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Could a dating app for games help smaller developers?

Ludocene is taking a cue from Tinder in an attempt to address a big problem for smaller developers.

BBC News - 1d

Alibaba’s new open source model QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 with way smaller compute requirements

While DeepSeek-R1 operates with 671 billion parameters, QwQ-32B achieves comparable performance with a much smaller footprint.

VentureBeat - 6d

Welevel raises $5.7M to revolutionize procedural game development

Indie game development studio Welevel today announced that it raised $5.7 million in funding to transform procedural game development.

VentureBeat - 6d

What Happened to the Bulky Sneaker? They Are Getting Smaller

Bigger, bulkier sneakers have dominated the fashion landscape, but designers are moving toward a sleeker peekaboo style.

The New York Times - 2d

Judge declines to block DOGE from taking over African development agency

A federal judge on Tuesday declined to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from taking over the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF). U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ...

The Hill - 16h

Pokemon Go Developer Set To Be Acquired By Saudi Arabia's Scopely In $3.5 Billion Deal

Saudi Arabian-owned mobile developer Scopely has announced that it'll be acquiring Niantic's video game division, paying $3.5 billion for the developer behind Pokemon Go. Also included in the ...

GameSpot - 7h

Ray Dalio warns that mounting U.S. debt problems could lead to ‘shocking developments'

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a "very severe" supply-demand problem regarding U.S. debt could lead to shocking developments.

CNBC - 4h

New-look Cheltenham festival delivers day of drama for smaller audience

Crowds were down but the action on and off the track was a better experience for both committed and once-a-year fans . Once the gasps had subsided following a Champion Hurdle that upended every ...

The Guardian - 1d

Kentucky Bourbon Makers Fear Becoming ‘Collateral Damage’ in Trump’s Trade War

Smaller distillers say the uncertainty created by the administration’s erratic tariff announcements is crippling their ability to expand into Canadian and EU markets.

Inc. - 1d

US-backed miner TechMet seeks to develop Ukraine lithium site

Dobra project could be one of first built under minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv

Financial Times - 1d

'This guy's mega' - how Lando Norris was slowly developed into F1 title contender

Lando Norris has long seemed destined for the very top of motorsport, as key figures who worked with him through the junior categories tell BBC Sport.

BBC News - 14h

Take a look inside the world's largest 3D printed housing development

The world's largest 3D printed community is now open and mostly sold. Take a look inside the homes and hear from residents about what it's like to live there.

CNBC - 2h

Hamm’s Continental Resources expands into Turkey to develop oil reserves

Shale pioneer and US-based TransAtlantic Petroleum in joint venture with Ankara’s national energy company

Financial Times - 1h

How Yelp reviewed competing LLMs for correctness, relevance and tone to develop its user-friendly AI assistant

Yelp found that when it first launched a GPT-4o-powered AI chatbot, usage rates dropped. But training it to sound like a human changed that.

VentureBeat - 5d

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.

VentureBeat - 1d

From an Alpine meadow to a Greek island: five of the best spring breaks in Europe

Our writers make the most of warm weather, smaller crowds and off-peak prices to visit their favourite spots, from the Baltic to the Bosphorus. ‘There’s a magic to sleeping surrounded by Alpine ...

The Guardian - 2d

Amazon GameLift Streams lets game devs deliver high-fidelity, low-latency games to players

AWS announced Amazon GameLift Streams, which enables developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency game experiences to players.

VentureBeat - 6d

Elon Musk’s DOGE Calls in U.S. Marshals When a Small Agency Refuses to Share Data

The U.S. African Development Foundation refused to let DOGE members into its offices. DOGE returned with law enforcement.

Inc. - 5d

These are the 10 best countries for working women—the U.S. isn't in the top 10: 'It really should be doing better,' expert says

The Economist compared working conditions for women across the 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

CNBC - 4d

AI frenzy leads US venture capital to biggest splurge in three years

Investor excitement over fast-developing technology has seen a flurry of massive funding rounds this year

Financial Times - 2d

With America First, the US can lead the world into a better future

International development is rooted in America’s greatness and goodness, and American strength is central to world peace.

The Hill - 2d

Business school teaching case study: How can Ørsted overcome its US challenges?

The world’s largest offshore wind developer seeks to boost its share price as Trump policies cloud the future of clean energy

Financial Times - 1d

Altera launches Agilex 3 FPGAs for the intelligent edge

Altera is launching its latest family of Agilex FPGA chips to help developers expand the boundaries of the intelligent edge.

VentureBeat - 1d

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.

VentureBeat - 1d

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.

VentureBeat - 1d

USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents

The U.S. Agency for International Development is instructing its staff in Washington to shred and burn documents, according to an email obtained by NBC News.

NBC News - 1d

The ‘freedom’ railway: China’s plan to take on the US in Africa

Tazara project showcases Beijing’s leaner approach to overseas development just as western aid appears to retreat

Financial Times - 15h

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.

VentureBeat - 6h

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Developed to boost productivity and operational readiness, the AI is now being used to “review” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies to align them with President Trump’s orders.

Wired - 6d

In the subtly powerful 'On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,' stubborn wrongs linger during a funeral

The second feature of writer-director Rungano Nyoni ("I Am Not a Witch") shows her developing strongly with a story graced by buried trauma and female power.

Los Angeles Times - 5d

Sec. of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, 83% of programs gone

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is signaling that the Trump administration has finished its six-week dismantling of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development

ABC News - 2d

Reality Games raises $4.7M for location-based Monopoly World

Reality Games has closed a $4.7 million seed round to accelerate the development of its location-based real-world Monopoly game.

VentureBeat - 2d

Alphabet aims to slash cost of new nuclear with small reactor deployments, CIO says

Alphabet's Google unit struck a deal last October to buy power from small modular reactors under development by Kairos Power.

CNBC - 1d

5 years later, long Covid is still a medical mystery. Here's what scientists have learned.

What causes long Covid? Scientists don't fully understand why some develop disabling chronic complications after recovering from the virus. Clues are emerging.

NBC News - 1d

FirstFT: ‘it feels nasty’ — US stock markets suffer heavy falls

Also in today’s newsletter, US-backed miner seeks to develop Ukraine lithium site and OpenAI forges near-$12bn contract with CoreWeave

Financial Times - 1d

French industrial giant Schneider Electric hails the significance of China’s ‘DeepSeek moment'

China's "DeepSeek moment" is likely to be good news in the global race to develop AI models, according to French power-equipment maker Schneider Electric.

CNBC - 11h

Roche takes big step in weight-loss field with $5.3 billion deal. Novo Nordisk shares fall.

Swiss drugmaker Roche on Wednesday announced a major deal in the weight-loss category, agreeing to pay up to $5.3 billion to Zealand Pharma in a licensing and development deal.

MarketWatch - 8h

Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.

Wired - 10h

Roche shares pop 5% on $5.3 billion obesity drug deal with Zealand Pharma

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it had struck a deal worth up to $5.3 billion to develop Zealand Pharma's obesity drug candidate.

CNBC - 6h

Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World

Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.

Wired - 5h

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