again wear tassels on the right side until their degrees are conferred, then move to left. Goodness knows what might happen to you if you move your tassel from the left to the right – maybe you get burdened with a lifetime of debt or something awful like that. Erm, hang on a sec… How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, May 15, game #438) BEETLE BRONCO MUSTANG RABBIT IMPALA JAGUAR SPANGRAM: AUTOMOBILES What is NYT Strands? Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day. Source link #NYT #Strands #hints #answers #Friday #game Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Puskas worthy? Player scores overhead kick from outside the box Puskas worthy? Player scores overhead kick from outside the box Watch Club Atletico Independiente’s Santiago Montiel score an overhead kick in a 1-0 win over Independiente Rivadavia. Source link #Puskas #worthy #Player #scores #overhead #kick #box Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Star Wars Outlaws’ Latest DLC Episode Launches Alongside Lots Of Fixes Star Wars Outlaws’ Latest DLC Episode Launches Alongside Lots Of Fixes Back in September, Ubisoft announced its commitment to fixing the gameplay issues that plagued Star Wars Outlaws since its launch. Today, the game’s second DLC story, A Pirates Fortune, is launching alongside a new Star Wars Outlaws patch that’s adding a few more improvements. Ubisoft shared the details about the new patch on Star Wars Outlaws’ official site. Some of the most notable changes involve Kay’s newfound ability to smoothly switch from her blaster to two-handed weapons. Kay has also gained the ability to free-fire while riding her speeder. New space contracts have also been added for all players that feature multiple challenge types for additional rewards. Some of the latest changes are essentially cleaning up problems, like audio lines playing out of order or certain props disappearing or floating in the air during cutscenes. A handful of other fixes were introduced to keep players from being unable to complete intel quests and to prevent Kay from getting trapped in a room on Toshara while respawning. Today’s patch also features new cosmetic items based on the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew TV series, including an outfit for Nix. Those items are available to all players and can be found on the Trailblazer in Kay’s delivery crate. The full patch notes are below. Beware of spoilers when the notes start mentioning specific missions. Highlights Added the ability to free fire Kay’s blaster while riding the speeder Added the ability to holster and swap between two handed weapons and Kay’s blaster Added the ability to equip new passive systems to the Trailblazer for additional gameplay effects Added new space contracts for all players that include multiple challenge types Fixed an issue where the Hidden Riches intel could not be completed General Gameplay Improved shooting when behind cover to prevent hitting the environment Fixed an issue where certain intel quests could not be completed if intel was found before picking up the quest Improved enemy AI when moving to cover/being suppressed Fixed an issue where Kay could get trapped when respawning in a restricted room on Toshara Improved Kay’s movement animations on stairs and slopes Adjusted effects of getting ionized in space Fixed space NPCs going “out of bounds” when in combat Miyuki Traders have been upgraded to full vendors and now sell passive system upgrades in addition to previous resource items Fixed issue where the Ion upgrade of the smoke bomb was inconsistent in ionizing enemies Fixed issue where melee finishers sometimes wouldn’t trigger if the blaster is overheated Fixed issue where configurations with improved heat capacity from upgrades and gear would risk overheating the blaster if quick switching modules when near the overheat threshold Crimson Reign gear set has a reduced cooldown on Stun Shot for each enemy caught within all variants of the Smoke Bomb Outlaw Belt has a reduced cooldown and increased duration of the supercooled state when swapping between Kay’s blaster modules. Additional HUD feedback has been added for the duration and cooldown Fixed an issue where shields would not protect Kay from direct impact explosive projectiles Performance improvements during climbing Improved attaching and releasing input when using the grappling hook Fixed an issue where Kay would move slowly when aiming during strafing in certain areas Kay no longer gains adrenaline during standing jumps on the speeder Kay is now thrown off the speeder when hit by a melee attack Improved cases where dropping weapons could result in clipping Kay now exits scoping when staggered Fixed an issue where the Glowlamp would disable when entering vents Performance Fixed an issue where the game could ****** when activating FSR3 Frame Gen and Freesync Premium Pro HDR Graphics RTXDI improvements Ray Reconstruction improvements UI, HUD and Settings Fixed an issue where a vendor’s purchase screen was unable to be closed when the items list was empty Fixed an issue where the incorrect journal entries would be highlighted when hovering over a different entry Audio Fixed an issue where crew members lines would be played at incorrect times Cinematics Improved instances where props were missing/floating in certain cinematics Camera Fixed an issue with camera jittering and clipping while on the speeder Worlds, Fauna and Flora Fixed an issue where the surrounding environment would not reflect correct time of day Fixed an issue where color banding was present in the sky on Consoles Accessibility Added accessibility shortcut allowing high contrast, auto run, and menu narration to be toggled without accessing menus Gadget wheel can now be set to a toggle rather than a button hold HUD background transparency and colors can now be adjusted High contrast UI setting now also affects headings in settings menus Gameplay high contrast transparency now affects darker colors more evenly Map menu narration now reads whether a location is on another planet Fixed an issue where remapping breaks sabacc controls Fixed an issue where high contrast mode settings menu preview did not match how the transparency slider works in the game Fixed an issue where some HUD icons were hard to see when high contrast HUD was enabled Fixed an issue where large HUD text would be larger than its background Fixed an issue where autowalk was not available when using a controller on PC, or on consoles Fixed an issue where the Trailblazer was not displayed correctly in high contrast mode when damaged Auto-vault no longer triggers if the fall will kill Kay Miscellaneous Reduced instances of environmental clothes clipping MAIN & SIDE QUESTS (beware of spoilers) Akiva The Veteran Fixed an issue where the speeder was unable to be interacted with after a cutscene Kijimi Breakout Fixed an issue where Kay could get stuck dismounting the speeder when exiting the factory tunnel Other Revelator Fixed an issue where Kay could get stuck if walking behind the turbolift while joining Sliro’s detail Fixed an issue where a ladder could not be interacted with if Kay respawns Known Issue Contraband contracts Picking up a contraband contract and not completing it (e.g. going to another region/space/planet or completing another activity) will cause the contract to fail. The contract can be picked up again from the vendor. Source link #Star #Wars #Outlaws #Latest #DLC #Episode #Launches #Lots #Fixes Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

AMD to split flagship AI GPUs into specialized lineups for for AI and HPC, add UALink — Instinct MI400-series models takes a different path AMD to split flagship AI GPUs into specialized lineups for for AI and HPC, add UALink — Instinct MI400-series models takes a different path Right now, AMD’s Instinct MI300-series accelerators are aimed at both AI and HPC, which makes them universal but lowers maximum performance for both types of workloads. Starting from its next-generation Instinct MI400-series, AMD will offer distinct processors for AI and supercomputers in a bid to maximize performance for each workload, according to SemiAnalysis. However, there might be a problem with the scalability of these compute GPUs. AMD plans to offer the Instinct MI450X for AI and the Instinct MI430X for HPC sometime in the second half of 2026. Both processors will rely on subsets of the CDNA Next architecture, but will be tailored for low-precision AI compute (FP4, FP8, BF16) or high-precision HPC compute (FP32, FP64). Such bifurcation of positioning will enable AMD to remove FP32 and FP64 logic from MI450X as well as FP4, FP8, and BF16 logic from MI430X, therefore maximizing die space for respective logic. In addition to workload optimizations, AMD’s Instinct MI400-series accelerators will also feature not only Infinity Fabric but also UALink interconnections, which will make them some of the first AI and HPC GPUs to feature UALink, a technology designed to challenge NVLink. But there is a major problem with UALink. You may like Support for UALink will be limited in 2026 due to the absence of switching silicon from external vendors, including Astera Labs, Auradine, Enfabrica, and XConn. As a result, the Instinct MI430X will only be usable in small configurations in topologies like mesh or torus, as there will be no UALink switches next year. AMD does not develop its own UALink switches and therefore relies entirely on partners, which may not be ready in the second half of next year. Progress in UALink development has been slow due to coordination delays in the standards body. According to SemiAnalysis, chipmakers like Broadcom view the market for such switches as too small and are not assigning enough engineering resources to accelerate timelines. By contrast, networking initiatives under the Ultra Ethernet Consortium are advancing more quickly and already have compatible hardware available commercially. In a bid to compete against Nvidia with its own rack-scale solutions, AMD intends to offer systems called Instinct MI450X IF64 and MI450X IF128 that will rely on the Infinity Fabric technology, possibly over Ethernet. SemiAnalysis believes that such solutions could be competitive with Nvidia’s VR200 NVL144 platforms in the second half of 2026, though it remains to be seen how these systems will stack up. Follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News to get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. Source link #AMD #split #flagship #GPUs #specialized #lineups #HPC #add #UALink #Instinct #MI400series #models #takes #path Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

These stocks are up 50% since market’s low in April. Where analysts see them going These stocks are up 50% since market’s low in April. Where analysts see them going While the stock market has staged a spectacular rebound over the past month, some stocks are more to thank than others. The S & P 500 has come back since a sell-off in early April following President Donald Trump’s announcement of steep tariffs. The broad index has erased losses for this year — an especially significant feat considering it at one point slipped into a bear market, or a drop of at least 20% from a recent high. A handful of stocks posted outsized gains during this *******, a CNBC Pro analysis shows. CNBC Pro looked at which S & P 500 stocks have rallied the most since April 8, the day before Trump paused many of the “reciprocal” tariffs that had sent the stock market on a tailspin. Here are the 12 S & P 500 members that have soared more than 50% since that day, along with what Wall Street expects to happen next: Palantir has been one of the best performers, with shares surging more than 65%. The defense technology stock has become a retail investor favorite in recent months, and company executives said they expect to benefit from Trump and Elon Musk’s government efficiency initiative. Bank of America analyst Mariana Perez Mora, who has a buy rating on Tuesday, hiked her price target by $25 to $150. That implies a 17% upside from Tuesday’s close — far more bullish than the typical analyst polled by FactSet, who expects shares to slide more than 19% in 2025. “Palantir continues to demonstrate not all ‘AI’ offerings are created equal,” she wrote to clients, using the acronym for artificial intelligence. “We continue to remind investors Palantir’s value is creating outcome-focused bespoke AI-enabled products, at scale. We see PLTR as the market definer for organizations leveraging AI to drive accelerated tangible results.” TSLA 1M mountain Tesla in the past month Tesla , another retail investor favorite, also made the list with a 50.6% gain. The electric vehicle maker has been under scrutiny this year given Musk’s foray into politics. Similar to Palantir, Wall Street expects a pullback ahead after the stock’s big run. The average analyst price target suggests the stock will slide 8.5% from Tuesday’s closing price. One of those analysts expecting downside is Wells Fargo’s Colin Langan, who expressed concern about signs of weak markets in April sales data in a Tuesday note to clients. “April results show no signs of an inflection in deliveries that consensus expects. If the Model Y refresh won’t drive deliveries higher, we expect investors hopes will need to shift to the coming affordable model,” he told clients. But, “we are increasingly concerned that the new affordable model will cannibalize TSLA Model Y sales as it will have the same ‘form & shape’ as the current models.” Outside of tech, energy stock Vistra made the cut with a jump of 51.7%. Vistra was one of the top-performing stocks in 2024, with investors favoring the company’s role in providing energy for the AI data center buildout. Unlike Palantir and Tesla, the typical analyst surveyed by FactSet anticipates Vistra shares can rise another 10%. Source link #stocks #markets #April #analysts Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

House That! World champ Danny Green weighs in with Scarborough property listing House That! World champ Danny Green weighs in with Scarborough property listing Danny Green has listed his long-held investment property in the beachside suburb he loved long before the rest of Perth. Source link #House #World #champ #Danny #Green #weighs #Scarborough #property #listing Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]