P1 Ventures has reached the first close of its second fund at $25 million. It expects to reach a final close early next year.
Day: September 26, 2023
SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly authorize video game strike
98.3% of SAG-AFTRA members approved a strike authorization for video game work as amid its Interactive Media Agreement negotiations.
Rick and Morty sound pretty much just like they used to in new season 7 trailer
Rick, Summer, and Morty. | Image: Adult Swim Adult Swim has been tight-lipped about its plans to keep Rick and Morty going following the scandal-related departure of series co-creator and star Justin Roiland earlier this year. For months, fans have wondered how the show might […]
Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat
Telegram, the popular messenger with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent of WeChat’s super app approach. Certain aspects of the ecosystem will be decentralized with help from two heavyweights: Telegram’s crypto partner TON Foundation […]
OSIRIS-REx used a Tesla-esque navigation system to capture 4.5 billion-year-old regolith
NASA’s pioneering OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully returned from its journey to the asteroid Bennu. The robotic spacecraft briefly set down on the celestial body in a first-of-its-kind attempt (by an American space agency) to collect pristine rock samples, before alighting and heading back to Earth […]
Dave Limp will lead Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin after ‘retiring’ from Amazon
Reports of David Limp’s retirement have been greatly exaggerated. The former SVP of Devices and Services announced last week at Amazon’s 2023 Devices Event that he would be stepping down from the role he had held for more than a decade. By Monday, however, Limp […]
Amazon will start charging for formerly free Alexa Guard smoke and security alerts
Amazon is paywalling more formerly free features on its smart home devices. Several months after it moved some basic Ring alarm system features behind a subscription plan, Amazon is doing something similar for several Alexa Guard functions.Alexa Guard is a free security feature that came […]
Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO
Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year and his replacement is coming from Jeff Bezos’ other company. Dave Limp, an Amazon veteran who had planned to step down from his role as head of the company’s consumer devices division, […]
Cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft and Google ignite battle over AI
Cloud computing leaders Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are all now backing different AI foundation models and/or incubating their own.
SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly authorize video game strike
98.3% of SAG-AFTRA members approved a strike authorization for video game work as amid its Interactive Media Agreement negotiations.