Developers who worked on the acclaimed 2002 Nintendo GameCube game Metroid Prime are publicly voicing frustration that a recently released Switch remake called Metroid Prime Remastered fails to name the game’s original creators in its credits.
Driving the news: Zoid Kirsch, a senior engineer on the original who did not work on the remake tweeted on Saturday that he was “let down” by the lack of full original credits in the new Switch version.
Ford Motor is investing $3.5 billion in a Michigan factory that will make electric vehicle batteries using technology licensed from a major Chinese supplier.
Why it matters: The plant, which is expected to create 2,500 high-paying jobs, is part of a burgeoning U.S. supply chain for electric vehicles (EVs) — but it comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China.
To regulate pirates, cut off access to their ports and see how long they last at sea. That's the playbook being used in the U.S. to rid the scourge that is crypto too, or so it would seem.
Why it matters: For crypto, banks are its ports — vital on- and -off ramps for dollars to move on-chain. But banks cannot hold crypto as principal, the Fed's Board of Governors said in a bulletin made effective last week.
Longtime Meta executive Marne Levine will exit the company later this year, she told Axios, ending her 13-year tenure with the company.
Why it matters: Levine currently oversees all advertising and business partnerships for Meta. Two longtime Meta executives, Nicola Mendelsohn and Justin Osofsky, will take over her responsibilities.
After raising more than $115 million, New York startup Altana has made several key executive hires designed to advance its mission: mapping the world's supply chains.
Why it matters: Companies are paying a lot more attention to supply chains in a world disrupted by global pandemics, wars and climate change. Even so, many have little idea what is taking place beyond the first layer or two of their suppliers.
ChatGPT rocketed into our world because of exponentially compounding advances in artificial intelligence programming — but also because of the primordial wiring of our brains.
How it works: Human perceptual systems are finely tuned to recognize another person, researchers have established, and we do this so well that we project humanity even when it's not there. Two dots and a circle become a face; the moon gets a man in it.
The recent wave of tech layoffs has hit some of the industry's most innovative departments and projects particularly hard.
Why it matters: As tech companies tighten their belts, some of those working on their riskiest — yet most intriguing and futuristic — bets are first on the chopping block.
