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Ubisoft sets sights on VR, AI shakeups in future of gaming

French videogame titan Ubisoft is eyeing artificial intelligence and virtual reality as the next big things in gaming, its chief executive said, especially ahead of the release of Apple's new mixed reality headset.. Now, ahead of next year's release of Apple's Vision Pro headset, Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot is ready to make another bet on the future of gaming -- that virtual reality is around the corner.

Influencers overtaking journalists as news source: report

TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute. . The figures were based on interviews with some 94,000 people across 46 countries, conducted for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, part of Britain's University of Oxford. 

Cormac McCarthy, revered American novelist, dies at 89

Celebrated author Cormac McCarthy, an unflinching chronicler of America's bleak frontiers and grim underbelly, died on Tuesday aged 89, his publisher said.. His given name was Charles, but he changed it to Cormac (after an Irish king) as he opted not to finish university and instead embark on a full-time career in writing.

Disney to turn updated 'Little Mermaid' into TV series

Disney on Tuesday announced a new animated children's series inspired by its 1989 film "The Little Mermaid," which like the live-action adaptation released last month will feature a black Ariel. . "Disney Junior's Ariel", a musical series for toddlers, is currently in production and is due for release next year. 

New Grammy categories include Africa-specific music prize

The 2024 Grammy Awards will feature new honors including for Best African Music Performance, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.. In 2020, the Los Angeles-based institution made a number of category name swaps, including changing the controversial "urban contemporary" to "progressive R&B." The new award honoring African music recordings is genre-spanning, the academy said, and includes but is not limited to Afrobeat, High Life, Bongo Flava, Ghanaian Drill and Ethio Jazz.

BTS 'changed my life': Aussie fans make K-pop pilgrimage

The excitement on the tour bus was palpable.. – Family bonding – Pena's tour, meanwhile, has already ventured far afield -- the Australians did six hours round trip on their bus to the eastern city of Gangneung to see a bus stop where BTS once posed for an album cover.

'Final Beatles record' out this year aided by AI: McCartney

A "final Beatles record", created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast Tuesday.. McCartney did not name the song that has been recorded but according to the BBC it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called "Now And Then".

'Final Beatles record' out this year aided by AI: McCartney

A "final Beatles record", created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.. McCartney did not name the song that has been recorded but according to the BBC it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called "Now And Then".

Denmark vies to stay gastronomy star in post-Noma era

With off-the-wall dishes like butterfly wings or simple local products, restaurants in Denmark, the recent darling of the culinary world, are outdoing each other to emulate Noma, a soon-shuttering three-starred eatery.. Located in a former psychiatric hospital, the restaurant is quiet, simple and bucolic, and gives pride of place to local products.

Albania's communist pyramid at last has a point

It was built as a bizarre memorial to Albania's paranoid communist dictator who cut the country off from the rest of the world.. For Berisha, the pyramid has long served as a symbol of Albania's turbulent transformation.