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March 19, 2025

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Elbow Grease Games runs prototype mixer for its first accelerator class

Elbow Grease Games (EGG) has completed its first ever EGG Prototype Mixer with 10 game startups presenting to a crowd of game investors and publishers.Read More

about 2 hours ago

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Nvidia’s GTC 2025 keynote: 40x AI performance leap, open-source ‘Dynamo’, and a walking Star Wars-inspired ‘Blue’ robot

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils 40x faster Blackwell platform, Vera Rubin roadmap through 2027, open-source Dynamo software, humanoid robotics AI, and GM partnership at GTC 2025, positioning the company to counter DeepSeek's efficiency challenge.Read More

about 2 hours ago

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Nvidia gets industrial software firms to integrate Omniverse to accelerate physical AI

Nvidia said the big industrial software and service providers are integrating Omniverse into their platforms to accelerate physical AI.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia announces DGX SuperPOD with Blackwell Ultra GPUs

Nvidia announced what it called the world’s most advanced enterprise AI infrastructure — Nvidia DGX SuperPOD built with Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Rune Aero uses Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%

Rune Aero is using Nvidia GPUs to cut virtual wind tunnel costs by 80%, bringing down costs of developing airplanes.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia Blackwell accelerates computer-aided engineering software by 50X

Nvidia announced that Nvidia Blackwell hardware will accelerate by 50 times the big computer-aided software engineering firms' software for digital twins.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia Omniverse Blueprint enables better Earth-2 weather forecasting

Nvidia announced the Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 weather analytics to accelerate the development of more accurate weather forecasting.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia launches Blackwell RTX Pro for workstations and servers

Nvidia today announced the Nvidia RTX Pro Blackwell series — a new generation of workstation and server graphics processing units. Nvidia said the GPUs redefine workflows for AI, technical, creative, engineering and design professionals with accelerated computing, AI inference, ray tracing and neural rendering technologies. The company unveiled the…Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia will build accelerated quantum computing research center

Nvidia said it is building a Boston-based research center to provide cutting-edge technologies to advance quantum computing.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia debuts Llama Nemotron open reasoning models in a bid to advance agentic AI

At GTC, Nvidia is rolling out an open source reasoning model family to help advance agentic AI for enterprise deployments.Read More

about 10 hours ago

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Nvidia will supercharge humanoid robot development with Isaac GR00T N1 foundation model for human-like reasoning

OK, this is not a drill. The robots are coming. Nvidia announced technologies to supercharge humanoid robot development.Read More

about 11 hours ago

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GPUs go biological: BBB unveils Bionode, lab-grown, living neuron compute for AI applications

BBB is already working with ethicists and regulatory experts to ensure its technology is developed responsibly.Read More

about 11 hours ago

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GM and Nvidia collaborate on AI for self-driving cars and vehicle manufacturing

GM, the largest U.S. automaker, has extended its collaboration with Nvidia to develop self-driving cars and enhance vehicle manufacturing through simulation and accelerated computing. At GTC 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced GM and Nvidia are collaborating on next-generation vehicles, factories and robots using AI, simulation and accelerated…Read More

about 12 hours ago

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Adobe’s new AI agents can make personal websites for your customers

Adobe's new Brand Concierge feature lets customers create websites that respond to visitors with personalization.Read More

about 12 hours ago

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Nvidia partners with telecom leaders to develop AI-native 6G wireless networks

Nvidia said 6G wireless networks are coming, with help from artificial intelligence processing.Read More

about 12 hours ago

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The Sandbox partners with Jurassic World franchise to create new virtual experiences

The Sandbox is collaborating with Universal and Amblin Entertainment to bring the Jurassic World franchise to life in The Sandbox.Read More

about 15 hours ago

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Styngr makes it easier to license music for video games

When it comes to getting music for games, Styngr is the only fully licensed major label partner that can get pre-cleared music into games.Read More

about 15 hours ago

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Microsoft says ID@Xbox has paid $5B to date to indie game devs

Microsoft said that ID@Xbox indie gaming label has paid out $5 billion to date to independent game developers.Read More

about 15 hours ago

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Orion Security emerges from stealth using LLMs to track your enterprise’s data flow and stop it from leaking out

Beyond catching malicious insiders, Orion also distinguishes between human errors and external attackers for specificity.Read More

about 15 hours ago

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Tackling the game industry’s biggest challenges at GamesBeat Engage

GamesBeat Engage kicked off on March 11 -- the first in a series of salon-style gatherings featuring top industry voices and networking.Read More

about 16 hours ago

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GDC’s #1ReasonToBe panel will celebrate women game devs in a tough climate

The #1ReasonToBe panel is returning to GDC in a climate in the U.S. that may not feel so welcoming for panelists this year.Read More

about 17 hours ago

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Halliday raises $20 million to build AI agents that operate safely on blockchain

Halliday secures $20 million to develop secure AI agents for blockchain, solving critical safety challenges for enterprise applications with immutable guardrails and automated workflows.Read More

about 17 hours ago

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Muse unveils wearable that combines brainwave tracking and brain oxygen measurements

Muse by Interaxon, a neurotechnology startup, unveiled Muse S Athena, a consumer wearable that can deliver advanced cognitive fitness insights.Read More

about 18 hours ago

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Sensor Tower acquires gaming data company Video Game Insights

Sensor Tower announced it has acquired Video Game Insights, expanding its market research into PC and console.Read More

about 18 hours ago

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Minecraft Education launches replica of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican

Students can step inside this legendary St. Peter's Basilica building and take on the role of its caretakers in Minecraft Education.Read More

about 20 hours ago

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Operative Games unveils AI-driven interactive storytelling platform

Operative Games, an interactive storytelling company, emerged today from stealth with backing from investors 1AM Gaming, Samsung Next, and LongJourney.vc.Read More

about 23 hours ago

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Baidu delivers new LLMs ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1 undercutting DeepSeek, OpenAI on cost — but they’re not open source (yet)

Baidu has also announced plans to integrate ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1 into its broader ecosystem, including Baidu Search and the Wenxiaoyan app.Read More

1 day ago

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Mistral AI drops new open-source model that outperforms GPT-4o Mini with fraction of parameters

France's Mistral AI launches efficient open-source model that outperforms Google and OpenAI offerings with just 24 billion parameters, challenging U.S. tech giants' dominance in artificial intelligence.Read More

1 day ago

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Inworld AI showcases AI case studies as they move to production

While impressive in controlled demos, today's AI technologies expose critical limitations when transitioning to production-ready games.Read More

1 day ago

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Gaming luminaries explore industry’s struggles and how its best days are still ahead

Matthew Ball started a big conversation about the state of the game industry when he launched a 224-slide PowerPoint deck. We continued it.Read More

1 day ago

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Game studios deal with uncertainty by doing more with less | Unity

Unity said in its annual report that game developers faced with uncertainty are doing more with less resources.Read More

1 day ago

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Visa’s AI edge: How RAG-as-a-service and deep learning are strengthening security and speeding up data retrieval

Visa has reduced data retrieval from hours to mere minutes and blocked $40 billion in fraud thanks to gen AI tools.Read More

1 day ago

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Zynga teams with Fast Furious for year-long event series in CSR2

Zynga, in collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences, is speeding into a year of events bringing Fast & Furious film content into CSR2.Read More

1 day ago

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Digital Bandidos wants to be an outlaw publisher that fights for devs | Steve Escalante

Digital Bandidos formed last year as an indie game publishing company just as many publishers were going out of business.Read More

1 day ago

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Roblox unveils Roblox Cube GenAI and other game dev tools for GDC

Roblox introduced its Roblox Cube AI tools, the core generative AI system for building 3D objects and scenes.Read More

1 day ago

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GGP announces Collegiate Games Competition with $90K in prizes

Gay Gaming Professionals, a nonprofit that cultivates emerging top performers in the video games industry, has created the Collegiate Games Competition to surface new gaming talent. In partnership with Raw Thrills, the arcade entertainment company, this competition will offer $90,000 in prizes, celebrate video games, and encourage the bright creati…Read More

1 day ago

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GGWP adds voice moderation for Unity’s Vivox voice chat and Gorilla Tag

GGWP, a brand safety platform for online communities, said its voice moderation tools are being used by Unity's Vivox and Another Axiom.Read More

1 day ago

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Klang Games partners with Google Cloud on AI-driven simulation game Seed

Klang, the pioneering studio behind the ambitious simulation Seed, announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud.Read More

1 day ago

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Inside Zoom’s AI evolution: From basic meeting tools to agentic productivity platform powered by LLMs and SLMs

Zoom's CTO explains how the web conferencing vendor’s technology has evolved and expanded into agentic AI capabilities.Read More

1 day ago

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon G Series processors for handheld gaming

Qualcomm has launched new versions of the Snapdragon G Series processor to deliver next-level performance for handheld gaming. The next generation of the Snapdragon G Series includes Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2, each tailored to deliver immersive gaming experiences. Qualcomm unveiled the lineup at the Game Deve…Read More

1 day ago

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The Discord Social SDK enables developers to tap into Discord’s social infrastructure at no cost

Discord, the communications for games company, has launched the Discord Social SDK, a toolkit that enables developers of all sizes to tap into Discord’s social infrastructure to drive their game’s social and multiplayer experiences for all their players. Developers can tap into this toolkit, with or without a Discord account, at no cost. Developers…Read More

1 day ago

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How Stack Up is still saving lives of veterans through gaming after a decade

Stephen Machuga, CEO of charity Stack Up, believes video games can help veterans feel like they're part of society.Read More

2 days ago

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Inching towards AGI: How reasoning and deep research are expanding AI from statistical prediction to structured problem-solving

In March 2023, OpenAI released GPT-4, which promised "sparks" of AGI. Two years on, the flame is beginning to appear.Read More

2 days ago

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Launching your first AI project with a grain of RICE: Weighing reach, impact, confidence and effort to create your roadmap

A new framework inspired by the RICE scoring model balances business value, time-to-market, scalability and risk for your first AI project.Read More

3 days ago

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GFAL unveils beta for Diamond Dreams match-3 game with optional Web3 features

GFAL is launching Diamond Dreams, a match-3 puzzle game with a luxury theme and optional Web3 features.Read More

4 days ago

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OpenAI’s strategic gambit: The Agents SDK and why it changes everything for enterprise AI

OpenAI's new API and Agents SDK consolidate a previously fragmented complex ecosystem into a unified, production-ready framework. For enterprise AI teams, the implications are potentially profound: Projects that previously demanded multiple frameworks, specialized vector databases, and complex orchestration logic can now be achieved through a single, standardized platform. But perhaps most revealing is OpenAI’s implicit acknowledgment that solving AI agent reliability issues requires outside expertise. This shift comes amid growing evidence that external developers are finding innovative solutions to agent...

4 days ago

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Studio People Can Fly phases out VR games, citing retreat in investments from platform holders

With no more money from VR platform holders to subsidize development, studios like People Can Fly are second-guessing their own time with it.Read More

4 days ago

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Lovelace Studio uses AI to help players build survival craft sandbox worlds

Lovelace Studio is using generative AI to build Nyric, a tool that can help bring gaming worlds to life for player builders who work in harmony.Read More

5 days ago

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Territory Studio SF designs future-facing interfaces for everything from cars to games | The DeanBeat

Territory Studio SF has created "future-facing" designs for everything from a GM concept car to the user interfaces in video games.Read More

5 days ago

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51 seconds to breach: How CISOs are countering AI-driven, lightning-fast deepfake, vishing and social engineering attacks

Attackers can breach a network in 51 seconds. CISOs fight back with zero-trust, AI-based threat detection & instant session token revocation.Read More

5 days ago

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Moonvalley’s Marey is a state-of-the-art AI video model trained on FULLY LICENSED data

Marey enables filmmakers to create using storyboards, sketches, and even live-action references, making it more intuitive for pros.Read More

5 days ago

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Atari partners with B3 on multiple blockchain titles including Pong

Atari is partnering with B3 to bring several titles onto the blockchain for the first time, beginning with the game that started it all: Pong. Read More

5 days ago

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Duolingo hits GDC again to recruit game devs to make gamified mobile apps

Duolingo is showing up once again to hire young game developers to help make its gamified mobile apps.Read More

5 days ago

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Saga Origins partners with GFAL to add AI-driven agents into game

Saga Origins is working with Web3 game startup GFAL (Games for a Living) to integrate AI-driven agents into the Diamond Dreams game.Read More

5 days ago

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Parasol and Jokers will bring Sega-licensed Code of Joker: Evolutions to Web3

Mysten Labs‘ Parasol and Jokers will bring the Sega-licensed Code of Joker: Evolutions game to Web3 players. Parasol is an end-to-end platform enabling game developers to seamlessly integrate blockchain infrastructure into their games. It’s a subsidiary of Mysten Labs, and the companies involved have announced that the Sega-licensed gam…Read More

5 days ago

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The risks of AI-generated code are real — here’s how enterprises can manage the risk

AI generated code is set to dominate application development. Here's what enterprises can do now to lower the risk.Read More

5 days ago

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Mobile gaming market shows tentative signs of growth again | Adjust

Adjust’s latest report shows that the mobile gaming market has new growth opportunities following the recovery of 2024.Read More

5 days ago

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Samsung offers 80/20 revenue share for games on the Galaxy Store

Samsung Electronics announced that it will share 80% of revenues and keep 20% for itself for games on the Samsung Galaxy Store.Read More

5 days ago

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Nvidia’s GTC keynote will emphasize AI over gaming

Don't expect to hear a lot about better framerates and raytracing at the Nvidia GTC keynote. AI will instead be the subject of the day.Read More

5 days ago

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New technique helps LLMs rein in CoT lengths, optimizing reasoning without exploding compute costs

Carnegie Mellon University researchers propose a new LLM training technique that gives developers more control over chain-of-thought length.Read More

5 days ago

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Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking now has memory and Google apps integration

Google makes Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental more personal by connecting more Google apps and services.Read More

6 days ago

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Human Computer raises $5.7M in seed funding to build indie portfolio

Indie studio Human Computer raises $5.7M in funding to build its games, which take place in a shared universe.Read More

6 days ago

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Anthropic researchers forced Claude to become deceptive — what they discovered could save us from rogue AI

Anthropic researchers reveal groundbreaking techniques to detect hidden objectives in AI systems, training Claude to conceal its true goals before successfully uncovering them through innovative auditing methods that could transform AI safety standards.Read More

6 days ago

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Keywords Studios provides AI-assisted innovation for game devs

Keywords Studios, the international provider of external development for games and entertainment, is launching Keywords Studios AI Solutions.Read More

6 days ago

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Patronus AI’s Judge-Image wants to keep AI honest — and Etsy is already using it

Patronus AI launches the first multimodal LLM-as-a-Judge for evaluating AI systems that process images, with Etsy already implementing the technology to validate product image captions across its marketplace.Read More

6 days ago

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Google levels up Android graphics with Vulkan API in time for GDC 2025

Google announced it is leveling up its multiplatform game offering in time for GDC with graphics improvements leading the way.Read More

6 days ago

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Supercade heads toward a reissue to recapture the golden age of video games

Supercade was Van Burnham's ode to the golden age of video games -- a big coffee table book that captured the visual history of games from 1971 to 1984.Read More

6 days ago

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Cohere targets global enterprises with new highly multilingual Command A model requiring only 2 GPUs

Command A from Cohere offers faster speeds, a larger context window, improved multilingual handling, and lower deployment costs.Read More

6 days ago

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Xbox unveils Copilot of Gaming as an AI sidekick for gamers

Microsoft unveiled its Copilot for Gaming initiative, an AI gaming sidekick that will enhance player experiences on Xbox.Read More

6 days ago

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Aethir drives stronger gaming user acquisition for SuperScale

In a partnership with SuperScale, Aethir argued that it drives stronger user acquisition for game companies.Read More

6 days ago

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GDC 2025 preview — with 700 sessions and perhaps 30,000 attendees

GDC 2025 could drawn 30,000 people to attend more than 700 sessions at the big event in San Francisco.Read More

6 days ago

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Xsolla unveils solutions for game devs ahead of GDC 2025

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, announced a series of new and enhanced solutions for game developers ahead of GDC 2025.Read More

6 days ago

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Nvidia unveils 50 Series upgrades like RTX Remix inside Half-Life 2 RTX demo ahead of GDC

Ahead of the Game Developers Conference next week, Nvidia shared more details on the power of its latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards.Read More

6 days ago

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Players tend to like games that give them rewards, Almedia study shows

Almedia’s latest report shows that mobile gamers respond very positively to games that offer real-world rewardsRead More

6 days ago

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Google’s native multimodal AI image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash impresses with fast edits, style transfers

Google Gemini 2.0 Flash enables developers to create illustrations, refine images through conversation, and generate detailed visualsRead More

6 days ago

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ServiceNow expands AI offerings with pre-built agents, targeting broader enterprise adoption

ServiceNow has upgraded its AI agent offerings as it seeks it sto double down on investing in AI for enterprises.Read More

6 days ago

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Netflix Games loses its vice-president of generative AI

After embracing generative AI as a core part of its gaming strategy, Netflix's vice president of generative AI has left the company.Read More

6 days ago

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Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build

Nous Research's new API for "unrestricted" Hermes 3 and DeepHermes-3 AI models features toggle-on reasoning and a developer-first approach.Read More

6 days ago

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Opus Major raises $10M to bring people together through music and games

Opus Major has raised $10 million in funding to build a global game studio dedicated to crafting games and entertainment.Read More

7 days ago

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Forge launches Forge Direct as a gamified hub for community-powered growth

Forge, the platform for community-driven game marketing and engagement, today announced Forge Direct, a kind of self-service gamified hub that allows game developers to launch fully customizable, feature-rich community portals. Unlike traditional game websites which typically serve as static landing pages, Forge Direct is aninteractive engagement p…Read More

7 days ago

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M10 raises $3M for Web3 competitive multiplayer games

M10, a Web3 game developer and publisher creating competitive multiplayer games, has raised $3 million in funding.Read More

7 days ago

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Applivery raises funds from Supercell for device and software management

Applivery, a tech platform for endpoint management and app distribution, has received a strategic investment from Supercell.Read More

7 days ago

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Nunu.ai raises $6M for AI agents dubbed ‘unembodied minds’ for game testing

Nunu.ai has raised $6 million and unveiled Unembodied Minds, or AI agents designed for game testing and to control any given body as needed.Read More

7 days ago

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Monopoly Go maker Scopely to acquire Niantic’s games business for $3.5B

Scopely has agreed to acquire Niantic's games business, which includes Pokémon Go, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion.Read More

7 days ago

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Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window

Google's Gemma 3 is multimodal, comes in four sizes and can now handle more information and instructions thanks to a larger context window.Read More

7 days ago

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Sony’s Soneium blockchain teams up with Line mini apps on Web3

Soneium, powered by Sony Block Solutions Labs, is collaborating with Line to bring four successful mini-apps onchain in coming months.Read More

7 days ago

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Sony testing AI to drive PlayStation characters

PlayStation characters may one day engage you in theoretically endless conversations, if a new internal technology video bares out.Read More

7 days ago

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OpenAI unveils Responses API, open source Agents SDK, letting developers build their own Deep Research and Operator

OpenAI is also making its web search, file search and computer use tools available directly through the responses API.Read More

8 days ago

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Anthropic’s stealth enterprise coup: How Claude 3.7 is becoming the coding agent of choice

Anthropic is positioning Claude as the LLM that matters most for enterprise companies. Claude 3.7 Sonnet, released just two weeks ago, set new benchmark records for coding performance.Read More

8 days ago

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Roblox fashion sphere grows as Bunka launches Digital Fashion Program

Bunka Fashion College debuted its Digital Fashion Program, with its students making avatar looks alongside physical clothing.Read More

8 days ago

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BlizzCon returns to Anaheim on September 12-13, 2026

BlizzCon is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12 and September 13 in 2026.Read More

8 days ago

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Atlant 3D raises $15M to build materials and devices atom by atom

Atlant 3D has raised $15 million as demand grows for its manufacturing system that builds materials and devices atom by atom.Read More

8 days ago

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AI vs. AI: 6 ways enterprises are automating cybersecurity to counter AI-powered attacks

AI-powered cybersecurity threats include deepfakes, automating breaches, and morphing malware in real time, challenging cyberdefenses.Read More

8 days ago

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Longdue drops debut teaser and Kickstarter for Hopetown, spiritual successor to Disco Elysium

Longdue has unveiled the atmospheric debut teaser and Kickstarter date for its in-development ‘psychogeographic’ RPG, Hopetown.Read More

8 days ago

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ZA/UM Studio unveils Project [C4] as its upcoming espionage RPG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9apwrMKi8ZA/UM Studio today introduced its next game, codenamed Project [C4], a new mind-warping espionage RPG.Read More

8 days ago

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Pragma raises $12.75M for backend game engine for live services games

Pragma, a backend game engine empowering studios to build scalable, live-service games, said it has raised $12.75 million.Read More

8 days ago

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CRM provider Creatio launches first ‘AI native’ platform with agentic digital talent built-in

Creatio unveiled a new CRM paradigm that puts a prompt entry box front and center, allowing the user to simply type in what they need.Read More

8 days ago

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Good Job Games raises $23M to make better match-3 games in Turkiye

Good Job Games, a fast-growing mobile game company based in Turkey, has secured $23 million in a seed funding round.Read More

8 days ago

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Tilting Point launches $150M user acquisition fund to boost mobile games

Tilting Point has launched a new $150 million user acquisition (UA) fund to help developers scale their games and apps.Read More

8 days ago

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Cerebras just announced 6 new AI datacenters that process 40M tokens per second — and it could be bad news for Nvidia

Cerebras Systems is challenging Nvidia with six new AI data centers across North America, promising 10x faster inference speeds and 7x cost reduction for companies using advanced AI models like Llama 3.Read More

8 days ago