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Sony has already launched its annual Black Friday Sale 2023, offering discounts of up to 70 percent on critical titles on the PS4 and PS5. The promotion is live now across some first, but essentially third-party releases, including God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Resident Evil 4, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, and Hogwarts Legacy. The PlayStation Store is also discounting a few of our picks of the year, including Neowiz Games’ unique “souls like” Lies of P and the critically

The studio behind Grand Theft Auto has done some housecleaning ahead of a highly anticipated trailer for the next game in the franchise. As spotted by X user @videotechuk_ on Twitter, all references to the Social Club platform have been scrubbed from the company’s website. Instead, much of the functionality has been integrated into the leading site, and subscribers are now referred to simply as ‘Rockstar Games members.’ It seems the Social Club service is being put to rest in

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board pushed out Altman, who is seen as the poster child of generative AI, the two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The development, dubbed Q*, is an AI algorithm that can perform

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now called X) made a lot of headlines last year. Soon after the deal was sealed, Musk took charge of the micro-blogging website and started making various changes to it. Earlier this year, X launched the ability to make video and audio calls on the platform, while also introducing its own cryptocurrency – STEEM. The X team has announced that it will reintroduce headlines in preview cards on the site. The company previously removed titles

Singles Day, a Chinese holiday celebrated by those without a partner, is an online retail bonanza that has dwarfed Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States. In just 13 years, it has become a global shopping event with revenue in excess of $25 billion, according to Techcrunch. In 2023, the value of Apple sales fell 4% year-on-year on the Alibaba-owned e-commerce platform Douyin (known as TikTok in the West), while domestic rivals Huawei and Xiaomi posted robust increases.

The company behind buzzy chatbot AI ChatGPT has agreed to bring back its ousted CEO, Sam Altman, and appoint new board members after nearly all of its employees threatened to quit over his ouster. The original board fired Altman on Nov. 17 and gave a scant explanation. The fracas brought attention to the need to protect the safety of developing and monetizing artificial intelligence but also revealed a power struggle between the research and product sides of the business. According

One of China’s most famous entrepreneurs, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, holds a cult-like status among many of his country’s youth. He started the company by linking small Chinese exporters to the global marketplace online, and he once pledged to help US businesses create a million jobs by facilitating sales to China. The co-founder is also a prolific philanthropist and a martial arts fan who sparred with Jet Li in his acting debut last year. Ma’s legacy hasn’t been without its

The South Korean conglomerate Samsung could be preparing to expand its M series lineup with the launch of another smartphone. The upcoming device has surfaced online recently, and the reports suggest it will feature impressive performance and enticing camera capabilities. The phone has been spotted on the Geekbench database with the model number SM-M556B, and it reportedly achieved impressive single-core and multicore scores. According to the publication, the upcoming Galaxy M55 5G will be powered by an Exynos 1380 SoC

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is in “intense discussions” to unify its divided staff, Vice President of Global Affairs Anna Makanju wrote late Monday in an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg News. Makanju aimed the message at employees who have grown anxious after days of tumult following the ouster of Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman and the board’s surprise appointment of former Twitch chief Emmett Shear as his interim replacement. According to its website, the company was founded in 2015 and has

PlayStation is preparing its annual Black Friday sale again as the gaming industry gears up for the holidays. This year, it promises huge discounts on games and high-end hardware. The sale begins on Friday, November 17 — a weeklong head start that lets you stock up on all your gaming needs for this winter. The PlayStation Black Friday 2023 sales will feature some of the latest games and popular franchises from previous generations. This includes popular AAA releases like God