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The Nancy Drew game series (yes, it’s real) is back with Game 34 | Kaser Focus
We're getting another game in the series that Rachel Kaser thinks you've probably never heard of -- the Nancy Drew series.Tech -
AI in a chainsaw? Stream Analyze launches in the U.S. to make ‘stupid’ devices smarter
Detecting likely problems before they happen, improving efficiency, saving time and cost, and keeping operations running smoothly.Tech -
Palo Alto Networks’ CTO on why machine learning is revolutionizing SOC performance
We're moving away from investigating an attack once every few hours or once every few days to investigating 10s of millions or 100s of millions of potential attacks every second. Humans can’t do that we need machine learning.Tech -
How Bethesda prepped Fallout 76 for the Prime series viewers
Bethesda's Fallout games have seen renewed popularity after the Prime series launched. How did the devs prepare their games for this?Tech -
Oracle doubles down on generative AI with new features to accelerate enterprise deal cycles
With the new features and the ones announced last month, Oracle now has more than 50 generative AI smarts handling different functions across Fusion Cloud applications.Tech -
Survios reveals Alien: Rogue Incursion VR title, coming out later this year
Survios has revealed more details about its Alien title. Called Rogue Incursion, the VR title launches for headsets this holiday.Tech -
Legends of gaming discuss creativity at Reboot Develop Blue | The DeanBeat
Patrice Desilets and Tim Browne, veteran game developers, discussed how they approach creativity at Reboot Develop Blue.Tech -
Ubisoft returns to Web3 gaming with new titles in the works | Nicolas Pouard interview
Ubisoft has said that it is working on games that use Web3 technology and those games will likely launch this year.Tech -
Yoneda Labs raises $4M from Khosla Ventures to build the ‘OpenAI for chemistry’
Yoneda Labs raised $4 million from Khosla Ventures to build a foundation model for chemists to help streamline the drugmaking process.Tech -
GEM Capital adds AppMagic, Mundfish, Pixonic CEOs as investment advisors
GEM Capital announced its adding three new advisors to guide its investment strategy, all CEOs from the games industry.Tech -
Estée Lauder and Microsoft partner to help beauty brands use generative AI
Estée Lauder partners with Microsoft to form AI Innovation Lab to research and develop gen AI beauty solutions for its 20+ brands.Tech - Microsoft -
AuditBoard upgrades its risk management platform with built-in LLM descriptions
Prior to AuditBoard, many auditors relied on off-the-shelf spreadsheet software which they had to manually adjust to fit their needs.Tech -
Intel reports 9% YoY Q1 growth, driven by computing, AI and edge products
Intel announced its earnings under its new financial structuring model as it seeks to establish itself as a leader in AI hardware.Tech -
Synthesia takes next leap in AI video with ‘expressive avatars’
Synthesia says healthcare companies could use the new technology to create more empathetic videos for their patients or marketing teams could use it to convey excitement and optimism in their demo clips.Tech -
RIP Blizzcon 2024: Blizzard promises reveals at other events
Blizzard is shelving Blizzcon for 2024. Instead, the developer plans to make major announcements at other industry trade shows and events.Tech -
Activision Blizzard and AbleGamers’ fundraiser champions inclusive design
Activision Blizzard and AbleGamers have launched a fundraising campaign, as part of the company's work together on inclusive design.Tech -
Mon Protocol exposes MetalCore Web3 game to Pixelmon’s 1.1M players
Studio369, the game development company behind blockchain-powered multiplayer shooter MetalCore, has teamed with Pixelmon.Tech -
Macro concerns kept games investors cautious in Q1 2024 I InvestGame
Gaming investments totaled $2.2B in Q1 2024 according to InvestGame. Investors remain risk-averse with few exit options on the table.Tech -
Exclusive: AI startup Edia guarantees better math outcomes for school districts within one year
AI startup Edia is guaranteeing improved math outcomes for students in grades 6-12 within a year, offering a full refund if results aren't met.Tech -
Movement Labs raises $38M to bring Facebook’s Move Virtual Machine to Ethereum
Movement Labs has raised $38 million in funding to bring Facebook’s Move Virtual Machine to Ethereum in order to improve security.Tech -
Swave Photonics develops true holographic display for spatial computing
Swave Photonics, a "true holographic display" company, announced the world’s first 3D holographic display technology for XR.Tech -
Exclusive: Visa’s CIO shares insights on generative AI’s transformative potential in payments industry
Visa's CIO Don Hobson shares his vision for how generative AI will revolutionize the global payments landscape, from enhanced fraud detection to greater financial inclusion.Tech -
CARV raises $10M to build out modular data layer for gaming and AI
CARV announced that it's raised $10 million in funding to expand its modular data layer for gaming and AI.Tech -
Dropzone AI gets $16.85M for autonomous cybersecurity AI agents that reduce manual work by 90 percent
Dropzone AI announced a $16.85 million Series A round led by Theory Ventures to help bring its cybersecurity AI agents to market.Tech - Artificial Intelligence -
Supercell to release Squad Busters, 1st new game in over 5 years
Supercell announced that Squad Busters will launch on May 29 as its first global game in over five years.Tech -
Salesforce Einstein Copilot brings new reasoning and actions to enterprise generative AI
Salesforce Einstein Copilot generative AI is now generally available, bringing new actions and analytics to enterprise users.Tech -
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally delivers first DGX H200 to OpenAI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang personally delivers the groundbreaking DGX H200 AI processor to OpenAI, heralding significant advancements in AI technology and research capabilities.Tech -
Edge AI: The accessible, sustainable future of AI
The move to edge AI promises to make AI more accessible, efficient and tailored to specific needs, further driving innovation.Tech -
Elon Musk’s xAI previews Grok-1.5V, its first multimodal model
xAI introduces Grok-1.5V, an AI model capable of processing visual information from documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots and photos.Tech - Elon Musk -
Baldur’s Gate 3 nabs ninth GOTY accolade (including mine) | Kaser Focus
Baldur's Gate 3 is still taking home Game of the Year awards several months post-launch -- though Rachel Kaser still thinks hers is best.Tech -
The Outlast Trials gets Toxic Shock update, passes 2M player milestone
Red Barrels announces The Outlast Trials has accrued over 2 million players in its year since early access launch and is getting a new update.Tech -
Google’s new technique gives LLMs infinite context
Experiments reported by the Google research team indicate that models using Infini-attention can maintain their quality over one million tokens without requiring additional memory.Tech - Google -
Google’s RecurrentGemma brings advanced language AI to edge devices
RecurrentGemma model reduces hardware requirements, enabling real-time text processing for edge, IoT and smartphones.Tech - Google -
Epic Games proposes Play Store fixes following Google verdict
Epic Games has submitted an injunction as part of its legal case against Google outlining how the latter should allow third-party app stores.Tech - Google -
Why small language models are the next big thing in AI
The specialized nature of SLMs can lead to improved performance and efficiency in these targeted applications compared to using a more general model.Tech -
Ideogram bolsters AI image generator with description-based referencing
Available on Ideogram web, the features are designed to give users more control over how they produce AI images as well as enhance the overall quality and coherence of the outputs.Tech -
Cohere’s Rerank 3 enhances enterprise search, boosting efficiency and insights
Cohere unveils Rerank 3, a cutting-edge foundation model that revolutionizes enterprise search and retrieval, delivering unparalleled accuracy and efficiency for complex data sources.Tech -
Q1 game venture fundings rose 94% over Q4 — Konvoy report | The DeanBeat
It's just an upward blip, driven by a few rare events, but it's perhaps the best news the game industry has seen in a while.Tech -
Breaking the silence: A blueprint to beat toxicity, extremism and grooming in gaming
Experts from The Gaming Safety Coalition share critical lessons on creating a robust trust and safety plan that keeps players in the game.Tech -
Tales of Kenzera: Zau honors a lost father and the transformative power of loss
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is one of those games that has a deeply personal origin story.Tech