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Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time

Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time https://ift.tt/SzyVoWR The United States central bank, the Federal Reserve, has announced new task forces to "advance the conduct of monetary policy," and its board has chosen Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to help guide one task force pertaining to AI, as part of a wider effort to help create jobs and keep prices stable. The new Productivity and Jobs task force will look into the "economic impact of new general-purpose technologies," including AI, to help the Fed make better policy decisions. Sharma is joined on this task force by billionaire businessman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, along with Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones--he is currently on leave from the university to become a scholar-in-residence at the AI company Anthropic. Fed chairman Kevin Warsh said the new task forces are part of the group's "commitment to price stability a...

Jean-Claude Van Damme Guest Stars In Mortal Kombat 1, Makes A Street Fighter Reference

Jean-Claude Van Damme Guest Stars In Mortal Kombat 1, Makes A Street Fighter Reference https://ift.tt/hWFo5PU

Back when Mortal Kombat 1's premium editions were first announced, NetherRealm Studios revealed that action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme would appear in the game as a skin for Johnny Cage. Today, a new trailer showcases how the real-life movie star portrays the fictional one, and it's a match made in Hollywood.

Those who played as Johnny Cage in the recent preorder beta test will recognize the moves on display here, as the Van Damme skin fights exactly like the normal character. There may be a few cheeky extra voice lines, however, as at one point Johnny Van Damme tells Geras, "I'll play Bloodsport, you play Street Fighter," a reference to two of Van Damme's films.

Van Damme dons his look and attire from the aforementioned Bloodsport, which holds significance in the history of Mortal Kombat. In the early '90s, the game was originally pitched as a video game version of the 1988 film, but when the partnership broke down, then-developer Midway pivoted to create a new original IP in Mortal Kombat, and the rest is history.

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