• Our best-selling Xbox Game Pass Ultimate deal is back in stock
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    Stack CommerceShareWe may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more If youre a current Xbox Game Pass member, this might be the coolest deal you come across this year. Were selling Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3-month memberships at 28 percent less than Xboxs website, dropping the usual price from $19.99/month to about $12/month. Weve been out of stock for weeks, but we just got 100 codes at this price.Well also let you stack up to five of these codes, so you can get 15 months of Xbox Game Pass membership through us and score about $105 in total savings. Or, upgrade from Game Pass Core for a couple of extra bucks and unveil loads more perks.Whats includedIf you only have Game Pass Core, youre missing out on the Ultimate experience. Youll still get Xbox online multiplayer and member deals and discounts, but youll get hundreds more games to explore on console and PC, like:Indiana Jones and the Great CircleCall of Duty: Black Ops 6Minecraft LegendsOvercooked! 2You get access to games the first day theyre released, so theres no wait time to play the latest titles. Plus, new games are added all the time. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate also includes free EA Play membership, so you can play The Sims and other cult classics.For those who havent ever been a member, this pass is an excellent way to save on purchasing games you might get tired of or test out titles to make sure you like them before purchasing them outright.Get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $36.49 (reg. $50.97) before we sell out again. No coupon is needed to get this price.StackSocial prices subject to change.Xbox Game Pass Ultimate: 3-Month Membership Stackable & Global (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows Digital Code) Final Sale $36.49See Deal
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  • Flying cars could soon become a reality
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    TechFlying cars could soon become a realityThe technology to make these vehicles already exists Long limited to science fiction, flying cars could soon take to the skies.Illustration by Kathleen FuBy Helen Bradshaw38 seconds agoThe year is 2015. Mad scientist Doc Brown has just brought wide-eyed teenager Marty McFly to the future in style: aboard a flying DeLorean. Although the time travelers are out of place, their mode of transportation is not. Cars zip by in the sky. Were now 10 years past the future envisioned in Back to the Future Part II, and still no flying cars. But aerial automobiles, a mainstay of sci-fi and fantasy stories since the early 1900s, may soon be reality. The technology to make flying cars already exists, says Xiaosong Du, an aerospace engineer at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.
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  • Daily briefing: Earth breaches 1.5 C climate limit for the first time
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    Nature, Published online: 10 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00116-0A grim milestone of climate heating, the public-health legacy of former US president Jimmy Carter and a possible problem with tennis balls.
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  • See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft
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    A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole.
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  • Hideo Kojima Says His New Game Is Now In "Crunch Time," Wonders How Much Longer He Can Stay Creative
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    Between Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Physint, and OD, Hideo Kojima is a very busy developer and keenly aware that time is catching up to him. On X/Twitter, Kojima explained how he'd like to keep being creative for the rest of his life, but as he enters "crunch time" on one of his game projects, he's not sure how long that'll be. As Kojima explained, all the work associated with producing a video game combined with "an inevitable pile of other tasks" can take a mental and physical toll on a person.The most demanding period of game developmentboth physically and mentallycommonly known as crunch time. On top of mixing and Japanese voice recording, theres an inevitable pile of other tasks: writing comments, explanations, essays, interviews, discussions, and https://t.co/FrXRgaS748 HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) January 10, 2025 Kojima also compared himself to veteran Hollywood director Ridley Scott, who continues to work on big-budget films like last year's Gladiator sequel. "Even now, at 87, Ridley Scott is still active. And back when he was past 60--my current stage in life--he created the masterpiece Gladiator," Kojima wrote.At this age, I cant help but think about how much longer Ill be able to stay creative. I want to keep going for the rest of my life, but is it 10 more years? 20? Every day feels like Im racing against the clock. Even now, at 87, Ridley Scott is still active. And back when he https://t.co/HivXYY4PHC HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) January 13, 2025 This isn't the first time that Kojima has mused about how his physical health. Back in 2021, after he turned 58, Kojima promised to stay creative for as long as he is physically able to do so. "Although my body is failing me, my creativity is not waning yet. Until my brain loses its creative power, I'll continue to strive to create things. That's my instinct, and that's what I love to do," Kojima wrote at the time.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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  • One Piece: Which Straw Hat Had The Worst Training Island
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    The journey of the Straw Hats throughout the seas of One Piece has been filled with incredible amounts of danger and peril. It seems like more often than not, the crew is locked in a desperate struggle for survival, combating the Navy, fellow pirates, or even the seas of the Grand Line itself. In many cases, the Straw Hat Crew has struggled greatly to get where they are in One Piece, facing any amount of danger and strife to see their dreams become a reality.
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  • NVIDIA and IQVIA Build Domain-Expert Agentic AI for Healthcare and Life Sciences
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    IQVIA, the worlds leading provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence, is working with NVIDIA to build custom foundation models and agentic AI workflows that can accelerate research, clinical development and access to new treatments.AI applications trained on the organizations vast healthcare-specific information and guided by its deep domain expertise will help the industry boost the efficiency of clinical trials and optimize planning for the launch of therapies and medical devices ultimately improving patient outcomes.Operating in over 100 countries, IQVIA has built the largest global healthcare network and is uniquely connected to the ecosystem with the most comprehensive and granular set of information, analytics and technologies in the industry.Announced today at the J.P. Morgan Conference in San Francisco, IQVIAs collection of models, AI agents and reference workflows will be developed with the NVIDIA AI Foundry platform for building custom models, allowing IQVIAs thousands of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device customers to benefit from NVIDIAs agentic AI capabilities and IQVIAs technologies, life sciences information and expertise.Enabling Industry Applications in Clinical TrialsThe healthcare and life sciences industry generates more information than any other industry in the world, making up 30% of the worlds data volume.IQVIA plans to use its unparalleled information assets, analytics and domain expertise known as IQVIA Connected Intelligence with the NVIDIA AI Foundry service to build language and multimodal foundational models that will power a collection of customized IQVIA AI agents.These agents are anticipated to be available in predefined workflows, or blueprints, that would accomplish a specific task. This partnership aims to accelerate the innovation cycle of IQVIA Healthcare-grade AI. IQVIA has been leading in the responsible use of AI, ensuring that its AI-powered capabilities are grounded in privacy, regulatory compliance and patient safety. IQVIA Healthcare-grade AI represents the companys commitment to these principles.One key opportunity area is in clinical development, when clinical trials are conducted for new drugs. The overall process takes about 11 years, on average, and each trial has a multitude of workflows that could be supported by AI agents. For example, just starting a clinical trial involves site selection, participant recruitment, regulatory submissions and tight communication between study sites and their sponsors.NVIDIA AI Foundry Streamlines Custom Model DevelopmentTo streamline the development of these AI agents, IQVIA is using tools within NVIDIA AI Foundry and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, including NVIDIA NIM microservices, especially the Llama Nemotron and Cosmos Nemotron model families; NVIDIA AI Blueprint reference workflows; the NVIDIA NeMo platform for developing custom generative AI; and dedicated capacity on NVIDIA DGX Cloud.The NVIDIA AI Blueprint for multimodal PDF data extraction can help IQVIA unlock the immense amount of healthcare text, graphs, charts and tables stored in PDF files, bringing previously inaccessible information to train AI models and agents for domain-specific and even customer-specific applications. NVIDIA RAPIDS data science libraries then accelerate the construction of knowledge graphs.Additional AI agents could automate complex, time-consuming tasks, like document generation and patient recruitment, allowing healthcare professionals to focus on strategic decision-making and human interaction.Learn more about NVIDIA technologies and their impact on healthcare and life sciences.
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  • Dynasty Warriors: Origins hands-on report
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    January 17 will bring Dynasty Warriors: Origins, a thrilling new addition to the Dynasty Warriors series to PlayStation 5, and we recently had the opportunity to play the tactical hack-and-slash action ahead of its release.Play VideoThe gripping tale of a nameless heroDynasty Warriors: Origins follows the drama surrounding Chinas Three Kingdoms period, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Battle of Red Cliffs. At the beginning of the game, the protagonist gets caught up in a battle with Guan Yu against the troops of corrupt officials. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was never portrayed in detail in previous installments of the series. Still, this game goes into depth around the origins and woes of the Yellow Turbans, as well as the perspectives of each general belonging to the defeated troops.The struggle of choosing sides amid a slew of enthralling warriors and heroesThe protagonist is a traveling martial artist suffering from amnesia. However, his body still remembers how to handle weapons, allowing him to wield his skills tactfully in every battle. Since he is not loyal to a specific kingdom or sovereign, he can deepen bonds with various forces and join them on the battlefield. However, the protagonist must eventually face a pivotal choice whether he will serve and support the aspirations of Cao Cao, Suan Jin, or Liu Bei. All three are brilliant warriors, which makes the choice even more difficult.All three are intriguing, and you will develop special bonds with them throughout the story. Deciding who to support is made all the more difficult since each one will woo you to join their side. After thinking long and hard, I ultimately chose to support Liu Bei, as I had been fighting alongside him since the very beginning of the game. It is a difficult decision since choosing one side means you will have to cross blades with those you once fought with.An even more exhilarating and gratifying hack-and-slash actionIn this game, players will not only enjoy the exhilarating 1 vs 1,000 gameplay with easy to learn controls that is characteristic of the Dynasty Warrior series but also large-scale tactical battles that are equally thrilling and rewarding.As in the previous entries, you can dominate regular enemies by mastering the combo of swift normal attacks and powerful, strong attacks. However, renowned generals and leader-class officers are surrounded by a protective aura called Fortitude, which prevents you from dealing significant damage. To deplete enemy fortitudes, the player must target an opening after an enemys attack, leverage Battles Arts, a set of unique moves available for each weapon, or Parries, a powerful counter that leaves the enemy vulnerable.Dominate your foes with Musou Attacks and Companion attacksPowerful Musou Attacks can be triggered when the Musou Gauge reaches a certain level, and they can eliminate enemies in a wide area. In addition, you can activate War God Rage mode when the Musou Gauge is built up to two levels, as well as the super-powerful True Musou attack. In some battles, you can bring an allied general as your Companion. You can directly control your companions by switching to them and unleashing their unique attacks. You can also trigger the Extreme Musou Attack in tandem with your companion, which is a blast to use.Experience unprecedented scale as thousands of soldiers clash on the battlefieldDynasty Warriors: Origins takes full advantage of the power of PS5 to realize an unprecedented scale of battle in the series history. In some battles, you will witness massive groups of enemies clash on the field, which is a spectacle on its own. Every soldier on the battlefield employs their own strategy, whether under the command of their leaders or with their own volition, causing the state of battle to shift rapidly.The importance of maintaining your troops MoraleMorale is an important factor during battles. Morale rises when enemy generals are defeated, or you seize enemy strongholds. When morale is high, your soldiers powers are bolstered to your advantage, but on the other hand, morale can fall when allied generals are defeated or your strongholds are captured. There were stressful moments when I was needed in multiple places at once, but overcoming those challenges was extremely satisfying.Command your Bodyguards with strategic Tactics and repel Grand Tactics deployed by Large ForcesDynasty Warrior: Origins will bring back the Bodyguard system. Using Tactics, you can command these bodyguards to perform various actions, such as raining arrows or charging with spears. Also, when a massive number of soldiers gather, a Large Force will be formed. These large forces can deploy Grand Tactics, dramatically shifting the tide of battle. These intense group assaults involve troops charging in one after another with spears or stone throwers firing firebombs. Though these attacks are a spectacle to witness, theyll inflict significant damage on your allies, so make sure you deal with them swiftly.The story of this latest installment in the series offers a unique perspective into the historical drama from the eyes of a nameless hero, and the intense battles and unprecedented scale of the battlefields are gripping and immersive. Dynasty Warriors: Origins is for the die-hard fans of the series, as well as those new to the franchise who are eager to explore the epic tales behind the Three Kingdoms and their heroes. Experience the grand battle on January 17 on PS5.
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  • Culture Shock
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    This week on Polygon, were looking at how cultural differences affect media in a special issue called Culture Shock. From text localization to character design, religious considerations to censorship, were looking at some of the many ways things get complicated when games, shows, and movies are released in different territories or change back home as a result of those territories. Well have new stories all week.Top storiesWho shaved Hitlers mustache? The localizerNo one quite knew how to localize Drew Carey in The SimsHow a super robot anime became a revolutionary icon for FilipinosNearly half of Cyberpunk 2077s 5,000-person team worked on localizing the game
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