Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. What the heck was this week, huh? I take a couple of days off work, and suddenly Nintendo, Sony, Ubisoft and Sega... Read more

Enlarge / A selection of AI-generated artwork that can be licensed through Shutterstock. Shutterstock.com Seeking ways to “monetize” AI-generated art, some artists have already begun submitting their AI-generated pieces to stock photography websites like Shutterstock. Searches for “AI generated” or “Midjourney” (a popular image synthesis service) produce thousands of... Read more

Googling your next potential hotel stay? The search giant will now serve up information on a hotel’s sustainability and health & safety programs right there in the search results. The search knowledge panel, positioned on the right of the screen, shows hotel details if you scroll down below Maps... Read more

Like every piece of gear you wear on your body day in and day out, fitness trackers are incredibly personal. They have to be comfortable and attractive, sure, but they must also fit your lifestyle, as well as when and how you like to work out. Do you bike,... Read more

Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. Revelations, innovations and questions about AI unfolded in VentureBeat’s news coverage this week. Deep learning turned 10 and insights from the field’s top leaders like Yann LeCun and... Read more

Enlarge / A tin toy robot lying on its side. On Thursday, a few Twitter users discovered how to hijack an automated tweet bot, dedicated to remote jobs, running on the GPT-3 language model by OpenAI. Using a newly discovered technique called a “prompt injection attack,” they redirected the... Read more

Apple Arcade added Garden Tails: Match and Grow to its catalog of games on Friday. In this adorable game, you meet a rabbit named Lilac with dreams of restoring a rundown, abandoned garden to its former glory. To renovate the garden, you’ll complete matching puzzles to earn seeds and... Read more

Hi, everybody. Elizabeth is mourned, Ukraine is battling back, and new Covid vaccines are here. But this week will be remembered for the Merge, making crypto more useful and maybe advancing it beyond the con-game era. The Plain View Neal Stephenson invented the metaverse. At least from an imagination... Read more

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Gadsme has launched a new in-game ad monetization platform dubbed Audio Ads for mobile games and apps. Today, Gadsme is adding Audio... Read more

Evgen Kotenko/Getty Images Yurii Shchyhol doesn’t have a lot of time to spare. The head of the Derzhspetszviazok, Ukraine’s version of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, can be forgiven for working speedily. His country is under attack—and with it, the world order. “This is the first time... Read more