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Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.
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Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn
With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court’s full antitrust remedies.
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GTA 6’s Lack of a PC Port Isn’t Out of Greed, According to a Former Rockstar Producer
A former Rockstar Games producer has explained why the developer’s PC versions usually come long after the console version.
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Stonegate pub and bar chain investigated over ‘unfair’ treatment of landlords
Pubs code adjudicator says it has reasonable grounds to believe group has breached industry regulations The owner of the Slug & Lettuce and Be At One chains is being investigated over concerns about possible “unfair” treatment of landlords who run more than 3,000 of its venues. Stonegate Group, Britain’s biggest chain of bars and pubs,…
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Only 16 Fallout: New Vegas developers still work at Obsidian, says RPG’s original writer
A writer who worked on Fallout: New Vegas says only 16 people who developed the game are still employed at Obsidian, highlighting how much the studio has changed since the 2010 RPG was made. The remark matters because fans often call for a New Vegas follow-up, but it suggests any such project would be made…
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One of Suno’s biggest investors just led a $700M round in Daniel Ek’s health startup
Lightspeed was the lead investor in AI music generator Suno’s $125 million Series B round in 2024. Source
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Heavy Rain Dev’s PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy Getting PS5 Re-Release
Included with PS Plus Premium this month. Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream will re-release its wildly ambitious PS2 adventure game Indigo Prophecy – better known as Fahrenheit in Europe – on the PS5 later this month. The game, already available on the PS Store as part of Sony’s PS2-to-PS4 program, will be updated in the…
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Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI
Microsoft’s monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company’s product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.
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Glen Schofield Talks $200 Million Call Of Duty Games, Canceled Vietnam Game, And How Dead Space Came To Be
Gaming industry veteran Glen Schofield has announced that he is retiring from day-to-day game development, and he spoke to GamesBeat about his career, where a number of notable topics came up. Among other things, he talked about the canceled third-person Call of Duty game set in Vietnam, discussed Call of Duty’s game budgets, and revealed…