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As weather bets surge in forecast markets, climate experts question whether they improve forecasts by aggregating knowledge or whether it’s simply a zero-sum game (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 12, 2026

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Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; Previously purchased games will be available until June 10 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 10, 2026

Michael Kan / PCMag: Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; previously purchased games will…

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The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

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Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 30, 2026

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A look at “tokenmaxxing,” a status game in which employees from multiple companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they use (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 21, 2026

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The video game industry is shaping up to be one of the biggest casualties of the AI boom, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage (Helen Vogelsong-Donahue/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

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The takeaway from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: What to take away from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs,…

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Roblox claims to have paid out $1.5 billion to game creators in 2025 and that the top 1,000 earned an average of $1.3 million; More than 50% of creators cite high school as their highest degree (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 7, 2026

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Tencent has closed its TiMi Montreal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants cut funding for Western game studios (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

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Anthropic saw visits to its site increase 6.5% after its Super Bowl ad and DAUs jumped 11% after the game, outperforming other AI companies (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is Something Big Happening?, AI Safety Apocalypse, Anthropic Raises $30 Billion The Big Technology Podcast…

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Miami-based Canals, which uses AI to help distributors automate workflows across sales, customer service and more, raised a $35 million Series A round led by Base10 (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Meta plans to start testing an AI pendant in 2027, launch new AI glasses next month, launch a ‘Wearables for Work’ unit for businesses, and more (Jyoti Mann/The Information)

Microsoft faces backlash after blog post implicates criminal firing and legal action against security researcher Nightmare Eclipse over public bug disclosures (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Microsoft is working on an application that will include GitHub Copilot, Copilot chat, Copilot Cowork and a new agent workflow tool called Autopilot (Sebastian Herrera/Fortune)

An episode of BBC Question Time featured a panel with AI-generated historical figures like Churchill, intended to show the “hyper-real and compelling” nature of AI images (Holly Bishop/The Independent)

Browsing: game

As weather bets surge in forecast markets, climate experts question whether they improve forecasts by aggregating knowledge or whether it’s simply a zero-sum game (Bloomberg)

Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; Previously purchased games will be available until June 10 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

The White House’s latest effort to enact legislation that would preempt state AI laws fails as several Democrats dismiss the proposal as a partisan game (Politico)

Tel Aviv-based Sett, which builds AI agents to automate game marketing, raised a $30 million Series B led by Greenfield Partners, bringing its total funding to $57 million (Meir Orbach/CTech)

A look at “tokenmaxxing,” a status game in which employees from multiple companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they use (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

The video game industry is shaping up to be one of the biggest casualties of the AI boom, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage (Helen Vogelsong-Donahue/Wired)

The takeaway from Game Developers Conference 2026: High volume of job seekers amid layoffs, AI was the buzzword, more outsourcing than ever, and more (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Roblox claims to have paid out $1.5 billion to game creators in 2025 and that the top 1,000 earned an average of $1.3 million; More than 50% of creators cite high school as their highest degree (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Tencent has closed its TiMi Montreal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants cut funding for Western game studios (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Anthropic saw visits to its site increase 6.5% after its Super Bowl ad and DAUs jumped 11% after the game, outperforming other AI companies (Samantha Subin/CNBC)