Overwatch 2 has been taking a beating in Steam user reviews, and game director Aaron Keller has responded to that pummeling as part of a broader blog post discussing the release of the game's Invasion update.
29.07.2023 - 22:41 / pcmag.com
Soon you might be able to shop without leaving the TikTok app.
TikTok is reportedly working on launching an e-commerce business in the U.S. where it will sell made-in-China goods similar to the apps Temu and Shien.
According to The Wall Street Journal(Opens in a new window), the app plans to make the program available in the United States as early as August. Once available, the program will work similarly to Amazon’s “Sold by Amazon” program, where TikTok will be responsible for the storage and shipment of products and will handle transactions on behalf of Chinese retailers.
The move is part of TikTok’s strategy to diversify its profits into other areas beyond advertising sales. According to unnamed sources that spoke with The Wall Street Journal, the company reportedly plans to only pay merchants once their items have been sold, rather than before, allowing it to return unpopular items.
The company has reportedly poached employees from both Temu and Shien who are working as warehouse and order managers and as professional buyers, who are negotiating the cost of items with retailers.
Some early applicants to TikTok’s sales program have also reportedly been rejected for having items that are too expensive, suggesting that the company is focusing on lower-cost items similar to Temu and other competitors.
TikTok has had several recent run-ins with US regulators over concerns that it puts US users’ personal data at risk. In May, Montana governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 419 into law in the state, which will ban the use of the app within state lines starting on January 1, 2024. TikTok is also banned on government-issued devices.
This week, TikTok launched text posts. Similar to the way text posting works on Instagram, TikTok users can write messages that will appear on the platform and add music and stickers to the page as well to jazz it up.
Sign up for What's New Now to get our top stories delivered to your inbox every morning.
This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time.
Your subscription has been confirmed. Keep an eye on your inbox!
Overwatch 2 has been taking a beating in Steam user reviews, and game director Aaron Keller has responded to that pummeling as part of a broader blog post discussing the release of the game's Invasion update.
The battle between artificial intelligence (AI) and people in creative fields has been ongoing for some time. In the US, actors and writers working in Hollywood have been on strike to limit the usage of AI as they may lose their jobs. Even authors have joined the cause by submitting an open letter to corporations involved in developing these AI tools requesting them to pay fair compensation for using their work as “food” for AI. And now, reports have emerged that a major news publisher New York Times may take legal action against OpenAI, the developer of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT.
A lawsuit against Dark and Darker's developer has been dismissed, but only on the grounds that it should be heard in a different country.
Craig Newmark is a rare tech billionaire who doesn't see the value in status symbols like a Porsche or Rolex, a symptom of what he comfortably calls his "nerdly dysfunction."
It's almost a guarantee that if you sell a limited collector's edition for any game now, it'll end up on the internet at extortionate prices thanks to scalpers. Baldur's Gate 3 is no different.
A woman in an ash-blond wavy wig bounces robotically, smiling and slightly out of breath, in front of a green-screened image of a bedroom room lit by pink fluorescent lights. Thousands of people are watching her on their phones via TikTok live when a small cartoon hot dog flashes up on the side of the screen.
Pokémon Go has been downloaded over 678 million times globally since its 2016 release.
The have been revealed already. The next two episodes will air on Bravo and stream on Peacock. Episode 8 titled “Great Expectations” will appoint a surprising new leader for the deck team, meanwhile, the chef and the chief stew will get a blast from the past. Then in episode 9 titled “Angel Nude Cake,” we’ll see a new stew join the crew and the chef will turn a guest into a piece of art with his cooking skills.
Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 will arrive with all of the same fixes as the PC version, developer Larian Studios has confirmed.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently this year’s top-rated RPG game on Metacritic, and it’s not hard to discern why. Larian Studios spent years working to get the game out of early access, and its launch has proved more successful than anyone could have predicted. Baldur’s Gate 3 has not only taken over ratings and scores, though, as it’s absolutely soaring on Steam in terms of player count. Over the past weekend, the Dungeons & Dragons-like game accounted for almost a third of all Steam players.
Baldur's Gate 3 accounted for nearly a third of total playtime on Steam in the US this past Sunday.
You're either a subtitles person or you're not. But increasingly, people are. Preply followed up(Opens in a new window) on its subtitle-use survey of Americans from 2022(Opens in a new window) and found a 5% rise, to 58%, in how many people use captioning more than they used to.