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☆ Walmart skipped running a Super Bowl commercial this year but still got tons of free promotion
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Instead of running a Super Bowl commercial, Walmart found a way to play off other companies' ads. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant hasn't had a Super Bowl advertisement since 2020Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Throughout the evening, Walmart tweeted out links to products related to those featured in other companies' commercials. The last time Walmart featured a Super Bowl ad was in 2020 when the retailer touted its grocery pickup service. Here are some other Tweets where Walmart advertised its products on Super Bowl Sunday.

☆ Jeff Beck, British guitar legend who rose to fame as an influential rocker in the 1960s, dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Doha Madani | Doha Madani Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. Pronouns | She Her. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Jeff Beck, the British rockstar known for his skillful mastery of guitar, died of bacterial meningitis, his family announced Wednesday. Beck, 78, spent last summer touring Europe and released a joint album with actor Johnny Depp in July. Jeff Beck performs at the Crystal Palace Bowl, London, in 1972. Please get ahold of the first two Jeff Beck Group albums and behold greatness. "Deepest sympathy to his wife friends close ones I’m bewildered Jeff Beck it don’t make sense I don’t get it," Davies tweeted.

☆ Meet the 43-year-old 'Vibe Manager' of New York City's Hard Rock Hotel in charge of throwing rooftop parties and curating playlists
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

43-year-old Michael Tello is a "Vibe Manager" at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. The "rockstar suite" at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. Courtesy of Hard Rock Hotel New YorkBut being able to provide those special touches is also one of the most rewarding parts of the job, he said. Ciara and Didi Richards dance onstage during the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2022 Issue launch party at Hard Rock Hotel New York on May 19, 2022. The vibe manager works a Tuesday through Saturday schedule.

☆ Mike Sievert of T-Mobile is the CNN Business CEO of the Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

T-Mobile’s solid performance on Wall Street was one big reason why CEO Mike Sievert is the CNN Business pick for CEO of the Year. CNN Business spoke to Sievert about how T-Mobile has continued to perform well in a super competitive business. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert talks to employees at a 2022 company event. That has led to higher expenses, but Sievert said T-Mobile is less worried about inflation than other consumer firms. Prepared for more competitionSievert, who has been with T-Mobile since 2012, took over as CEO in 2020 from long-time CEO John Legere.

☆ Fact Check-Rod Stewart’s son had panic attack, not heart attack, according to interview
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Stewart said in the interview that his son in fact suffered from a panic attack. The interview details Stewart discussing his son “going blue” in what the musician initially thought was a heart attack. Reuters obtained a copy of FourFourTwo’s interview with Stewart and can confirm it shows Stewart saying the incident was a panic attack. The relevant paragraph reads: “’We thought my boy had a heart attack,’ he reveals of our previous encounter. Rod Stewart’s 11-year-old son suffered a panic attack, according to an interview with the singer, not a heart attack because of a COVID-19 vaccination.

☆ Exclusive: Sentry, recently valued at over $3 billion, has acquired Codecov, a maker of software development tools
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Application monitoring service Sentry has acquired development tool maker Codecov. Sentry recently raised $90 million in Series E funding, which valued the company at more than $3 billion. Sentry, a startup that makes an application performance monitoring platform, said it has acquired Codecov, a startup that makes software development tools. The company, which has raised over $200 million to date from Accel, NEA, Bond and others, was recently valued at more than $3 billion. Combining the two services will allow Sentry to monitor for errors at every stage of the development process, Sentry CEO Milin Desai tells Insider.

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That's the relatively simple origin story behind Liquid Death, the ironically named canned water brand that Cessario trademarked in 2017 and officially launched two years later. Collectively, investors have pumped about $195 million into Liquid Death, valuing the brand at $700 million, Cessario said. Liquid Death.' To prove Liquid Death was a viable brand, Cessario took a 3D rendering of his can design and created a Facebook page in 2018 to make Liquid Death look like a legitimate product. People contacted the Facebook page to ask where they could buy Liquid Death.

☆ 15 Best Dress Shoes for Men, According to Style Experts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +8 min

The laces and classic body shape are characteristic of traditional men’s dress shoes, while the rugged rubber soles still make a statement with any formal outfit. “Good leather shoes are not an arena in which it pays to cut costs,” he says, recommending investing in “the pair of a decade” from this made-in-England favorite. (Crockett & Jones has regal and Hollywood credentials: the brand received a Royal Warrant of Appointment in 2017, and this is the style of dress shoes worn by Daniel Craig’s James Bond). Sleek sneakersEcco Soft 7 City Sneaker $170 at NordstromThe key to dressed-up sneakers is finding a leather pair free of busy accents or logos. The style is “acceptable to wear with dress clothes,” confirms Los Angeles-based personal stylist Rayne Parvis, who advises people to wear these sneakers in place of brown lace-up dress shoes.

☆ Nickelback will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nickelback’s dream to be “big rockstars” might just be coming true with the band’s induction to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The much-memed Canadian band will be officially added to the Hall of Fame in March 2023, according to a news release. The band follows singer-songwriter Deborah Cox, who was inducted in 2022, and Jann Arden, inducted in 2021. Many of their most iconic songs – like “Rockstar” and “Photograph” – come from their fifth studio album, “All the Right Reasons,” released in 2005. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame, launched in 1978 to recognize the success of Canadian artists, is located in Calgary, Alberta.

☆ Lula's Victory Could Boost Hopes of Saving the Amazon Rainforest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He slashed funding for environmental enforcement and halted government efforts to demarcate Indigenous' peoples lands. He is executive coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, a group advocating for land rights and greater representation in Brazil's government. Bolsonaro's actions legitimized an increase in violence against Indigenous peoples, Tuxá told Insider on the sidelines of COP27. A slice of the funding was set aside for securing land rights for Indigenous people. Still, nearly $2.6 billion was spent in 2021, including at least $321 million to help secure land rights for Indigenous peoples, according to progress reports.

☆ I got my big break as a Lionsgate screenwriter after I moved 2,000 miles from Hollywood. Here's how I made connections and worked my way up from security guard to my dream career.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ken Miyamoto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Ken Miyamoto was a security guard at Sony, and worked his way up to story analyst for the studio. In 1996, I took one University of Wisconsin screenwriting class, and that was the extent of my screenwriting education. I moved to California from Wisconsin with my wife in late 1999 to pursue a career in screenwriting. The apartment was way overpriced and much smaller than others we looked at, but we signed the lease that day. Lastly, don't write for free.

☆ Meet 6 inspirational leaders creating a better future for developers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Twilio With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Twilio's Developer Searchlight is a global search for the most inspirational, effective leaders supporting developers today. In her former role as a senior product manager at Mulesoft, Suchi was an advocate for developers, building products specifically designed for developers. Marcus EaganEagan supports the open-source community through personal, financial, educational, and code contributions. TwilioMarcus Egan, a staff product manager at MongoDB, dedicates 20% of his week to mentoring and giving back to the open-source community. Ashwin started giving back to the developer community after attending and winning some hackathons.

Why do so many industries treat voice actors poorly?!?" Rather than having a set salary, Hayhurst said, video game voice actors often have an hourly rate that’s agreed upon before they begin recording. Video game voice actors are eligible to be represented by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. In 2017, SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement with video game companies, after a nearly yearlong strike by the union against video game producers, developers and publishers, Variety reported. In some cases, video game voice acting is more than delivering lines of dialogue in a booth.

☆ Laid-off Snap employees are fielding dozens of messages from TikTok, Facebook, and Netflix recruiters
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Well now, some of those laid-off employees are having trouble keeping up with demand from recruiters — and some say they've received reachouts from more than 70 companies. Laid-off Snap employees describe "overwhelming" recruiter outreach. After the company laid off a staggering 20% of its staff, some former workers' inboxes are filled with messages from Facebook, Netflix, and TikTok recruiters. As former employees found themselves without jobs, some told Insider they've fielded dozens of messages from recruiters. What laid-off Snap employees told us.

☆ Take-Two Says Hackers Downloaded ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sabela Ojea | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Take-Two Interactive Software said hackers broke into the networks of its Rockstar Games Inc. unit and illegally accessed early development footage of the company’s next “Grand Theft Auto” videogame. Take-Two disclosed the hack in a securities filing Monday, saying that an unauthorized third party downloaded confidential information from its systems. The New York-based company said that Rockstar Games doesn’t expect any long-term disruptions from the incident and that work on the widely known game will continue as planned.

☆ Take-Two confirms GTA VI leak, says game development unaffected
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Nivedita Balu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoSept 19 (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) on Monday confirmed that a hacker had leaked the early footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, the next installment of the best-selling videogame. The company, however, said it did not expect the incident to affect the game's development, helping its shares pare some of their losses from a 6% drop in premarket trading. We have already taken steps to isolate and contain this incident," Take-Two said in a statement. "The leaked footage simply confirms existing market rumors on the game's development that have been circulating for years," Benchmark analyst Mike Hickey said. "We are incrementally more confident the game can release in FY25 and provide a significant catalyst for revenue and profit growth."

Rockstar Games, one of the largest video game publishers in the world, was hacked over the weekend, the company announced Monday. The hacker gained access to videos and other files from Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar’s upcoming major title. Screen grabs and footage from the upcoming game circulated on Telegram and Twitter over the weekend, and were viewed by NBC News. The previous game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, is one of the best-selling video games of all time. “We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto.

☆ Take-Two shares fall after reported leak of GTA VI gameplay footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc is seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. The unprecedented leak included dozens of videos showing robberies, gunplay and open-world driving and was posted on an online message board. An admin for the message board, GTAForums, said Take-Two had asked for the copyrighted material to be taken down. "Based on what we see, the game is further along than many believe and (the leak) won't impact game reception/sales," Jefferies analysts said. GTA VI is estimated to generate bookings of $3.5 billion at launch and an annual average of $2 billion thereafter, according to BofA Global Research.

☆ Hackers Leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Footage, Rockstar Games Says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sabela Ojea | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shares in Take-Two fell after hackers accessed early-development footage of the next ‘Grand Theft Auto’ videogame. Take-Two Interactive Software said hackers broke into the networks of its Rockstar Games Inc. unit and illegally accessed early-development footage of the company’s next “Grand Theft Auto” videogame. Take-Two disclosed the hack in a securities filing Monday, saying that an unauthorized third party downloaded confidential information from its systems. The New York-based company said that Rockstar Games doesn’t expect any long-term disruptions from the incident and that work on the widely known game will continue as planned.

☆ ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Hack Hopefully Only Steals Take-Two’s Thunder
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Take-Two Interactive has yet to commit to a release date for the next videogame in the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ series, but many analysts have believed it would arrive in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Some secrets of the next “Grand Theft Auto” have been spilled. If Take-Two Interactive is lucky, that will be the extent of the fallout. That followed the release of at least some of that footage over the weekend, which went viral quickly given the high anticipation for the long-awaited game. The purported hacker also suggested in postings to an online forum that he had source code for the game and was looking to negotiate a deal with the company.

☆ ‘Grand Theft Auto’ leaks emerge online after publisher hit by ‘network intrusion’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN Business —Rockstar Games confirmed on Monday that hackers had leaked some unreleased footage from its next iteration of the wildly popular “Grand Theft Auto” franchise. The video gaming community was rocked by the emergence online of some screenshots and game-play videos purportedly from the highly-anticipated next installment of “Grand Theft Auto,” an action-adventure game. On Monday morning, the video game publisher confirmed the footage was real and had been leaked as the result of a “network intrusion.”“We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto,” Rockstar Games announced in a statement posted to Twitter. In a blog post Monday, Uber (UBER) reported that its hacker was believed to be affiliated with the group Lapsus$, which has targeted a number of large businesses over the past year. “There are also reports over the weekend that this same actor breached video game maker Rockstar Games,” Uber’s statement on Monday added.

☆ Take-Two shares slide after GTA VI game footage leaks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Take-Two Interactive shares fell more than 2% early Monday after the company suffered a network intrusion where a third party illegally accessed footage of the new Grand Theft Auto videogame. A user called "teapotuberhacker," who is also claiming responsibility for the recent hack at the rideshare company Uber, posted more than 90 videos of GTA VI in its early development stage to an online forum. The videos reveal details like the location, the main characters and other central features of the game. Take-Two Interactive owns Rockstar Games, the studio behind the best-selling GTA series. "However, based on what we see, the game is further along than many believe and won't impact game reception/sales."

☆ Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leaked online, Bloomberg reports
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc is seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 18 (Reuters) - A hacker released gameplay from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's (TTWO.O) Grand Theft Auto VI in one of the biggest leaks in gaming history, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. https://bloom.bg/3R1OKAURegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRockstar Games, a video game studio owned by Take-Two, is the developer of Grand Theft Auto, one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time. Take-Two Interactive did not respond to a Reuters request for comment outside regular business hours. read moreRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika SyamnathOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Take-Two sinks after a hacker leaks hours of highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Take-Two Interactive stock tumbled 3% on Monday following a weekend leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage. A hacker released hours of early development footage of the highly anticipated open world game. More than 90 gameplay videos of the game were posted to an online Grand Theft Auto forum on Saturday night by a hacker that used the screen name "teapotuberhacker." Grand Theft Auto 6 is a a follow up to Grand Theft Auto 5, which was released nearly a decade ago in 2013. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold more than 160 million copies and has seen renewed life via its online gaming mode.

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