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Jay Peters

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    Fortnite’s big event today features Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice.

    They’ll be performing at Times Square in NYC, but you can watch the show in Fortnite as part of the game’s kick-off for the next season.

    The show starts at 6:30PM ET, and we have a guide on how to watch. If you want to see it, jump in now in case capacity fills up.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Gemini can now summarize Google Chat conversations.

    Google’s Gemini will be accessible from the side panel in Google Chat, meaning you can ask for things like summaries or generate action items. Could be a useful way to catch up on things, but you might not want to rely on it too much for important work.

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    Jay Peters
    A Game of Thrones movie is in development.

    Warner Bros. is apparently in the early stages of developing a Game of Thrones movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. I can’t say I’m surprised — add it to the list of other Game of Thrones spin-offs, which include House of the Dragon and the forthcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

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    Jay Peters
    STAY OUT OF MOIDA MANSION.

    If you need something Halloween-y to play tonight, Lucas Pope, the creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, shared Moida Mansion, a free web game that mimics old-school LCD handhelds like the Game & Watch, to itch.io. Watch out for the monsta.

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    Jay Peters
    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the revamped, AI-powered Alexa will arrive in the “near future.”

    Jassy, from today’s Q3 2024 earnings call:

    We continue to re-architect the brain of Alexa with a new set of foundation models that we’ll share with customers in the near future.

    The supercharged Alexa was first announced in September 2023.

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    Jay Peters
    Amazon’s new Kindles are “significantly outperforming our expectations,” says CEO Andy Jassy.

    There aren’t actual specifics on numbers in Amazon’s Q3 earnings (which makes sense — the new Kindles launched this quarter), but sounds like sales of the new Kindles are already good.

    I’m curious how many people bought the Colorsoft Signature Edition, which I want but have no reason to buy.