Baobab Studios and 9 Story Media have partnered to bring Baobab’s Momoguro franchise, which is a popular gaming series Roblox, to television.
Burlingame, California-based Baobab created Momoguro as a cross-platform entertainment franchise, said CEO Maureen Fan in an interview with GamesBeat. And now Baobab is joining with 9 Story Media Group, a powerhouse in kids and family content, to create a…
Activision Blizzard added $2B in revenue to Xbox’s Q2 growth
February 1, 2024
Microsoft revealed during its latest financial earnings report that its Xbox gaming division has seen a dramatic increase in revenue after last year’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Xbox’s revenue increased 60%, while overall gaming revenue grew 48%. According to…
Securing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workflows is a complex challenge that can involve multiple components.
Seattle-based startup Protect AI is growing its platform solution to the challenge of securing AI today with the acquisition of…
Synthesia launches LLM-powered assistant to turn any text file or link into AI video
February 1, 2024
Today, London-based Synthesia, the startup that enables enterprises to create professional AI videos, announced the launch of its AI video assistant, a tool that can turn text-based sources into full-fledged synthetic videos in a matter of minutes.
Available starting today for paying customers, the AI video assistant builds on Synthesia’s existing offerings and can work with any document or web…
OpenAI, the research organization behind the powerful language model GPT-4, has released a new study that examines the possibility of using AI to assist in creating biological threats. The study, which involved both biology experts and students, found that GPT-4 provides…
Dynatrace, a Massachusetts-based company that provides technology to monitor and optimize application performance, announced today that it will expand into the artificial intelligence space.
At its annual Perform conference, Dynatrace revealed plans to augment its core…
Shopify boosts its commerce platform with ‘Magic’ image editor and other AI enhancements
February 1, 2024
Shopify has just unveiled over 100 new updates to its commerce platform, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key theme. The company introduced new AI-powered capabilities aimed at helping merchants work smarter, sell more, and create better customer experiences.
The headline feature is Shopify Magic, which applies different AI models to assist merchants in a variety of ways. This includes…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 30, 2024
February 1, 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…
BMW Group recently shared a spring update to its growing line of EVs, which now includes a new all-wheel drive variant of the i5. The BMW i5 xDrive40 will kick off production in March and arrive as a 2025 model-year EV, priced between the eDrive40 and M60 variants.
The…
Oxford claims the world record for solar panel efficiency
February 1, 2024
Oxford PV, a spin-off from the University of Oxford, says it’s achieved the world record for the most efficient solar panel.
In collaboration with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, the company says its solar panel achieved 25% conversion efficiency – the percentage of solar energy shining on a panel converted into electricity. That’s a big deal compared to the more…
