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Euronews
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Back to business: Kai Cenat to open 'Streamer University' for creators
"Streamer University" is a project for aspiring content creators, founded by American streamer Kai Cenat, the most-subscribed streamer on Twitch. In recent years, he's become a global internet celebrity, known for coining viral catchphrases like 'rizz.' The term, which is internet slang for charisma, even became so popular that Oxford University Press named it the 2023 Word of the Year. Cenat also made headlines after a giveaway that he organized in New York City spiraled out of control – ultimately leading to him being charged with inciting a riot. It was during a Twitch stream, Cenat had announced a 'huge giveaway' in Union Square, promising computers, PlayStation 5s and gift cards. Thousands of fans flooded the area, turning the event into a chaotic scene that led to injuries, property damage and multiple arrests. Streamer University is his next viral venture. On X, he described it as an 'all inclusive trip paid to where all creators will be living on a college campus for FREE and just enjoying getting content in general'. The college campus in question is yet to be announced. Notable courses mentioned on the university's site are sex education, business management and music production. Despite its educational framing, it will likely take the form of a weekend-long influencer meetup. The initiative was launched earlier this month through a Harry Potter-inspired comedy video on Cenat's X account, where he currently has 2,8 million followers. Applications are still open – both to students and to professors. Through a Google Docs form, candidates must answer questions such as 'Can you bite your elbow?', 'How many jumping jacks can you do?' and 'Which planet has the most moons in the solar system?' to enroll. Potential professors are also required to disclose their pants size and follower count on social media. Within minutes of the site's launch, more than a million applications were allegedly filed, causing it to crash. On 17 May, in an almost four hour long video, Cenat announced the professors and students for the class of 2025 – a mix of well known streamers, Youtubers and influencers, including Cookingwithkya, Agent 00 and Duke Dennis. Many of the professors are members of Cenat's own group, AMP (Any Means Possible), a content collective made up of some of the internet's biggest streaming personalities. Founded around 2019, AMP has built a massive following with more than seven million subscribers on YouTube. By collaborating on videos, stunts and challenges, the group amplifies each other's reach – which is also the point of the university. But the announcement of professors and students wasn't without backlash. Many fans went to social media to criticize the selection, arguing that the chosen students were already well-known influencers, undermining the idea of giving newcomers a chance. Kai Cenat didn't hold back in his response, addressing the criticism during a recent livestream. 'I'm never doing this shit again,' he said. 'No matter which direction I go, no matter which way, I try to make sure things are good, I always get the bad end of the stick.' Given Cenat's frustrated response, it remains uncertain whether Streamer University will return for another class – raising the possibility that the project may have collapsed before a single streaming lesson was ever taught. The famous Franco-Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado's exhibition Genesis toured the world for more than six years - a sign of its popularity but also the impact of his incredible work. Euronews Culture caught up with the photographer when the spectacular show was on display at La Sucrière de Lyon, a former sugar factory and warehouse that has now become an exhibition space. Genesis is a photographic tribute to the planet comprising more than 200 black and white photographs. It was the result of eight years work and some 30 trips around the world. Raised on a farm in Brazil, Salgado had a deep love and respect for nature. But he was also particularly sensitive to the ways in which human beings are affected by their often-devastating socio-economic conditions. He produced numerous works over a career spanning many decades, such as the long-term project Workers (1993) which documented the vanishing way of life of manual labourers across the world. Or Migrations (2000) - a tribute to mass migration driven by hunger, natural disasters, environmental degradation and demographic pressure. And then Genesis, his 'love letter to the planet'. The exhibition was the result of an epic eight-year expedition to rediscover mountains, deserts, oceans, and the animals and peoples that had, up to that point, escaped the imprint of modern society. It depicted the land and life of a still-pristine planet. The project, along with the Salgados' Instituto Terra, are dedicated to showing the beauty of our planet, reversing the damage done to it, and preserving it for the future. Salgado travelled by foot, light aircraft, seagoing vessels, canoes, and even balloons, through extreme heat and cold and in sometimes dangerous conditions to create a collection of images showing nature, animals, and indigenous peoples in breath-taking beauty. Using only black-and-white photography, he created a visual ensemble with such an extreme precision, that even the smallest details seem to infinitely develop. "You know, when you look at an exhibition like Genesis, it's really the earth, the animals connected to the earth and also Man" explained Sebastião Salgado. "I'm still taking photographs of humankind. I've just finished seven years working in the Amazon with indigenous communities. Mankind, he's an animal of this earth, an animal like any other, we're in the animal kingdom." Black and white photography has become the photographer's trademark. He explained why he decided not to use colour photography. "In 1986, I did a story in Brazil which was published in 1987 about a gold mine there, it was because of this gold mine story that all magazines went back to doing black and white," he said. "This story was so strong, it was widely published by large magazines, which increased my visibility to such an extent that at the time there was a big return to black and white photographs. I have much to be grateful for this return to black and white, because I've stayed in black and white ever since and never returned to colour." If the environment is now on everybody's radar, for Salgado, little has changed. He believes Mankind needs to go back to nature and make a spiritual return to the planet. He says efforts so far to save the planet have been resoundingly unsuccessful. "We have COP 21 that took place in Paris five years ago and despite everything that was put forward, nothing was done," he says. "Do you know why? Because we don't invite real people, we don't invite people who are linked to the earth, to the planet, it's a meeting of urban people." The Amazon remains his favorite territory. With his wife Leila, who is also the curator of 'Genesis, he took on a colossal challenge 20 years ago. He decided to replant the trees that had disappeared from the 750 hectares of his father's former farm. He wanted to revive the ecosystem in a region hit by deforestation and intensive land use. "We planted 2.5 million trees, even a little more maybe 2.7 million trees and we are now preparing to plant one million more trees, in addition to those already planted," he explains. "Because, you know, before the land was tired, dead, destroyed and now the land is rich again. It's time to plant trees that will be there for 500 years, 1,000 years, trees that need good soil, and shade to grow." Sebastião Salgado died on Friday 23 May, 2025. This article was originally published on 20 February 2020.
Metro
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Games Inbox: Is there going to be a PS5 State of Play this summer?
The Thursday letters page worries what will happen if the new Marvel games are flops, as one reader laments the slow death of physical games. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Summer schedule I really hope that Sony is planning to make more first party games but I have a feeling there's no going back to how things were. It's been too long and too much has changed, including Sony still selling tons of PlayStation 5s even without any proper exclusives and Xbox going multiformat. I think it's reasonable to hope they will do more though. We can't stop them making any more live service games but they do seem to at least be slowing down a bit. The problem is that slowing up doesn't mean they'll speed up with single-player games instead. They could just end up making less overall, like they have over the last few years. We've got Ghost Of Yōtei this year, which I'm not super excited about (I'd had enough of the last one by halfway through) but I am very interested in seeing Returnal follow-up Saros next year, so hopefully things are slowly turning around. I want to be optimistic, but the problem is there's no sign of Sony having a not-E3 State of Play showcase this summer. The past two years they've had it at the end of May and I think we've probably gone past the point they were going to announce it if it was happening. I hope I'm wrong, or maybe it's later in June for some reason, but it doesn't look good. RaeBonn Your story is another castle I see the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel has had its name leaked as Super Mario World. I'm not sure your average Joe is going to get that reference, but would they actually bother doing an adaptation of the game's story? Does the game even have a story? I've beaten it twice and I honestly can't remember. Looking at Wikipedia, apparently it was all in the manual and basically Bowser kidnapped Peach and some dinosaur eggs. There's so little to work with I really have no idea what direction any of these films could do to justify themselves as anything other than a cash-in. The Paper Mario games are the only ones with an actual plot, but even then that's not what's good about them. Austin Risky business I've got a bad feeling about these upcoming Marvel games. I imagine Wolverine will be fine, but that Iron Man game will be almost two decades too late by the time it comes out. And I can't believe many people are interested in a Captain America and Black Panther team-up set in World War 2. Normally I'd just shrug my shoulders and write it off as an incoming flop but nowadays that means the whole studio could go down and how many hundreds of people are working on these two games? I'm not exaggerating either. Consider what happened to Firaxis after the (excellent) Midnight Suns flopped. All the lead developers left, the studio was fractured (I don't think it was a coincidence that Civilization 7 was a rare dud), and now we'll never get an XCOM 3. I don't know these developers behind Iron Man and the other one as well, but I do know that lots of jobs are now in danger, just because EA was late jumping on a bandwagon. Cerates Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Reliable reputation Glad to hear GC got Power Stone back and I like the sound of all the effort Capcom put into the collection and the reasonable price. I've never really been into fighting games, so it's not really of interest to me. But it Does make me think better of Capcom, for when something else I am interested in comes up. I wish this was something other publishers thought of, especially as Capcom is doing so well, financially speaking, at the moment. But unfortunately EA and Activision, and even Ubisoft to a degree, just rely on their big franchises and don't really put out much else anyway. Sony is another example of doing this well, because their reputation for first party games really wasn't that great until the PlayStation 4. They just built it up and became someone to rely on. Them throwing that all away now is so strange. Griefer Money issue I've been thinking for a while now about this, but Sony could take Xbox out the console market with just one sentence. You can put Game Pass on PlayStation. There wouldn't be any need for an Xbox and we know Phil wants it on there. Why Sony won't do that I'll never know. It's a win/win for Sony. You never know, Sony might allow them sooner or later and Xbox can go the way of Sega, just with a hell of a lot more money and just to make games. David GC: They won't do it because they make more money selling games on their store. Although they may change their mind in time, because they've begun to make more selling microtransactions than actual games. And another thing You know, I have been witnessing quite a bit of clamour over the last few days. More or less a lot of complaining and quite a stir of negativity. I've seen GTA 6 fall surprisingly prey to this. Either people have issues with the inevitably violent content, the sex or the aged fable of controversy. My take is my bond and I say that I gladly welcome the gratuitous violence, the sex, and the glory glitz of Leonida. Because I've waited over 12 years for an evolution and no echoes of bemusement will deter me from my course of securing the collector's edition as soon as possible. If that includes a statue or early access I will be immensely satisfied. My second point is the Nintendo Switch 2. I've already mentioned that I secured the Mario Kart World bundle from Amazon and I acknowledge the bricking controversy. But modding isn't my cup of tea, so Nintendo has nothing to worry about. I'd rather emulate PlayStation 2 games anyway. Thirdly, the PlayStation 6. It matters not the price, storage, exclusives or specs. I'm buying this system, as I did the PlayStation 5. Day one. If it arrives in 2027, the merrier it is for me. I will very much take great stride in playing Horizon Zero Dawn 3 and many other titles. Shahzaib Sadiq Mum's the word I was wondering when we might get some concrete thoughts about the Switch 2 launch games? Is there an embargo about when Switch 2 games are able to be reviewed? Or perhaps there is an embargo on when you can talk about an embargo, nothing from Nintendo would surprise me. Mark GC: There's always an embargo on when we can talk about an embargo, but especially when it involves Nintendo. Facing defeat I know the war was lost long ago (shops stopping second-hand games was the end, as far as I see it) but it is so tragic to see how small a part of gaming physical copies are now. I don't know anyone, amongst my friends or family, that buys physical copies anymore and what would be the point anyway, when they're not even stored on the disc?. Perhaps it was inevitable, since even if the initial game is on the disc it gets distorted and expanded by updates the second you put it in a console but it's the fact that there's literally no benefit to digital. People talk about convenience but what convenience? Not having to change discs is just silly and lazy. And it takes time to buy a physical copy? I could drive to the shops and back quicker that it takes me to download a modern game. Not that I'm in the habit of paying out £60 on a whim, that I suddenly decide I have to have a new game right then and there. Gaming got infinitely more expensive as soon as it became more difficult to sell on your games, especially with eBay's new payment rules. But apparently nobody cares. Maybe everyone else is a millionaire all of a sudden, and I didn't get the memo, but the death of physical is just handing more control to publishers and taking more cash out of the wallets of ordinary people. Rufus Inbox also-ransJust watched the Borderlands movie on Amazon. It's no Fallout or The Last Of Us but it's not that bad. I particularly liked Jack Black as the annoying android Claptrap. They should make a Brütal Legend movie – it would have a great soundtrack. Think I will check out the Like A Dragon movie next. Johnny Alpha SD Currently playing: Doom Eternal and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Thanks for the heads-up on Very, I managed to get my bundle with a camera so I'm very excited now. I went back and checked and it's still live though, which seems weird given no one else has any stock at all. Boysie More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. MORE: Games Inbox: What will the GTA 6 collector's edition be like? MORE: Games Inbox: Is it weird to not like GTA games? MORE: Games Inbox: How extreme will GTA 6 in-game sex and violence be?
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nvidia, Super Micro Computer, Sony: Trending Tickers
Nvidia (NVDA) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI) are extending recent gains after the companies secured artificial intelligence (AI) deals in Saudi Arabia. Sony (SONY) warns investors that it expects tariffs to negatively impact earnings, lowering profit expectations. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. First up, chip stocks climbing, Nvidia extending its rally after announcing a deal to sell chips to Saudi Arabia. Super Micro Computer also higher after entering a partnership with Data Vault, a data center operator based in Saudi Arabia. You're taking a look at shares of both of those tickers here. Uh they are moving higher pre-market here. Super Micro jumping, jumping as Destiny's Child would say, by about 20% right now. And of course, this wave of deals still adding a question back onto the table of will these chips actually stay in Saudi Arabia? Will they make their way into other countries? That was one of the larger risks that was of concern, especially given how the kind of chip flow internationally has been also deemed a national security threat as well. That aside, you think about some of the opportunities that Nvidia is looking for in other countries if there continues to be a roadblock for them to sell into the Asia-Pacific region, specifically in China, and where they could potentially see some of these dollars and commitments flow into their business as well. Saudi Arabia this week, of course, is the du jour for all of these businesses. Right. Yeah. Security, security, I guess is is the theme coming out of all of these talks in the Middle East, right? With all of this following of the money and following of the big deals. And we keep talking about this morning the Bank of America commentary around this, calling this a multi-billion dollar opportunity for these chip companies. Um and Bank of America talks about sovereign AI. That's sort of the buzzword name for these um countries investing in their own sort of governmental AI and data center build out. And BVA says quote this that that sovereign AI nicely complements commercial cloud investments with the focus on training and inference of LLMs in local culture, language and needs, could be 15, 10 to 15% or $50 billion dollars plus annually in the longer term in terms of the AI infrastructure opportunity. And Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia has talked a lot about sovereign AI in the past and working with these countries on this stuff. Absolutely. Yeah. Well, next, Sony warning of a $680 million hit to profits this year due to President Trump's tariffs. Company also announcing a $1.7 billion share buyback and provided details on the partial spin-off of its financial unit here. Um so the company's forecast not definitely not necessarily pleasing investors here. Um but the company is pushing ahead with this buyback and also gave a forecast for how many PlayStation 5s it plans to sell, um or it hopes to sell, 15 million in the year ending March 2026, its fiscal year, but that is a um a decrease from the 18 and a half million units that it sold uh in the last fiscal year. Which is interesting. I mean, they're raising prices too in several key regions here, in some of the international markets, Australia, New Zealand, Europe. Uh and still citing a challenging economic environment here, including high inflation, uh fluctuating exchange rates as well here. So PS5 prices still on the rise there in those strategic markets here. Also, one of the other things that I kind of noted off here, um looking at the half a percent drop in the previous year uh versus the previous year in revenue in this most recent most recent release for Sony here. Uh and then looking at some of the other categories, we've talked about how difficult, or at least it's come to the president's attention, how difficult the the media and specifically in some of the motion picture and the box office production, how difficult that environment is right now with within that larger division for Sony here. Uh we're taking a look at some of the sales within uh pictures coming in at 1.493 um in in sales at least, uh billion. Uh and thinking about what that means more broadly here, I think all of them are in a massive kind of investment phase for some of those motion pictures, and we'll see be interesting to see what Sony continues to say on that front as well. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Engadget
14-05-2025
- Business
- Engadget
Sony has sold 77.8 million PS5s to date, but expects a downturn due to tariffs
Sony has sold 77.8 million PlayStation 5s since the console first went on sale in 2020 after shipping 2.8 million units in its latest quarter, the company announced. That figure lines up remarkably well with PlayStation 4 sales which hit 79.1 million units in approximately the same amount of time. However, Sony's full year fiscal 2024 PS5 sales of 18.5 million were down compared to the 20.8 million it sold in 2023. Game sales more than made up for that though, rising nine percent and helping push the division's operating income up 43 percent year over year. That was largely due to third-party sales, as first-party sales actually fell a bit. Sony has only released one first-party game so far this year with key titles like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yōtei still to come. Sony doesn't expect this growth to continue, though. The company is predicting a ¥100 billion ($700 million) hit to sales next year due to tariffs, given that most of its sales occur in the US — and the company had already forecast flat revenue for 2025. Another key blow was the delay of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI launch that was just pushed back to May 2026. During its earnings call, Sony said that it was considering "passing on" tariff hikes to consumers, though it didn't mention the PS5 or US specifically. The company has already raised the price of the console in other territories including Europe, but US increases are extremely rare. Sony CEO HIroki Totoki also brought up the possibility of building the PlayStation 5 in the US, saying it's something that "has to be considered going forward." If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
