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Source: Venture Beat Lightspeed partnered with GamesBeat, Nasdaq, and leading judges and mentors once again to spotlight the 25 most innovative startups reshaping the gaming and interactive media industry. For half a century, video games have profoundly shaped consumer behavior and acted as a catalyst for significant technological innovation. As an ever-increasin… Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat LinkedIn’s new Hiring Assistant will let recruiters use AI agents to find the most qualified candidates based on their LinkedIn profile. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat It turns out that LLMs encode quite a bit of knowledge about the truthfulness of their answers, even when they give the wrong one. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat As part of its report for its Q2 FY25 earnings, EA noted that The Sims 4 attracted 15 million new players over the past year. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Electronic Arts reported that its net bookings for FYQ2 were $2.079 billion, up 14% on the strength of American football. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24016888/STK093_Google_01.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI")
Source: The Verge Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it’s using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers,” CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company’s third quarter 2024…
Source: Venture Beat Advanced Micro Devices reported record Q3 revenue of $6.8 billio, up 18%. But the shares fell due to a disappointing forecast for Q4. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25137776/STK115_Reddit_02.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users")
Source: The Verge Reddit just turned a profit for the first time. As part of its third-quarter earnings results released on Tuesday, the company reported a profit of $29.9 million, along with $348.4 million in revenue — a 68 percent increase year over year. The company hasn’t been profitable at any point in its nearly…
Source: Venture Beat Amazon Q Developer’s inline chat feature demonstrates its potential through practical applications like code refactoring and documentation. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24016886/STK093_Google_03.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Google accused of violating labor law for asking workers to ‘refrain’ from talking about antitrust case")
Source: The Verge The Alphabet Workers Union filed a charge against Google with the National Labor Relations Board after Google management asked workers to “refrain” from talking about its ongoing Search antitrust case. The union charges that Google issued an “overly broad directive” on discussing the case to employees, according to a copy of the…
