Sony is in talks to buy media powerhouse behind ‘Elden Ring’

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned that artificial intelligence chatbots could increase loneliness among young men who prefer AI-powered “perfect girlfriends.” Schmidt, who took the helm at Google in 2001 and stepped down in 2011, discussed the dangers of young men interacting with an “AI girlfriend” who is perfect in every way. “That kind of…

We are a small nonprofit and that has presented a number of issues. We have a small budget. Because the PPP loan goes through normal lending circles, there is a bias in favor of more established, higher-income businesses or nonprofits because banks see that as a better loaning partner. The smaller you are, the more…

BEIJING — China announced Friday that it would expand visa-free entry to nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy. Starting Nov. 30, travelers from Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Estonia, Latvia and Japan will be able to enter China for up to…

Disney CEO Bob Iger sold more than $42 million worth of company stock last week as the Mouse House gears up for a lengthy process to find his successor. Iger, who is two years into his second stint as chief executive after the removal of his handpicked protege Bob Chapek, sold 372,412 shares of Disney…

American political memories are notoriously short, so it’s unsurprising that our perception of abortion politics dates back only to 1973. That’s the year, of course, that the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Roe vs. Wade, which safeguarded abortion rights in the U.S. for 49 years until a right-wing majority on the Court…

McDonald’s plans to bolster its wildly successful meal deal with the addition of a “McValue” initiative in a bid to lure cost-conscious customers and restore its reputation after a deadly a E. coli outbreak. The world’s largest fast-food chain will extend its $5 Meal Deal – which it rolled out in the summer and was…