In Call of Duty, reaching a prestige rank is the ultimate goal for most players. Black Ops 6 gives players 55 levels to work through before they reach the first Prestige rank but takes things to the next level once that’s been achieved. You can Prestige 10 times, at which point you become a Prestige Master … with 1,000 levels to grind. Unfortunately, the rewards are the end of that grind can best be described as lackluster. One player posted a screenshot to X depicting their accomplishment. If you’re asking how @Beamishhhhhhh managed to reach level 1,000 so quickly, it’s…
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Sony has released an exclusive look at the opening eight-minute scene in Kraven the Hunter, the studio’s upcoming superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character. The footage introduces Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Sergei Kravinoff, known as Kraven, a big game hunter with superhuman strength, agility, and speed. Kraven poses as a Russian felon and boards a bus heading to prison. Kraven purposely enters the jail to eliminate Seymon Chorney, the leader of the Kirov gang, who supplies guns to murderers around the world. Chorney and his men learn firsthand that the hunter is no myth, as Kraven makes quick work of…
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly known as Twitter) may detest the current Kier Starmer government due to clashes on topics like free speech and immigration, but Musk is playing the long game. He’s getting cosy with major figures on both sides of the aisle, advancing his particular beliefs on AI and the next generation of communications. And if those connections help his business interests, too, well, why not? We’ve known previously that former Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have had dealings with Musk. This article in the Financial Times weaves those…
Nebius, the publicly-traded European AI infrastructure company formerly known as Yandex N.V., has raised $700 million to fuel its U.S. expansion. The financing came from “dozens of very well known investors,” Nebius CEO Arkady Volozh (pictured above) told The Tech Spot during a press briefing today. While all the investors’ names will be revealed when the paperwork is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company is only disclosing three for now: existing partner and GPU giant Nvidia, Silicon Valley VC firm Accel, and asset manager Orbis. The private placement will see Nebius issue 33.3 million Class A…
A ransomware attack on supply chain software giant Blue Yonder continues to cause disruption to the company’s customers, almost two weeks after the outage first began. In a brief update to its cybersecurity incident page on Sunday, Arizona-based Blue Yonder said it is making “good progress” in its recovery from the attack, which hit its managed services hosted environment on November 21. The company said that “several” impacted customers have been brought back online but added that it is “actively working” with others to “return them to normal business operations.” It’s still not known how many customers have been affected,…
In November, The Tech Spot broke the news that cybersecurity startup Upwind was getting a lot of inbound interest to raise money on a big valuation. Now, we can confirm that the deal is done: Upwind has closed a Series A round of $100 million. The company confirmed that the round values it at $900 million post-money. Craft Ventures, the investment company started by David Sacks, is leading the deal, with TCV, Alta Park Capital, and all of Upwind’s previous backers participating. Past investors include Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Omri Casspi’s Sheva Fund, and basketball star Stephen Curry’s investment fund…
Intel has announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, effective December 1, and stepped down from the company’s board of directors. Intel execs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus have been named interim co-CEOs. Zinsner is Intel’s CFO, while Holthaus is GM of Intel’s client computing group. Holthaus has also been appointed to the newly created position of CEO of Intel Products, a division spanning the chipmaker’s consumer-focused org as well as its data center, AI, network, and edge businesses. Frank Yeary, independent chair of the board of Intel, will become interim executive chair during the transition period. Intel says…
Tesla has revealed an app designed for the Apple Watch and says it should be live by next week. The Tesla app for the Apple Watch will do much of what the smartphone app does – it doubles as a key, can open up the trunk or the frunk, activate climate control, and show battery charge level. Tesla announced the app as part of a large swath of updates; we counted 18 large updates and eight minor updates. They include the ability to watch Dashcam and Sentry Mode clips directly from the Tesla smartphone app and save them to your…
The Browser Company, the company behind Arc Browser for both desktop and mobile, teased its new web browser Monday called Dia—and this time, it focuses on AI tools. In the last few years, the startup launched Arc on Mac and Windows and Arc Search on iOS and Android, but the company is beginning work on a new product with a broader appeal. The browser is set to launch in early 2025. The startup has launched a new website that shows a video about the browser and lists different open roles in the company. “AI won’t exist as an app. Or…
Brain rot’ wins as Oxford’s word of the year, capturing the collective sentiment of a society increasingly overwhelmed by information overload and digital distractions. This phrase reflects the growing awareness of mental fatigue and the challenges of maintaining focus in an age dominated by constant connectivity. According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term ‘brain rot’ is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state” as it relates to overdosing on online content without much of a narrative — like TikTok videos. Brain rot is also the outfit’s so-called word…
