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The takeaway: Game studio layoffs and closures have increased sharply in recent years, largely due to the aftereffects of pandemic-era overinvestment. As Microsoft continues its layoffs and closures and Arkane Lyon fights for its survival, a new analysis suggests that most studios are doing worse after the acquisition. However, the game studios that have been … Read more
An autonomous underwater vehicle has conducted a comprehensive demonstration of mine countermeasures, bringing naval forces closer to safer and faster demining operations. The exercise combined underwater search, sonar-based identification and mine neutralization in a coordinated mission. HII and Thales carried out the demonstration using an integrated network of autonomous underwater systems and specialized mine countermeasures … Read more
If autonomous artificial intelligence agents are truly to become the future of business, they must have their own computer so they can do their work without disturbing others. The founders of remote desktop company Parsec Technologies Inc. have developed a new offering designed to give these agents the computer access they need. Their new startup … Read more
WTF?! It’s not uncommon for gaming companies to produce limited edition hardware to celebrate the release of a new game, and few releases are bigger than the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI. But since Sony has exclusive marketing rights to the game, Microsoft had to think outside the box with its latest move. … Read more
Astrolab plans to build a lunar energy and communications network that can deliver more than 100 kilowatts (kW) of power using utility nodes provided by its FLEX rovers. The company unveiled the Lunar Utility Module for Industrial Services (LUMIS) on Nov. 4, describing it as a system designed to provide power, connectivity and data services … Read more
Chipmakers Qualcomm Inc., Arm Holdings Ltd. and GlobalFoundries Ltd. struggled to move today after reporting financial results that clearly left investors wanting more. Investors may have had heightened expectations following an impressive earnings rise from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. just 24 hours earlier. But if they did, on a day when the market soared on … Read more
Face palm: Major memory manufacturers have repeatedly warned shareholders that the memory industry is in for many more years of chaos and high prices. Now smaller providers like TeamGroup are sounding the same alarm, saying conditions will soon become brutal in terms of both pricing and availability. TeamGroup recently reported financial results for its most … Read more
Chinese company Tencent has launched a new open-source AI model that can operate computers, interpret complex images and handle demanding technical tasks. The model, called Hy4, marks Tencent’s latest attempt to compete with leading open-source AI systems. Hy4 adds visual understanding to Tencent’s Hy model family for the first time. It can process detailed images, … Read more
What we know so far: Google has severed ties with Android TV box maker Videostrong Technology over allegations that the company pre-installed a backdoor on more than 1.3 million set-top boxes. The backdoor, dubbed XCPE, reportedly used “obfuscation techniques” to bypass Google’s verification process and registered infected devices in a massive botnet that has since … Read more
The drive for sovereign AI is also reaching university research laboratories, where control over data, models and calculations now shapes scientific work. Universities are at an unusual crossroads in current technological change, as their work includes open education and tightly controlled federal research. According to Vince Kellen (pictured center), chief information officer of the Texas … Read more