Amazon Shake-up Continues: Vernon Sanders Out After Salke Exit, Rings Of Power Bust
Sanders previously worked with Salke at NBC, and she later hired him at Amazon. His departure marks the end of the leadership team she built.
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Big Tech Buying Up Movie Studios (Scoop Confirmed)
According to a new report in *Deadline*, FX Chairman John Landgraf believes a major media merger – potentially involving Paramount and Skydance acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery – is not only probable but guaranteed to happen.
Endless Legend 2 Early Access review: A promising restart for Amplitude
With *Endless Legend 2*, Amplitude Studios returns to the turn-based 4X strategy genre – after becoming independent again – and focuses heavily on creating a rich and immersive world, impacting both the story and how the game is played.
Jump Space looks set to be the king of spacebound co-op games
The game immediately feels impactful and fast-paced. Shooting feels like it belongs in a modern military game – it’s quick, precise, and enemies react convincingly when hit. I especially enjoyed using a powerful rail cannon to destroy an enemy spaceship from the side of our own ship – it was as satisfying as taking down a helicopter with a rocket launcher in a game like Battlefield.
DeFi Bounces Back Like a Cat With Nine Lives – $170B and Counting!
Well now, the magical money box called decentralized finance (or DeFi, if you prefer your acronyms quicker than a frog’s hiccup) has scooped up a whopping $170 billion by Thursday. That’s enough to wipe clean every darn dime lost back when Terra/LUNA took a nosedive like a schoolboy skipping algebra.
Comparing Quantum Titans: IonQ vs IBM
Enter stage left, two titans vying for mastery in this mystical domain: IonQ (IONQ), sprightly and spry, was the first to take a swan dive into public waters back in 2021, while the venerable International Business Machines (IBM), that ancient relic of tech-fueled wizardry, let loose its very own quantum computer into the cloud, a whimsical foray initiated way back in 2016.
Robert Pattinson’s THE BATMAN – PART II Script Was Kept in a ‘Locked Pouch’
We kept the script extremely secure, locking it in a special, coded pouch. Robert Pattinson happened to be in New York, and security was very tight. We have complete faith in Rob; he’s incredibly reliable.
Seth Rogen’s THE MUPPET SHOW Special Could Spark a Series Revival
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Figma or Adobe? A Macro Strategist’s Diary
Figma (FIG), the scrappy upstart with a $26 billion market cap, is the startup that got away. Adobe (ADBE), the $150 billion tech titan, is the aging rockstar trying to stay relevant. One is a caffeinated designer’s dream; the other, a corporate behemoth with a slight case of growth fatigue. Which one deserves your hard-earned cash? Let’s dissect this like a particularly dramatic episode of Shark Tank.
The Surprising Alliance of Intel and Nvidia: A Cosmic Stock Surge
This morning’s spectacle unfolded when Intel revealed that Nvidia (NVDA), previously mistaken for that enigmatic, rivally entity playing the part of the villain at the sci-fi crossover film nobody asked for, will be investing a princely sum of $5 billion in Intel. The purpose? To assist the erstwhile opponent in conjuring up a magical realm of AI infrastructure (think of it as the next . . . well, the next everything) and personal computing contraptions.