GamingNews

Video games are risky, expensive, and a really good business

October 8, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Making video games is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. It is a hit-driven business where you can never know how consumers will respond. And yet you have to invest tens (sometimes hundreds) of millions of dollars just to have a shot at success. Despite that risk and expense…
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GamingNews

The DeanBeat: Twitch hack exposes more industry secrets

October 8, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Perhaps the lesson of the leak of a trove Twitch‘s data, source code, and internal tools is that we can expect this to happen to just about everybody in…
AI & RoboticsNews

Algolia: Only 26% of retailers use AI-optimized search

October 8, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Four in five (79%) retailers have little or no personalization or recommendation functionality on their commerce site, and only 26% noted the use of AI to optimize search results’ relevance. Algolia, which makes an API platform for search and dynamic experiences, revealed…
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MobileNews

Report: iPhone SE 3 will add 5G and A15 chip, but industrial design unchanged

October 8, 2021
Japanese Apple blog Macotakara today reported that the iPhone SE 3rd-generation will not feature a design change and instead will look like the current iPhone SE. This means it will keep the same 4.7-inch LCD display and Touch ID Home Button. Some earlier rumors had suggested a more significant design overhaul was on the way. However, the new iPhone SE will pack in Apple’s latest A15 chip with…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla’s CCS adapter is finally coming

October 8, 2021
Tesla owners outside of Europe should finally be able to use public CCS fast-charging stations, as the automaker’s CCS to Tesla proprietary plug adapter is finally coming. With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to CCS. The automaker ended up launching a CCS adapter for Model S and Model X owners to be able to use the…
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