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Rod Stewart, the singer whose hits include "Maggie May," is the latest artist to sell the rights to his music, The Wall Street Journal said Thursday. The paper said Irving Azoff's Iconic Artists Group acquired Stewart's interests in his recorded music and publishing catalog, as well as some rights to his name as likeness, for a tidy sum of nearly $100 million.
Four Xbox exclusives heading to rivals in big shift
Microsoft on Thursday shook up the video game world with word it is making some once-exclusive Xbox video games available for play on rival consoles. Microsoft makes Xbox consoles along with game software, with titles such as hit "Halo" exclusive to its hardware.
'Sahil Omar': A forever criminal falsely linked to US shooting
"Sahil Omar" is 44, an illegal immigrant and has a Muslim-sounding name -- an apparently fictitious punching bag falsely linked to a slew of US crimes including the latest mass shooting in Kansas City. "At least one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters identified as Sahil Omar, a 44 year old illegal immigrant," said one post on X, without offering any evidence.
Four exclusive Xbox games heading to rival consoles
Microsoft on Thursday shook up the video game world with word it is making some once-exclusive Xbox video games available for play on rival consoles. "I do have a fundamental belief that over the next five or 10 years, games that are exclusive to one piece of hardware are going to be a smaller and smaller part of the game industry," Xbox head Phil Spencer said in a podcast. gc/arp
Bitcoin's renewed euphoria as price keeps rising
Bitcoin is forecast to keep on rising after hitting fresh two-year highs above $50,000 on Thursday, leaving analysts to wonder whether investors have moved on from recent cryptocurrency setbacks, including scandals. The world's biggest cryptocurrency reached $52,749, a high since December 2021.
Ubisoft launches long-awaited 'Skull and Bones' video game
After years of production headwinds, Ubisoft's oft-delayed pirate video game "Skull and Bones" is set to launch on Friday. Seven years after the first images of the game were released in 2017, "Skull and Bones" is ready.
Online images reinforce gender stereotypes more than text: study
Images on the internet reinforce gender stereotypes -- such as doctors being men or nurses women -- more than text, contributing to a lasting bias against women, a US-based study said Wednesday. For example, the stereotype that women are nurses was "consistently stronger" in the images than the text, Guilbeault said.
Meta launches a Digital Marketing Scholarship Program in Partnership with Ingressive for Good
Meta, in collaboration with Ingressive for Good, is offering scholarships to 5,000 youths in Nigeria, SA, Côte d’Ivoire & Kenya to thrive in their digital careers.
Musk's X feeds monetization of wartime misinformation
Influencers on X are monetizing misinformation about conflicts in the Middle East, leveraging the platform's contentious policies that researchers say prioritize engagement over accuracy. The incendiary post came amid widespread concerns about a wider conflagration in the Middle East.
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