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Vodafone phone home: Telco makes space video call
In a bid to bring coverage to connectivity blackspots, Vodafone has teamed up with AST SpaceMobile to make calls using satellites. Read more: Vodafone phone home: Telco makes space video call
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Cristiano Ronaldo teams with UFL free-to-play soccer game
UFL, the new free-to-play soccer video game, is set to launch the Cristiano Ronaldo Team Pass, celebrating the soccer legend's career.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Career Close-up: QT Technologies VP of engineering, Paul Kelleher
Career Close-up is a new video interview series where we chat to senior employees in Irelandβs leading multinationals about their career journeys. This week, we talk to Paul Kelleher, VP of engineering at QT Technologies (Qualcomm Ireland) in Cork. Read more: Career Close-up: QT Technologies VP of engineering, Paul Kelleher
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Midnight Society shuts down and kills Dead Drop game
In the wake of parting ways with gaming personality Dr. Disrespect, Midnight Society has closed its doors and killed the first-person shooter game Dead Drop.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Summer Game Fest debuts in LA on June 6 to June 9, 2025
The sixth annual Summer Game Fest is returning to Los Angeles from June 6 to June 9, 2025.
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:Mother Games drops first trailer for surrealist RPG Le Zoo
Mother Games, which launched from stealth last year, revealed the teaser trailer for its RPG Le Zoo, which it plans to launch this year.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Former Google, Meta leaders launch Palona AI, bringing personalized, emotive customer agents to non-techie enterprises
Palonaβs approach suggests that customer relationships donβt have to be sacrificed for automation β instead, AI can enhance personalization.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Meta uncharacteristically quiet about $5 billion in VR losses
Meta is standing by their VR projects as their foot in the door for the Metaverse, but it's becoming an expensive investment.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:OpenAI said to be in talks to raise $40B at a $340B valuation
OpenAI may have billions of dollars in the bank. But itβs gearing up to raise billions more, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Per The WSJ, OpenAI is in talks to secure up to $40 billion in a funding round that would value the startup at $340 billion. SoftBank would lead the [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Controversial genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics raises $14M Series AΒ
The company, founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, announced a $14 million Series A, bringing its total funding to about $32 million. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Fintech startup Cushion shuts down after 8 years and over $20 million in funding
Cushion, a fintech startup that described itself as the βPlaid for buy now, pay later (BNPL),β has shut down. On Thursday, founder and CEO Paul Kesserwani posted on LinkedIn about the decision to wind down the company at the end of 2024. In the post, Kesserwani said that βdespite bringing multiple new fintech products to [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Skyvern 2.0
Build AI browser agents in plain english Discussion | Link
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Serial founder DIVINE launches creator app with hip-hop legend RAKIM
Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new company, in partnership with RAKIM, one of hip-hopβs most influential emcees. The company is called Notes, a fintech specifically for independent urban musicians and creators. It provides the knowledge and tools to help artists [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only....
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Pitchbook: There Are 300+ SaaS StartUps Waiting to IPO
So one question many are wondering about: just how many scale-ups are really getting ready to IPO? Pitchbook has a new analysis. They count 600+ start-ups with metrics far enough along to IPO: And they count 294 SaaS start-ups ready to IPO at the end of 2024, so letβs call it 300+ today: Now personally... Continue Reading The post Pitchbook: There Are 300+ SaaS StartUps Waiting to IPO appeared first on SaaStr.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Microsoft signs massive carbon credit deal with reforestation startup Chestnut Carbon
The 25-year deal would enable Chestnut Carbon to reforest 60,000 acres of land across Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses β smaller, faster and cheaper
French AI startup Mistral unveils a breakthrough 24B parameter language model that matches the performance of models three times its size, challenging tech giants with faster speeds and lower computing costs while targeting enterprise deployments.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:ElevenLabs triples valuation to $3.3BN, after confirming $180M funding round
An AI startup founded by two Polish entrepreneurs has seen its valuation triple to $3.3bn, after confirming it had raised $180m.ElevenLabs leverages AI to convert text into speech which sounds like i...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:ElevenLabs triples valuation to $3.3bn, after confirming $180m funding round
An AI startup founded by two Polish entrepreneurs has seen its valuation triple to $3.3bn, after confirming it had raised $180m.ElevenLabs leverages AI to convert text into speech which sounds like i...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Cerebras becomes the worldβs fastest host for DeepSeek R1, outpacing Nvidia GPUs by 57x
Cerebras Systems launches DeepSeek's R1-70B AI model on its wafer-scale processor, delivering 57x faster speeds than GPU solutions and challenging Nvidia's AI chip dominance with U.S.-based inference processing.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:USCβs 9th games expo returns May 13 with 60 games
USC Games announced its 9th annual USC Games Expowill return to USCβs campus on May 13 with more than 60 student games.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Tech, talking and other top tips for talent retention
Leaders looking to retain staff should focus on a few key strategies that place the employee, as well as the overall organisational goals, at the centre of their operation. Read more: Tech, talking and other top tips for talent retention
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:How to Build a World-Class Customer Success Machine: Top Lessons from the CRO of Notion and VP of CS at GitHub
The Customer Success Evolution: From Support to Strategic Growth Engine Customer Success is going through radical change now. Itβs not just a departmentβitβs your companyβs secret weapon for sustainable growth. Erica Anderson, CRO of Notion and Abbas Haider Ali, VP of CS at GitHub joined SaaStr Annualβs Chief Customer Officer Summit to share the latest... Continue Reading The post How to Build a World-Class Customer...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Where tech meets pharma: The skills you need to succeed
Viatrisβ Carol OβDonnell talks about the most in-demand roles and skills right now and how candidates can stand out in a thriving industry. Read more: Where tech meets pharma: The skills you need to succeed
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-Autodesk execs snag $46M to build the next gen of architecture design
Talk to many architects, and theyβll likely tell you that Autodeskβs software, including AutoCAD and Revit, has been indispensable to their work for decades. But despite their widespread use, Autodeskβs former co-CEO and chief product officer Amar Hanspal says that the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is using 20th century tools to design 21st [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Video Game History Museum launches VGHF Digital Library
TheVideoGameHistoryFoundationhas officially launched theVGHF Digital Library to help game history fans with research.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Incard
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Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Little Umbrellaβs next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show hostΒ
Web-based party games are making a comeback, now with the infusion of generative AI. Among the startups joining the trend, the current forecast looks good for one startup, Little Umbrella, which leverages AI for its social party games. The company announced on Thursday its $2 million seed funding round. Little Umbrella plans to use the [β¦] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:KushoAI
Thoughtfully written Playwright code for web testing Discussion | Link
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Irish-founded Cambrean arms Nucleus with AI-powered insights
Cambrean combines data from wearables with baseline genetic assessments to provide users with comprehensive health insights. Read more: Irish-founded Cambrean arms Nucleus with AI-powered insights
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Breakevent secures β¬876K for live music events analytics
Madrid-based event analytics software Breakevent has closed a 876K funding round. The round was led by Archipelago Next, accompanied by Startup Wise Guys and WA4STEAM along with business angels such ...
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Moonray blockchain game will debut on Xbox and PS5 in 2025
Moonray Studios said its blockchain game Moonray will debut on both Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 launch later this year.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Gaming M&A and financing deals grew 39% in 2024 | Drake Star
Gaming mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and financings in 2024 grew 39% to $27.3 billion in disclosed deal value across over 967 transactions, according to a report by Drake Star Partners. Thatβs a glimmer of bright news at a time when revenues appeared stagnant and game companies laid off more than 15,000 people. In fact, the[β¦]
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Riffusionβs free AI music platform could be the Spotify of the future
Riffusion launches a free AI music generation platform that creates original songs from text and audio prompts, challenging tech giants with personalized learning features and backing from The Chainsmokers.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Blue Dot Games brings β83 multiplayer shooter back from the dead
Blue Dot Games is reviving β83, a multiplayer shooter game set in the midst of the Cold War, after a previous publisher canceled the game. Now the studio said it has raised partial funding for its β83 title, thanks to money from an angel investor on the companyβs Discord channel. The money came in after[β¦]
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:Output Sports raises β¬4.6M for elite sports science analytics
Output Sports, an Irish sports technology company providing software for elite-level sports science, has closed a 4.61M pre-A funding round.Participantsin the round were athlete-led Apex Capital, Eu...
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