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The new strategy that Amazon gaming exec Jeff Gattis talked to The Verge about last month is getting clearer now that Prime Video has added a new Games tab on Fire TV devices. With Prime Gaming, Amazon Game Studios, and Luna now combined into one organization, it’s aiming at the more casual audience of people already using Prime Video to stream movies, TV shows, and sports, instead of trying to compete directly with “core” gamers playing MMOs and shooters.Luna was already included in Prime, but now users in the US and UK can access it directly within Prime Video to…

Empery Digital said it invested $20 million in Cardinal Data Power, acquiring an approximately 8% stake in the private developer of powered data center campuses.The investment was part of Cardinal Data Power’s approximately $70 million Series A financing and will support development of a 750-megawatt data center campus in West Texas. The project is expected to deliver its first power in 2027, expand to about 1 gigawatt by 2029 and eventually exceed 5 gigawatts.Cardinal develops powered data center campuses for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads. The company said it combines power generation, natural gas supply and electrical infrastructure to…

Netflix adds a slew of new movies each month, and they usually have high Rotten Tomatoes scores. But not all films are created equal, and there are some good – or at least entertaining – pictures that have the dreaded green splat that conveys critical disapproval. Watch With Us is here to shine a spotlight on several good Netflix movies that have unjustly bad Rotten Tomatoes scores. At the top of our watchlist is Sex Tape, a suggestive comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Rob Lowe. ‘Sex Tape’ (2014) Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz in Sex Tape. Claire Folger/©Columbia…

The Senate on Thursday directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS), Esther Walson-Jack, to ensure that ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that have refused to appear before National Assembly committees honour lawmakers’ invitations. The upper chamber warned that it would not hesitate to impose appropriate sanctions on agencies that continue to disregard committee invitations. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the resolution after a majority of senators supported it through a voice vote during plenary. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Sani Musa…

An Enugu Air aircraft on Thursday suffered a runway excursion after landing at Benin Airport, with all 63 passengers and five crew members safely evacuated and no injuries or fatalities recorded. The airline confirmed the incident in a public notice, saying the aircraft had been secured while the relevant aviation authorities had been notified in line with established procedures. “Enugu Air wishes to inform the public that one of our aircraft operating into Benin experienced a runway incursion after landing today,” the airline said. It added, however, that all those on board were safe. “We confirm that all passengers and…

Freed Oyo pupils and their teacher For many years since the rise of culturally motivated banditry and Islamist inspired terrorism in northern Nigeria, the region and its elite have blamed everything and everyone but the main culprits for the widespread insecurity ravaging the country. When it was no longer a problem Goodluck Jonathan’s “cluelessness” it became an issue “climate change, poverty and illiteracy” under the northern presidency of Muhammadu Buhari, just as it has been politicised in President Tinubu’s Nigeria to be a ‘weak and uncaring of the north” government. And whenever government proposes a hard military approach towards tackling…

Veteran actress Ngozi Nwosu has appealed to Nigerians for financial assistance as she battles an undisclosed illness. In an emotional appeal video she posted on her Instagram page on Thursday, the 62-year-old disclosed that she needed N30 million. Nwosu’s financial appeal to undergo three surgeries comes 13 years after she battled kidney-and heart-related issues and received a N4.5 million lifeline from the Lagos State Government to help fund her treatment. In 2013, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Nwosu, famous for her role in the soap opera “Fuji House of Commotion”, later travelled to the UK for surgery after good-spirited individuals donated…

The 2026 Commonwealth Games got underway in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday, with Team Nigeria aiming for one of its best performances in the country’s history at the multi-sport event. Around 3,000 athletes from 74 Commonwealth nations and territories are competing at the Games, which will run from 23 July to 2 August. Glasgow is hosting the event for the second time after first staging the Games in 2014, having stepped in after Australia’s Victoria state withdrew because of rising costs. This year’s edition has been scaled down to 10 sports from the 17 featured at the last Games. (CREDIT: Commonwealth…

The Cross River State Government has extended the suspension of all scrap metal-related activities in the state by one month as part of efforts to curb vandalism and strengthen regulation of the sector. The state had initially imposed the ban earlier this year following concerns over the increasing theft and vandalism of public assets, including critical infrastructure, allegedly carried out under the guise of scrap collection. The extension, announced in a statement issued on Thursday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ededem Ani, will remain in force until August 23, 2026. According to the government, the decision followed…

Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workers, or around 93 employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte writes that the company isn’t making these changes “because we believe AI replaces humans,” but says AI has “fundamentally transformed the tech industry, including how we work, how we build products, how we communicate, and more.”That shift has changed “how we operate and organize,” Conte writes.During an interview on Decoder, last month, Conte laid out his stance on AI, saying that the company is “100 percent embracing” AI tools internally to continue…