November 7, 2024

How games companies can attract (and keep) new talent

At our recent GamesBeat Next event, we held our ninth Women in Gaming Breakfast, where I had the opportunity of speaking with Dametra Johnson-Marletti, Microsoft’s CVP of digital gaming sales. Following a theme at our event of looking to the future of gaming — in this case, more growth and an abatement of the layoffs that have plagued 2024 — we spoke about the future of gaming employment and how the industry itself can foster

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AI in Gaming: A Case Study in Virtual Economies | HackerNoon

Newer technology is always a game-changing thing. In the case of video games, it’s literally so. And what other new piece of tech to talk about than what’s all the rage at the moment—artificial intelligence or AI? Companies have been quick to adopt AI for various purposes. Whereas the majority of corporations from Bloomberg to Disney see it as a tool to cut costs, the game development industry has a very different take on all

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Mass Effect to be adapted as a TV show by Amazon MGM

The action sci-fi world of Mass Effect is next on the docket to join the transmedia world of video game-to-television adaptations. According to a report from Variety, Amazon MGM is moving forward with a TV show based on the 2007 – 2021 game series. The show will be penned by the writer of F9: The Fast Saga, Daniel Saga, which did not fare particularly well critically but made over $700 million at the box office.

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How MicroStrategy Exposes the Absurdity of the Stock Market | HackerNoon

This year, MicroStrategy bought over $700 million in Bitcoin. That’s on top of more than $6 billion acquired in prior years. Not bad for a company that’s barely profitable and loses money in most quarters. Its most recent earnings presentation laid out a plan to buy another $42 billion in Bitcoin. Doesn’t that sound absurd? It makes hardly any money. Where will it find enough to buy $42 billion worth of Bitcoin? It won’t. It doesn’t need to. It’s not spending its own money. It’s spending its

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Rekt Raises $1.5M Seed Round Backed By Angels and Community, Following Sell-Out Of Rekt Drinks | HackerNoon

WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 7th, 2024/Chainwire/–Rekt Brands Inc. (Rekt), the parent company behind the Rektguy NFT project, Rekt Drinks, and the Rekt brand intellectual property, is excited to announce the completion of a $1.5 million seed funding round. Funded exclusively by angel investors and the community—without institutional venture capital—this achievement highlights the support Rekt received from its loyal and growing network. This funding announcement follows the debut of Rekt Drinks, Rekt’s first consumer product: a lime-flavored

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Unity beats guidance with Q3 revenues of $429M, down 2%

Unity reported that its third-quarter revenues and adjusted profits beat expectations, with revenue falling 2% to $429 million. For the quarter ended September 30, Unity‘s guidance was for revenues of $415 million to $420 million. Unity’s stock price initially went up in after-hours trading after the report came out, and then it fell again to $21.95 a share, down 1%. The net loss for the quarter was $125 million, as compared to net loss of

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Primer on Large Language Model (LLM) Inference Optimizations: 2. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accelerators | HackerNoon

Exploration of AI accelerators and their impact on deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale. Posts in this series: Primer on Large Language Model (LLM) Inference Optimizations: 1. Background and Problem Formulation Primer on Large Language Model (LLM) Inference Optimizations: 2. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Accelerators (this post) In the previous post, we discussed the challenges of Large Language Model (LLM) inference, such as high latency, intensive resource consumption, and scalability issues. Addressing these

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Embracing the Open-Source Revolution: A New Pathway for MSP Growth | HackerNoon

By Doug Milburn and Tom Lawrence In recent years, the role of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) has rapidly evolved. MSPs today aren’t merely troubleshooting tech issues; they’re the driving force behind digital transformation, helping clients navigate increasingly complex IT landscapes. Open-source software—once seen as a fringe alternative—is now a core strategy for MSPs looking to add unique value, reduce client costs, and deliver secure, customizable solutions. Let’s explore the opportunities and challenges MSPs face in

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AI

Rethinking LLM Benchmarks: Measuring True Reasoning Beyond Training Data

Apple’s New LLM Benchmark, GSM-Symbolic Maxime Jabarian · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 5 min read · 7 hours ago — source Welcome to this exploration of LLM reasoning abilities, where we’ll tackle a big question: can models like GPT, Llama, Mistral, and Gemma truly reason, or are they just clever pattern matchers? With each new release, we’re seeing these models hitting higher benchmark scores, often giving the impression they’re on the verge

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