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Roblox shares plummet by 70% after the company reports persistent decline in player numbers, and of course the solution involves AI
Roblox’s share price collapsed by around 70% after the company revealed that its daily active user numbers have been steadily declining, raising fresh doubts about the platform’s long-term growth prospects. The drop wiped a substantial amount off the company’s market value and has intensified scrutiny of how Roblox plans to reverse the trend, with executives…
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“Suggestions that they’d pull the smallest headline crowd in the festival’s history are laughably wide of the mark.” Slaughter To Prevail pass their big Bloodstock test with flying colours (and lots of breakdowns)
Slaughter To Prevail prove themselves worthy headliners with a crushingly heavy, fire-powered set at Bloodstock
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Andy Burnham to tour Britain in effort to reconnect government with public
Andy Burnham is to embark on a national tour of Britain this coming week in a bid to strengthen the government’s connection with the public during his premiership. The prime minister is expected to unveil policies aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures and to signal his commitment to revitalising the UK’s high streets, as he pushes…
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Robert Downey Jr.’s 157-Minute Crime-Thriller Masterpiece Is Officially Back on Free Streaming
David Fincher’s 2007 crime thriller Zodiac, widely regarded as one of the finest films about an unsolved real-life case, is now available to stream for free on Tubi. The 157-minute film dramatises the hunt for the Zodiac Killer, who terrorised the San Francisco Bay Area from 1969 with cryptic letters and taunts aimed at police…
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Ransomware gangs skip the CEO, head straight for the 40-something IT manager
A Zscaler ThreatLabz analysis of a month-long ransomware campaign found that attackers are increasingly bypassing chief executives and instead targeting mid-level managers, particularly those around 46 years old, who hold enough operational authority to influence a company’s decision on whether to pay a ransom. Rather than sending indiscriminate extortion emails, criminal groups now combine data…
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AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s
Moody’s has warned that the financial sector’s rush to adopt AI is leaving major banks increasingly dependent on a small number of Silicon Valley technology firms, exposing them to the risk of outages and price increases. While the rating agency said AI would ultimately cut costs and boost revenues for banks and insurers, it cautioned…
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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Metroid 40th Anniversary Special
Nintendo Life’s Box Art Brawl feature marked Metroid’s 40th anniversary by pitting the box art of all five mainline games against each other in a fan vote. Rather than comparing regional variants as usual, the special edition asked readers to pick their favourite design across the entire main series, using the previously-crowned regional winner for…
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Starbucks is latest coffee chain to water down its reward scheme – with customers having to spend 20% MORE to get free drink
Starbucks has become the latest coffee chain to weaken its customer loyalty scheme, requiring shoppers to spend significantly more to earn a free drink. The move follows a wider trend among high street coffee retailers of quietly reducing the value of their reward programmes, prompting frustration among regular customers who feel increasingly short-changed by schemes…
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‘Like being in prison’: the ship crews stuck in Gulf since February
Up to 20,000 seafarers, mostly from India and the Philippines, remain trapped in the Gulf as the US-led war on Iran drags into its sixth month, with Iran effectively blockading the strait of Hormuz. The danger of their situation was underscored this week when the Minoan Pioneer, a Greek-owned bulk carrier, was hit by an…
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The two movies John Cleese will always regret turning down: “Of course, I was wrong”
John Cleese has reflected on two film roles he declined and later regretted: parts in *The Bonfire of the Vanities* and *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*. His comments illustrate how decisions made over concerns about directors or exhaustion can look different in hindsight, even for an established performer. Cleese rejected the role ultimately played by Bruce Willis…