It appears that the Xbox is no longer just a box. Earlier today, the company’s official accounts ran a new 30-second ad spot, showcasing the brand’s new campaign messaging: “This is an Xbox.” To the sound of Black Sheep’s 1991 hip-hop track “The Choice is Yours,” the video begins with …
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It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 20 years since the release of Halo 2. Launched for the original Xbox on Nov. 9, 2004, and following the very high bar set by 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, the game could’ve easily been a disaster (a fate saved instead for later …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Although it was released back in 2020, Microsoft has rolled out new Xbox Series X models for gamers who are looking to upgrade or pick one up for …
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Eternal You, a new documentary premiering at Sundance about the nauseating new world of digital afterlife technology, opens on a woman, Christi Angel, staring into a computer screen. She’s messaging with a dead loved one and tears are streaming down her face. “This experience… It was creepy,” she says. “There …
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Artificial Intelligence has its fans and detractors — with people sounding the alarm on the social implications and other dangers that were evident long before ChatGPT existed while others praise the revolutionary technology for its potential for immortality and more debate in between. While the conversation about the societal costs …
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It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Xbox has been having a rough couple of years. Trailing behind its competitors Sony and Nintendo, in both sales and cultural cachet, the brand that once dominated the console shooter space with the Halo and Gears of War series has struggled to find its footing …
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After launching an AI-powered Bing search engine earlier this month, Microsoft introduced an update designed to improve its conservations with humanlike responses, the Washington Post reported. The new Bing integrates a new version of AI first debuted by OpenAI, the company behind the popular chat bot ChatGPT. However, while users …
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