World famous rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) has joined the cast of the upcoming Street Fighter video game movie. He joins a diverse cast including A-Lister Jason Momoa (Fast and Furious X, Aquaman, Game Of Thrones), WWE wrestler Roman Reign, and gay country singer Orville Peck (set to play Vega). 50 Cent has reportedly been cast to play the part of Balrog, a character loosely based on Mike Tyson. In the game he was a disgraced ex-boxer, who served as a bodyguard for the main villain M-Bison. The two lead characters of the game Ryu and Ken will be played…
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The private jets crowded out Marco Polo Airport, and the super yachts sailed in. The billionaires are in town for one of the biggest events in their social calendar. This weekend Jeff Bezos, a man worth some 225 billion dollars will marry his long term partner Lauren Sanchez a journalist and media personality. In a world economy going through a protracted period of inflation and economic turbulence, this display of extravagance hasn’t gone down too well. The Itallian city, Venice has become a symbol of this. The city has long struggled with its popularity with tourists, who have driven up…
I’ve tried to ignore it, but the AI hype has grown louder and louder. From my beginnings in the tech industry over twenty years ago, there was always some revolutionary new thing just around the corner movers and shakers in the industry couldn’t stop talking about. First it was the dot-com hype, then Web 2.0/ social networks, cloud technology, Web 3.0, crypto-currency, AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality) and now finally AI. Going by the latest reports, AI will do everything from your laundry to driving you to work. Except in my case I wont be driven to work -…
This post is for the non-technical founders, but if you’re a software engineer then this article should still be useful – its always good to re-visit the basics. When working with SEs you might have heard the terms “clean”, “well-structured”, “maintainable” when they talk about building your application – and there may have been a tendency to do two things, either zone out and nod politely, acting like you know what their talking about, or wonder if this is an eloquent way of saying their going to pad your next invoice. Hopefully after reading this article, you will have more…
There’s little we can say that hasn’t already been said about what is probably one of the most anticipated video games in history. Hot on the heels of a disappointing delay announcement, Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take Two publishing blessed the eager fan base with a second trailer for their upcoming game Grand Theft Auto VI. For the sixth main instalment of the wildly popular franchise we again return to the fictional state of Leonida, first debuted in the 80s inspired “Vice City” version of Grand Theft Auto. This second trailer again gives us a high definition preview of…
The rise of Fortress USA continues under the Trump administration. The U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is looking to increase its surveilance capabilities at land border crossings. This means crossings via road, or bridge – mainly affecting the millions of people who cross legally into the USA for work or pleasure. The CBP has released a request for information (RFI) to tech companies to develop a system that photographs all occupants of a vehicle and cross check them in real time against information held in their databases. This system will apply vehicles entering and exiting the USA. So…
The war or as Russia calls it “special operation” in Ukraine continues unabated. Although the war began back in 2014, this latest more brutal phase began in 2022 with the Russian armed forces moving directly into the main Ukrainian territory rather than fighting through proxy militias. The conflict has since ground to a bloody stalemate, and the grim truth is that Ukraine is running low on materiel, and most importantly the country is running low on man power. This most recent phase of the war has shown that autonomous weapons will play an important role in any future conflict. Both…
If you develop apps for iOS or have some familiarity with iOS development the you will have heard of the reviled “Apple Tax”. App developers were forced to use Apple in-app purchasing APIs, and pay a 30% commission on all sales. Apps were forbidden to offer links to payment methods outside the Apple ecosystem – i.e a link to a website. In fact developers couldn’t even mention the fact other non Apple payment options existed. Smaller developers had no choice but to suck it up and include the 30% commission in their pricing, but with apps by larger companies such…
Prominent British brands have struggled over recent weeks to get to grips with a spate of cyber attacks that put sensitive customer data at risk. In the case of Marks & Spencers, they fell victim to an attack by the hacking group known as “Scattered Spider” amongst many names. Marks & Spencer or colloquially known as M&S was forced to take many key systems offline, in order to mitigate the impact; this resulted in empty store shelves and customers unable to use their website for online orders. Specifics of the attack remain unclear – but the group are known for…