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Genies unveils user-generated content tools that let anyone create custom AI avatars
April 4, 2025  13:30:00
Genies, the avatar and game technology company, is revealing its user-generated content tools that let anyone create custom AI avatars.
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OMA3 expands effort to make standards for the Open Spatial Internet
April 4, 2025  13:00:00

OMA3, an association based in Zug, Switzerland, is announcing a new project called the Spatial Store to enable the open 3D internet. OMA3 is a consortium of the top creator companies in Web3 building standards and infrastructure to enable the user-empowered metaverse. The 1990s gave rise to the consumer internet, born out of closed systems […]

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Open Deep Search arrives to challenge Perplexity and ChatGPT Search
April 4, 2025  13:00:00
This open source framework matches the performance of Perplexity and ChatGPT Search with greater transparency and control.
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OpenAI just made ChatGPT Plus free for millions of college students — and it’s a brilliant competitive move against Anthropic
April 4, 2025  00:26:26
OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Plus to college students just before finals week, escalating competition with Anthropic's Claude as tech giants battle for dominance in the $80 billion education AI market.
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Don’t believe reasoning models’ Chains of Thought, says Anthropic
April 3, 2025  22:53:03
New research from Anthropic found that reasoning models willfully omit where it got some information.
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AI lie detector: How HallOumi’s open-source approach to hallucination could unlock enterprise AI adoption
April 3, 2025  21:28:29
Oumi's open-source HallOumi tool helps enterprises combat AI hallucinations through sentence-level verification that provides confidence scores, citations and human-readable explanations.
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Nyan Heroes trailer reveals launch window and story details
April 3, 2025  20:00:00
Nyan Heroes, the hero shooter where cute cats pilot giant mechs, released its launch window for the winter of 2025 and unveiled its story.
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Devin 2.0 is here: Cognition slashes price of AI software engineer to $20 per month from $500
April 3, 2025  19:11:53
Devin attracted interest from enterprise customers seeking to incorporate autonomous coding agents into their software development processes.
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Besitos online game and rewards firm appoints new leadership
April 3, 2025  15:40:00
Besitos announced a leadership transition as the company continues to scale its primary business offerings, KashKick and Besitos Marketplace.
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How Supergiant games made Hades II for the Nintendo Switch 2 | Greg Kasavin interview
April 3, 2025  13:15:00
We talked to Hades II creative director Greg Kasavin about how to develop a game for the Nintendo Switch 2.
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Nintendo asks gamers to embrace improvements and price increases with the new Switch 2 | hands-on with hardware
April 3, 2025  13:10:00
Nintendo has gone seven years without a new game console, and now it is unveiling the Switch 2 for a low low price of $80 for games and $450 for platforms.
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Mario Kart World takes Nintendo into another open world | hands-on gameplay
April 3, 2025  13:05:00
Nintendo wants Mario Kart World to be the reason players buy a Switch 2. But can it really convince us to pay $80 for a game and $450 for a new console?
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Donkey Kong Bananza will put a smile on your face | hands-on gameplay
April 3, 2025  13:01:00

There’s something joyful about the smash and jump movement of Donkey Kong, and that’s why Donkey Kong Bananza is likely to be a big hit on the Switch 2. The game is a 3D platforming action adventure that will be available exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo announced yesterday that the Switch 2 will debut […]

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Playing for the Planet Alliance focuses on nature as theme for Green Game Jam
April 3, 2025  13:00:00
The Playing for the Planet Alliance, an initiative facilitated by the United Nations, announced the return of its annual Green Game Jam.
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Futureverse teams with Story in Web3 technology deal
April 3, 2025  13:00:00
Futureverse, a AI and metaverse technology company, has signed a memorandum of understanding to do an intellectual property deal with Web3 firm PIP Labs.
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Nintendo hardware developers talk about designing the Switch 2
April 3, 2025  13:00:00
The Nintendo Switch hardware engineers sat down with the press for a Q&A session to explain their hardware choices.
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Q1 2025 global VC investment deals and deal amounts take a dip versus a year ago | NVCA
April 3, 2025  04:01:00

Global venture capital deals declined in Q1 2025 compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to a report by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Pitchbook. In North America, there were 3,155 deals in Q1 2025, compared to 4,282 deals in Q1 2024. In Europe, there were 1,852 deals in Q1 2025, […]

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HTC’s Viverse Creator Program opens globally for 3D artists
April 2, 2025  22:52:18
HTC announced it's opening the Viverse Creator Program to all 3D creators around the globe seeking funding for their projects.
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Beyond generic benchmarks: How Yourbench lets enterprises evaluate AI models against actual data
April 2, 2025  21:33:57
Hugging Face warned that Yourbench is compute intensive but this might be a price enterprises are willing to pay to evaluate models on their data.
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The tool integration problem that’s holding back enterprise AI (and how CoTools solves it)
April 2, 2025  19:59:41
CoTools uses hidden states and in-context learning to enable LLMs to use more than 1,000 tools very efficiently.
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What you need to know about Amazon Nova Act: the new AI agent SDK challenging OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce
April 2, 2025  19:53:48
An experimental developer kit for building AI agents that can navigate the web and complete tasks autonomously, powered by Amazon Nova.
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How Amex uses AI to increase efficiency: 40% fewer IT escalations, 85% travel assistance boost
April 2, 2025  17:39:32
Amex has more than 70 AI use cases in production, including an IT chatbot that solves issues on its own and a travel counselor assistant.
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Nintendo offers Switch 2 editions of Zelda, Mario Party and more
April 2, 2025  15:34:51
Nintendo announced several original Switch games are getting Switch 2 upgrades via Enhanced Editions, which can be bought separately.
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Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claude’s Learning Mode makes students do the thinking
April 2, 2025  15:00:00
Anthropic launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode that teaches critical thinking rather than providing answers, partnering with top universities to transform AI's role in education.
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Uplimit raises stakes in corporate learning with suite of AI agents that can train thousands of employees simultaneously
April 2, 2025  14:30:00
Uplimit launches AI learning agents that help enterprises boost employee skills with 94% completion rates while reducing training admin time by 75%, addressing the growing AI-driven skills gap.
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Drag X Drive uses Nintendo Switch 2’s new mouse features
April 2, 2025  14:28:37
Drag X Drive is one of the first games to use the new Joy-Con mouse features on the upcoming Switch 2 console.
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Donkey Kong: Bananza is a new platformer featuring Nintendo’s OG
April 2, 2025  14:20:01
Donkey Kong: Bananza is a new Switch 2 puzzle-platformer, coming exclusively to the new console on July 17.
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Direct-to-consumer is redefining mobile game monetization
April 2, 2025  14:10:00
In the latest GamesBeat LIVE, Xsolla's Berkley Egenes talks about the future of game monetization and how DTC has changed the game.