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Riot and Prime Gaming renew deal for in-game rewards, esports
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 19:00
Riot Games renewed its partnership with Prime Gaming for regular content drops across its top titles and support for LoL, VCT & TFT esports.
Tech investor Weili Dai unveils Story Machine generative AI game creation platform
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 15:00
Tech investor and entrepreneur Weili Dai today unveiled her latest venture: Story Machine, a tool for creating games that uses generative AI.
Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse Highlights Why We Must See Ourselves As Responsible Digital Herds
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 23:57
We have baked into our technology the conditions for creating digital herds. Now we must put in place the right guardrails to prevent destructive impact.
Thrive Market: Entrepreneurial Lessons In Becoming One Of America's Best Startup Employers
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 23:49
Forbes chats with Thrive Market's Cofounder, Nick Green, to learn how they became one of America's Best Startup Employers while maintaining their promise to put eco-friendly, sustainable solutions at the forefront of the...
Inside The Audacious Plan To Use 10,000 Nuclear Microreactors To Wean The World Off Coal
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 23:44
Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy aims to build his first ten inexpensive, off-the-shelf fission reactors in eastern Europe. In this interview, Kugelmass sits with Forbes' Chris Helman to discuss the productization of nuclea...
Twitch lays off over 400 staff amid Amazon downsizing
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 23:30
Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform, has announced it laid off about 400 employees due to macroeconomic headwinds.
Anything but small: Micro events bring big benefits
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 22:07
Micro events can provide relevant content consistently, increase visibility and foster meaningful connections with target audiences.
Immutable and Polygon Labs create a strategic alliance for Web3 gaming
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 20:20
Immutable and Polygon Labs have formed a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the adoption of Web3 gaming.
Augmented intelligence for everyone everywhere
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 20:07
Data is accelerating and accumulating by the second. Here's how every enterprise can take a data-driven approach to fuel intelligence.
This week in data: What matters (and what doesn't) in the data world
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 19:07
Find out what you missed this week in data, what you can ignore, and what to expect at the 2023 Gartner Data & Analytics Summit.
Life by You is a life simulator from Paradox Interactive
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 18:45
Paradox Interactive today revealed more details about Life by You, an open life simulator coming from Paradox Tectonic.
Roblox launches generative AI materials & coding tools
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 18:00
At GDC 2023, Roblox has announced an open opt-in beta for two new generative AI tools that help users generate materials and assist coding.
Subway Surfers reaches 4B lifetime downloads thanks to TikTok
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 18:00
Subway Surfers has reached a new milestone. The endless runner mobile game has been downloaded 4B times, thanks in part to TikTok.
With GPT-4, dangers of 'Stochastic Parrots' remain, say researchers. No wonder OpenAI CEO is a 'bit scared' | The AI Beat
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 17:08
It was an epic week in AI, with the launch of GPT-4 and news from Microsoft and Google. By Friday, I was ready for a dose of thoughtful reality amid the hype.
You Can Come Out Of Retirement And Work Again
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 16:44
Everyone is suddenly talking about raising the retirement age, but is the discussion already moot? And what impact might earning post-retirement income have on your Social Security benefits?
Netflix announces next games, including a Mighty Quest title
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 16:00
Netflix announced the next games coming to its mobile platform, including Mighty Quest: Rogue Palace and Monument Valley.
Respawn opens new location in Madison to support Apex Legends
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 15:03
Respawn is opening a new studio location in Madison, Wisconsin, which will help support its other studios.
Spatial launches beta creator tools for gamified web experiences
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 15:00
Spatial, the 3D social and co-experience platform for creators, has launched a beta version of its Creator Toolkit powered by Unity. The tools will enable creators to launch gamified web experiences and interactive exhib...
Eight Ways Entrepreneurs Can Leverage Technology To Get Control Of Their Time
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 14:15
One person simply doesn't have the time to do everything a thriving business requires, which is why leveraging technology in the right ways can greatly improve the day-to-day operations of your business as well as your o...
Scuti and NBALab let gamers earn rewards and digital collectibles
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 14:00
Scuti and NBALab have teamed up on a "gcommerce" platform to enable gamers to earn rewards and digital collectibles in games.
3 Ways Ambitious Entrepreneurs Are Using AI
Forbes - 20 Mar 2023 10:30
If you're not incorporating artificial intelligence into your work in some way, you're behind the curve. Even the most suspicious and non-technical entrepreneurs could save time and money making use of the tools availabl...
Flying Sheep Studios gets $1.2M in German government funding for metaverse game
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2023 08:01
Flying Sheep Studios said its Star Life metaverse title has raised $1.2 million in funding from the German government.