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Beamable raises $13.5M for decentralized open source backend infrastructure for games
Beamable has raised $13.5 million in funding to develop its decentralized backend infrastructure for games.VentureBeat - 10h -
Open-source revolution: How DeepSeek-R1 challenges OpenAI’s o1 with superior processing, cost efficiency
We dive deep into hands-on testing, practical implications and actionable insights to help you understand which model best suits their needs.VentureBeat - 23h -
Türkiye’s Laton Ventures raises $50M to invest in global game and app startups
Laton Ventures, a gaming and apps focused venture capital firm founded by Görkem Türk, has closed its first fund with $50 million.VentureBeat - 1d -
DeepSeek's breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta's Llama
DeepSeek's success represents a victory for open-source artificial intelligence models such as Meta's Llama, industry experts told CNBC.CNBC - 19h -
Mighty Bear Games raises $4M for GOAT Gaming platform where AI agents earn rewards for players
Mighty Bear Games, has raised $4 million for its GOAT Gaming platform, where AI agents can play Telegram games and earn rewards for you.VentureBeat - 1d -
Five talking points from opening Six Nations games
How can England keep up the pressure? When will Wales end their dismal run? The big talking points from the first round of Six Nations fixtures.BBC News - 1d -
Sam Altman admits OpenAI was ‘on the wrong side of history’ in open source debate
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, admits the company was "on the wrong side of history" in the open source AI debate during a Reddit AMA, signaling a potential strategy shift as Chinese competitor ...VentureBeat - 3d -
Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper
French AI startup Mistral unveils a breakthrough 24B parameter language model that matches the performance of models three times its size, challenging tech giants with faster speeds and lower ...VentureBeat - 5d -
Video Game History Foundation's Massive Digital Library Is Now Open To The Public
After a brief tease last week , the Video Game History Foundation has officially thrown the virtual doors open to its massive digital library . Designed to be a free-to-access resource for ...GameSpot - 5d -
Ai2 releases Tülu 3, a fully open-source model that bests DeepSeek v3, GPT-4o with novel post-training approach
DeepSeek-R1 released model code and pre-trained weights but not training data. Ai2 is taking a different approach to be more open.VentureBeat - 5d -
Ex-Google, Apple engineers launch unconditionally open source Oumi AI platform that could help to build the next DeepSeek
Existing open-source AI approaches are still not entirely open, which is a challenge that former Google and Apple engineers alongside a coalition of 13 universities are looking to solve.VentureBeat - 6d -
Sources: Kings to open up talks on Fox trade
The Sacramento Kings are expected to open talks for a potential De'Aaron Fox trade ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline, sources told ESPN.ESPN - 6d -
Sources: Kings open to dealing All-Star De'Aaron Fox ahead of trade deadline
Are Fox's days in Sacramento numbered?Yahoo Sports - Jan. 28 -
Jack Dorsey is back with Goose, a new, ultra-simple open-source AI agent-building platform from his startup Block
Goose’s capabilities are enhanced through Block’s collaboration with Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company.VentureBeat - Jan. 28 -
The stock market ‘is telling us that cheap, open-source AI is a good thing’ after DeepSeek rout
Investors aren’t ignoring the upsides of cheaper AI models despite Monday’s DeepSeek-inspired stock-market panic.MarketWatch - Jan. 28 -
Game streamers raised $97K for LA fire victims via Habitat for Humanity
A group of gaming influencers/streamers in the Evolved talent management network have raised $97,000 in donations for victims of the Los Angeles fires. Just as the fires have been quelled by rain ...VentureBeat - Jan. 28 -
The battle against infrastructure delays is far from won
Transport and energy projects can deliver the growth Britain needs — if ministers act decisivelyFinancial Times - Jan. 27 -
Trump needs to do better on infrastructure this time around
The United States is in dire need of major infrastructure investments, with Donald Trump's past promises yet to be fulfilled, and the Biden administration's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ...The Hill - Jan. 24 -
Scale AI CEO says China has quickly caught the U.S. with the DeepSeek open-source model
Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, said Thursday that the AI race between the U.S. and China is an "AI war."CNBC - Jan. 23 -
Netflix Is Raising Prices Again, As It Discusses Vision For Video Games
The world is full of uncertainty, but one thing that people can reliably count on is Netflix raising prices--and that's happening again soon. Netflix has announced its latest price increase, with ...GameSpot - Jan. 22 -
Trump announces $500 billion AI infrastructure project
President Trump announced a $500 billion investment into artificial intelligence infrastructure on his first full day in office. His announcement was made alongside the heads of three leading ...CBS News - Jan. 21 -
Source: Oilers' McDavid won't appeal 3-game ban
Oilers star Connor McDavid and the NHLPA will not appeal his three-game ban for a cross-check to the head of Canucks forward Conor Garland, a source told ESPN.ESPN - Jan. 21 -
Watch live: Trump infrastructure announcement
President Trump is expected to make an infrastructure announcement on Tuesday, one day after he was sworn in for a second term and signed a flurry of executive actions. Trump's remarks are expected ...The Hill - Jan. 21 -
Jon Stewart on tech moguls at Trump inauguration: 'Are we just open-source Illuminati now?'
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the appearance of tech moguls at President Trump’s inauguration. “Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, ...The Hill - Jan. 21 -
Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost
The company developed DeepSeek-R1 by using pure reinforcement learning on top of DeepSeek-V3-Base, and matched or beat o1 on some benchmarks.VentureBeat - Jan. 20 -
Underdog Djokovic must 'raise his game' for Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic, a record 10-time Australian Open champion, finds himself in an unusual position - labelled the underdog when he plays Carlos Alcaraz.BBC News - Jan. 20 -
Boosting Digital Infrastructure to prepare for Industry 5.0
Industry 4.0 remains key as we move into Industry 5.0, where automation meets sustainability. By mixing in IoT, AI, and smart systems, manufacturers can boost innovation, setting the stage for a ...CBS News - Jan. 20 -
Unrivaled's opening night: Takeaways and results from first two games
Unrivaled, the new women's 3-on-3 pro basketball league, tips off Friday. We covered opening night in Miami.ESPN - Jan. 18 -
Riot Games Launches In-Game Events To Raise Funds For LA Fire Victims
Riot Games is taking action in the wake of the devastating fires that have torn through various parts of Los Angeles in recent days. In the coming week, the publisher will implement in-game ...GameSpot - Jan. 17 -
Sources: Injured Camavinga to miss key games
Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga is set to miss the club's two decisive Champions League games against RB Salzburg and Brest due to a muscle injury.ESPN - Jan. 17 -
Brooklyn trio raises $10 million for startup that wants to help open-source developers get paid
Out of the old Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, a trio of techies has raised $10 million for Merit Systems to focus on fixing an open-source problem.CNBC - Jan. 16 -
MiniMax unveils its own open-source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context
LLM MiniMax-Text-o1 is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library.VentureBeat - Jan. 14 -
Amazon Web Services Launches Infrastructure Region in Mexico
The cloud business of Amazon.com has launched an infrastructure cloud region in Mexico and plans to invest $5 billion in the country over the next 15 years.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
US leadership in AI requires open-source diplomacy
Rather than treating open models as a threat, the new administration should embrace them as an opportunity.The Hill - Jan. 12 -
College Football Playoff: Ohio State opens as 9.5-point favorite over Notre Dame in national title game
The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will meet on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 11 -
Kings return to play to beat Jets 2-1 in overtime in opener of 5-game trip
Adrian Kempe stickhandled into the slot and beat Eric Comrie with a wrist shot to the top right corner at 1:14 of overtime to give Los Angeles a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night ...ABC News - Jan. 10 -
Microsoft makes powerful Phi-4 model fully open-source on Hugging Face
Phi-4 demonstrates that smaller, well-designed models can achieve comparable or superior results compared with larger models.VentureBeat - Jan. 8 -
NFL playoffs: Steelers' Mike Tomlin 'certainly open to utilizing' Justin Fields in wild-card game vs. Ravens
Pittsburgh's offense has struggled mightily over the last monthCBS Sports - Jan. 7 -
Simone Biles opens up about mental health, Tokyo Games and her ‘forbidden Olympic closet’
The Olympic gold medalist says she hid away her leotards and other items from the 2020 Games.MarketWatch - Jan. 7 -
ZKcandy raises $4M for its gaming-focused Layer 2 chain
ZKcandy has closed a $4 million private round of funding to put towards building an ecosystem around its gaming-focused Layer 2 chain.VentureBeat - Jan. 7