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Facepalm: You’d be forgiven for thinking that most companies have sensibly abandoned any plans for NFT-based games after the market collapsed last year and AI became the next money-making scheme. Surprisingly, one studio has just quietly launched a blockchain game. Unsurprisingly, it was Ubisoft. Last week, Ubisoft stealth-launched a web3 game called Champions Tactics: Grimoria […]

Something to look forward to: Anti-cheat tools used by game studios have repeatedly sparked controversy among players. Now, Valve is requiring studios to be transparent, clearly stating when and how their anti-cheat systems will interact with a game’s files on a user’s device. If a game includes a client-side, kernel-mode anti-cheat system on the user’s

Recap: Microsoft’s revenue grew 16 percent year-over-year to $65.6 billion in Q1 FY25, surpassing consensus analyst projections of $64.5 billion. Operating income rose 14 percent to $30.6 billion, while net income increased by 11 percent, reaching $24.7 billion. Diluted earnings per share climbed 10 percent to $3.30. Key drivers of growth included cloud computing, AI,

In a nutshell: The world is trying to cut down on carbon emissions through the likes of renewable energies and other environmentally friendly initiatives. But it seems one of the best ways to reduce these planet-warming gases would be for billionaires such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to stop using their private jets and

In a nutshell: As the construction industry faces pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, developments like impact printing offer a solution. By harnessing abundant earth materials and advanced robotics, this method is more sustainable than traditional construction methods and even 3D printing. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a robotic construction method called impact printing

What just happened? In a depressingly familiar turn of events, Dropbox is laying off 20% of its employees – 528 people – due to slowing demand and economic factors. The announcement comes just over a year after it laid off 500 workers, a move it blamed on its new focus on AI and the shaky

What just happened? AMD’s Instinct MI300 has quickly established itself as a major player in the AI accelerator market, driving significant revenue growth. While it can’t hope to match Nvidia’s dominant market position, AMD’s progress indicates a promising future in the AI hardware sector. AMD’s recently launched Instinct MI300 GPU has quickly become a massive

Firefox’s has been reimagined in 2024 to be fast, modern and inviting the first time you run it and every day after. We’ve always had your back on privacy, and still do. We think the browser should be a piece of software you can rely on to have your back, pleasant to look at and

In context: Intel’s desktop Core Ultra 200 processors recently launched to lukewarm reviews, and the new chips haven’t prevailed over their predecessors or the Ryzen 7000 series in online retailer sales charts. However, the situation at the German storefront Mindfactory looks especially dire for the company. Given its recent problems, Chipzilla needs a win, but

While most people think of Cisco as a company that links infrastructure elements in data centers and the cloud, it is not the first company that comes to mind when discussing GenAI. However, at its recent Partner Summit event, the company made several announcements aimed at changing that perception. Specifically, Cisco debuted several new servers