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Famed mass-layoff-manufacturing corporation Embracer Group are dividing into three companies, which will be listed separately on Sweden’s stock exchange. Those companies are: Asmodee Group, which comprises Embracer’s tabletop games biz; Coffee Stain & Friends, an evolution of the existing Coffee Stain publisher, who will pursue "a dual focus on indie and A/AA premium and free-to-play games for PC/console and mobile"; and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends, “a creative powerhouse in AAA game development and publishing for PC and console, as well as the stewards of The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider intellectual properties, among many others”.

Embracer Group has been on a losing streak of late, having recently missed out on a $2 billion investment, laid off thousands of employees and sold one of its key properties, Gearbox, at fire-sale prices. Now, the company has announced plans to split into three separate, publicly listed entities, Bloomberg reported.

This morning, the Embracer Group announced a major transformation of the company, which will be split into three separate publicly listed companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. The existing Embracer Group listing on Nasdaq Stockholm will be renamed to Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends, and shares of Asmodee Group and Coffee Stain & Friends will be distributed as dividends to shareholders of Embracer Group. The listing and distribution of Asmodee Group shares is expected to occur within 12 months, and Coffee Stain & Friends shares during calendar year 2025.

Embracer Group, the company best known for acquiring an obscene number of studios, publishers, and intellectual property and then laying off thousands when that didn't work out, is set to split into three separate entities. Following its massive restructuring plan, the business is dividing into a trio of companies, each with their own leadership and specialities.

In the realm of programming, where challenges often abound, the emergence of AI coding assistants has significantly simplified the coding process for developers worldwide. These tools, powered by machine learning algorithms, offer a range of functionalities such as code autocompletion, bug resolution, and even real-time code generation. Let's explore some of the top AI coding tools that are reshaping the programming landscape.

Lord of the Rings fans won’t have to wait too long for their next journey to the Shire.

Swedish games firm Embracer Group is splitting up into three different companies.

Embracer, the embattled gaming company that went through a massive restructuring over the past year, just announced that it will split up into three different companies: Asmodee, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends.

Staying ahead means embracing innovation and scalability in the ever-evolving enterprise technology landscape. Today, businesses are not just adapting to new technologies; they are effectively transforming their operations to harness the potential of these advancements’ potential. 

AI Roundup, April 19: In today's AI news, Cisco announced their new security product called HyperShield which uses AI to safeguard applications, devices, and data of businesses. The system primarily focuses on protecting the IT environment. In other news, HarperCollins has partnered with audio AI company ElevenLabs to develop audiobooks. All this, and more in our AI Roundup today.

India remains the top choice for enterprises looking to expand digital services portfolio and companies are expected to increase spending on AI, data analytics and cybersecurity, industry body nasscom said in a report on Monday.

In the last few months, OpenAI has been hard at work to push boundaries and open new doors when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). In its quest to do so, it faces competition from tech giants across the world, with Microsoft and Google just to name a few. To aid in its efforts, it has named the former president of Amazon Web Services's Japan arm to spearhead its push to woo enterprise clients in the world's fourth-largest economy, according to Bloomberg.

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Maxio has unveiled three brand-new PCIe Gen5 SSD controllers offering speeds of up to 14.8 GB/s and up to 64 TB capacities.

Tencent Cloud is now the official server provider for Palworld. The Chinese cloud giant confirmed the news via a press release shared with TechRadar earlier this week.

Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes has some high praise for Strange New Worlds season 3.

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that even among the greatest television shows in Star Trek history, most of them take two seasons to stop being kind of bad. Never has that been more true or more excruciating than in the case of Star Trek: Discovery.

We’ve been burnt a few times already but, yes, it appears Star Trek 4 is aiming to get back on track – thanks to a new creative hire.

Cyber threats aren’t just an abstract thing that affects big companies and financial institutions. In fact, from 2020 to 2022, Canadians who experienced cybersecurity incidents increased from 58 percent to 70 percent in 2022, according to Statistics Canada, which explains how important your operating system is! MS Windows 11 Pro, chosen by most people, is the most popular operating system. Windows 11 Pro takes a proactive approach to safeguarding your PC. The inclusion of BitLocker, Microsoft's encryption tool, ensures that your data remains secure, even in the event of a device theft or loss. Virtualization-based security (VBS) and Windows Defender Antivirus further fortify your system against evolving cyber threats. For businesses handling sensitive information, these security features make Windows 11 Pro an indispensable choice.

OpenAI's generative AI chatbot ChatGPT has gained immense popularity since its launch in November 2022. The company developed a large language model (LLM) called GPT which powers ChatGPT. Currently, the tool is powered by GPT-4, enabling it to generate responses based on user prompts. Now, OpenAI is speculated to launch GPT-5 in the coming months which is expected to be the biggest ChatGPT upgrade till now. If you have been using the tool with its premium version, check out what the upcoming LLM may bring to ChatGPT.

Grom Social Enterprises has announced the acquisition of studio Arctic7.

Intel shared a few more updates on its AI strategy and accelerators including next-gen Gaudi 3 and Falcon Shores which reveal how the company is bringing AI to the enterprise and all aspects of the data center segment with its products and software stack.

Microsoft Windows 10 has been a very popular version despite the rollout of Windows 11. Now, as the company is working to launch Windows 12, it may stop its support for the older Windows 10 versions. Notably, Microsoft has recently announced that it will stop rolling out updates for Windows 10 version 21H2 which was rolled out in November 2021. It is reported that the end of support for this version will affect education and enterprise customers. Check out the date and who will be affected by this move.

Management sim gamers, I have a new one for you! This one’s called Hello Café and is packed with all things pretty! Published by VNG Game Studios, it’s a café management game that lets you do more things than running a café.

If you want to purchase Microsoft Office legitimately, it's worth checking verified sellers for a cheap Microsoft Office key. Some of them may have some great Microsoft Office 2021 deals, and others may even list Office for a lower price than Microsoft itself. For example, the Microsoft Store currently lists Office 2021 Pro at $440, but how much is Microsoft Office on, say, another website? We strongly recommend Keysoff - a senior retailer specializing in MS keys! Because Keysoff can provide cheap and genuine software keys. During International Women’s Day, Keysoff even holds the Women's Day Hot Sale, where you can get MS keys over 90% off!

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Mphasis launches DeepInsights Doc AI for advanced document processing;  OpenAI partners with Figure AI to elevate humanoid robots with advanced AI models; Author Calum Chace optimistic about AI's impact on jobs; Meta CEO Zuckerberg explores AI chip collaboration with Samsung in Asia tour- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

A lot has changed at HTC in the decade since a small team broke off to form its mixed reality division. In fact, it’s a fundamentally different business in several meaningful ways. For one thing, you can’t call HTC a phone company any longer. Contrary to popular perception, the Taiwanese corporation does still produce handsets — primarily mid-range devices for the Asia market.

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D4 Enterprise is continuing the pace of PC-88 games releasing on Switch under their EggConsole label with 1987’s Hydlide3: The Space Memories. Like many of their recent releases, it has the caveat of being untranslated.

Star Trek contains multitudes. It is philosophy and comedy. It’s space opera and soap opera. It is often a legal procedural. And, just as vitally and consistently as any of its facets, Star Trek is horny.

AI roundup: As elections are nearing in various parts of the world, tech giants such as Adobe, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, TikTok and others have joined hands to battle AI-generated images during this crucial period. On the other hand, Nokia announced a new AI-powered tool for industrial workers which generates messages such as warnings or information. Know what's happening in the world of AI.

D4 Enterprise has made good on its promise, and the original PC-88 version of Ys is being released on Switch as part of their EggConsole line. It releases on February 15, 2024. Don’t get too excited just yet.

NVIDIA is prepping a new entry-level and small form factor workstation GPU, the RTX 2000 Ada, & most likely feature a sub-75W TDP.

Since Apple launched the Vision Pro last Friday, I’ve been hammering home the importance of immersive content. This isn’t a radical suggestion by any means. At this point we’re all keenly aware that hardware platforms live and die by content offerings.

= Microsoft Corp. said it has begun warning organizations that they were targets of the same Russian-sponsored group that hacked into its executives' emails late last year. 

Since its debut in November 2022, ChatGPT has seen a meteoric rise. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot was developed by OpenAI and became a sensation with its ability to generate content out of thin air using prompts. This made it useful for various content generation purposes including blog posts, emails, essays, social media posts, and even academic work! Following its initial success, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Plus, a subscription that opens up access to a more advanced version of ChatGPT. Know all about ChatGPT Plus including its features, tools, cost, and more.

We are now living in a fast-paced work environment which requires quick action and completion of multiple tasks virtually at once. While we are piled up with deadlines, urgent tasks, and other to-dos, scheduling meetings, tasks and communicating with others for meetings can get exhausting. Therefore, to make scheduling easy, we have found an AI-powered scheduling app called Clockwise which will enable users to effectively coordinate with teams with the help of AI scheduling and calendar automation. Know more about the Clockwise app and the ways it helps increase productivity among teams.

Google recently unveiled three exciting features to Google Meet, the popular video communication service, making your virtual meetings more engaging and personalised. These features have already started rolling out, promising a more dynamic and enjoyable experience for everyone. Let's dive into what these new additions are and how you can make the most of them.

Starfield will be updated later this year with 'new ways to travel', said Bethesda a while ago, though the developers haven't shared any specifics yet. In the meantime, an enterprising group of modders called Tau.Ceti Voidworks have announced their plan to introduce flyable jet fighters to the sci-fi roleplaying game.

Ever since the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution began, Microsoft has been on a mission to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into its suite of products such as Microsoft 365, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Office, and Windows. As part of its efforts to create an AI-assisted future, the tech giant in recent months has unveiled a vast range of products and services that leverage the power of AI, including Bing Chat, Microsoft's very own AI chatbot. All these AI services have been brought under one brand - Microsoft Copilot. Now, the Redmond-based tech giant has launched Copilot Pro, opening up the AI assistant to consumers, as well as making it available to smaller companies without any minimum purchase restrictions.

With advancements in technology and the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), various time-consuming tasks can now be done with the help of AI tools. There are endless tools and apps that provide AI-integrated help enabling users to stay on top of their tasks and complete the repetitive tasks in seconds. With that being said, and if you are looking for an AI productivity app, we have found one called ClickUp AI, which works as a virtual assistant to complete tasks effectively. Know more about the ClickUp AI productivity app and how it can benefit you.

Following Hydlide and Silpheed back in December, D4 Enterprise has released its next PC-88 port on Switch via their EggConsole line. This time, it’s Märchen Veil (Part 1), initially released in 1985 for the PC-8801mkIISR.

The best part of any Star Trek episode is when the Enterprise comes under attack. As phased weapon blasts slam against the hull of Star Fleet’s finest, chaos ensues. Hapless red shirts are sent flying as electronics explode, denizens of the bridge stumble from side to side, and Scotty complains about not having enough power. Now, imagine an entire game based around that one moment of madness and you have This Means Warp.

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AMD is going first out of the big PC gaming tech companies in rolling out its plans for 2024, with its CES livestream kicking off today at 7am PT/10am ET, and 3pm UK time. The general information on the event is pretty vague, and as the «Advancing AI PCs» title suggests, it's leaning heavily into the buzz initialism of the show: AI.

NVIDIA has officially launched its RTX 5880 Ada graphics card which is a cut-down variant of the RTX 6000 Ada with lower cores and lower power.

On January 1, Valve ended support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, which means that users on those older versions of Microsoft's OS will eventually not be able to use the gaming platform. «We expect the Steam client and games on these older operating systems to continue running for some time without updates after January 1st, 2024, but we are unable to guarantee continued functionality after that date,» Valve wrote in a post on the Steam support site.

AI, Metaverse, Chatbots: Every end-of-year working assumption is the same: Next year will be different. This is the eternal optimism of business and the never-ending story of innovation. But this time it's true, certainly when it comes to workplace technology. All sorts of incredible things will be possible at your desk (wherever your desk is), but it will come with a price: possibly the steepest learning curve in knowledge work since the word processor way back in the analog age of the 1970s. ChatGPT's arrival a year ago has captured the collective imagination with 100 million users per week, according to its creator, OpenAI.  Workers got a taste of what it's like to ask AI tools to write their emails and summarize documents for them, but in the year ahead these tools will only get more sophisticated and be able to respond to images, voice commands, and potentially carry out more complex tasks with limited human intervention. That has the potential to radically change the day-to-day experience of work.

Did you know that D4 Enterprise is releasing Japanese PC-88 games on Switch? It hasn’t been going on for long, but I just learned it now, thanks to Hydlide. D4 has added two titles to their EggConsole lineup, with 1984’s Hydlide and 1986’s Silpheed.

Digital mapping specialist TomTom said on Tuesday it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational assistant for vehicles. The assistant will allow users to "converse naturally with their vehicles" and enable voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, the company said.

Since the release of Microsoft's latest Windows 11 update KB5033375 for December's Patch Tuesday, there's been a deluge of reports from unhappy users with Wi-Fi connectivity issues, according to Bleeping Computer. A quick search of Reddit reveals a large number of users who've installed the latest update complaining about dropped connections or an inability to access Wi-Fi networks, and the picture is much the same on Twitter and the Microsoft Community Forums.

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In the fast-paced world of communication, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of revolutionary. As we mark the one-year milestone of AI's pervasive influence, it is imperative to explore the ways in which this technology has reshaped the landscape, from entertainment to enterprise communication.

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The Chop Shop update has arrived in GTA Online, and it introduces a new illegal business for enterprising criminals. Yusuf Amir, who you may remember from the Grand Theft Auto 4 expansion The Ballad of Gay Tony, is now in San Andreas. He helps the players set up a new salvage yard that doubles as an illicit chop shop. Yusuf and his cousin will task the player with stealing various high end cars, which can be either sold whole or dismantled for valuable scrap.

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On Friday, December 8, Europe reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union (EU) rules governing the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The political agreement is seen as a landmark moment for the EU and now, it is expected that the rest of the process to enact the AI Act. As per reports, the sticking points where the bloc failed to find consensus were governments' use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. Now that the agreement is in place, you should know the key elements of the AI Act and how it may shape the future of this emerging technology.

As the era of artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing, various tools are being developed for not only recreative but professional usage as well. At its annual re:Invent 2023 event, Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced a new generative AI-powered assistant called Amazon Q that can potentially help you in your professional work by answering queries from within the company's data. Here are 10 things to need to know about Amazon Q.

Lawrence Sullivan, also known as the Florida Joker, has demanded that Rockstar Games give him up to $2 million for using his likeness for a character in the GTA 6 reveal trailer.

G7 leaders forge historic international rules for generative AI; Tech giants fail to deliver on ethical AI promises, according to a Stanford report; Amazon CEO foresees transformative impact of generative AI on customer experiences; New York partners with intuition robotics to combat senior loneliness with AI companions- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

NVIDIA has added support for its upcoming RTX 5880 Ada GPU in its latest drivers which is designed as a high-end workstation solution.

AI Roundup: Several notable developments took place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) today, December 7. The EU's AI Act could exclude AI models that have an open-source license, according to a leaked compromise proposal seen by Reuters. In the US, despite AI implementation in drive-thru services by chains like Checkers and Carl's Jr., human involvement in fulfilling orders persists, accounting for over 70% of customer interactions in locations like the Philippines. On the other hand, Neverinstall introduced its Windows Cloud PC, aiming to challenge established Desktop-As-A-Service providers with AI integration and CloudLink for an advanced cloud-computing experience.

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Google has finally taken the covers off its project Gemini, after almost a year-long secrecy, and the world now gets to take a look at its capabilities. Google Gemini is the company's largest AI model and is a multimodal AI system capable of producing outputs in images, video, and audio formats in its most powerful version. The AI model will be competing with OpenAI's GPT-4 directly, and the first shots have already been fired by Google. At its launch, Google, without really looking to do a comparison, claimed that its Gemini AI model beats any other models out there in most of the benchmarks. So, how different is Google Gemini compared to GPT-4, and can it surpass the ChatGPT maker? Let us take a look.

First up, some good news. If you're planning on staying with Windows 10 for a while longer, Microsoft will continue to provide support all the way up to October 14, 2025. The bad news? If you plan on sticking with it longer than that and receiving future security updates, you'll need to sign up to the company's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, and that's going to cost money.

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When news stories emerged last week that OpenAI had been working on a new AI model called Q* (pronounced “q star”), some suggested this was a major step toward powerful, humanlike artificial intelligence that could one day go rogue. What's more certain: The hype around Q* has boosted excitement about the company's engineering prowess, just as it's steadying itself from a failed board coup. Peaks of AI excitement about milestones have taken the public for a ride plenty times before. The real warning we should take from Q* is the direction in which these systems are progressing. As they get better at reasoning, it will become more tempting to give such tools greater responsibilities. More than any concerns about AI annihilation, that alone should give us pause. 

An enterprising speedrunner has managed to complete fantasy RPG Baldur's Gate 3's notoriously challenging Honor Mode in under 40 minutes. The new mode, which offers extra tough boss fights, new levels of difficulty, and only allows you one save, was released only days ago.    

 OpenAI's power brokers seem to have decided that the quickest fix for last week's dysfunction is to borrow a page from corporate America's playbook by adding some establishment figures to its board.

Today is the last day of November and as the end of the year festivities appear near the horizon, the artificial intelligence space is still hard at work. In the first news today, Voicemod, a popular AI voice changer app available on PC and Mac, has received a new update that will allow users to create new voices from scratch. In other news, Microsoft President Brad Smith addressed the rumors about OpenAI making a breakthrough toward AGI and said that there is no probability that we will see AGI anytime soon. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.

The last few months have seen some incredibly low prices on memory and storage products, particularly SSDs. That's great for consumers but not so for manufacturers, who have been struggling to turn a profit. That looks set to flip. The prices of DRAM and NAND chips are on the rise, and that means the bargain bonanza is likely coming to an end.

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Google Slides was launched in the year 2012 as part of its tools suite. It also enabled users to store and share their presentations across Google servers easily. Over the years, this Google tool has been through significant changes with new features and functionalities to meet users' demands. Now, Google Slide may introduce a new feature that is expected to come with built-in presentation recording. With the name, you can easily understand that the feature is related to recording presentations on the platform, but how? Know more about the upcoming built-in Google Slides presentation recording feature here.

«When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants,» said the greatest philosopher who ever lived: Mass Effect 2's Thane Krios, «then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death.»

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Black Friday itself may be beginning to fade into the distance to be replaced by the wonders of Cyber Monday, but we're still finding plenty of deals that look like they're going to stick around a little while longer. This year we've seen plenty of great Black Friday OLED monitor and TV deals, and for those of you that weren't quite sure whether to pull the trigger on the big day the good news is they seem to be hanging on for a bit longer than they might have done in previous years.