We’ve fielded a lot of rumors about the Samsung Galaxy S23 over the past few months. Samsung put all those rumors to rest on February 1 when they officially unveiled the new phone at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event. The hottest model is the top-of-the-line Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is large, powerful, and expensive. Luckily, with pre-orders opening up that also means a whole new round of deals, discounts, and promotions, as networks and retailers do everything they can to get you to order Samsung’s flagship through them. As no surprise, the best Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra pre-order deal comes from Samsung itself, which is offering up to $150 in Instant Credit to customers who pre-order the Galaxy S23 through Digital Trends. If you’re keeping track, that’s a $50 increase on what’s available through Samsung’s website, to use on select products like the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, moreover you’ll get up to $700 back with an eligible trade-in. We recommend jumping on that … [Read more...] about This is the Best Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Pre-Order Deal | Digital Trends
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Marvel Snap is slowly moving into pay-to-win territory | Digital Trends
Marvel Snap is undoubtedly one of the best free-to-play mobile games on the market. With over 14 million downloads and counting, it’s clear that the quality, as well as the casual and card game nature of the title, are doing a great job at keeping a sustained interest among players. However, the beloved card game has started to turn a corner as its popularity has grown. Marvel Snap ‘s once-low barrier for entry has gradually risen since launch as its microtransaction model has created an undeniable pay-to-win problem in a game that was initially celebrated for bucking that trend. Pay up Marvel Snap is a digital trading card game in the same vein as Hearthstone and Magic: The Gathering Arena . The ace up its sleeve, though, was that it was an especially newcomer-friendly card game with a focus on smaller decks and easy-to-grasp interactions. I believe it’s the perfect entry for both digital and physical trading card games … or at least I did before I noticed … [Read more...] about Marvel Snap is slowly moving into pay-to-win territory | Digital Trends
AI, Swarm Intelligence, and the Future of Sports Betting | Digital Trends
As such, it’s obvious that many sports lend themselves nicely to the type of mathematical analyses that let keen-eyed statisticians predict outcomes — maybe even exact scores — just by crunching a bunch of numbers. After all, that’s the basis of sports betting, and it’s helped baseball managers craft winning teams on a tight budget just by considering little more than batting average, runs batted in, and stolen bases. But what happens when artificial intelligence algorithms are used to do what they do best — pick out patterns in data that human eyes typically can’t catch? Could these algorithms undermine the “house” and turn sports betting on its head? The prediction predicament Athletic events are chock full of juicy data that A.I. developers would probably love to feed to their algorithms. A power forward’s field goal percentage, a running back’s rushing yards, and a midfielder’s assists are obvious example of this kind of data. But there are other, less … [Read more...] about AI, Swarm Intelligence, and the Future of Sports Betting | Digital Trends
Outta the Muck directors on their small-town football documentary | Digital Trends
The city of Pahokee, Florida, is perhaps best known for its high school football team. With less than 6,000 residents, the rural city has produced numerous football players who went on to play in the NFL , including Anquan Boldin Sr., Janoris Jenkins, and Rickey Jackson. Pahokee is known as “the Muck” because of the nutrient-rich soil on the shores of Lake Okeechobee. And while football may draw the headlines, Pahokee is a city with a long track record of triumph, tradition, and tragedy. Filmmaker Ira Mckinley sets out to paint his hometown of Pahokee in a new light with the upcoming documentary Outta the Muck . Along with his co-director/producer Bhawin Suchak, Mckinley returns to Pahokee to reconnect with his niece and nephew as he explores his family’s history and chronicles the lives of the city’s residents. Through intimate stories of love and despair, Outta the Muck depicts a new perspective on Pahokee, a city built on Black achievement, resilience, and appreciation for … [Read more...] about Outta the Muck directors on their small-town football documentary | Digital Trends
The Ark cast and creators on making a sci-fi Game of Thrones | Digital Trends
In the Syfy show The Ark , colonization missions are necessary for the survival of the human race. One-hundred years into the future, the first group of humans board the spacecraft Ark One and set a course for a new planet to serve as their future home. Traveling aboard a spaceship into the unknown — what could go wrong? In The Ark ‘s case, just about everything goes awry after a disastrous event destroys critical sections of the ship and kills most of the high-ranking officials on board. With one year remaining on their trip and resources dwindling, Lt. Sharon Garnet ( Maid’s Christie Burke), Lt. James Brice ( The Sandman’s Richard Fleeshman ), and Lt. Spencer Lane ( The Outpost’s Reece Ritchie) must act quickly and take control of the ship before it’s too late. Created by Dean Devlin ( Independence Day ) and Jonathan Glassner ( Stargate SG-1 ), The Ark is an intense “lost in space” drama that forces a diverse crew to rely on each other to survive. In an … [Read more...] about The Ark cast and creators on making a sci-fi Game of Thrones | Digital Trends