GamingNews

Roblox expects to pay $250 million to its mostly young-adult developers this year

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…
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MobileNews

Weibo blogger shows claimed iPhone 12 notches and screens for 5.4-inch model

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 what they claim. The overall edge-to-edge design and notch shape and size are a good match, but this is now an increasingly…
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MobileNews

This week’s top stories: Galaxy Note 20 preorders, Oppo Wear OS watch, AT&T upgrade warning

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 weeks away, Samsung has opened registration for pre-orders for the . If you sign up, you’ll even be given $50 in “instant…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: The promise and shortcomings of OpenAI’s GPT-3

I typically think of the dog days of summer as a time when news slows down. It’s typically when a lot of people take time off work, and the lull leads local news stations to cover inconsequential things like cat shows or a little baby squirrel on a little baby Jet Ski. But these are not typical times. Fallout surrounding issues of bias and discrimination continues at Facebook, as multiple news…
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