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Even Amid Steam Summer Sale – ‘BattleBit Remastered’ Crushes PC Game Competition | Chart
The platform’s discount bonanza wasn’t enough to see old blockbusters oust the independently produced multiplayer title as the week’s top revenue earner
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Audible Sets ‘Yes We Cannabis’ Podcast From Broadway Video Starring Langston Kerman, Punkie Johnson and Sam Richardson (Exclusive)
Method Man, Tichina Arnold, Tim Meadows, Rachel Dratch and Chris Parnell will also appear in the “Saturday Night Live” producer’s latest audio venture
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Elon Musk’s Twitter May Be Well and Truly Zucked | PRO Insight
It’s hard to know which billionaire to root for in this fight, but Threads is a real and growing threat
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With Threads, Meta Has Plenty of Opportunity and Underappreciated Risk | PRO Insight
Where does Instagram end and Threads begin?
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Steam Summer Sale Breathes Life Into ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ and Other Older PC Games | Chart
While popular new indie releases are high on the list, big-budget behemoths from many months and years ago have resurfaced to challenge them
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Apple’s Back at $3 Trillion – Can It Stay There? | PRO Insight
It’s a good time to be Tim Cook, or one of his shareholders
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‘Blade Runner’ to Launch First Video Game in 25 Years at Annapurna Interactive (Video)
“Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth” takes place between Ridley Scott’s original film and the Denis Villeneuve sequel
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A Prime Video Ad Tier Could Be a Cash Cow for Amazon – but It’s Not Without Risks | Analysis
Slipping commercials into its streaming service could add $4.8 billion a year in revenue, Morgan Stanley estimates – but existing subscribers might resist a change
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OpenAI’s GPT-3 Is Better Than Humans at Creating, Tweeting Fake News, Study Finds
Researchers out of the University of Zurich determine language model GPT-3 can produce “compelling disinformation” crafty enough to fool people
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Most US Adults Think AI Does Better Work Than They Do, New Poll Says
Over 60% of respondents to the poll from The Verge, Vox Media and The Circus, for instance, feel AI produces superior artwork
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TikTok Shake-Up: COO V. Pappas Steps Down, Disney PR Vet Zenia Mucha to Head Communications
Adam Presser, the video platform’s chief of staff, will become its head of operations
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World’s First AI Radio DJ Takes Over the Airwaves at Portland FM Station
The AI is trained by and modeled after Ashley ‘Z’ Elzinga, a daytime DJ at Live 95.5
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Grammy Awards Restrict Eligibility for Music Containing AI Content: ‘Only Human Creators’
Per the Recording Academy’s new standards, AI is permitted, but a human still needs to be the work’s primary creator
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2 Years in, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Faces Challenges at Every Turn | PRO Insight
The company once seemed invincible, but it’s navigating a bumpy, post-pandemic road with a new chief executive at the helm
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Rockstar Games Cofounder Dan Houser Launches Media Company Absurd Ventures
The move comes three years after he left the landmark “Grand Theft Auto” video game developer