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Source: The Verge Google’s latest acquisition is its most expensive yet — and perhaps its riskiest, too. On Tuesday, the search giant announced that it acquired the cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion. It’s a major bet that Wiz can help beef up Google’s cloud business, which makes far less money than the offerings…
Source: Venture Beat Mythica, an advocate for open sourcing game tools, announced that Sprocket Games and Unleashed Games will open source key aspects of their projects through Mythica’s platform. This move represents from a major proponent of open source tech is one of the largest collective open source contributions in modern game development and signals a…
Source: The Verge President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs without rhyme or reason. But in the chaos of the cuts carried out by Musk’s pseudo-agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, some federal…
Source: The Verge I don’t remember when I started using Google. Google just… is. It’s the verb for internet search, it commands 10 times the market share of all its competitors combined, and it is responsible for routing a huge amount of the internet’s traffic. Almost two years ago, I got out. I signed up…
Source: The Verge Microsoft is rolling out a new gamepad keyboard for Windows 11 that lets you type with an Xbox controller. It improves the on-screen keyboard in Windows 11 making it a lot easier to navigate with an Xbox controller and type into text fields throughout the operating system. The gamepad keyboard even has…
Source: The Verge Microsoft is working on a new feature in Windows 11 that will help explain how less RAM or a weaker GPU might affect your PC performance. The latest preview builds of Windows 11 include a new frequently asked questions section in the system settings, with answers related to GPU memory, system RAM,…
Source: The Verge Samsung has announced that One UI 7, its smartphone software based on Android 15, will start rolling out to existing phones and tablets from April 7th worldwide, with a US rollout slightly later on April 10th. In the US the update will first arrive on 2024’s Galaxy S24 models, along with the…
Source: Venture Beat Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveils 40x faster Blackwell platform, Vera Rubin roadmap through 2027, open-source Dynamo software, humanoid robotics AI, and GM partnership at GTC 2025, positioning the company to counter DeepSeek’s efficiency challenge. Read Full Article
Source: Venture Beat Elbow Grease Games (EGG) has completed its first ever EGG Prototype Mixer with 10 game startups presenting to a crowd of game investors and publishers. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge The bulk of the discounts we’ve seen thus far are pretty ho-hum — that is, aside from the current promo on Google’s Pixel Tablet, which is on sale at Amazon with its speaker dock starting at $399 ($100 off) or without the magnetic dock for an all-time low of $279 ($120 off)….
