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How sports-tech power couple Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian make and spend their millions
- Serena Williams, one of the greatest athletes ever, is married to Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian
- Their combined wealth allows them to make fascinating investments and lead a fabulous lifestyle.
- Serena Williams has a net worth of more than $260 million, in large part, comes from earning more than $94 million in career prize money.
- She's partnered with Nike, Beats by Dre, Gatorade, Subway, Gucci, JPMorgan Chase, Tempur-Pedic, Ford, Aston Martin, Audemars Piguet, Intel, and Wilson.
- In 2015, she debuted her own clothing line with HSN, the Serena Williams Signature Statement collection.
- In May 2017, she began serving on the board of SurveyMonkey.
- Alexis Ohanian founded the popular social media platform Reddit in 2005.
- A year later, he sold the site to Condé Nast for $10 million. He was 23 years old.
- Reddit is now worth billions. Ohanian later said the money was enticing because his mother was sick with terminal cancer at the time.
- After leaving Reddit in 2009, he had stints at various companies like the travel search site Hipmunk, the startup accelerator Y Combinator, and the social enterprise Breadpig.
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Once Human’s new achievements are powered by cash shop currency – obviously, players aren’t happy
- NetEase's survivalbox game Once Human introduced a new monetization feature with its recent patch.
- The feature includes Meta's Bounty Season 0, offering 20 achievements for players to chase and earn unique rewards.
- Players can purchase these bounties with crystgin cash shop currency or earn them through specific events.
- Many players are unhappy with the introduction of lockboxes, expensive cosmetics, and the overall monetization of the game.
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Reddit Replies on What Every Parent of a Gamer Needs to Know
- Parents need to learn about video game rating systems to evaluate which games are suitable for their families.
- Parental monitoring is necessary to ensure kids' safety in the game world, but children have a right to privacy.
- Overprotective tendencies must be avoided, and parents should create a well-established plan for screen time limits.
- Punishment should be avoided when managing screen time as it could lead to several negative outcomes.
- Dropping out mid-game can be upsetting for online gamers as it affects the teamwork dynamics in the game.
- Parents should help their children navigate the digital world safely to prevent them from wandering into dark corners.
- Finding balance between being active and screen time is vital for kids to stay healthy and happy.
- Online gaming can offer benefits like promoting learning and developing social connections, while there are also concerns of the negative mental impact.
- The complexity of gaming effects means that it is the environment young people are in that has the most impact on their wellbeing and health.
- Exploring the online world alongside children can enable parents to recognize more opportunities for positive online experiences.
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Once Human 2025 roadmap promises Visional Wheel system, new scenarios, and mobile launch
- NetEase-owned Starry Studio has revealed their plans for the survival MMO Once Human in 2025.
- The game will introduce the Visional Wheel system, offering new rules, mechanics, and weapons on rotating adjustments.
- Three new scenarios, named Purification, Deviation, and Broken, are also announced.
- Other updates include improvements to existing scenarios, custom server features, mobile release, and various cosmetic updates.
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Elder Scrolls Online ends its chapter-based cadence in favor of a seasonal model in 2025
- Elder Scrolls Online will transition to a seasonal content model in 2025, abandoning the chapter-based cadence.
- Seasonal content will include themed story content, events, store items, dungeons, and more.
- New content will focus on adding quests to existing zones and areas with familiar characters and storylines.
- The transition aims to address player feedback, experiment with new content, and improve various aspects of the game.
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Dauntless details plans to change rewards, progression, and gear after Awakening’s player backlash
- Developer Phoenix Labs plans to make changes to Dauntless in response to player backlash against the Awakening update.
- Immediate stipends will be given to returning players, including 300,000 rams, 5,000 combat merits, and up to 500 peerless aetherite.
- Updates will be made to address several player complaints, including removing Gauntlet-specific currencies, giving out more rams and weapon tokens, and addressing bugs and performance issues.
- Long-term plans involve reassessing the cells system, reevaluating monetization strategies, and making progression more rewarding and easier for all players.
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Mortal Online 2 drops item-filled meteors from the sky for players to fight for in its latest update
- Mortal Online 2 introduces relic wars, where players fight over relic-filled meteors.
- Meteors cool down for 30 minutes before revealing valuable items like weapons, armor, and valuable ore.
- Relic wars also introduce new reliquary relics and guild-wide buffs.
- The latest update also includes guild heraldry, essence orbs, group tasks, and improvements to the broker feature.
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Lord of the Rings Online’s map of the Shire was used in a War of the Rohirrim film promo
- Warner Bros. Pictures used the maps from Lord of the Rings Online in a promotional vignette for The War of the Rohirrim film.
- MMORPG players recognized the signature style of LOTRO's maps in the promotional video.
- The video showcased a fly-over of the Shire before transitioning to a real-world event at the Hobbiton location.
- Fans have had mixed reactions, with some considering it a fun reference and others missing the old map style.
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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s early access launch weekend saw over 2300 concurrent Steam players
- Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's early access launch weekend saw over 2300 concurrent Steam players.
- Players are generally positive about the game, praising its stability and mesmerizing world.
- Grouping becomes essential in Pantheon, making it not suitable for solo players.
- Some players feel the game entered early access prematurely and the old-school design choices may not appeal to everyone.
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YouTube TV Offers $10 Discount to Prevent Subscriber Cancellations
- YouTube TV is offering a $10 discount to prevent subscriber cancellations due to frequent price increases.
- Subscribers who are on the fence about paying more can get a $10 reduction, bringing the monthly price down to $72.99 for six months.
- Two ways to claim the discount: engaging in live chat assistance or starting the canceling process and discussing the price increase.
- YouTube TV aims to sustain its user base amid increasing competition in the streaming industry.
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Skull and Bones tries again with its Great Shadow world event after bugs forced it offline
- Ubisoft is re-introducing the world event 'The Great Shadow' in Skull and Bones after fixing bugs.
- The event was temporarily disabled due to issues identified by players' feedback.
- The patch will increase the difficulty level of the event.
- The Thursday patch will also fix various bugs and issues, including unintended weapon elemental damage stacking.
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Brighter Shores AMA confirms updates for combat, professions, and co-op play are en route
- The developers of Fen Research have shared updates for Brighter Shores, based on an AMA with players.
- Plans include addressing the issues of combat classes, introducing more ways to engage with combat, and adding inter-connectivity between professions.
- Minigames utilizing professions from earlier episodes, endgame content like raids, and a party system with co-op play are also on the docket.
- PvP is planned with a stake-based system, where players can opt-in and put items on the line if they lose.
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Elder Scrolls Online could be offline as long as 12 hours today thanks to a datacenter power failure
- Elder Scrolls Online's core servers and account website are offline due to a datacenter power failure.
- The outage is expected to last at least 12 hours or longer.
- The game's Reddit community is expressing frustration, especially since an ESO Plus free trial was scheduled to start today.
- The outage is reminiscent of a previous incident in April that resulted in multiple days of downtime and rollbacks.
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Reddit Launches AI Search Feature for its Site
- Reddit has launched its new AI-powered search feature, Reddit Answers.
- Reddit Answers allows users to input questions and receive relevant conversation summaries and answer snippets.
- Users can engage in meaningful conversations and ask follow-up questions through the feature's conversational interface.
- This innovation aims to improve Reddit's search experience, making it faster, smarter, and more relevant.
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This Week in AI: Seeking balance in the deluge of news
- TechCrunch's AI newsletter is making a change to cope with the overwhelming amount of AI news.
- A well-known test for artificial general intelligence (AGI) is close to being solved.
- Amazon establishes a new R&D lab in San Francisco for AI agents.
- Yelp adds AI-powered review insights and Google invests $20 billion in renewable energy.
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