I’m Glad Discord Isn’t Being Acquired
Dear Discord: Please go public and stay independent instead of being acquired. Love, Brad. I’ve become a huge Discord fan and user of the past year. I’ve got many daily reference points from products that I use for real-time communication.....»»
What is Discord?
Discord is a video game-focused voice and chat app you'll want to start using, especially if you're a gamer. Here's everything you need to know about using it......»»
Bluepoint Games Has Officially Been Acquired By PlayStation Studios
Bluepoint Games has been acquired by PlayStation Studios, Sony has announced. Get the full details here. The post Bluepoint Games Has Officially Been Acquired By PlayStation Studios appeared first on PlayStation Universe. Sony Interactive Entert.....»»
Epic Games Store, Discord, and Zoom all join Windows 11’s more flexible app store
New MS Store will be more convenient (and useful) for users and developers. Enlarge / The Microsoft Store in Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) When Microsoft introduced Windows 11 over the summer, it also detailed a major shift in strategy for i.....»»
Firesprite Reveals It Has Acquired The Persistence Co-Developer Fabrik Games
Fabrik Games has been acquired by Firesprite Studios, with both developers having previously worked together on The Persistence. The post Firesprite Reveals It Has Acquired The Persistence Co-Developer Fabrik Games appeared first on PlayStation Univ.....»»
Twitch leak suggests major response to streaming site’s “hate mob” issues
Follows months of Amazon-owned site playing hate speech whack-a-mole. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Twitch—the popular game-streaming site acquired by Amazon in 2014—has been inundated in recent months by "hate raids," whi.....»»
MediaLab Acquires Imgur
In a blog post, Imgur announced that it has been acquired by a company called MediaLab. "It's the beginning of a new chapter, and we're excited to share the news with you," writes the Imgur team. From the post: We've been acquired by MediaLab! MediaL.....»»
Discord Starts Testing YouTube Integration
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Discord is starting to test YouTube integration, just weeks after Google-owned YouTube forced two popular Discord music bots offline. YouTube integration has started appearing in a small number of D.....»»
Byju’s acquires coding platform Tynker for $200 million in US expansion push
Byju’s said on Thursday it has acquired California-headquartered Tynker, a leading coding platform for K-12 students, the latest in a series of major purchases as the Indian edtech giant attempts to aggressively expand to international markets. The.....»»
The Apple Watch Series 7 rumors were wrong, and here’s why I’m glad they were
The rumors that we'd see a slablike, flat-sided Apple Watch at Apple's most recent event turned out to be mistaken, and I'm hugely relieved. This is why......»»
LGES likely eyeing LFP battery market by acquiring NEC ES
South Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) has acquired NEC Energy Solutions from Japan-based IT company NEC, a move that could expand the end market for its LFP batteries......»»
BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk
BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment from credit rating giant Moody’s, and acquired Israeli cyber risk assessment startup VisibleRisk for an undisclosed sum......»»
Tongue-in-cheek award with cult status for cinema air study
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor scientific achievements that "should first make people laugh and then make them think". The spoof prizes, first awarded by the US journal Annals of Improbable Research in 1991, have long since acquired cult status among scie.....»»
Foxconn to make SiC components at 6-inch fab for EV, solar apps
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group has disclosed that at its newly-acquired 6-inch wafer fab in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, the company will be making SiC components and IR MEMS sensors and kick off the development of GaN devices......»»
Apple"s Double Agent
For more than a year, an active member of a community that traded in illicitly obtained internal Apple documents and devices was also acting as an informant for the company. An anonymous reader shares a report: On Twitter and in Discord channels for.....»»
GIV/Girdin regulates spatiotemporal signaling during sperm capacitation
Mammalian sperm cannot fertilize an egg from the get-go. It's an ability acquired only after insemination, during passage through the female reproductive tract, and requires two consecutive, time-sensitive processes to provide sperm with the physical.....»»
Vine"s Creator Is Now Working On NFT Blockchain Video Games
Dom Hofmann, one of Vine's founders, has a new project called Supdrive. He calls it an "on-chain fantasy game console" that plays classic-style games with NFTs acting as a sort of virtual cartridge. The Verge reports: In a Discord set up for Supdrive.....»»
Let’s make a deal: A crash course on corporate development
If you’re a venture-backed startup at some point it would be wise to generate a return — either get acquired or go public. If you’re going to get acquired, chances are you’re going to spend a lot of time with corp dev teams......»»
Twitter is testing a feature that puts users’ Revue newsletters on their profiles
This January, Twitter acquired the newsletter platform Revue, but until now its integration into Twitter has been minimal; sometimes when you write Twitter threads, you’ll be greeted with a “Hello, wordsmiths” message that tells you.....»»
Jobs cut after DealerSocket acquisition
Solera Holdings, which acquired DealerSocket in June, won't say how many positions were eliminated......»»
Roku expands its original programming lineup with 23 more shows acquired from Quibi
Roku this morning announced an expansion of its original content lineup, with the addition of 23 new Roku Original programs that will debut on August 13 on The Roku Channel free streaming hub. The new programing — which also hails from RokuR.....»»