New draft regulations targeting in-game spending are costing China's tech giants billions

Florence Lo/Portal In this illustration image, a Tencent Games app logo is seen on a mobile phone. Portal/Florence Lo/Illustration Hong Kong CNN – Shares of several Chinese tech giants slumped in Hong Kong on Friday, shedding billions from their total value, after Beijing unveiled a series of new regulations to curb online spending in the … [Read more…]

Clever tips for great photos – L'Écho de Maskinongé

The Christmas holidays are synonymous with magical moments: what better way to immortalize them than to photograph them? -To achieve results that meet your expectations, follow these smart tips! Pay attention to the details: Twinkling lights, festive decorations, and happy faces are all little elements that can make your photos magical. Make the most of … [Read more…]

Sony backs down on Discovery content on PlayStation – Journal du geek

A few days ago we learned very bad news about certain dematerialized content on PlayStation consoles. Users noted with bitterness that by the end of the month, all Discovery productions, including those for which players had paid, would soon disappear from the platform. Remember that the players then received an email in which we could … [Read more…]

Asian markets were mixed ahead of the Christmas weekend; Tencent and NetEase crash in Hong Kong –

2 hours ago Inflation rate in Malaysia reaches lowest level since February 2021 Malaysia’s inflation rate fell to 1.5% in November, compared to 1.8% in October, reaching its lowest level since February 2021. November’s reading was also below the 1.7% expected in a Portal poll of economists. On a monthly basis, inflation remained flat in … [Read more…]

Unusual: Discovery of a new substance even harder than diamond? – Tameteo.com

Because of its structure, diamond is considered the strongest substance in the world, but carbon nitrides could come close or even surpass it. Tristan Bergen 12/22/2023 10:00 4 min Recently, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced that they believe they have created carbon nitrides in the laboratory, a material that could do this They … [Read more…]

Stocks and US Futures Fall Ahead of Inflation Gauge: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — European stocks and U.S. futures fell ahead of the release of a U.S. inflation indicator that could influence the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook. Most read by Bloomberg Technology stocks led to a decline in the Stoxx Europe 600 index. Prosus NV slumped as much as 15% after China announced new restrictions on online … [Read more…]

Christmas: 3 games to (re)discover during the end-of-year holidays – L'Éclaireur Fnac

As Christmas approaches, L’Éclaireur offers you a selection of three video game titles to catch up on and get in the mood. 1 Kingdom Hearts 2 and its Christmas town Disney and Christmas have been inextricably linked since the Walt Disney Christmas Show in the 1950s, so it’s no surprise that a game related to … [Read more…]

Morgan Stanley's James Gorman says markets will 'take off' if Federal Reserve moves to cut interest rates

Financial markets will “take off” once investors are confident the Federal Reserve has completed raising interest rates, outgoing Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman predicted, offering an optimistic outlook for his successor. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times a few days before handing over the CEO job to Morgan Stanley co-president Ted Pick, Gorman … [Read more…]

WhatsApp: Devices linked to your account become even more useful – Phonandroid

WhatsApp has made progress in improving its Linked Devices feature, which allows users to connect up to four devices even without internet access on their primary phone, and a new feature has already been spotted. Photo credit: 123RF Good news for WhatsApp users who use multiple devices with the same account. A recent beta version, … [Read more…]