Month: April 2025

By Andrew R. Chow

In 2024, both cutting-edge technology and the companies controlling it grew increasingly powerful, provoking euphoric wonderment and existential dread. Companies like Nvidia and Alphabet soared in value, fueled by expectations that artificial intelligence (AI) will become a cornerstone of modern life. While those grand visions are still far into the future, tech undeniably shaped markets, warfare, elections, climate, and daily life this year.

Perhaps technology’s biggest impact this year was on the global economy. The so-called Magnificent Seven—the stocks of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla—thrived in large part because of the AI boom, propelling the S&P 500 to new highs. Nvidia, which designs the computer chips powering many AI systems, led the way, with its stock nearly tripling in price. These profits spurred an arms race in AI infrastructure, with companies constructing enormous factories and dat…

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A new update arrived to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on November 4, and the patch notes include several major changes. This includes nerfs to the overpowered flashbangs and the Recon Combat Speciality bonus. The game’s snaking movement has also been reduced.

According to the patch notes, Treyarch says there’s been “enough snaking,” and the movement is now nerfed. Snaking is an exploit where a player rapidly switches between the prone and crouch positions while stationed behind a cover, making themselves harder to hit. However, that movement will be slower and less impactful with the update adjusting the stance-change cooldowns to reduce effectiveness of repeated snaking motion.

The developer also adjusts the game’s frustrating Recon Combat Speciality bonus, which previously gave players too much information. Now, the Recon bonus will only provide users with limited-time wall hacks for 1.5 seconds instead of 2.

Additionally, the update has nerfed the game’s powerful flashbangs, reducing the equipment’s screen effect duration by 20%. The update only changes how powerful flashbangs are, but it doesn’t mention the current XP exp…

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Several official Final Fantasy trading card game starter decks, booster boxes, and anniversary collections are discounted on Amazon right now. While these discounts are great for anyone looking to get into the Final Fantasy TCG or expand their existing card collection, they’re also worth checking out for fans who don’t plan on playing a TCG, since each card features art from throughout the series, making them a fun collector’s items.

For those who want to dip into the game for the first time, picking up one of the pre-made starter decks is a great choice. There are quite a few premade decks available at Amazon, with the most affordable being the Final Fantasy Type-0 themed deck that you can snag for $15 (typical price on Amazon: $20). The Final Fantasy XII, XIII, and XIV starter decks are also good options, as each is available for just $20. And if you want a bundle made for two players, there’s the $35 Final Fantasy XV Two-Player Starter Set, which comes with two decks based on the characters Noctis and Ardyn from Final Fantasy XV. Each Final Fantasy TCG starter deck includes 50 cards, a fold-out paper playmat, and a rulebook.

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Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has commented on the success of the Fallout TV series on Prime Video, saying it helped the “quirky” Fallout game series appeal to a wider audience.

This was made possible, he said at a Variety event, in part because of the creative trust and collaboration between Fallout executive producer Jonathan Nolan and game developer Todd Howard from Bethesda.

“It was critical early on to have that creative trust so that our game teams could both understand what they brought to the equation in terms of the world, the setting, some of the camp humor, but also be willing to step back and let another very talented creator take the reins in a medium that we don’t have an expertise in,” Spencer said. “Anytime we try to do something new it should be advancing what that world is. One thing I really loved about the television show is it made the somewhat quirky world of Fallout more accessible to more people.”

The Fallout TV show on Prime Video reached more than 100 million viewers, becoming the network’s second-biggest show ever after The Rings of Power. A second season is in the works now, and Macaulay Culkin recently joined the cast.…

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The Mission: Impossible 6-Movie 4K Blu-ray Collection is down to just $55 during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, saving you 35% off the six-movie collection’s $84 list price. This deal will only be available until Prime Big Deal Days ends on October 9. Come from South African Online Casinos

As you can probably guess from the name, the Mission: Impossible 4K 6-Movie Collection includes the first six movies in the Tom Cruise-starring action series:

  • Mission: Impossible
  • Mission: Impossible 2
  • Mission: Impossible 3
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout

This version of the collection has 4K, standard Blu-ray, and digital download versions of each film, plus special features. A DVD version is also available for $20.49 (was $40).

While this collection is an easy way to grab most of the Mission: Impossible series, it’s missing the most recent entry, Mission: Impossible – Dead Rec…

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