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    Biden to signs CHIPS Act (boosts U.S. semiconductor chip production, competes with China's chip production, STEM education and science) at 10 a.m. Eastern today

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    Intel to get $3.5 billion infusion from U.S. gov't to make chips for military: Report | Tom's Hardware

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    Intel could become the dominant player in the defense chips sector.
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    The U.S. government is set to invest $3.5 billion in Intel to boost the production of advanced chips for military and intelligence purposes, reports Bloomberg. The payment could be a part of a rumored total incentive package exceeding $10 billion from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act (encompassing both grants and loans) or could be a part of the proposed Secure Enclave project that is designed for military and intelligence chips and is funded separately. 

     

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    New York Governor deploying armed National Guards and State Troopers to city subways

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    Kathy Hochul tells New Yorkers against subway bag checks by National Guard to "go home" (msn.com)

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    As for what options New Yorkers have if they don't want their belongings searched by military officers, Hochul said simply, "Then go home."

    "We're not going to search you. You can say no, but you're not taking the subway," she said.

    The governor added that the Guard members and New York Police Department officers will be stationed by the turnstiles, barring access to those who refuse the random search and, according to the governor, deterring fare evaders as well.

     

    The Grim Zaslav Reaps Again: Warner Bros Shelves Finished Live-Action/Animated Pic Completely As Studio Takes $30M Tax Write-off

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    23 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

    Just realized that anyone who has a Max account via a cable subscription to HBO has been downgraded to no longer be able to stream HDR/DV and you’re now required to buy a completely separate Max plan if you want HDR. Fucking ridiculous.

    Best solution to fix that is :pirate_2: until Zaslav is gone.

    Warner Bros. Discovery removing more games potentially

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    Update: Small Radios Big Televisions dev says mandated Warner Bros. delisting is 'kind of depressing'

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    'The email wasn't so much a discussion about retiring the game, it was a legal notice. In terms of how it has affected me: it's kind of depressing.'
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    Breaking the news on X, Fire Face founder Owen Deery explained he was recently "informed" of the decision, prompting him to release the game for free.

     

    The PC version of Small Radios Big Televisions can be downloaded right now on the Fire Face website. It's unclear what the future holds for the PlayStation version.

    Fire Face was founded by Deery in 2011 and initially developed small web games before working on larger commercial releases like SRBT and Radio Viscera.

    I'm thinking about getting it on PSN also besides the free version on PC.

    PC Community Thread

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    I was thinking about starting Xbox Live on my PC, but I'm going to need to wait for that extra storage before I do. I already used up all my storage with a few games. Especially with newer games taking up a lot of storage.

    Ruth Gottesman makes a huge donation to Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    in The Political Re-Education Camp

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    $1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives

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    Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine say they can give up their part-time jobs, focus on their studies and reconsider the kind of medicine they hope to...
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    First year student Samuel Woo had been considering a career in cardiology so he would be able to pay off his medical school debt until the announcement this week of a generous donation that will remove tuition fees at his New York City school.

    Now, without the fear of crippling student debt, the 23-year-old whose parents emigrated from South Korea said Tuesday that he can afford to pursue his dream of providing medical services to people living on the streets.

    “I was definitely very emotional and it changes a lot,” said Woo, who had been working as a tutor and at a cafe to help cover his costs.

    Ruth Gottesman, a former professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the widow of a Wall Street investor, announced Monday that she is donating $1 billion to the school in the Bronx. The gift means that four-year students immediately go tuition free, while everyone else will benefit in the fall.

     

    Another first year, Jade Andrade, whose parents emigrated from the Philippines to rural Virginia, had a similar reaction.

    “A big wave of relief just came over me and, you know, everyone surrounding me in the auditorium,” Andrade said.

    Now that is amazing and life-changing for all the students; it will help for a long time!

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    PC Community Thread

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    4 minutes ago, atom631 said:

     

    nice. I have a bunch of hearing loss from 4 punctured eardrums and 30+ years of metal shows. I was never able to plug headphones into a controller and be able to hear them well. 

     

    the Amp made a huge difference. where I had my HD558s on max volume when plugged into the line out on the mobo, now im maybe at 50-60% and thats with low gain. 

    That's good that it helps you!

    PC Community Thread

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    28 minutes ago, atom631 said:

     

    which are those? what mic do you use with them? 

    I got them at Walmart  OneOdio Wired Over-Ear Headphones with Mic | Noise Cancelling Earcups & Studio DJ Headphones with Dual Ports for Computer-Black. I use the mic in the DualSense controller but I almost never use it anyway.

    "I've Never Seen It This Bad": Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More (Rebekah Valentine - IGN)

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    How Hollywood Studios Manage to Officially Lose Money on Movies That Make a Billion Dollars

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    One of our Patrons, DJ, asks: What’s the deal with Hollywood Accounting? Here’s a fun fact for you to mull over, despite having a clause in his contract that entitled...
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    Notable examples of this bastion of pencil pusher ingenuity include the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which New Line Cinema asserts was a “horrendous loss” for the studio despite it grossing some $3 billion worldwide in theaters off a combined budget of just $281 million, let alone all the money made after in DVD/Blu-Ray sales, streaming rights, games, and other merchandise.

    Moving on to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, this one apparently lost Warner Bros $167 million while simultaneously being one of the most successful films the studio has ever released, grossing just under a billion dollars.

    In yet another case, the 2002 surprise blockbuster My Big Fat Greek wedding managed to bring in $370 million (about $536 million) off a production budget of a mere $5 million, yet somehow managed to lose the studio $20 million… So, yes, they apparently lost four times the production budget itself. This means, if the studio is to be believed, they’d have been better off throwing the film in the trash after spending the $5 million for filming and producing the film, rather than earn their cut of that $370 million in ticket sales and all the revenue streams that came after.

     

    "I've Never Seen It This Bad": Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More (Rebekah Valentine - IGN)

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    Hollywood’s absolutely bizarre accounting tactics are under renewed scrutiny | CNN Business

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    “Forrest Gump” has never made a single penny for the studio that made it, despite selling over $300 million worth of tickets at the box office. “Return of the Jedi” was a...

     

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    One oft-cited example is the 1997 hit “Men In Black,” starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. The movie grossed nearly $600 million on a budget of just $90 million. It was such a box-office winner, the movie spawned three sequels.

    And yet Sony Pictures, the studio behind it, claims the film has never broken even.

    The movie’s screenwriter, Ed Solomon, has spoken out about the accounting shenanigans that make that possible.

     

    “The studios ARE losing money, just as they say,” he said recently in a deeply sarcastic tweet. “My recent Men in Black profit statement proves that the film, though having generated over $595 million in revenue, has actually *cost* Sony over $598 million. SO close, too: off by just .02%/yr.”

    Sony, Solomon says, is artificially keeping the movie in the red to avoid big payouts.

    “I think the profit statement is actually better science fiction than the film itself,” he joked in a 2019 tweet.

     

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    “There are a lot of different tricks,” said Stephen Glaeser, an associate professor of accounting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But the most basic version of Hollywood accounting goes like this:

    A studio sets up a subsidiary for each movie it wants to make, and agrees to pay the actors based on that subsidiary’s profits.

    To actually make the movie, the subsidiary inevitably takes on expenses — crew wages, craft services, set design, props etc.

    When the movie comes out, the subsidiary brings in revenue from ticket sales.

    Like in any business, the studio takes the revenue, subtracts the costs, et voilà, there’s your profit (or loss).

    This is where it gets weird.

    If the movie-making subsidiary makes a profit, the studio then charges the subsidiary — as in, the little company the big company owns, operates, and entirely controls — fees for distribution, advertising, and whatever else, Glaeser told me. And, of course, the subsidiary “agrees” to the new fees. Because it must.

    The profits then go straight to the studio in the form of fee payments, so that, on paper, the subsidiary never makes any profit.

    But that feels a little absurd, doesn’t it? Why would a red-blooded American corporation not be interested in making a profit?

    Because actors and other creatives involved in making it have profit-sharing deals in their contracts. If there’s no profit, the studios don’t have to pay them out.

     

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