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Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter adjusted sales, thanks to the success of the latest game in its "Call of Duty" franchise. A string of launches in October and November, including "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II", "Warzone 2.0" and " World of Warcraft : Dragonflight" from the fantastical world of "Azeroth", helped the company hold the attention of the gaming community. Activision 's results are a bright spot as some of its industry peers including Electronics Arts , Take-Two Interactive Software and Xbox maker Microsoft have reported drab results. Read Also Beyond beep beep: Video game music goes to next level at Grammys Microsoft says 3 future Bethesda games will be Xbox-exclusive The video-gaming industry is feeling the squeeze of inflation as American households tighten their budgets. However, Activision has managed to largely avoid the issues plaguing the … [Read more...] about activision: ‘Call of Duty’ steers Activision sales in tough quarter for game makers

On Tuesday, Mercedes-Benz debuted its latest electric vehicle, and this time it's not a sedan or an SUV. It's the eSprinter, an electrified version of Mercedes-Benz Vans' workhorse, and it goes on sale in North America later this year, with European sales set to follow sometime before the end of 2023. American consumers have mostly given up on the van, but on the commercial side of things, the shed-on-wheels appears to be gaining in popularity, especially since European imports like the Ford Transit and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter started strutting their stuff on US roads. Ford was the first to electrify its commercial van; we drove the E-Transit at the beginning of 2022 . Now it will have competition for emissions-free vantime, at least once the eSprinter goes on sale in the second half of this year. Production is scheduled to start in Düsseldorf, Germany, then eSprinters will also be built in Ludwigsfelde, Germany, and Charleston, South Carolina, in time. Although the eSprinter … [Read more...] about Mercedes-Benz’s electric eSprinter van debuts, US sales later this year

Apple has drastically cut prices of iPhone 14 models by up to $125 (850 yuan) in China to boost sales after it reported revenue decline in the holiday quarter, the media reported. According to South China Morning Post , Apple's online stores on e-commerce platform JD.com showed a markdown of 800 yuan for iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models, with an additional 50 yuan off if the buyer became a member of the online store. That works out to a 10.6 percent discount on the 7,999 yuan price of the 128-GB iPhone 14 Pro. Retail stores are also offering price cuts ranging from 600 to 800 yuan on most popular iPhone 14 models. Read Also iPhone 14 crash detection feature continues to send false alarms from skiers China's 2022 smartphone sales plunge to lowest level in a decade "Local Shenzhen retail chain Sundan offered a 650-yuan price cut and has run out of inventory for both the Pro and Pro Max models with large storage," the … [Read more...] about iphone: Apple cuts iPhone 14 models prices by up to $125 in China to boost sales

In context: Crypto industry insiders were all abuzz last year when several crypto-related ads appeared during Super Bowl LVI. In 2022, crypto firms made bold pitches and spent millions of dollars on ads encouraging viewers to invest in digital assets. But just one year later, the crypto industry has been rocked by a major slump in digital asset values. One of the highest profile crypto companies went bankrupt, and others are struggling to stay afloat. Coinbase, the only publicly traded company in the group, has seen its shares fall by more than 60% since its now-infamous "floating QR code" ad campaign. Fox Sports said Monday that it would not allow cryptocurrency commercials during this year's Super Bowl on February 12, following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Many firms in the cryptocurrency industry, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, and FTX, advertised their companies during the sports event last year. "There's zero representation in that category on the day at all," said … [Read more...] about There will be no crypto ads for this year’s Super Bowl after the FTX crash

In September 2022, two months before Ph.D. student Megan Kerr was scheduled to board a military plane bound for the Antarctic ice sheet, she found herself in a conference room on Oregon State University’s campus, waiting to ask a question that had been nagging her for weeks. She sat intently through a presentation from the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Then, she raised her hand. The room full of graduate students turned in their chairs. “This NSF report about all the sexual harassment that’s going on in the field,” she said. “What is the NSF going to be doing in the short term, also long term, about that?” Because “a lot of us are going into the field in like, two months.” These students and about a hundred other researchers from roughly a dozen institutions had gathered at Oregon State University to kick off COLDEX , a 5-year, $25 million-dollar paleoclimatology project tasked by the NSF, the federal science agency, to find and drill a core of Earth’s … [Read more...] about As Antarctic fieldwork ends, a sexual harassment reckoning looms

In brief: Even when adjusting for inflation, the prices of today's high-end iPhones are much higher than they were over a decade ago—by 66%, in the case of the most expensive model. But CEO Tim Cook thinks that's okay because people are willing to pay more to "get the best." Insider notes that when the iPhone 3G and 3GS launched in 2009, the latter model with its maximum storage and no contract cost $699, or $962 when adjusting for inflation. That's a lot less than the top-specced iPhone 14 Pro Max, which, when bought with 1TB of storage, costs $1,600, or 66% more than the iPhone 3GS. The publication writes that prices have been on the rise for years; Apple has often been accused of increasing the cost of its products at a higher rate than inflation. The iPhone X's $1,149 launch price would make it around $1,376 today, though one exception was the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which sold for $1,399—$100 less than the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Paying $1,000 or more for a product is a … [Read more...] about Flagship iPhone prices have jumped 66% since 2009, but Tim Cook says people are happy to pay more for “the best”

Apple had a mixed bag of fortunes last week. From a global perspective, despite iPhone 14 Pro supply problems sinking its holiday revenues, Apple was the only company to record a 1% growth in the quarter. The sale of iPhone 14 drove numbers for the company, suggesting that the popularity of iPhones is increasing more than ever. It seems that the Cupertino-based giant is looking to ride this popularity wave to either expand or rejig iPhone lineup in the future to include an " Ultra " model. iPhone Ultra in 2024 As per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman , Apple CEO Tim Cook may have hinted at an iPhone with "Ultra" branding in 2024. While speaking on an earnings call, which was mostly focused on holiday results, Cook's remakers purportedly gave a sneak peek into the company’s future. While responding to a question about the increasing average sales price of iPhone models, he said that the price increase is no problem as consumers could probably be persuaded to … [Read more...] about iphone: iPhone ‘Ultra’: Here’s why rising average price is not a problem for Tim Cook

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Amazon Luna Amazon 's cloud gaming service Luna is set to lose more than 50 games from its Luna+ subscription this month. Luna will drop 53 games starting this week until the end of the month, including titles like 'Snake Pass', 'Retro Classic: Gate of Doom' and 'Bridge Constructor Portal'. "Our goal with Amazon Luna has always been to keep our selection as fresh as possible and to offer a wide array of high-quality, immersive games for our customers. With that in mind, we'll be refreshing our content offerings," Amazon explained in a statement to 9To5Google. Read Also Light-touch balanced regulatory framework best suited for growth of online gaming: Report 'Call of Duty' steers Activision sales in tough quarter for game makers Luna dropped many games throughout last December and January. Games, which are ending, show a banner at the top of the screen stating that the game is leaving and also on what date it will … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon Luna to lose over 50 games

OnePlus at the Cloud 11 event, unveiled the OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro , which comes three years after the launch of its first high-end Q series television – the Q1 Pro television. OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro: Price, availability in India The OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro comes at a price of Rs. 99,999. The television will be available to purchase OnePlus.in, Amazon.in, Flipkart.in, OnePlus Experience Stores, and major offline partner stores. The pre-order for the television starts on March 6th, with sales starting from March 10th. OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro: Specifications, features, and more The OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro is a 65-inch television that features a QLED 4K panel with quantum dot technology. This technology provides more vivid colours, making for a more immersive viewing experience. The panel has a refresh rate of 120Hz, providing smoother and more fluid motion on-screen. The TV also boasts a 97% coverage of the DCI-P3 colour gamut. Additionally, the TV is capable of … [Read more...] about OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro launched with Dynaudio Horizon soundbar