Midwest Games launches shadow publishing support for games
Source: Venture Beat Midwest Games, which is focused on indie games in the Midwest and elsewhere, introduced a new service support model, shadow publishing. Read Full Article
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DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks
Source: The Verge A chatbot made by Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has rocketed to the top of Apple’s App Store charts in the US this week, dethroning OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app. The eponymous AI assistant is powered by DeepSeek’s open-source models, which the company says can be trained at a…
Ubisoft lays off 185 as it ‘restructures’ multiple European studios
Source: Venture Beat Ubisoft confirmed that it’s laying off yet more employees and closing its Leamington office as it restructures in Europe. Read Full Article
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The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback, with some help from Google
Source: The Verge Eric Migicovsky still wears his Pebble. Thirteen years after he founded the wearables company and found huge success on Kickstarter, and more than eight years after he sold the company to Fitbit, which was then acquired by Google, Migicovsky’s watch still works. (In case you’re wondering: when I saw him at CES…
Calm down: DeepSeek-R1 is great, but ChatGPT’s product advantage is far from over
Source: Venture Beat For now, ChatGPT remains the better-rounded and more capable product, offering a suite of features that DeepSeek simply cannot match. Read Full Article
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DeepSeek’s AI app is restricting sign-ups due to ‘malicious attacks’
Source: The Verge After surging to the top of Apple’s App Store charts in the US, DeepSeek’s AI Assistant is now restricting new user sign-ups. According to an incident report page, registrations are being temporarily limited “due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services,” though it’s unclear how these limitations are being applied. “Existing users…
Day of the Devs will return to SF in March for GDC 2025 event
Source: Venture Beat The Day of the Devs indie dev gaming show is returning to San Francisco in March for an event during the Game Developers Conference 2025. Read Full Article
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iOS 18.3 is out with tweaks to AI notification summaries
Source: The Verge iOS 18.3 is here, and it’s bringing changes to AI notification summaries on your iPhone. In iOS 18.3’s release notes, Apple says it has temporarily disabled notification summaries for news and entertainment apps. For Apple devices that support Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro and later, iPads and Macs with the Apple Silicon…
The Walking Dead games hit $1B in revenue and the Netflix show hits 1.3B viewing hours in 2023
Source: Venture Beat Franchises don’t get better than The Walking Dead. It has enormous hits on everything from comic books to TV shows to games. The games alone have generated more than $1 billion in revenues, and the Netlix show drew 1.3 billion viewing hours in 2023, according to a report by Owl & Co….
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You can grab a refurbished 2021 Kindle Paperwhite starting at $90
Source: The Verge If you’re feeling bored because it’s too cold to go outside, here’s an e-reader deal that might help: Woot is selling a refurbished 2021 Kindle Paperwhite with 16GB of storage and ads for just $89.99 with a 90-day warranty, saving you about $60 off the latest model. New Woot customers can also…