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After thirty-one years and some of the most beloved role-playing games ever made, BioWare is closing its doors. Electronic Arts has confirmed the Edmonton studio will shut down, and with it, early development on the next Mass Effect has been canceled. It's the end of an era for fans of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Knights of the Old Republic.
Turning to a question that's quietly becoming urgent in boardrooms everywhere, new research suggests artificial intelligence is still failing to move the profit needle for most companies. One in two chief information officers expect to miss their AI return-on-investment targets by two thousand twenty seven, even as AI spending races toward a fifth of all business technology budgets. The gap between ambition and results is drawing real scrutiny.
And in a story that speaks to the frustrations of developers outside the Western tech mainstream, Indian developers are raising serious concerns about Google Play's payment verification process through BillDesk, describing it as needlessly burdensome and, frankly, disrespectful. It's a reminder that platform power doesn't feel the same from every corner of the globe.
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