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Savvy’s $38B plan to make Saudi Arabia a global gaming hub
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. Savvy Games Group (SGG) unveiled plans to invest SAR 142 billion — ~$38 billion — through 2030 to propel Saudi Arabia to... Read more
We interviewed Linux OS through an AI bot to discover its secrets
Enlarge / A world-exclusive interview between man and machine. Aurich Lawson / Getty Images Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what Linux really thinks about open source, Windows,... Read more
See NASA’s Asteroid Crash Through the Lens of Webb and Hubble Telescopes
NASA wasn’t about to miss the chance to capture its historic ambush of an asteroid through the eyes of its most powerful space observatories. On Thursday, NASA and the European Space Agency released new images taken by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes showing the moment the DART spacecraft... Read more
Unknown Worlds and Krafton launch Moonbreaker into early access
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. Krafton and Unknown Worlds announced today that Moonbreaker has officially entered early access and is available on PC and Mac via Steam.... Read more
Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps
Getty Images Hackers backed by the North Korean government are weaponizing well-known pieces of open source software in an ongoing campaign that has already succeeded in compromising “numerous” organizations in the media, defense and aerospace, and IT services industries, Microsoft said on Thursday. ZINC—Microsoft’s name for a threat actor... Read more
‘Andor’ Episode 4 Recap: Star Wars’ Rebel Heroes Operate in the Shadows
Episode 4 of Star Wars series Andor hit Disney Plus on Wednesday, revealing Cassian’s early steps into the super secret rebellion against the totalitarian Galactic Empire after abandoning his family, friends and home in last week’s three-episode premiere. The fourth episode also introduces a familiar face in one of... Read more
The End of Google Stadia

The End of Google Stadia

News September 29, 2022

Google Stadia is shutting down. Just three years after it launched, Google’s big bet on cloud gaming will stop operating on January 18, 2023. Its rapid demise isn’t a complete shock. Despite Google’s extravagant efforts to build hype around the service it branded the “future of gaming,” the company’s... Read more
To modernize in 2022, businesses must upskill their workforces
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. The world economy is rapidly shifting to a new services-led model that requires rapid development and broad flexibility to accommodate a highly demanding consumer. While technology is certainly... Read more
Why are ad sales slumping before the economy slumps?
Not every truism is true, but there’s one for the ad industry that is pretty truthy: When the economy goes south, the ad market is the first thing to go. The idea behind this one is pretty straightforward. If a company needs to cut costs, it’s much easier to... Read more
Meta announces Make-A-Video, which generates video from text
Enlarge / Still image from an AI-generated video of a teddy bear painting a portrait. Today, Meta announced Make-A-Video, an AI-powered video generator that can create novel video content from text or image prompts, similar to existing image synthesis tools like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion. It can also make... Read more