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Neon Machines settles lawsuit with former investors
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2025 23:40
Neon Machine, the developer and publisher of the Web3 first-person shooter Shrapnel, announced it has settle an investor lawsuit filed in 2023. Neon said it expects the settlement to be submitted for court approval in du...
Epic Games Store hits nearly 300 million PC users in 2024
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2025 23:26
Despite overall user numbers rising year-over-year, a freefall in third-party revenue paints a less rosy image for the Epic Games Store.
Researchers find you don't need a ton of data to train LLMs for reasoning tasks
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2025 22:56
With a few hundred well-curated examples, an LLM can be trained for complex reasoning tasks that previously required thousands of instances.
Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap--what that means for the industry
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2025 21:49
Perplexity's Deep Research tool matches $75,000/month enterprise AI capabilities, forcing OpenAI and Google to justify premium pricing.
Astro Bot wins Game of the Year | Dice Awards
Venture Beat - 14 Feb 2025 09:00
Astro Bot from Team Asobi took home five major awards at the Dice Awards, including Game of the Year. The game, which Sony said last night sold 1.5 million copies, also won awards for Outstanding Achievement in Animation...