Ready Makers Inc. gets restraining order in dispute with Ready Maker (Gibraltar) Ltd. Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 23, 2025 5 min Ready Makers Inc. is in a battle with itself. Or, rather, with some of its entities. A number of blockchain gaming deals result in... Continue Reading 5 min
AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 17, 2025 2 min AI or Not, a widely covered AI fraud detection platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round to accelerate its use of... Continue Reading 2 min
The U.S. unicorns most likely to go public in 2025 | NVCA/PitchBook Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 14, 2025 2 min There are a raft of U.S. unicorns — those valued at $1 billion or more — that are likely to go public in 2025,... Continue Reading 2 min
Alphabeats and SleepScore Labs team on data for mental performance tech Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 6, 2025 3 min Alphabeats, which provides mental performance for athletes, has partnered with sleep measurement firm SleepScore Labs to create a neurofeedback platform using sleep data and analytics.... Continue Reading 3 min
Tech trends at CES 2025 favor growth, so long as trade war doesn’t start | CTA Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 6, 2025 2 min The tech market in the U.S. is expected to grow a few percent in 2025 to $537 billion, so long as there isn’t a... Continue Reading 2 min
In memoriam: Team17 cofounder Martyn Brown and other game devs who died in 2024 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 30, 2024 3 min 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... Continue Reading 3 min
Anima Interactive unveils Take Us North survival game about migrant journeys Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 11, 2024 4 min Anima Interactive revealed its Take Us North game about migrant journeys. It hopes the game will answer the question of what it would be... Continue Reading 4 min
Will Sam Altman always win the OpenAI board fight in an AI agent simulation? Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 21, 2024 9 min A year ago today, Sam Altman returned to OpenAI after being fired just five days earlier. What really happened in the boardroom? Fable, a... Continue Reading 9 min
Rec Room reduces toxic chat incidences by 70% with intelligent voice moderation Posted byby GamesBeat November 14, 2024 3 min Gaming experiences can be undermined, even ruined by bad behavior in text chat or forums. In voice chat and in VR, that bad experience... Continue Reading 3 min
EA CEO Andrew Wilson in running to be Disney CEO succeeding Bob Iger | WSJ Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 13, 2024 1 min Disney is reportedly considering Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson as a successor to Disney CEO Bob Iger, according to a report in the Wall... Continue Reading 1 min