-
With Deepfake Avatars And Tokens, AI Transforms Weed, Fintech And Real Estate Markets, CEO Explains How
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 11:54am | 1140Darius Bruner, CEO of 8blockchainfund, manages a turnkey special purpose vehicle (SPV) fund that uses AI technology to streamline business capital formation. In a detailed discussion, Bruner describes his journey from managing a $500 million cannabis fund to developing innovative web-based avatars...
-
Fortnite Creator Epic Games Announces Layoffs Of 830 Staff Members
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 5:43pm | 413Epic Games, the company behind "Fortnite" and Unreal Engine, is laying off 830 employees, which accounts for approximately 16% of its workforce. CEO Tim Sweeney shared the news in a memo, citing financial difficulties resulting from overspending in pursuit of expanding Fortnite...
-
Despite Apple-Epic 'Fortnite' Conflict, Unreal Engine 5.2 Launches Major Update For Silicon Macs
Friday, May 12, 2023 - 8:13am | 504Epic Games may be in a legal dispute with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) over Fortnite, but that hasn’t stopped the company from releasing a major update for the Unreal Engine with native Silicon Macs support. What Happened: On Thursday,...
-
Grammy Award Winning Musician Timbaland Debuts Congo, A Bored Ape Yacht Club Which Stars In His New Music Video
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 - 11:45am | 841Grammy Award-winning producer and musician Timbaland is one of the many celebrities and musicians who own non-fungible tokens. Timbaland is also the owner of a Bored Ape Yacht Club, one of the most famous and valuable NFT collections. Here’s a look at what Timbaland is up to with his Bored...
-
Atlanta Braves Launching MLB Stadium In The Metaverse: Here Are The Details And Why This Is Exciting
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 1:30pm | 549The reigning World Series champions are headed to the metaverse in a first for Major League Baseball. What Happened: The Atlanta Braves announced the creation of a digital version of their MLB stadium Truist Park. Named "Digital Truist Park," the digital ballpark will be a “photo-...
-
Unity Software Could Beat Q4 Revenue Guidance, Survey Says
Monday, November 23, 2020 - 3:43pm | 375Loup Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by former Wall Street tech analyst Gene Munster, recently surveyed Unity Software (NYSE: U) developers to get insight on possible increased revenue for the company going forward. What The Survey Showed: The survey showed that 81% of Unity ...
-
Unreal Engine Powers 'Fortnite,' Could Soon Power Electric Vehicle Interface
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 12:14pm | 297Unreal Engine, an architecture that's used to develop and design video games, is now being used to develop electric vehicles. What Happened: General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) announced it will use the newly created Human Machine Interface program from Epic Games, a Tencent Holdings (Pink:...
-
Microsoft Sides With Epic In Legal Battle Against Apple, Says Starving Unreal Engine Harms Developers, Gamers
Sunday, August 23, 2020 - 11:28pm | 389Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) filed a motion Sunday in support of Epic Games Inc., as the latter fights a legal battle with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over access to developer tools. What Happened: Kevin Gammill, general manager of Microsoft’s gaming developer...