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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Just this week the Senate Judiciary Committee posted an ominous message to Ticketmaster regarding their upcoming sale of tickets for Beyoncé. They took to Twitter to say “ We’re watching @Ticketmaster. ” Since when does the legislative branch of government communicate in the same cadence as Tony Soprano? It is as if the Senators don’t believe the free market works. Perhaps that makes sense in today’s Washington D.C. where George Santos inexplicably remains a sitting member of Congress and a certain ex-President is campaigning on a platform that his 2020 election “victory” was stolen. In the land of reality, tickets trade like any items of value. The prices move up and down based upon supply and demand. Those in the know understand that Bruce Springsteen is almost universally regarded as a stellar artist and performer. Along with that reputation is the lesser known truth that demand for his tickets is always high in New … [Read more...] about Happy Valentine’s Day Senator Klobuchar: Bruce Springsteen’s Ticket Prices For His February 14th Show Are Crashing

ChatGPT is better used for playacting than playing at finding facts. (Photo: Pixabay/Pexels) By Jonathan May, University of Southern California It doesn’t take much to get ChatGPT to make a factual mistake. My son is doing a report on U.S. Presidents, so I figured I’d help him out by looking up a few biographies. I tried asking for a list of books about Abraham Lincoln and it did a pretty good job: When I asked ChatGPT if it was sure I was not lying, it claimed that it’s just an “AI language model” and doesn’t have the ability to verify accuracy. However it modified that claim by saying, “I can only provide information based on the training data I have been provided, and it appears that the book ‘William Henry Harrison: His Life and Times’ was written by Paul C. Nagel and published in 1977.” Read More This is not true. Words, not facts It may seem from this interaction that ChatGPT was given a library of facts, including incorrect claims about … [Read more...] about ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong

(Image Courtesy: Microsoft) The European Union (EU) has issued a formal antitrust warning to Microsoft over the $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal. The EU sent Microsoft a "statement of objections" on why the deal could threaten competition in the video games market, US-based Politico has reported. In response, Microsoft said that it was "listening carefully to the European Commission's concerns" and were confident that it could "address them". The Redmond-based technology giant said that it was committed to, "finding a path forward" so that it can close the deal. This is just the latest roadblock in what has been a rocky road for Microsoft to push the deal through. Also Read | Maybe Apple’s weakness isn’t just supply chain woes Read More In December 2022, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Microsoft to stop the merger. The FTC brought up many of the same objections that the EU was concerned with. The bone of … [Read more...] about EU issues antitrust warning against Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

(Image Courtesy: Velan Studios) Two more live service games are going to the graveyard, as CrossfireX and Knockout City will be shut down in the coming months. CrossfireX , an Xbox exclusive console version of the popular South Korean free-to-play shooter, will go first, shutting down servers on May 18. It was launched in February 2022 with a single-player campaign developed by Alan Wake and Max Payne studio Remedy Entertainment. It failed to click with critics as well as fans. Smilegate, the owners of the franchise, have announced they will stop selling the game and all purchases made in the last 14 days as of February 3, 2023 will be eligible for refunds. Also Read | Dell Alienware Aurora R15 desktop launched in India: Check specs, pricing Knockout City, a unique party brawler based on dodgeball, debuted in 2021 under the EA Originals label. Developer Velan Studios took over publishing duties from EA in June 2022 and made the game free-to-play to attract … [Read more...] about CrossfireX, Knockout City join live-service graveyard

(Image Courtesy: Square Enix) The Pixel Remasters of the first six Final Fantasy games will finally be coming out on consoles next year. The Pixel Remaster updates the old classics with modern quality of life features and updated pixel art with reworked 2D sprites, backgrounds, new music and extras like a bestiary for every enemy in the games. The collection was originally announced at E3 2021, and was released to mobile devices and PC via Steam during the same year. Console owners will finally get a chance to play the remasters in Spring of 2023. It will be released on Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation 4. The digital versions of all six titles can be bought in a bundle or purchased separately. There is also a limited-run, physical collector's box, up for grabs. It will include the games, a special Final Fantasy 35th anniversary art book, anniversary edition goods box, a vinyl record containing all the music, an exclusive art book that will showcase character pixel … [Read more...] about Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection launching on Switch, PlayStation 4 in 2023

It's harder than ever to find customers you've yet to meet. At least, in the digital age: After Apple's more stringent privacy restrictions rolled out in its iOS 14.5 update in the summer of 2021, many brands scrambled to update and improve their marketing strategies. Because Apple's update blocked the use of third-party cookies--the software that has long been used by advertisers to track and target new customers based on their data--businesses found that paid social advertising campaigns, especially those on Facebook and Instagram, dramatically increased in cost and decreased in results . Increased privacy restrictions haven't quite eliminated paid social as a customer acquisition strategy, but they have made it more difficult to use that strategy successfully. "Ad creative has started to matter a lot more, given that you're no longer able to leverage [Facebook's] powerful platform data to target that niche audience that was really likely to purchase your product," … [Read more...] about Third-Party Cookies Are Over. These New Strategies Help Brands Win Over Customers

Marshall vs. Charlotte won’t be played this upcoming Saturday. The game between the Thundering Herd and Charlotte has been postponed “as a result of Covid-19 testing within the 49ers’ program.” (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) It’s not known right now when the game will be played or if it’ll be played at all. **GAME UPDATE** Saturday’s game at Marshall has been postponed due to caution related to COVID-19. The Niners next play Nov. 28, at home against Western Kentucky. RELEASE: https://t.co/l2ffn4m5oH pic.twitter.com/2nZYziiDE2 — ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? (@CharlotteFTBL) November 17, 2020 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Another hour passes in the world of college football , and another game has been postponed because of coronavirus. This might not be the same as multiple SEC football games getting knocked out in a single weekend, … [Read more...] about Marshall Vs. Charlotte Postponed Because Of Coronavirus

Multiple football games scheduled for this week have already been canceled. Arizona State has announced that their Saturday game against Colorado has been canceled because of ongoing coronavirus issues for the Sun Devils. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) It’s the second game in a row the Sun Devils have had to cancel. . @ASUFootball ‘s game at Colorado next weekend has been cancelled. Full statement from Ray Anderson: https://t.co/sPWUisIjRC pic.twitter.com/c7ij1Dtgf8 — Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) November 15, 2020 To make matters worse, the Miami Redhawks also announced Sunday that their Tuesday matchup against Ohio was off because of “roster issues with the Ohio football team related to positive COVID-19 tests and subsequent contact tracing.” Breaking: Tuesday’s game versus Ohio has been canceled https://t.co/Re3wOS0q3W — Miami Football (@MiamiOHFootball) November … [Read more...] about Arizona State vs. Colorado and Miami (OH) Vs. Ohio Canceled Because Of Coronavirus

Auburn has halted football activities because of coronavirus. According to Justin Ferguson, head coach Gus Malzahn informed the media Tuesday that the team has 12 cases in the program, and practice is paused for the time being. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) Auburn football has had nine players and three staff members test positive for COVID-19, according to HC Gus Malzahn. The Tigers are pausing all practices and workouts. — Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) November 10, 2020 It’s worth noting that the Tigers had gone seven weeks without a positive coronavirus case, but they’ve now joined a long list of SEC teams struggling. Auburn football hadn’t had a positive COVID-19 test in the last seven weeks. Now it’s had 12 in the off week as positives are rising across the SEC. — Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) November 10, 2020 Auburn HC Gus Malzahn said the program can’t trace this amount … [Read more...] about Auburn Pauses Football Activities After 12 Cases Of Coronavirus

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Recently, I was invited to the reopening of the IMAX theatre in the Science Museum in London , newly dubbed The Ronson Theatre. This location is now special as it’s one of only a few IMAX cinemas in the world to be able to show both IMAX Laser Digital projections – in full height 1.43 aspect ratio, while also having the option to show IMAX 70mm film prints , making it, in a technical sense at least, one of the best cinemas in the world for picture quality. Sadly, with all the restrictions this great feature has been curtailed by the increase in restrictions due to you know what, focusing the cinemas to shut its door again. Let’s hope that once the vaccine is more widely deployed, cinemas around the world will have a chance to reopen and the industry to recover. For all its technical wizardry, as its part of the Science Museum its primary remit it to show science-based and educational films so it was fitting that for … [Read more...] about Behind The Curtain At The London Science Museum IMAX