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A gamer leaves a legacy within World of Warcraft
- Mats Steen, a gamer from Norway, left a legacy in World of Warcraft (WoW).
- Mats had Duchenne muscular dystrophy and used a wheelchair.
- He cherished a small ceramic fox and his parents designed a gravestone with a fox carving after he passed away.
- Mats made a significant impact on others through WoW without realizing it.
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On theCUBE Pod: CFOs as AI leaders, Intel’s foundry spin and Databricks’ valuation surge
- CFOs are positioned to be leaders in AI-driven business transformation
- At the recent theCUBE + NYSE Wired CFO Summit, a key insight emerged
- With AI radically transforming business models, CFOs play a key role in addressing both cost and revenue impacts
- Twenty years ago, IT shifted from hardware management to democratization with Web 2.0, then cloud and software as a service
- In a recent edition of his Breaking Analysis series, Vellante wrote that the time for Intel Corp. to shed its foundry business is now
- Last week, Databricks Inc. announced it was raising a late-stage $10 billion funding round at a $62 billion valuation
- The traditional purpose of going public was to raise capital, provide liquidity to investors and give retail investors access to the stock
- These markets, where people sell employee shares or investors get liquid, they lock in their returns, and then they’re playing with house money
- The 2025 tech outlook and CFO AI leaders were a big focus for theCUBE Research industry analysts
- Intel has a big investment in foundry. They have $100 billion, literally $100 billion of plant property and equipment on their balance sheet
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best MMO Business Model
- Guild Wars 2 wins the Best MMO Business Model award in 2024.
- The game offers a whole year of new content for $25, without being pay-to-win.
- The staff praises Guild Wars 2's affordable buy-in, free content updates, and discounted expansions.
- Reader poll includes nominations for various MMOs and business models.
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The 4 biggest AI stories from 2024 and one key prediction for 2025
- 2024 was a huge year for the commercialization of artificial intelligence with new firms and large models being introduced.
- OpenAI released o1 and o3 large general-purpose models which provide better accuracy in coding and science tasks.
- Google's Gemini series, once mocked for their image generations, came back roaring with more powerful versions that are increasingly appealing to businesses.
- In 2025, AI-generated content will proliferate across business and consumer domains, enhancing personalization and driving efficiency.
- Large language models and generative AI-powered robotics will revolutionize automation and human-robot interactions in commercial and consumer settings.
- Salesforce unveiled Agentforce 2.0 and Google launched Project Astra, a real-time AI assistant designed to enhance user productivity.
- Open-sourcing AI and expanding its offerings, SAP converted its Joule chatbot into an AI agent powered by large language models.
- Firms began developing specific AI-powered bots, applications, and workflows that can work independently on specific problems.
- New AI technologies such as Liquid AI's Liquid Foundation Models beyond the Transformer architecture began to surface.
- 2025 will see the debut of large-scale deployments of large language models and generative AI-powered robotics.
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Gaming Industry Struggles 2024
- The weight on game developers shoulders grows heavier as studios now commonly spend over $100 million on a single project.
- Less room for creative risks means publishers tend to play it safe with familiar sequels or genres proven to sell.
- Declining gaming revenue is hitting big publishers due to fewer preorders of full-priced blockbusters and a rising tendency to wait for sales.
- Subscription services offering a whole library of games for a flat monthly fee are gaining ground and can help keep the industry afloat
- The increasing use of AI in game development raises ethical concerns about churning out games that feel hollow, missing the warm spark of human creativity.
- Regional gaming restrictions force developers to tweak or even rebuild their games to comply with local rules in place like China where publishers are scrambling to meet strict standards.
- Many analysts expect a rebound in gaming industry growth projections with new console releases and fresh markets in places like Southeast Asia.
- To overcome these struggles companies must find smarter ways to release titles, embrace technologies like AR and VR, and treat workers better.
- Gamers aren't just consumers — they're communities of fans, critics, storytellers, and creators who have a voice in shaping the industry's future.
- The best chapters in gaming's story might still be ahead, waiting for everyone to help write them.
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4 Big Tech product managers and an engineer share negotiation tips that nabbed them thousands of dollars in better comp
- Tech professionals from Meta, Google, Cisco, and Oracle share salary negotiation strategies that helped them secure significant pay raises.
- Sarra Bounouh, a Meta product manager, avoids discussing salary early and prefers negotiating after receiving an offer.
- Ketaki Vaidya, who moved from Oracle India to California, used her internal credibility to secure a higher salary, bonuses, and relocation perks.
- Varun Kulkarni of Cisco negotiated a 5% increase by transparently discussing competing offers.
- Hemant Pandey, a senior software engineer at Meta, used offers from other companies to boost his pay and negotiated a sign-on bonus and stock options.
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MMO Week in Review: The end of Elder Scrolls Online’s expanshachapters
- Elder Scrolls Online cancels expansion-esque annual chapters, and cuts back its cadence to a seasonal model by 2025, leaving MMO gamers worried about the new seasonal model's monetization.
- Launch plans of Ashes of Creation's Alpha Two prepares for phase 2 featuring new dungeons, races, and player housing.
- World of Warcraft outlines the features of its Undermined patch, as it releases Winter Veil, marking the pulse of the ongoing MMO gameplay experience.
- Lost Ark launches Winter Soloist update for the game's solo mode players, offering an infusion of content for the game's solo player base.
- Amazon announces a Secret Level animated series based on a variety of games, including MMORPGs like New World.
- MMO players looking for a new way to spend their holidays and winter season can enjoy various games focused on winter themes and events in 2024.
- Elite: Dangerous promises big features with the upcoming colonization feature, which will see space colonization take on another dimension.
- Dauntless aims to fix its Awakening update and address player blowback surrounding its monetization practices, progression system, and gear rewards.
- Preliminary version of Star Citizen's Alpha 4.0 releases, while MMO Week in Review continues to give out annual awards for the industry's best and worst studios, big disappointments, and other glories from the past year.
- Tarlsland celebrates the holidays with snowball fights, buff-granting cookies, and the appearance of an ice giant.
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The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
- Guild Wars 2 showcases amazing player housing creations in short video.
- Other MMO news includes cheating bans in War Thunder, matchmaking update in Apex Legends, and Overwatch 2's esports plans.
- Updates and additions in games like EverQuest II, Black Desert Mobile, TerraTech, and Destiny.
- Upcoming releases include crossplay in My Time at Sandrock and early access for Erenshor in 2025.
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: Best PvP MMO
- The Best PvP MMO award for 2024 goes to Throne & Liberty according to MassivelyOP.
- Throne & Liberty offers a loaded endgame PvP experience with guild wars and balanced open world PvP.
- Other nominees mentioned include EVE Online, Warhammer Return of Reckoning, and Pax Dei.
- Readers can participate in the poll to vote for their favorite PvP MMO of 2024.
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The Future of Technology: Trends Shaping Our Digital World in 2024/5
- AI will enhance healthcare, finance, retail and robotic sectors in 2025. However, the rapid advancements in AI raise concerns regarding data privacy, job displacement, and decision-making transparency.
- 5G networks will have a transformative impact on connectivity and enable IoT to reach new heights, connecting everything from smart homes to smart cities. It will require advances in edge computing to process data closer to where it’s generated.
- Quantum computing will revolutionize cryptography, drug discovery, and materials science, requiring researchers to develop quantum-resistant encryption algorithms.
- AR and VR will play an increasing role in education, remote work, and healthcare. VR will change how industries like aviation, medicine, and defense conduct remote training and simulations.
- Blockchain technology is maturing beyond its speculative origins and is being adopted for more practical applications in industries ranging from supply chain management to healthcare and finance.
- Advancements in green technology, such as solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles (EVs) will accelerate.
- As tech manufacturing practices become more sustainable, companies that prioritize sustainability will gain a competitive edge.
- These technologies offer incredible opportunities for growth, creativity, and progress, but they also come with challenges, particularly around ethical considerations, security, and sustainability.
- The future of tech is not just about what’s possible; it’s about creating a world that is equitable, secure, and sustainable for all.
- The next few years promise to be a thrilling ride as we move toward a future where the digital and physical worlds are increasingly intertwined and technology continues to shape every facet of our lives.
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Alphabet ends 2024 on high with help from quantum tech leap
- Alphabet is ending 2024 on a high, with a quantum computing breakthrough spurring a stock rally late in the year.
- The quantum computing capabilities of Alphabet's Willow chip have generated positive sentiment and helped the stock outperform.
- While the algorithm used has no practical applications yet, the potential for quantum computing is vast.
- Alphabet shares trade at a lower multiple compared to other tech companies and are seen as undervalued considering their track record of successful monetization.
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MassivelyOP’s 2024 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future
- Massively Overpowered has presented the MMO with the stormiest future award, and the winner this year is the Cryptic MMORPGs: Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
- These games have been core MMORPGs for years and years, absolute rocks in the genre.
- However, the de facto dissolution of Cryptic and the Embracer’s porting of its games over to a European studio that had to hire a lot of new people, leaves the future of the games uncertain.
- Though Amazon’s New World is featuring some cracks, its future is very uncertain as it received mixed reviews from its loyal fans.
- The Cryptic games continued to wobble and are thought to not be mistreated or sunsetted in the coming months.
- Other online games like Project Gorgon, Embers Adrift, and EVE Frontier are also in the list of games with a questionable future.
- As per the reader’s poll, Cryptic MMOs, New World, Ashes of Creation, Chronicles of Elyria, and Star Citizen are among the top MMO games or studios, which have a stormy future heading into 2024.
- The award has expanded beyond just individual games to studios and ideas as well as fringe and unlaunched games.
- The award represents something that writers are worried about for one reason or another: maybe they think the game or studios will sunset or struggle or simply fail to live up to insane hype.
- Reader’s poll options include all MMOs nominated plus a few others that Massively OVerpowered thought should be included.
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WRUP: Apparently these are the rules of the card game Mao edition
- The article explains the rules of the card game Mao where the main rule is not to disclose the rules.
- Some of the funny rules of the game include drawing speech bubbles, attempting the Floss Challenge, not shuffling in cards from other games, and asking if someone has said the Secret Word.
- The article also includes a bonus question asking what each writer is hoping to get during the holiday season.
- Responses ranged from a good time with family, a custom makeup palette, Steam cash to purchase wanted games, and a new computer.
- Some writers also shared what games they plan to play over the weekend including Pokemon Go, Warframe, and Final Fantasy XIV.
- Many writers expressed the desire for relaxation and to de-stress over the holidays.
- The article ends with an invitation to join the Massively OP community and staff for their weekend roundup of what games they are playing and what they are up to.
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US Judge Rules Pegasus Spyware Maker Liable for WhatsApp Hack
- In a groundbreaking legal decision, a US judge holds NSO Group liable for hacking into WhatsApp accounts using Pegasus spyware.
- Pegasus, developed by NSO Group, is a sophisticated spyware linked to surveillance abuses.
- The ruling sets a precedent for holding technology companies accountable for global cyber surveillance abuses.
- The decision has implications for tech companies, privacy advocacy, NSO Group's business, and future lawsuits against privacy violators.
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Meta Introduces the New Go-To Platform for Virtual Meetings
- Meta introduces a new platform for virtual meetings that integrates virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence.
- The platform offers immersive virtual environments, VR avatars, and AI-powered features like real-time translation, meeting notes, and follow-up suggestions.
- It ensures a consistent experience across all devices and provides a comprehensive suite of collaboration tools.
- Meta prioritizes privacy and data security with end-to-end encryption and robust authentication measures.
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