February 8, 2023
Snap, the maker of the messaging app Snapchat, on Tuesday posted its slowest-ever rate of quarterly growth and projected that its sales for the current quarter would fall, in another sign of the tech industry’s slowdown. Revenue was $1.3 billion for the fourth quarter, up 0.1 percent from a year earlier. The company also sung
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Starting Tuesday, February 7th, dozens of games will be unable to purchase on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. The list varies by country and includes popular titles like Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Left 4 Dead, and Limbo. In the United States, there are 46 games total. To see the full list for the US and other countries,
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What to do after getting laid off Tips for what to do if you’ve been laid off 03:43 PayPal said Tuesday it will trim about 7% of its total workforce, or about 2,000 full-time workers, as the digital payments company contends with what it calls “the challenging macro-economic environment.” PayPal said it will make the
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The recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX and the ensuing sell-off in the crypto markets have placed a spotlight on the vulnerabilities in the crypto ecosystem, the Economic Survey 2022-23 presented in Parliament said on Tuesday. Crypto assets are self-referential instruments and do not strictly pass the test of being a financial asset because
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Iron Galaxy’s Rumbleverse, its pro-wrestling-flavored battle royale, is shutting down next month, only seven months after its full launch last August. Though Iron Galaxy doesn’t plainly state the reason for Rumbleverse’s demise, a blog post somewhat hints that a lack of substantial players may have played a role, stating in part: “When you work on
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Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment announced the game’s mobile version will shut down in all regions on May 1st, just a few weeks shy of its one-year anniversary. As if that wasn’t enough bad news for players, it also said that once the game is gone, so are any items or extras they purchased in
READ MOREIt’s been estimated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire twice as many artillery shells as their Western allies can produce. This is quite shocking, because NATO countries cannot completely deplete their ammunition stockpiles and become vulnerable. However, a German defense contractor Rheinmetall is looking to significantly increase its ammunition production. 155 mm is a
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Emerging tech trends to watch include information security strategies, hybrid cloud solutions and UX enhancements. In a recent installment of TechRepublic’s Top 5 video series, Clarence Reynolds highlighted emerging IT trends from the last quarter of 2022. Topics include digital integrations, cloud strategy and low-code and no-code. The following is an edited transcript of his
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Warner Bros. Discovery revealed last year that Guardians of the Galaxy and peacemaker Director James Gunn and Aquaman producer Peter Safran had been hired to lead as co-CEOs of DC Studios. Since that reveal, DC fans have speculated what Gunn and Safran’s new DCU, as the duo is calling the new DC cinematic universe, will
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Marvel Snap‘s Battle Mode update is now live, and my biggest problem right now is that no one wants to play. Is it because my handful of Marvel Snap Friends and colleagues are afraid of the awesome power of my decks? Perhaps. Is it because it’s 2:30PM ET on a workday? Also very possible. But
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