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The 15 Biggest Video Game Disappointments Of 2024
- The PS5 Pro was a huge disappointment for gamers with its $700 price point and game patches that made some games worse.
- Microsoft increased the price of the Game Pass Ultimate by 18% to $20 per month and removed the cheaper console-only tier.
- Rockstar has been radio silent about GTA 6 and fans are hoping for a new trailer and a release on time.
- The most recent Simpsons mobile game, Simpsons Tapped Out, shut down after 12 years, leaving fans disappointed.
- Sony put out the $40 hero shooter Concord in a saturated market, pulled it from stores after two weeks, and shut down the studio that worked on it.
- Nintendo still hasn't revealed the Switch 2 even though there have been several leaks about what it could look like and how it will perform.
- Pre-ordering games has become worse in 2024 with the deployment of advanced access and has gone from being a cheaper option to help fund the games development to basically paying more for an unfinished game.
- Funko Fusion, am absolute abysmal game which includes KFC ads, is a soulless game with no redeeming qualities.
- Physical media's presence in the gaming industry is dwindling with retailers cutting back the amount of DVDs and blu-rays on their shelves. In July, Microsoft pulled the plug on the Xbox 360 marketplace, removing access to hundreds of games.
- Game Informer, the world’s longest-running print video game magazine, was closed down in August by GameStop. The company also took down the official website, wiping decades of video game coverage from the internet.
- Blizzard canceled the story missions of Overwatch 2, which were the whole reason Blizzard made a sequel in the first place and failed to deliver its promises.
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The 15 Best Video Game Surprises Of 2024
- The poker-themed roguelike card game Balatro launched with no extended hype and became one of 2024's best games.
- A spin-off co-op sequel of Elden Rings, a highly-anticipated game, was announced in December and will release in 2025.
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person game in the Indiana Jones franchise, turned out to be a really special game that plays more like Dishonored or Hitman than Call of Duty or Uncharted.
- In April 2024, Sega announced the Year of Shadow, which included a dedicated merch line, in-person events, mobile game crossovers, an animated mini-series, and a new game starring Shadow packaged in with a Sonic Generations remaster.
- Finally, Red Dead Redemption, the legendary open-world game, is available on PC with a solid PC port.
- GOG announced a rebranding to focus on games preservation, starting with a list of 100 games that they promise to maintain indefinitely.
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is one of the last big hurrahs for the Switch, letting players play as the leading lady.
- The Fallout TV show debuted and got 16 Emmy nominations and two wins.
- Microsoft’s Xbox brought games to more platforms, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will eventually be available on PlayStation 5, Switch, and elsewhere.
- Sony released a game in one of its big first-party franchises, Lego Horizon Adventures, on a competing platform.
- The Game Awards 2024's event was better than the previous years, thanks to a nice mix of big and small trailers and some entertaining moments involving real people.
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Apple’s AI Investments Bring It to Edge of $4 Trillion Valuation
- Apple has surpassed Nvidia and Microsoft in the race for a $4 trillion valuation.
- Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI) and expectations of a supercycle of iPhone upgrades have driven Apple's shares higher.
- Apple expects moderate revenue growth for its fiscal first quarter, leading to questions about iPhone sales momentum.
- Apple is collaborating with Chinese tech giants Tencent and ByteDance to integrate their AI models into its smartphones sold in China.
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Microsoft reportedly integrating non-OpenAI models into Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Microsoft is reportedly integrating custom and open-source AI models into its Microsoft 365 Copilot product.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot automates common tasks in the productivity suite and provides assistance in managing Microsoft 365 deployments.
- Incorporating new AI models into Copilot is expected to reduce operating costs and may lead to lower prices for customers.
- Microsoft is also reducing its reliance on OpenAI in other areas, such as GitHub Copilot coding assistant.
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Dev
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Are Microsoft Certifications Worth It?
- Microsoft certifications have become popular among professionals in the tech industry as a way to advance their careers.
- Microsoft offers certifications in various domains, catering to beginners and experienced specialists.
- The benefits of Microsoft certifications include increased job opportunities, higher earning potential, boosted confidence and credibility.
- Whether Microsoft certifications are worth the investment depends on career goals, time commitment, and financial considerations.
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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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Xbox Game Pass: Price, plans, games, and how to sign up
- Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service that lets players download or stream more than 450 games across Xbox consoles and Windows PCs.
- Separate Xbox console and PC plans start at $10 a month, while Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs $20 a month with cloud streaming support and same-day releases for new Xbox Studios games.
- Game Pass Ultimate lets you stream games to your phone, select Samsung displays, and Fire TV 4K sticks, which eliminates the need for an expensive gaming PC or Xbox console.
- The rotating library of over 450 games includes classic titles dating back to the original Xbox, indie titles, and online multiplayer games.
- Game Pass Ultimate members can access games from the EA Play library, along with discounts and perks from Microsoft partners, Disney Plus, and Marvel Unlimited.
- Xbox Game Pass Standard costs $15 a month with access to over 100 games for Xbox consoles, but no day one releases, cloud streaming, or PC game support.
- Xbox Game Pass Core is the entry-level Game Pass tier for consoles that costs $10 a month with a limited collection of games, online multiplayer support, and member discounts.
- Game Pass for PC is a PC-only tier that costs $12 a month and offers similar benefits to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate without access to games on Xbox consoles or cloud streaming.
- Games are available for at least a year, and Microsoft Studios titles like Halo and Forza are permanent fixtures in the Game Pass library.
- Not every game on Xbox Game Pass supports cloud streaming, and members need to check the official Xbox site for supported titles and full lineups of games.
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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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Insider
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Microsoft is looking to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot, report says
- Microsoft is diversifying the AI models for 365 Copilot to reduce reliance on OpenAI.
- The move aims to cut costs and improve speed for Microsoft's enterprise clients.
- Microsoft will add internal and third-party AI models to run its 365 Copilot.
- The company will continue working with OpenAI to develop frontier models.
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Microsoft Will No Longer Be Exclusive to OpenAI
- Microsoft is reducing its dependency on OpenAI and adding more internal and third-party AI models to Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- The move aims to reduce costs and diversify the AI models used in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- OpenAI and Microsoft have a clause in their agreement that limits Microsoft's access to OpenAI's frontier models if OpenAI announces artificial general intelligence (AGI).
- Competitors and individuals like Alphabet and Elon Musk have raised concerns about Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI.
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Silicon
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Microsoft Diversifying 365 Copilot Away From OpenAI
- Microsoft is diversifying its enterprise AI offering, 365 Copilot, away from OpenAI technology.
- The company is adding internal and third-party AI models to cut costs and improve efficiency.
- Microsoft aims to reduce dependence on a single supplier and provide cost savings to customers.
- The move follows similar strategies implemented in other Microsoft AI offerings.
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Dev
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Using Kubernetes Labels, Annotations, and Taints for Effective Resource Management
- Labels, annotations, and taints are powerful mechanisms for organizing, identifying, and controlling how workloads are scheduled and managed across clusters.
- Labels are used primarily for organizing, grouping, and selecting resources in the Kubernetes cluster.
- Annotations hold additional, often non-queryable, information that is useful for human operators or tools.
- Taints allow you to mark a node so that no pods will be scheduled onto it unless the pod has an explicit toleration.
- Labels, annotations, and taints are essential to manage Kubernetes resources effectively.
- Taints are convenient for node resource management and controlling pod placement in Kubernetes.
- Use labels to group related resources together and ensure consistency across resources.
- Annotations store important metadata like change logs, revision history, and links to documentation.
- Use taints when you need to prevent pods from being scheduled on certain nodes unless explicitly tolerated.
- By using labels, annotations, and taints in a coordinated manner, you can optimize resource management in your Kubernetes clusters, improving scalability, reliability, and efficiency
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Dev
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Think You Know Teams Chats? Discover the Workflows
- Microsoft Teams has a little-known feature called Workflows.
- Workflows allow users to create Power Automate workflows within chat groups.
- This feature automates tasks, customizes workflows, and integrates tools.
- Real-world use cases include managing project deadlines and improving team coordination.
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Perficient
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Create and Manage Microsoft Teams and Channels with PowerShell
- Automate the creation of Teams, organize them with different channels, and efficiently manage user roles and permissions using PowerShell scripts
- Install the Microsoft Teams PowerShell module, and run PowerShell in administrator mode to create a Team.
- Create your Team as Private or Public, depending on its intended use.
- Track a GroupID and add users to your team by executing the Add-TeamUser PowerShell command.
- Remove users from your team with the Remove-TeamUser command. Note that only a team owner has the authority to execute this command.
- Create and manage channels for your team using the New-TeamChannel cmdlet.
- With the Add-TeamChannel PowerShell command, you can assign users to your team's individual channels as owners or members.
- Remove a channel from your team's configuration with the Remove-TeamChannel cmdlet. This will 'soft delete' the channel, meaning its contents will not be permanently removed immediately.
- By effective use of PowerShell scripts, Microsoft Teams can be efficiently managed, and greater control provided over user roles, permissions, and access.
- The ability to create channels for a team using PowerShell scripts is a valuable tool in managing user permissions within Teams channels, when private or shared.
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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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