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Europe’s video game ratings system is preparing a major update that changes how it judges modern games and their online features. Pan European Game Information, better known as PEGI, says it will expand its classification criteria starting in June 2026. This will apply to games submitted for rating from that point forward and will look […]
The best way I can describe Meredith Gran’s recently released video game Perfect Tides: Station to Station—or at least the best way I can describe it to people who read contemporary literature—is that it feels like a version Elif Batuman’s novels The Idiot and Either/Or that you can step inside of. Batuman’s novels offer the […]
The CEO of McDonald’s was ruthlessly mocked across social media after posting a viral video of himself struggling to chomp down on a new super-sized menu item — which he oddly called a “product” — at the fast food chain. The clip posted to social media last month shows McDonald’s CEO and Chairman Chris Kempczinski reluctantly […]
A screenshot of the PixVerse AI video generation home page showing sample clips. Screenshot BEIJING — An Alibaba-backed startup is pushing artificial intelligence toward real-time, interactive video creation. PixVerse on Tuesday released an AI tool that allows users to control how a video unfolds while it is being generated. And just like a movie director, […]
First granddaughter and golf sensation Kai Trump teased her grandfather over his preferred caffeinated beverage in a video promoting her NIL deal with Accelerator Active Energy. In the ad, the 18-year-old rising high school senior and University of Miami golf commit slaps a wicked drive off a tee and then makes her way to the […]
Adin Ross, a popular streamer on the Stake-backed Kick platform, and sponsored by Stake themselves, is gaining some attention online after he claims he’s been scammed out of $20,000 by the gambling platform. A video posted to the Reddit forum, LivestreamFails, showed Ross playing blackjack for his audience. During one round, it was cancelled and […]
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 18: Chris Martin of Coldplay performs on stage at Optus Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Paul Kane | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Astronomer, a provider of open-source technologies that was hardly known until this week, said on Friday that CEO Andy […]
TikTok’s grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world’s biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up. Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to Backlinko. American users spend an average of 108 minutes per day on the app, according to Apptoptia. […]
