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This years Summer Game Fest livestream is set for June 6 at 5PM ET. The two-hour event will be held at the YouTube theater in Los Angeles. The organizers say gamers should expect world premieres, special guests and a look at what's next. Event steward Geoff Keighley promises lots of exciting things ahead. Summer Game Fest isnt just a single livestream, as the whole thing lasts until June 9. A Day of the Devs event will begin immediately following the end of the showcase. The following days will see the annual Play Days media event, produced by Iam8bit. This is an invite-only exhibit held in downtown LA that will feature "more than 40 of the gaming industry's top publishers." On Friday, June 6, @SummerGameFest returns to show you whats next in video games from more than 40 leading game publishers.Live from YouTube Theater in LA.Followed by SGF: Play Days from @iam8bit and a new thought-leader event in Los Angeles.All happening June 6-9. pic.twitter.com/mUWeCxz09c Summer Game Fest (@summergamefest) January 30, 2025 Beyond that, SGF is holding a brand new business-to-business event curated by former GamesIndustry.biz boss Christopher Dring. Geoff Keighley says that this forum will get into some of the key changes, challenges and opportunities facing the global video game industry. Ever since E3 took a nosedive, there really hasnt been a space for this kind of B2B-focused information exchange. We dont know if this particular chat will be livestreamed or available to the public in any way. We also dont have an exact time or date for this newly-announced element of SGF. However, event organizers promise thought leaders from gaming, entertainment and beyond, bringing multiple industries together on one stage for insightful discussions. The Play Days event may be cordoned off for members of the media, but the main showcase will be open to regular gamers. Sign up with SGF to receive more information as to how to attend in person. Tickets will be available sometime in the next few months. Thats all we know for now. There havent been any clues as to what could get revealed in June, either at the main showcase or at Day of the Devs. The buzz machine will crank up as we close in on summer.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/summer-game-fest-returns-to-the-youtube-theater-on-june-6-191516812.html?src=rss
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UPS is continuing to withdraw from its business relationship with Amazon. By the second half of 2026, UPS said it will cut its shipping volumes for Amazon by more than 50 percent under the companies' revised arrangement. "Amazon is our largest customer, but its not our most profitable customer," CEO Carol Tomé said during an investor call about the shipping and logistics company's latest financials. Business with Amazon accounted for about 11 percent of UPS' 2024 revenue, which totaled $91.1 billion. Amazon was a larger share of UPS' revenue during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic; in 2020, the retailer was responsible for 13.3 percent of its annual revenue. UPS shared similar plans to cut back its business with Amazon in 2023 as its revenue from the retailer dwindled from quarantine-era levels. Although Amazon does rely on outside companies for some shipping, those relationships have sometimes turned tenuous as the retailer continues to grow its in-house options for delivering orders. In 2019, FedEx took a similar path of uncoupling its services from Amazon when it announced that it would not renew its ground-delivery contract with the big tech partner. A few months later, Amazon blocked third-party sellers from using FedEx ground-delivery services.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/ups-plans-to-slash-its-shipping-business-with-amazon-by-half-185913504.html?src=rss
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Metas Threads app is getting some new Instagram-like features. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, Threads is adding a dedicated media tab which highlights users posts with photos and video, as well as photo tagging abilities. According to Mosseri, the media tab feature is a long overdue request from the community. Both X and Bluesky have a media section in users profiles (Bluesky also recently added a separate tab just for video). Threads photo tagging feature, on the other hand, will look familiar to most Instagram users. When sharing a photo in a post, you can search for other users handles to tag. Those tags will then be visible to others. Meta Mosseri also said that Threads markup tool, which was introduced last week, will now be available to all the apps users globally. That feature allows users to doodle on top of other peoples posts. Meta has significantly ramped up the pace of updates for Threads in recent months as the app has faced increased competition from Bluesky. That included copying a few of its smaller rivals features. So far, though, Metas strategy seems to be working. Threads has now grown to 320 million monthly users, 100 million of whom return daily, according to Mosseri. The company also recently began to test its first ads on the service.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-is-getting-a-dedicated-media-tab-and-photo-tagging-184322350.html?src=rss
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