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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.

Sony Confirms Ghost of Yotei Reaches 3.3 Million Sales in Its First Month

Sony Confirms Ghost of Yotei Reaches 3.3 Million Sales in Its First Month

Sony has attested to the fact that Ghost of Tsushima, the Sucker Punch Productions exclusive on PlayStation 5, sold 3.3...

AMC Shuts Down Three Theaters in Illinois Here’s Which Ones Closed and Which Locations are Still Open

AMC Shuts Down Three Theaters in Illinois Here’s Which Ones Closed and Which Locations are Still Open

The biggest chain of cinemas in the United States, AMC Theatres, is facing serious operational problems, having to shut down...

Is Slack Experiencing an Outage? User Reports Suggest the Messaging App is Currently Down

Is Slack Experiencing an Outage? User Reports Suggest the Messaging App is Currently Down

On Monday, 10 November 2025, the prominent workplace messaging app Slack experienced a severe failure, rendering thousands of users unable...

YouTube TV is Offering Customers a $20 Credit Due to Disney Blackout Restrictions

YouTube TV is Offering Customers a $20 Credit Due to Disney Blackout Restrictions

YouTube TV is taking steps to reduce customer dissatisfaction because of a recent blackout of Disney-owned channels. The streaming platform...

As League of Legends Esports Marks 15 Years, Its Greatest Player Secures Another Championship

As League of Legends Esports Marks 15 Years, Its Greatest Player Secures Another Championship

Lee Sang-hyeok, a South Korean gamer known as Faker, has once again performed remarkably. The 29-year-old player T1 won the...

Apple’s Streaming Service Back Online Following Short Disruption

Apple’s Streaming Service Back Online Following Short Disruption

Apple services like Apple TV, Apple Music, and Apple Arcade temporarily went down for users in the U.S. on Thursday...

Amazon Bounces Back From Outage as User Complaints Drop Significantly, According to Down detector

Amazon Bounces Back From Outage as User Complaints Drop Significantly, According to Down detector

Correction We have been contacting by Amazon stating that it wasn't a factual news. Amazon never had any outage, below...

MacBook Air M4 Hits Record-Low Price Ahead of Black Friday

MacBook Air M4 Hits Record-Low Price Ahead of Black Friday

Apple's latest ultraportable laptop hits record-low pricing with significant discounts across retailers. The MacBook Air M4 is currently available for...

Activision Sets the Record Straight: There Will Be No Early Access for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Despite Circulating Rumors

Activision Sets the Record Straight: There Will Be No Early Access for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Despite Circulating Rumors

Activision officially announced that there will not be an early access release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The...

Fubo Hits 1.63 Million Subscribers Following Completion of Disney–Hulu Merger

Fubo Hits 1.63 Million Subscribers Following Completion of Disney–Hulu Merger

The business deal between Fubo and Disney in the form of Hulu Live has officially been done, which means that...

Nintendo Enriches Switch 2 with Higher Sales Projection

Nintendo Enriches Switch 2 with Higher Sales Projection

Nintendo has re-estimated its sales expectation of the Switch 2 console to a significant 19 million units within the financial...

Musk and Altman Revive Dispute Over OpenAI’s Beginnings

Musk and Altman Revive Dispute Over OpenAI’s Beginnings

The weekend social media skirmish between Elon Musk and Sam Altman reignited a years-long dispute over OpenAI's transformation from nonprofit...

Disney Pulls the Plug on YouTube TV as Deal Talks Stall

Disney Pulls the Plug on YouTube TV as Deal Talks Stall

Disney's networks, including ESPN and ABC, went dark on YouTube TV after the two companies failed to reach a new...

ChatGPT Outage Affected Some Free Users Here’s What to Know

ChatGPT Outage Affected Some Free Users Here’s What to Know

One day, lots of ChatGPT fans found they couldn't get to the AI thing, like a door slammed shut. It...

Nintendo Offers Massive Discount on Super Mario Kart Mini RC Car Almost a Giveaway

Nintendo Offers Massive Discount on Super Mario Kart Mini RC Car Almost a Giveaway

Mario's been well-liked for ages, and that love stays strong with Nintendo's Super Mario Kart 8 upside-down small RC car....

Websites Affected by the Global Microsoft Outage are Now Back Online

Websites Affected by the Global Microsoft Outage are Now Back Online

A significant global hiccup struck Microsoft's web help on Wednesday, messing up spots and online services in all fields for...

Azure Outage, 365 Outage Strikes Microsoft Ahead of Earnings Report

Azure Outage, 365 Outage Strikes Microsoft Ahead of Earnings Report

Microsoft's cloud infrastructure buckled Wednesday morning as thousands of users found themselves locked out of Azure and Microsoft 365 services,...

Amazon Streamlines Corporate Ranks, 14,000 Positions Cut

Amazon Streamlines Corporate Ranks, 14,000 Positions Cut

Four months after CEO Andy Jassy told employees that artificial intelligence would "change the way our work is done," Amazon...

Amazon 30,000 Layoffs Signals The Rise of Gig Economy 

Amazon 30,000 Layoffs Signals The Rise of Gig Economy 

Amazon has expressed plans to layoff 30,000 of its permanent employees, while hinting at hiring seasonal workers for the forthcoming...

Australia explores plans to modernize its interbank settlement system

Australia explores plans to modernize its interbank settlement system

Australia's main bank said that it would start to check out ways to fix its bank payment setup next year....