Lightforge Games, a studio formed by industry veterans from Epic Games and Blizzard, announced the development of Project O.R.C.S., an online role-playing game with collaborative storytelling.
With aspirations to redefine the RPG landscape, Project O.R.C.S. introduces a unique Collaborative Storytelling RPG (CSRPG) genre, encouraging players to craft their tabletop-like experiences in fully…
Take-Two FY3Q results down as NBA 2K24 and mobile ads fall short
February 9, 2024
Take-Two Interactive reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31 that fell short of its expectations as mobile ads and NBA 2K24 revenues were lower than expected.As a result of the shortfall, Take-Two said that it is planning a cost-reduction program that…
Brilliant Labs Frame glasses serve as multimodal AI assistant
February 9, 2024
Brilliant Labs, the developer of AI glasses, has launched Frame, the world’s first glasses featuring an integrated multimodal AI assistant.
This leap in wearable technology is coupled with significant support from AR pioneer and Niantic CEO, John Hanke, whose company made…
White House touts new AI safety consortium: Over 200 leading firms to test and evaluate models
February 9, 2024
One day after appointing a top White House aide as director of the new US AI Safety Institute (USAISI) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Biden Administration announced the creation of the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), which it called “the first-ever consortium dedicated to AI safety.”
The coalition includes more than 200 member companies and…
Acceldata supercharges data observability with new AI copilot
February 9, 2024
As the demand for generative AI assistants continues to grow, vendors across the data ecosystem are moving to implement them front and center into their products. Big names like Snowflake and Informatica were the first to make a move, and now, Acceldata, the known player in…
The U.S. Army is ending its latest effort to build a new armed scout helicopter, known as the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, an abrupt change of direction that marks one of the department’s most significant program cancellations of the last decade.
The service had…
DIU Selects Anduril for Pentagon AUV Platform
February 9, 2024
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded Anduril Industries a contract that will get its Dive family of large-diameter autonomous underwater vehicles into the hands of sailors for operations this year.
The award comes after DIU selected the Dive-LD platform to perform in a “swim-off” last year that put commercially available large unmanned underwater vehicles through an obstacle course to assess…
All-new electric Lancia Ypsilon shown weeks ahead of schedule
February 9, 2024
Storied Italian car brand Lancia revealed its first new car — electric or otherwise — in over a decade, and it did so without warning, without fanfare, and weeks ahead of schedule.
Lancia set an official release date of February 14th for the new Ypsilon (Valentin’es…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 7, 2024
February 9, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Ford will unveil its all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year
February 9, 2024
The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup.
After unveiling the new Puma on Wednesday, Ford said that the all-electric Gen-E model will be revealed later this year.
Ford announced last October that it would be ending production of its once-best-selling Fiesta model to focus on its next-gen…
