Just a couple of weeks after announcing $22 million in fundraising, Paris-based startup studio Hexa is expanding beyond its studio model to partner with later stage companies that have already found product-market fit. Called Hexa Scale, with this program, the startup studio is looking for […]
Month: December 2023
Apple announces first 2024 Arcade additions for January
Apple has revealed the first titles coming to Arcade in 2024, including Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom and Cornsweeper.
Netflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and movies
Netflix has published the first of a new twice-a-year engagement report called “What We Watched.” The first installment, launched Tuesday as a Microsoft Excel file, lists the hours viewed for every title (original and licensed) that has tallied more than 50,000 viewing hours. Although it’s […]
South African e-commerce startup TUNL gets funding to accelerate growth of its exports platform
TUNL, a South African parcel shipping platform, has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors, including Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa Ventures, E4E Africa, and Jozi Angels. The platform, which claims to help e-commerce merchants save between 50% and 80% on international shipping costs, […]
Metafuels lands $8 million bet on greener skies ahead
Metafuels sets out to change the landscape of sustainable jet fuel, and has just picked up an $8 million suitcase from baggage carousel 3 at its local ZRH. Ahh, Zurich. The company is making the sky green — literally — with its new fuel, which […]
Xbox 2023 year-in-review recap stacks you up against other players
Xbox is giving you a detailed look at how much you’ve gamed and which titles you’ve truly enjoyed playing this year. Its 2023 recap shows your total time gaming on the system over the past year, the month you’d been most active on the Xbox, […]
Bezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next week
Blue Origin is aiming to finally conclude an over 15 month pause in operations of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, with the company announcing today that it will fly an uncrewed mission as early as December 18. The company confirmed the launch on its social […]
Output’s AI-powered software automatically generates music sample packs from text prompts
Music-creation software company Output just launched an AI tool that generates free sample packs based on text prompts. These packs are royalty-free and include 30 samples that can be used in the digital audio workstation (DAW) of your choice, including Logic Pro, Ableton, Pro Tools […]
Durable cements $14M to build bots and other AI tools for small businesses in service industries
Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup that’s building AI-powered business tools specifically for them — and the thousands of other categories […]
Epic Games Triumphs Over Google
Abstract: Dive into the details of Epic Games’ landmark legal win against Google. Learn how this verdict challenges the tech giant’s monopoly on app distribution and billing in the Android…