The creators of The Making of Karateka are betting that "interactive documentaries" are the ideal way to celebrate classic video games.
Why it matters: Video games can fade from my memory quickly, and the hardware that runs older games is generally not available, making it hard for modern players to easily experience the classics—let alone learn about them.
Why it matters: The move came hours after Justice Department officials asked the court to issue a stay on the ruling, arguing it violated the First Amendment.
Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday became the first GOP presidential candidate to join TikTok, a Chinese-owned app he described as "digital fentanyl" as recently as last week.
Why it matters: Republicans largely view China's influence operations as a major national security threat, prompting GOP presidential candidates to voluntarily forfeit access to the 150 million Americans who use TikTok.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Elon Musk in San Francisco, the Israeli leader's office said in a statement Thursday.
Why it matters: The meeting, scheduled for Monday, comes as Musk continues to take aim at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a leading Jewish organization in the U.S., on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Databricks has become one of the AI sector's most valuable companies, this morning announcing over $500 million in new funding at a $43 billion valuation.
Behind the scenes: CEO Ali Ghodsi says the new round was sparked by inbound interest from chipmaker Nvidia, with whom almost every AI company wants a deep relationship.
Telegram is infested with bots, and that's the good news — at least for true believers in cryptocurrency looking around for anything to feel good about.
Driving the news: Unibots is one of a small handful of Telegram trading bots that are seeing profits, excitement and value creation (for now).
Nintendo showed off a bevy of Switch games today that will bring older releases to its current but aging console well into 2024.
Why it matters: The absence of news about major, original Switch games is a sign that development of significant, new games for that console from Nintendo is winding down.
Metaphysic, which made its name via convincing deepfake videos of celebrities, is launching a tool Thursday that aims to help individual performers secure their rights to their own images.
Why it matters: In an era when AI is making it easy to generate images of celebrities doing and saying things they never did or said, Metaphysic aims to help them "secure their face, voice and performance data" and "build a portfolio of their most valuable digital assets and AI training datasets over time."
A rising number of American workers fear technology will make their jobs obsolete in the near future, according to a Gallup survey released Monday.
Why it matters: College-educated workers who are hyper-aware of AI and other technological advances are struggling with FOBO, the fear of becoming obsolete.
Senators left Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum in D.C. Wednesday talking about an urgent need to pass legislation governing AI, while CEOs agreed that Washington must play a role.
Of note: After the closed-to-the-public meeting, Elon Musk said it was important for tech leaders to "have a referee" in Washington and suggested the meeting "may go down in history as very important to the future of civilization."
