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Source: Venture Beat Martyn Brown, cofounder of Team17 and a 35-year game industry veteran, has passed away at age 57. Brown started Team17 with Debbie Bestwick and Michael Robinson in 1990. Brown helped create more than 50 video games including Worms and Alien Breed. He also formed consultancy Insight For Hire and helped support studios…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25307753/2025_VW_ID7_First_Drive__2_.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Volkswagen leak exposed location data for 800,000 electric cars")
Source: The Verge For months, the location information of around 800,000 electric Volkswagen vehicles was available online due to a data leak, according to a report from the German news magazine Der Spiegel. The leak reportedly stemmed from the software running inside Volkswagen vehicles and could’ve allowed a bad actor to trace a driver’s exact…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25810559/Screenshot_2024_12_30_at_11.31.37_AM.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Apple promised next-gen CarPlay in 2024, so where is it?")
Source: The Verge We still haven’t seen the “next generation of CarPlay” that Apple first announced in 2022 and continues to say on its CarPlay webpage is arriving in 2024, as MacRumors points out. And barring some spectacular surprise, it’s not coming today or tomorrow. What gives? So far, we’ve only seen changes like CarPlay…
Source: Venture Beat For many, 2025 will be the year of AI agents, when pilot programs, experiments and use cases converge into something resembling ROI. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25810375/blink_outdoor_4.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "A two-pack of refurbished Blink Outdoor 4 cameras is more than half off right now")
Source: The Verge As we head into 2025, there aren’t many things preventing homeowners from building out a basic home security system. You can start small and cheap with the battery-powered Blink Outdoor 4. If you don’t mind that they’re refurbished (with the same one-year warranty as the new models), you can get two of…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25664217/Severance_Photo_010101.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Apple TV Plus is free to stream this weekend")
Source: The Verge Apple TV Plus will be free to stream this weekend from January 4th through the 5th. The company posted the news on social media alongside a short trailer featuring some of its top shows, with the tagline “see for yourself.” Apple had teased last week that it might provide some free streaming…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25626299/247263_iphone_16_pro_AKrales_0832.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Apple could bring its ‘Pro’ OLED displays to the entire iPhone 17 line")
Source: The Verge One of the big benefits of buying a “Pro” iPhone is currently that you get a fancy high-refresh rate OLED display, but that may become standard across the iPhone 17 lineup, according to a Weibo leak from Digital Chat Station spotted by MacRumors. The outlet notes that Digital Chat Station leaked accurate…
Source: Venture Beat Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, a software company that makes it easier for customers to orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and said that it would open-source the software. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but was pegged by reports at $700 million when Nvidia first reported its intent to close the…
Source: Venture Beat Scopely announced several key milestones achieved to date: $10 billion in lifetime revenue for its mobile games and a billion downloads. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25794444/247333_EOY_Package_Check_In_CVirginia_PS5.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "The best PS5 games in 2024")
Source: The Verge It’s been a bit of a rough year for PlayStation exclusives and the studios that make them. While The Final Shape was generally lauded as an excellent concluding chapter to Destiny 2’s current story arc, Bungie was faced with all kinds of setbacks including canceled projects and layoffs. Elsewhere, Sony’s Firewalk Studios…
