Journals

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Unity’s 2024 Gaming Report: the number of multiplatform games up 40% since 2021, in-app advertising revenue up 26.7% YoY, 62% of studios are using AI, and more  —  Game engine maker Unity published a report today… Read More »Unity’s 2024 Gaming Report: the number of multiplatform games up 40% since 2021, in-app advertising revenue up 26.7% YoY, 62% of studios are using AI, and more (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google promotes Liz Reid to Head of Search and names Cheenu Venkatachary as the lead of Search quality and ranking, among other changes to its Search team  —  Cheenu Venkatachary is also replacing Pandu… Read More »Google promotes Liz Reid to Head of Search and names Cheenu Venkatachary as the lead of Search quality and ranking, among other changes to its Search team (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat: Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt  —  Stability AI is growing its generative… Read More »Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

Nikkei Asia: Sources: TSMC and Intel suppliers have delayed construction of facilities in Arizona, citing surging construction costs, a labor shortage, and weak local demand  —  At least 5 chemical makers slow expansion as industry awaits CHIPS Act funds  — … Read More »Sources: TSMC and Intel suppliers have delayed construction of facilities in Arizona, citing surging construction costs, a labor shortage, and weak local demand (Nikkei Asia)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: The Connectivity Standards Alliance launches a cybersecurity standard that aims to provide a globally recognized security certification for consumer IoT devices  —  As useful as connected devices like video doorbells and smart lights are,… Read More »The Connectivity Standards Alliance launches a cybersecurity standard that aims to provide a globally recognized security certification for consumer IoT devices (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: Nvidia announces a software framework built with its Omniverse Cloud APIs to let enterprise developers stream interactive 3D experiences into Apple Vision Pro  —  A combination of technologies from NVIDIA involving Omniverse Cloud APIs will soon… Read More »Nvidia announces a software framework built with its Omniverse Cloud APIs to let enterprise developers stream interactive 3D experiences into Apple Vision Pro (Wesley Hilliard/AppleInsider)

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central: Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more  —  Share your Steam games with up to five others in… Read More »Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more (Samuel Tolbert/Windows Central)

Financial Times: Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care, raised a $53M Series A co-led by Premji Invest and General Catalyst at a $500M valuation  —  Limited time offer  —  Essential digital access to quality FT journalism… Read More »Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care, raised a $53M Series A co-led by Premji Invest and General Catalyst at a $500M valuation (Financial Times)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Nvidia unveils Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots, and Jetson Thor, a new computer designed specifically for humanoid robots  —  It’s tough to argue with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang when he notes, “Building… Read More »Nvidia unveils Project GR00T, a general-purpose foundation model for humanoid robots, and Jetson Thor, a new computer designed specifically for humanoid robots (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: Nvidia launches Quantum Cloud, a service that simulates a quantum computer and allows researchers to test out their quantum computing software  —  – Cloud to give scientists access to quantum-computer simulation  — Governments are pledging… Read More »Nvidia launches Quantum Cloud, a service that simulates a quantum computer and allows researchers to test out their quantum computing software (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)