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How Disney is using Unreal Engine 5 to add major upgrades to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 18:21
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run was a landmark moment for Walt Disney Imagineering when it opened in 2019.
Google launches production-ready Gemini 2.5 AI models to challenge OpenAI's enterprise dominance
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 23:55
Google launches production-ready Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash AI models for enterprises while introducing cost-efficient Flash-Lite to challenge OpenAI's market dominance.
OpenAI moves forward with GPT-4.5 deprecation in API, triggering developer anguish and confusion
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 23:52
Despite the strong reaction, OpenAI had in fact already announced the plan to deprecate GPT-4.5 Preview back in April 2025.
Microsoft partners with AMD on next generation of Xbox
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 21:07
Microsoft announced an agreement with AMD to co-engineer silicon across a portfolio of devices, including the next-generation Xbox consoles.
Bungie delays Marathon indefinitely to rework most of its content
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 20:41
Bungie announced today that it is delaying upcoming shooter Marathon from its September 23 release date, with no new date announced. The development team revealed in a blog post that it has taken this step after player f...
Bruno Mars headlines Fortnite Festival Season 9
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 19:51
Fortnite has revealed the Icon for the next season of Fortnite Festival: Bruno Mars, who joins with several new cosmetics.
Team Liquid partners with Zenni Optical on eye health and gamer performance
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 18:00
Global esports company Team Liquid announced a new partnership with Zenni Optical, naming the leading online retailer as its official eyewear partner.
Root raises $9M to launch its social platform with customizable apps
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 16:47
Root announced today it has raised $9 million to help build its social platform featuring customizable apps for growing communities.
Qodo teams up with Google Cloud, to provide devs with FREE AI code review tools directly within platform
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 15:10
The goal is to make enterprise-grade code quality solutions accessible to fast-growing startups looking to scale responsibly.
Amazon Prime Day will take place July 8 to July 11, with six bonus PC games via Prime Gaming
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 09:33
Amazon said Prime Day 2025 will take place from July 8 through July 11, and gamers will be able to get six free PC games via Prime Gaming.
Cutting cloud waste at scale: Akamai saves 70% using AI agents orchestrated by kubernetes
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 01:11
Akamai needed a Kubernetes automation platform that optimized the costs of running its core infrastructure in real time on several clouds.
Inside LinkedIn's AI overhaul: Job search powered by LLM distillation
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 00:52
In building its AI-powered job search, now available to all users, LinkedIn chose to distill large models and improve its understanding of queries.
MiniMax-M1 is a new open source model with 1 MILLION TOKEN context and new, hyper efficient reinforcement learning
Venture Beat - 17 Jun 2025 00:46
MiniMax-M1 presents a flexible option for organizations looking to experiment with or scale up advanced AI capabilities while managing costs.