Beyond the avalanches of clicks for hit songs – we just learned this week that Girls Just Want to Have Fun had reached the milestone of one billion views – YouTube is an economic machine that would contribute $923 million to Canada’s gross domestic product and generate the equivalent of 34,100 jobs in the country.
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This estimate does not come from an enthusiastic internal report from Google, but from an in-depth study by Oxford Economics, a firm founded in 1981 by Britain’s oldest university. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki introduced it in a letter to creators this week. Notice to budding youtubers: we present the 10 ways to make money with the platform.
Video games
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Three new games this week, Pokemon Legends: Arceus and the combo Legacy of Thieves Collection, rely on returns to the past.
Three new games this week, three homecomings. First, for the Nintendo Switch, Pokemon Legends: Arceus is a nice combination of the classic mechanics of this venerable franchise, immersed in an open world with a sympathetic adventure at the key. For connoisseurs of this universe, we return here to the essential, without flafla and without dizzying animations. For the PS5, we’ve dusted off two great games in the series Uncharted, A Thief’s End and The Lost Legacy. Along with 3D audio, near-zero loading time, and utilizing the increased sensitivity of the DualSense controller, there’s access to frame rates of up to 120 fps. The difference is striking in the many action scenes.
Windows 11
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For its first major update since its launch last October, Windows 11 will soon integrate Android applications.
Those who were waiting for the arrival of mobile applications – like The Press+ – on their PC should have a pleasant surprise next month. Microsoft product manager Panos Panay announced in a blog post that Android apps would be offered for computers running Windows 11 through the Microsoft Store. Some users in the United States enrolled in the Windows Insider Program have already been trying it out since last October, with a few select Android apps. Many details remain unclear as to the exact date of availability of this function for all users or the number of compatible applications. And of the 1.4 billion PCs using Windows, many are deemed too old to update to Windows 11.