Journals

Chris Kerr / Game Developer: Steam Annual Summary for 2023: more than 500 games earned $3M+ in gross revenue for the first time ever, concurrent users reached a record 33M, and more  —  More than 500 games earned over $3… Read More »Steam Annual Summary for 2023: more than 500 games earned $3M+ in gross revenue for the first time ever, concurrent users reached a record 33M, and more (Chris Kerr/Game Developer)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Google engineers hacked a Sony PlayStation Portal to run games locally via a PPSSPP emulator in a “software based” exploit; the Portal can only stream PS5 games  —  Sony’s new PlayStation Portal has been hacked… Read More »Google engineers hacked a Sony PlayStation Portal to run games locally via a PPSSPP emulator in a “software based” exploit; the Portal can only stream PS5 games (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Recogni, which designs AI chips for autonomous vehicles, raised a $102M Series C led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint, taking its total funding to $175M  —  – Startup making accelerator chip for developing AI models  —… Read More »Recogni, which designs AI chips for autonomous vehicles, raised a $102M Series C led by Celesta Capital and GreatPoint, taking its total funding to $175M (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

HouseFresh: How some big outlets are inundating the web with bad product recommendations without testing the products, and how Google is helping them through inaction  —  And why you shouldn’t trust product recommendations from big media publishers ranking at the… Read More »How some big outlets are inundating the web with bad product recommendations without testing the products, and how Google is helping them through inaction (HouseFresh)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Planity, whose SaaS is used by 40K+ small businesses for appointment booking and more, raised a €45M Series C led by InfraVia Capital Partners  —  If you’ve ever traveled in rural areas in France, you… Read More »Paris-based Planity, whose SaaS is used by 40K+ small businesses for appointment booking and more, raised a €45M Series C led by InfraVia Capital Partners (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Reuters: Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain in the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country  —  U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will expand its artificial intelligence… Read More »Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain in the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country (Reuters)

Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: Law enforcement from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit gang and seize 11K domains used to facilitate ransomware  —  – Law enforcement from 11 agencies participated in operation  —… Read More »Law enforcement from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit gang and seize 11K domains used to facilitate ransomware (Jamie Tarabay/Bloomberg)

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google doubles the cost of some legacy Nest Aware subscriptions internationally, including in Canada, while some modern plans are getting prices hiked by 25%  —  Modern plans get a 25 percent increase, while older plans… Read More »Google doubles the cost of some legacy Nest Aware subscriptions internationally, including in Canada, while some modern plans are getting prices hiked by 25% (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)

Will Knight / Wired: Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on needing more than scale to get to AGI, developing AI agents, Gemini Pro 1.5, the UK AI Safety Institute, and more  —  In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind… Read More »Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on needing more than scale to get to AGI, developing AI agents, Gemini Pro 1.5, the UK AI Safety Institute, and more (Will Knight/Wired)

South China Morning Post: Meizu, which was acquired by Chinese automaker Geely in 2022, will no longer make smartphones, to pursue an “all in AI” strategy over the next three years  —  – Meizu said it is terminating all traditional… Read More »Meizu, which was acquired by Chinese automaker Geely in 2022, will no longer make smartphones, to pursue an “all in AI” strategy over the next three years (South China Morning Post)