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Larian finally throws its hands up as a 1,400-hour Baldur’s Gate 3 player defeats every possible backup, including a magic fish, to doom the world and find new content

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Nearly a year after the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3, dedicated players are still discovering rare interactions tied to fail-safes and backup fail-safes designed to prevent us from unknowingly breaking the game. The latest find comes after 1,400 hours of sleuthing Proxy Gate Tacticianwhich found a happy merchant, magical fish, spontaneous goblins, and a … Read more

Netflix customers furious as they face yet another paywall for limited content

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Netflix has several subscription plans available in the UK and US, for example, including a cheaper ad-supported option, which displays ads while you watch content Netflix has several subscription plans available for customers, including a cheapest option with ads Netflix has been criticized for restricting access to certain content for customers who haven’t paid for … Read more

Netflix, Amazon dominate streamer commissioning, tilting US content market local: study

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Netflix Germany, India, Korea, Spain and Thailand are growing in the streaming originals mix, according to Ampere analysis According to research and consultancy firm Ampere Analysis, Netflix and Amazon again became the dominant players worldwide in ordering original content in the first quarter of this year. The pair have been challenged in recent years by … Read more

Microsoft CEO of AI: Your online content is ‘freeware’ fodder for training models

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Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, said this week that machine learning companies can “scrape” most of the content published online and use it to train neural networks because it is essentially “freeware.” Shortly after, the Center for Investigative Reporting sued OpenAI and its largest investor Microsoft “for using the nonprofit news organization’s content without … Read more

Matt Booty, President of Xbox Game Content and Studios, on ‘Beginning to Hit Our Stride’, Game Pass strategy, ‘Fallout’ update, studio closures and more

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Laurel McConnell/Microsoft Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all Xbox studios including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well … Read more

Adobe is revising its terms of use to clarify content licensing, AI and privacy

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The confusion and anger surrounding an update to Adobe’s terms of use last week caused Adobe to reexamine its language and communications in general. In addition to a blog post late last week, Adobe published another blog post today announcing plans for direct customer communications and updated terms of use. “We recently introduced a re-acceptance … Read more

Adobe users are only now getting upset about the content scanning permissions in the terms of use

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In a practically age-old update to its terms of use, Adobe has given a new look to how the Photoshop giant gives itself the right to review user content stored in its cloud. The issue started online yesterday when video game concept artist Sam Santala pointed out the February update in a post on X. … Read more

Beware MacBook! New ASUS ProArt laptops are a content creator’s dream

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ASUS has unveiled a new range of ProArt laptops at Computex 2024. Aimed at photographers, videographers and digital artists, the ProArt range features high-quality components designed to make light work of even the most demanding workloads. The newly launched ProArt models feature Copilot – Microsoft’s AI conversational assistant that helps you search, perform tasks, generate … Read more

The Panasonic Lumix S9 is a small full-frame camera for content creators

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Panasonic Lumix S9 cameras in four different colors next to one another

Panasonic has been making pocket-sized interchangeable lens cameras for over a decade, ever since it pioneered mirrorless camera technology (alongside Olympus) with the Micro Four Thirds standard. Now it has announced the latest in that long legacy of cameras with the brand new Panasonic Lumix S9. Unlike previous Lumix cameras such as the Lumix GM5 … Read more

Google’s CEO is ’empathetic’ to content creators that Search has wiped out

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According to Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, we are in a disruptive moment. While he’s optimistic that Google AI Overviews and Search will drive more traffic and engagement, that’s no comfort to the many content creators who have seen their websites destroyed by Google in recent months. In a new interview, Pichai discussed … Read more