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Activision Blizzard says it will start adding games to Xbox Game Pass next year, if the Microsoft deal closes. Microsoft is currently targeting to close its proposed Activision Blizzard deal on Friday, pending approval from a UK regulator.

In a strangely timed and vague post on X (formerly Twitter) Activision Blizzard makes it clear to Xbox fans that both M

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Technology is making staying home more convenient, more enjoyable, and more compelling than ever. Why go to the trouble of heading to the mall when you can get almost anything shipped to

• Monica Maragos had a good paying job and was making good money when she quit her job to travel.

• She downsized her clothes, her shoes and she began to live out of her Toyota Camry.
• She says living out of her car is liberating and fun, but definitely not for everyone.
  
  
  

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• Rebrands can be tricky to pull off. 
• Many companies have unveiled new names and logos to make themselves stand out.
• But sometimes rebrands backfire — only to receive an underwhelming reception from shoppers.

So far, 2023 has brought a few high-profile rebrands. Think Twitter becoming X or Overstock.com taking on Bed Bath

• Blowout September payroll numbers signal that the economy is in rude health, according to an ING strategist.
• Chief economist James Knightley predicted that the US's GDP surged 4% last quarter.
• He said Taylor Swift, "Barbenheimer", and Beyoncé had all helped drive growth.

The economy likely surged over the third quarter – and you can thank

• Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman Charlie Munger is skeptical of the sudden hype around AI. 
• He said the hype is largely undeserved because AI has already been around for a very long time. 
• "Artificial intelligence is not going to cure cancer," he previously said on the topic. 

Warren Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger is an

• E-commerce companies eBay and Shopify are both building tools that enable online sellers to use AI.
• eBay chief AI officer Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov said he sees AI bringing a "paradigm shift" to e-commerce.
• Mekel-Bobrov said he expects AI to "completely transform e

• Naveen Rao is VP of Generative AI at Databricks and co-founder of LLM-training platform MosaicML. 
• Rao says copyright infringement could prevent companies from successfully monetizing AI.
• Databricks and MosaicML are building open-source LLMs to help companies achieve this.  

Generative AI has a monetization problem, says Naveen Rao.

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