After PC player was hacked, Activision defeated the Call of Duty game, sources say
Games Giant Activision defeated “Call of Duty: WWII” as hackers exploit flaws in certain PC versions of the game. Last week, Activision announced that it had taken the Microsoft Store version of its 2017 first-person shooter, Call of Duty: WWII, offline as it was investigating “reporting problems” without specifying what the problem was. The company […]
Replica Microsoft and partners with a blow to Google Cloud
On Tuesday, Replette announced a strategic partnership agreement with Microsoft. Replit will be available through Microsoft’s Enterprise Cloud App Store and Azure Marketplace. This means that Microsoft Shop will be able to purchase replica subscriptions. Replit integrates numerous Microsoft cloud services, including containers called Neon Serverless Postgres, virtual machines, and numerous Microsoft Cloud Services, such […]
The latest update for Mastodon prepares quote posts, Revamps Design app
Open source, Mastodon is a decentralized social network offering an alternative to Elon Musk’s X and Meta threads, rolling out many updates with the release of Mastodon 4.4 on Tuesday. Most notably, this app takes the first step towards implementing changes that bring about changes that are comparable to other networks, but it can also […]
Moonvalley’s “ethical” AI video model for filmmakers has been released
I don’t think the team at Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based AI video generation startup, can encourage a way to make a movie. So on Tuesday, the company released its “3D-Aware” model to the public, pledging a “hybrid” approach that provides more control for filmmakers than other standard text-to-video models. Moonvalley first launched the Marey model […]
Phone (3) Reviews | TechCrunch
Carl Pei is a crude brand for high-tech enthusiasts, where OnePlus, an electronics maker, offers affordable phones that produce multiple devices, including flagship phones that challenge Samsung and Apple. He runs a similar playbook with Nothing, a five-year-old venture hardware startup that just launched its most ambitious device (3) earlier this month. The $799 priced […]
Why this LA-based VC company was an early investor in Slate Auto
Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year, has raised $700 million so far with amazing, and surprisingly affordable customizable electric trucks. But it quietly raised a $100 million Series A round in 2023 long before the EV startup broke the cover. And Jeff Bezos was involved in that round, but as […]
Frontier helps Arbor build a “vegetarian rocket engine” to power data centers
Frontier, a organization backed by Stripe, Google and Meta, announced Tuesday that it will pay startup arbor energy to remove 116,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide by the end of the decade. With the agreement, Arbor will help build the first commercial-scale power plant in southern Louisiana, discarding biomass and generating electricity for the data center. […]
UAE Proptech Huspy raises $599 million in Europe
If you enter a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, when it comes to listing, you could be buried in documents or face a major price contradiction. This experience led Jad Antoun to start Huspy. This is a startup that streamlines the way UAE people buy homes digitally. Over the past five […]
Fortnite Maker Epic Games resolves anti-trust cases against Samsung
Fortnite Maker Epic Games has settled an antitrust lawsuit against Samsung, according to court filings. The incident, filed last September, accused Samsung of working with Google to block rival app stores on Samsung phones by default. “Following the parties’ argument, they are dismissing the trial against Samsung,” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said in an X […]
ChatGpt is testing a mysterious new feature called “Study Together.”
Some CHATGPT subscribers are reporting new features that appear in the drop-down list of available tools called “Study Together.” This mode is clearly a chatbot method that will become a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to the prompts, some say they need to ask more questions and answer people, like Openai’s answer to […]