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Mattel is confident as 'standalone company' after report of acquisition offer
L.A. Times - 23 Jul 2024 01:59
After a private equity firm reportedly approached Mattel with a buyout offer, the El Segundo-based toymaker said it's confident as an independent company.
More than 100 workers walk off job at Amazon air hub, Teamsters say, in wake of record Prime Day
Market Watch - 23 Jul 2024 01:58Silicon Valley billionaires press pause on plans for $800 million utopian city amid growing tensions with county
Business Insider - 23 Jul 2024 01:11Netflix hires Alain Tascan as its president of games
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 23:09
Netflix announced it's appointed Alain Tascan, formerly of Epic Games, as the new head of its gaming division.
Exclusive: Resquared nabs $5M to take on leading CRMs with B2B local sales platform
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 23:06
Already, Resquared claims to have collected data on more than 11 million SMBs throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Gen AI boosts individual creativity at the cost of collective diversity, study finds
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 22:56
A new study shows that AI can help writers become more creative, but they result in stories that are too similar.
LightSpeed's new performance capture studio prioritizes safety and creativity
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 22:35
LightSpeed has established its new LightSpeed L.A. performance capture studio, which is built with an eye for safety and maximum creativity.
Ex-Apple car engineers' startup Vayu offers autonomous delivery robots sans Lidar sensors
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 22:19
Vayu is already witnessing significant traction, with as many as 20 enterprises piloting it's novel technology and over 100 on a waitlist.
Humble Games lays off all employees
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 21:10
Indie publisher Humble Games is reportedly closing its doors after it laid off its entire team of 36 employees.
Former Tesla lead unveils warehouse robot that can lift 3000 lbs
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 20:13
The robotics startup provides a modular cell-based matrix structure through which an AI-powered bot navigates to move materials.
By embracing liquid cooling, AI powerhouse Supermicro enables 30% more computing power -- with the same power budget
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 18:45
To meet AI demands, Supermicro's goal is to make liquid cooling at least 20% to 30% of the whole data center deployment in next 12 months.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is coming to Game Pass on July 24
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 18:39
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is coming to Game Pass on July 24, fulfilling a goal of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Play by Play Studios unveils 3v3 street basketball game The Run: Got Next
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 18:00
Play by Play Studios is coming out of stealth today as a game studio and it unveiled its first game, The Run: Got Next.
Nauto aims to protect distracted drivers with in-vehicle AI cameras pointing inside
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 17:30
Nauto has created AI cameras for commercial fleet operators to capture problems with distracted or sleepy drivers and warn them in real time.
Meta unleashes its most powerful AI model, Llama 3.1, with 405B parameters
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 17:00
Llama 3.1 is the latest version of Meta's large language models, with a new model weight, 405 billion parameters, the biggest model it's trained.
Delta faces probe as CrowdStrike disruption lingers
BBC - 23 Jul 2024 16:56
The US Transportation Secretary said Delta must honour rules granting refunds to travellers.
Adobe updates Photoshop, Illustrator to turn any text editable with AI and more
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 16:38
The company today announced a series of gen AI upgrades to Photoshop and Illustrator, its Creative Cloud desktop software programs.
Google's Anti-Cookie Effort Crumbles; Privacy Efforts in Flux
Retail Touch Points - 23 Jul 2024 16:29
After more than four years of efforts to deprecate third-party cookies on its Chrome browser, Google has essentially given up the fight. In a July 22 blog, the VP of Google's Privacy Sandbox Anthony Chavez acknowledged t...
Liithos pivots and launches Clickbait humor game in No One Is Safe franchise
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 15:30
Liithos, a transmedia and game company led by former Sony game developer Michael Mumbauer, is launching a satirical game called Clickbait.
Mobile app data platform AppMagic raises $3M in Series A round
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2024 15:00
Mobile app analytics platform AppMagic has raised $3 million from GEM Capital to compete against Sensor Tower and Data.ai's merger.
How FedEx Leverages its Data and Expertise to Help Merchants Win Post-Purchase
Retail Touch Points - 23 Jul 2024 14:47
Not too long ago, if you wanted to get a package somewhere there were three primary choices -- FedEx, UPS and USPS. But times have changed -- both customers and merchants can now choose from a range of same-day delivery ...