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Jay Peters

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    ZeniMax workers have formed a union.

    Microsoft has recognized the union, according to an emailed press release. The union, called ZOS United-CWA, will have 461 members and is comprised of “web developers, designers, engineers, and graphic artists.”

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    Amazon is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

    Bezos and the company decided on the contribution earlier this week, and communicated it to Trump’s team, according to some of the people. “Bezos is donating through Amazon,” according to a person close to Bezos. Amazon also will stream the inauguration through its Prime Video business, a separate, in-kind donation valued at $1 million, another of the people said.

    Major donors will get tickets to Trump’s inauguration, according to The New York Times. Meta has also donated $1 million to the inauguration fund.

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    Jay Peters
    Share video with ChatGPT.

    OpenAI is, after a very long time, rolling out the ability to let ChatGPT see and respond to video in Advanced Voice Mode. You’ll need a Plus or Pro subscription to use it.

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    Jay Peters
    Don’t watch this Balatro video.

    Unless you like scary clowns and the announcement that the game is getting cards themed after games like Shovel Knight, Cult of the Lamb, and Enter the Gungeon.

    Great new additions before Balatro wins Game of the Year tonight.

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    Jay Peters
    Samsung’s daily trivia game is coming to phones.

    The Six, which launched in June on Samsung Smart TVs, is launching today in the Samsung News app on Galaxy phones.

    Here’s Samsung’s description of the game, if you’re interested:

    The Six offers daily trivia challenges where players compete by answering six questions on topics ranging from entertainment to world history, with faster correct answers earning higher scores.

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    Jay Peters
    Mariah Carey will open for Netflix’s Christmas NFL games.

    She’ll be doing a taped performance of “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Netflix says.

    Beyoncé’s halftime show later in the day will be live.

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    Jay Peters
    Update: ChatGPT is back online.

    The website appears to be functioning normally again. OpenAI says it’s now investigating what caused of the outage that occurred between 3:16PM PT and 7:38PM PT yesterday.

    We began to see recovery for API traffic starting at approximately 5:40pm PST, and for ChatGPT and Sora around 6:50pm PST. We mitigated the issues at 7:38 pm PST, and all services are now fully operational.