The blocky and cartoon style virtual world Roblox expects to pay $250 million to its mostly teen developers this year. The company made the announcement at RDC, its sixth annual developer conference, which was held virtually over the weekend.
By sharing its proceeds with its developers, Roblox can grow its platform and move ahead on its big goals. David Baszucki, founder and CEO, Roblox, wants the…
Density raises $51 million to promote social distancing with AI occupancy-tracking sensors
July 28, 2020
Density, a startup building AI-powered, people-counting infrared sensors, today closed a $51 million financing round. The infusion brings the San Francisco-based startup’s total raised to over $74 million, following $23 million in previous funding. Cofounder and CEO Andrew…
Advertima, a startup leveraging AI to customize in-store experiences, today closed a €15 million ($17.3 million) funding round. CEO Iman Nahvi says the company will put the new funds plus €10 million ($11.5 million) of its own capital toward refining its tracking…
Amazon debuts redesigned Alexa app for iPhone with focus on personalized home screen, more
July 28, 2020
Amazon has debuted an overhauled version of its Alexa mobile app for iPhone, bringing a new focus on personalization and native Amazon Alexa features. As reported by , the redesigned Alexa app removes the emphasis on third-party skills, instead focusing “on how consumers are actually using Alexa.”
The redesigned Home screen in the Alexa app now features a more prominent Alexa button at the…
A Weibo blogger has shown photos of what are claimed to be iPhone 12 notches and screens, specifically of the 5.4-inch model.
The display panels appear to be in racks prior to assembly into their casings …
As with many such images, it’s hard to assess whether they are…
This week’s top stories: iOS 14 changes, Face ID on the Mac, Apple’s clean energy goal, more
July 26, 2020
In this week’s top stories: iOS 14 beta testing continues, we round up everything we know about the iPhone 12, Apple’s environmental commitment, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news.
Apple this week committed to being 100% carbon neutral for its…
Paper Mario: The Origami King can’t dethrone The Last of Us: Part II when it comes to TV ads
July 26, 2020
From mid-June to mid-July, the gaming industry — largely propelled by PlayStation — had a modest 5.05% increase in TV ad impressions and a 0.83% increase in estimated spend compared to the previous 30-day period. Overall, 13 brands spent an estimated $15.4 million airing 32 spots over 4,900 times, generating 779.5 million TV ad impressions from June 16 through July 15.
GamesBeat has partnered…
This week’s top stories: Galaxy Note 20 preorders, Oppo Wear OS watch, AT&T upgrade warning
July 26, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Samsung opens pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 20, Oppo teases their next smartwatch built on Google’s Wear OS, AT&T sends upgrade warning to its customers entirely too early, and more.
With the August 5th Samsung Unpacked event still a few…
Instagram promises to fix bug after being exposed by always accessing the camera on iOS 14
July 25, 2020
We have already covered here some apps that were caught accessing users’ clipboard thanks to a new feature of iOS 14, but that’s not all. The next major update to Apple’s mobile operating system also indicates when an app is using the camera or microphone, and that has…
We’re just a few weeks away from the August 5th Galaxy Unpacked event and details have been steadily leaking out about Samsung’s latest lineup of five devices. Today, the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 had its official app arrive in the Play Store, revealing new features including gestures to manage calls and take photos.
This afternoon, XDA’s Max Weinbach took a deep dive into the Galaxy Watch 3…
