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170 Days From Now You’ll Be Glad You Bought These 3 Unusually Active Call Options

There were 696 unusually active call options in Wednesday's trading. While a Visa call had the highest Vol/OI ratio at 75.21, three calls expiring in 170 days on July 18 caught my attention. There were 696 unusually active call options in Wednesday's trading. While a Visa call had the highest…

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Sony Names New CEO In Management Reshuffle

Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group said Wednesday that it has promoted Hiroki Totoki to chief executive officer as part of a wider management reorganization.

International Business Times

Even as Concord dies a fast death, Sony exec says PlayStation doesn't have enough original IP and "that's an issue for us"

"Whether it's for games, films or anime, we don't have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning"

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Nintendo says it doesn't need generative AI to make games because it has "decades of know-how" and doesn't want any "issues with intellectual property rights"

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa speaks on generative AI

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Game developers hit back at The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann following controversial AI comments: "I'd hope he'd know better than to look at AI as some kind of magic wand"

Not everyone agrees with Druckmann's stance on AI

GamesRadar

Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

Sony's CEO is the latest to speak on AI implementation in games

GamesRadar

Sony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and not gadgets

Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it's focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry

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PlayStation games are coming to more devices — why that’s necessary

PlayStation is dominating the console space. But if Sony wants to continue its reign, PlayStation needs to go beyond consoles.

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"Wherever there is computing, users will be able to play their favorite games seamlessly," Sony CEO describes a PlayStation future with Windows PC and AI

The undeniable dominance of PC gaming cannot be stopped, and it seems that even PlayStation itself is bending the knee. In a new interview, Sony's CEO described a plan to expand its PC gaming operations.

Windows Central

Sony is devising its own spatial headset tailor made for video game creation to take on Apple Vision Pro

Sony is bringing to market a new spatial headset poised to offer streamlined 3D editing and modelling in real-time and in physical space.

Tom’s Guide

Live-action Legend of Zelda movie will be an "amazing tale", but some fans still aren't convinced

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida hyped up the upcoming adaptation at the brand's CES 2024 event

Total Film

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan announces retirement

The big boss will retire in March, after nearly 30 years at Sony, and his predecessor has already been announced

Evening Standard

Sony wants to improve cloud gaming, but admits the tech is tricky

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida sees much potential in cloud gaming as a business model, but admits the space is challenging.

TechRadar

Anime and ‘The Last of Us’ are transforming Sony’s business

Hiroki Totoki will eventually inherit an electronics brand that is morphing into a media giant

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Totoki to replace Yoshida as Sony Group president

Hiroki Totoki, currently Sony Group Corp.'s executive deputy president and chief financial officer, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer on April 1, the company announced Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sony taps president to steer entertainment-electronic empire

Sony has appointed a company veteran as its president to lead the Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate through times of change

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Honda, Sony Could Form Standalone Company For Joint EV Venture

Honda will be building the first vehicle on a platform created by Sony.

Benzinga

Sony Hopes To Charge Extra For Entertainment Provisions In Its Car: WSJ

Sony Group Corp’s (NYSE:SONY) first car will include entertainment features like movies and video games, for which the owners will have to pay extra to gain access, the Wall Street Journal reported. The report quoted Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida saying the car market is nearing a shift to a service model where…

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Sony Seeks To Become Entertainment Leader In The Metaverse

The Japanese electronics giant is establishing a dominant presence in the virtual immersive world.

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Sony Is Metaverse-Ready, CEO Kenichiro Yoshida Acknowledges

Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) considered itself well-positioned to play a leading role in the metaverse that could massively disrupt industries and establish new powerhouses, Reuters reports. "The metaverse is at the same time a social space and live network space where games, music, movies, and anime intersect," CEO Kenichiro Yoshida. He pointed…

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