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Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Steps Down as CEO
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings announced on Thursday that he would be stepping down as chief executive, handing the reins of the streaming service to his longtime partner and co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, and the company's chief operating officer, Greg Peters. This move marks the culmination of a decade of succession planning by the board and is effective immediately.
Sarandos and Peters will both share the title of chief executive, with Hastings serving as executive chairman. This change comes at a challenging time for the company due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however, the board and Hastings believe that this is the right time...
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Steve Nielsen
- 21 Jan 2023
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Amazon Cuts 18,000 Jobs Across US, Canada, and Costa Rica
Amazon is cutting 18,000 jobs across the US, Canada, and Costa Rica as part of its plan to reduce its workforce. This comes as the tech sector is facing a difficult time, with many companies cutting back on their workforce and costs to prepare for a worsening global economy. Amazon is reportedly terminating 2,300 employees in Seattle and Bellevue, according to an update on the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN).
The job cuts are part of a series of layoffs that were announced in April, when Amazon said it would reduce its workforce of more than 800,000 worldwide. The company...
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Steve Nielsen
- 19 Jan 2023
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Ubisoft Announced That It Is Postponing Its Upcoming Skull & Bones Game for the Sixth Time and Cancelling Three Other Unannounced Games
Ubisoft has announced that it has, for the sixth time, delayed Skull & Bones and has canceled three more unannounced games due to major challenges in the industry, the underperformance of some of its recent titles, and an upcoming restructuring. Investors have raised concerns about the future of Ubisoft and its remaining games, but the company has reassured that it still has a strong line-up for the upcoming fiscal year.
In a press release, Ubisoft outlined a new strategy for the remainder of its fiscal year and lowered expectations for the last fiscal quarter. It explained that the industry has shifted...
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Xbox Consoles Will Now Default to Power-Saving Settings as Microsoft Seeks to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Microsoft has announced that it is rolling out an update for all Xbox consoles that will make energy-saving features the default option. This update is part of the company's goal to become a "carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste" company by 2030.
The new update will reduce power consumption when the console is off while not affecting performance or update installation. It also provides an optional “Instant On” mode that boots the console faster but uses 20 times more energy. Additionally, the console will no longer wake up during the nightly maintenance period of between 2-6 AM but instead will...
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Minecraft Player Creates an Immersive Abandoned City
Viator, a Minecraft player and architect, recently posted a video in the Minecraft subreddit. The post featured a stunning abandoned city they created in the game that had viewers mesmerized. From buildings partially sunken into the ground to traders with llamas wandering around, this city truly looks like it was taken straight out of a movie.
The video starts off with a shot of several buildings covered in vegetation and three leaning to the side as if they are sinking into the ground. Then we get to see inside one of these structures where light is flooding through what used to...
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Steve Nielsen
- 27 Dec 2022
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Google to Introduce Root Certificate Updates via Google Play Services on Android 14
Google is reportedly planning on introducing a new feature that will enable root certificate updates via Google Play Services on Android 14. The current mechanism, which only allows for full system updates, can render devices running older versions of Android unable to connect to the internet when expired root certificates are not recognised. This new development could be linked to news regarding one particular root certificate authority and its alleged links with a company providing sypware intelligence services.
Root certificates are used for authenticating connecting Android system devices in order to establish secure connections between them. Updating these certificates through the...
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Useful Tips to Make Your iPhone More Efficient
Due to the fact that a smartphone is an integral attribute, its effective use will allow you to spend less time if you know some subtleties and nuances. This article will allow owners of iPhones with iOS 16 to perform a number of actions faster. And it is possible that some of the tips will be useful to owners of older versions.
You can quickly switch layouts between letters and numbers
While clicking on the 123 key, which opens the keyboard with numbers, just hold it down while using the other finger to click on the desired button.
Intelligent work with the calculator...
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While Rockstar Solves Problems With NFTs, GTA 5 RP Server Created for Lil Durk Will Not Work
The rapper Lil Durk server in GTA 5 RP will be temporarily down while Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar crackdown on cryptocurrency and NFTs in GTA Online and sandbox game. Recently, Rockstar Games announced that they will be applying an “enforcement policy” in the case of the creation and sale of loot boxes for Grand Theft Auto 5. In view of this, a number of lawsuits will be filed regarding the exchange of “crypto assets” and cryptocurrencies such as NFTs.
The famous rapper Lil Durk some time ago hosted a server for a GTA 5 RP called Trenches. This server became a...
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Steve Nielsen
- 23 Nov 2022
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