Vince Zampella, head of EA-owned Respawn Entertainment, ex-CEO of Infinity Ward, and co-creator of Call of Duty, died on December 21 at 55 in a single-car crash
A tragic holiday season for the family of a beloved game industry figure. Andrew Weil / WCNC-TV : Report: ‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella killed in car crash Kevin Dolak / The Hollywood Repor...
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Airbnb Experiences, launching new services, OpenAI, AI agents, making decisions at Airbnb, cutting PMs, Jony Ive, and more
Today, I'm talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. This is Brian's fourth time on the show, and he's one of my favorite guests … Bluesky: @roqueig and @mhwilliams Bluesky: John / @roqueig : Halfway thr...
Engineers, developers, and researchers say OpenAI's transcription tool Whisper hallucinates chunks of text or even entire sentences, including racial commentary
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” Mastodon: @mhoye@mastodon.social , @jonny@neuromatc...
Roblox CEO David Baszucki says the company is “transitioning away” from remote work, as virtual workspaces aren't as “engaging, collaborative, and productive”
This wasn't a pivotal moment for anyone else. Just him. [embedded post] M.H. Williams / @mhwilliams.bsky.social : You were selling your game as a solution for remote work just a few months ago... w...
Clubhouse completely redesigns its iOS and Android apps around a new asynchronous voice-only group chat feature, in an attempt to be “more like a messaging app”
Hey all. We're evolving Clubhouse to be more like a messaging app … Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch : Clubhouse is trying to make a comeback Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Clubhouse Adds New...
Sources: Tencent plans to raise its Ubisoft stake, aiming to become its single largest shareholder, after buying a 5% stake in 2018; Ubisoft's stock jumps 10%+
report Daniel Sims / TechSpot : Tencent is negotiating for a bigger stake in Ubisoft Into The Metaverse : This Week in the Metaverse Episode 12 Lewis Rees / Pocket Gamer.biz : Tencent reportedly seeki...
Disney beats analyst expectations for Q1, reporting $20.86B in Q1 revenue, up 36% YoY, 26.5M subscribers for Disney+, and 30.4M for Hulu, up 33% YoY
or five years (if you count the time before a stand-alone streaming plan was offered). https://www.wsj.com/... Sahil Patel / @sizpatel : I subscribe to Disney+ and Hulu's SVOD. According to Disney, I ...