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Xbox Game Pass subscriptions have begun to taper off
15 Feb

Xbox Game Pass subscriptions have begun to taper off

John RoutledgeLatest News
Game Pass, Microsoft’s subscription service for games, has 34 million subscribers as of February 2024. Microsoft revealed the number in a blog post where it shared its plan about the future of the Xbox business.The latest number reveals that Game Pass growth has slowed down drastically. It took Microsoft three years since Game Pass launched in 2017 to get to…
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Apple Vision Pro now has a native TikTok app
15 Feb

Apple Vision Pro now has a native TikTok app

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Apple Vision Pro is officially two weeks old, and the apps are starting to roll in. TikTok was conspicuously absent on launch day, but now our long national nightmare has come to an end. The Vision Pro has a native TikTok app.This isn’t just the iPad app with a new coat of paint. There are some neat features here…
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The 6 best budgeting apps to replace Mint in 2024
15 Feb

The 6 best budgeting apps to replace Mint in 2024

John RoutledgeLatest News
If you haven’t heard, the popular budgeting app Mint is about to go away. Parent company Intuit will shut down the service on March 24, 2024. The company suggests folks migrate to its other personal finance app, Credit Karma. Mint had 3.6 million active users as of 2021, according to Bloomberg, and I’m one of them. I use the app…
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YouTube Shorts now lets you chop up and remix music videos
15 Feb

YouTube Shorts now lets you chop up and remix music videos

John RoutledgeLatest News
YouTube just released a new feature that lets users remix music videos and turn them into Shorts. This allows you to adjust various parameters from a full-length music video to create something wholly unique. Does this sound like TikTok? It definitely sounds like TikTok.Here’s how it works. Just tap “remix” on a music video. You’ll be presented with four options:…
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Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro is a new, more efficient AI model
15 Feb

Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro is a new, more efficient AI model

John RoutledgeLatest News
On Thursday, Google unveiled Gemini 1.5 Pro, which the company describes as delivering “dramatically enhanced performance” over the previous model. The company’s AI trajectory — viewed internally as increasingly critical for its future — follows the unveiling of Gemini 1.0 Ultra last week, alongside the rebranding of the Bard chatbot (to Gemini) to align with the new model’s more powerful…
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Watch Phil Spencer discuss the future of Xbox at 3PM ET
15 Feb

Watch Phil Spencer discuss the future of Xbox at 3PM ET

John RoutledgeLatest News
This week’s edition of the Official Xbox Podcast is likely to have far more eyes and ears on it than usual. That’s because three top Xbox executives are set to lay out what's ahead for the brand.Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, Xbox President Sarah Bond and President of Game Content and Studios Matt Booty will “share updates on the Xbox…
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