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NVIDIA's monopoly over the AI markets is now being questioned by several analysts, who claim that increasing GPU power consumption won't be sustainable in the future.

Another week, another Pokémon Go raid – this time, it’s Mega Aggron.

Pokémon Go Sustainability Week is now well underway, with fans able to get their hands on some eco-friendly Pokémon. So expect plenty of grass types!

Wiglett has just made its Pokémon Go debut, and we’ve got how to catch one explained so you aren't looking on enviously at your friends' Pokédexes.

Bumi: Next Stop, Earth! is a new game by Blamorama Games that dropped right on Earth Day. It’s a game but it’s also about getting eco-conscious and giving a little love to our planet. This is the first game by Blamorama Games. Apparently, the devs have plans for more games, comics and even films in the pipeline.

Xbox has revealed that one of its studios — UK-based Rare, developer of Sea of Thieves — has constructed a new sustainability-focused studio.

Imagine Earth, a city building strategy title that launched a few years back on PC and Xbox, is making the jump to PS5 and PS4 on the 9th May. The game takes place in 2084, and tasks you with creating sustainable civilisation on various alien planets, following on from the greed-driven ruin of humanity's original home. We think developer Serious Bros. is trying to tell us something...

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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's quest director and the associate game director of the Cyberpunk sequel, Paweł Sasko, has been talking about the importance of sustainability in game development, and the benefits of not overworking teams to the point of crunch.

70% of developers questioned in a new survey expressed some concern about the sustainability of the live service model.

ASUS has unveiled two new monitors for Pro users under its ProArt Display family with the PA32KCX being the main highlight with its 8K panel & DisplayPort 2.1 support.

In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, players will level faster and be more powerful by powering up a Cloak and equipping brand new Powerful abilities and effects. Check them all out here!

In WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria, players will level faster and be more powerful by powering up a Cloak and equipping brand new Powerful abilities and effects. Check them all out here!

BLUETTI, a leading provider of energy storage solutions, has expanded its Solar+ program, a one stop solution for solar transition, to three new states in the US, starting from March 14, 2024.

A new Dev Update video from Riot Games shares some of the upcoming content for League of Legends. A team of developers shared an update on the game’s Arena mode, Lee Sin’s upcoming Art and Sustainably visual update, and a new “bullet heaven survivor PvE game mode for League of Legends during this year’s summer event.”

Roblox allows its players to create and monetise their own creations within its ecosystem. Across the entire breadth of Roblox game makers, a lot of money is made. At the individual level, however, the vast majority of creators making work within Roblox never earn enough to cash out their earnings - and some of those creators are children. This has long led to allegations that Roblox is exploiting child labour, generating huge profits for Roblox Studio and its shareholders in the process.

Vlambeer's Rami Ismail has sold 50% of his shares of the studio to co-founder Jan Willem Nijman.

Tomorrow's the monthly PS Plus Essential game refresh, so you've only got a handful of hours left to redeem what Sony had to offer for the month of March 2024. Since this is the offering of the base tier, you will be able to continue playing the PS5, PS4 games for as long as you sustain a membership to the subscription service. You've got until roughly 9am BST / 1am PT / 4am ET tomorrow to claim the following titles:

It looks as though the plump pockets of big corporations like Epic and Microsoft are beginning to empty, and it's putting some smaller studios in an awkward position. After offering funds in exchange for exclusivity or availability on Game Pass, many indie devs have come to rely on these deals to finance their projects. However, it seems those deals are becoming harder to lock down, and they're worth less than they used to be.

BLUETTI, a renowned provider of energy storage solutions, has announced the expansion of its Solar+ program to three additional states in the United States. Building upon its successful launch in Texas last year, BLUETTI now extends its reach to California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina. This initiative aims to offer homeowners a hassle-free approach to achieving energy independence and reducing utility bills through comprehensive solar and battery home power solutions.

With layoffs and studio shutdowns becoming an almost weekly occurrence in the video game world, Larian Studios' CEO claims the developer is "good for quite a number of years."

BLUETTI, the pioneer in portable power solutions, is gearing up to revolutionize outdoor adventures once again with its latest innovation, the AC240 IP65 Water Resistant Portable Power Station.

ASUS India has made waves in the tech world with the launch of its latest lineup, including the Zenbook S 13 OLED (UX5304MA) and Vivobook 15 (X1504VAP) models. These cutting-edge laptops promise to redefine consumer laptop segment, promising unparalleled performance, design, and eco-friendliness.

A new research paper has discovered the usefulness of DRAM cache for GPUs which can help enable higher performance at low power.

As original RuneScape creator Andrew Gower marches toward the release of his new MMO, Brighter Shores, later this year, he's comforted by the fact that his small team of just eight developers only has to answer to themselves.

Apple continues to employ a fan-less cooling design for 13-inch and 15-inch M3 MacBook Air models, and while that means users will be pleased about the completely silent operation, they will lose out on a ton of performance. The M3 MacBook Pro, which sports a single fan, can offer significantly improved sustained performance while touting the same SoC, as demonstrated in a series of tests. It is also worth mentioning that the M3 MacBook Air gets uncomfortably toasty, which we hope Apple can address in future iterations.

Samsung Galaxy S23 5G has received a significant price cut on Amazon, making it more accessible to smartphone enthusiasts. With a whopping 28% discount, the smartphone is now available at Rs. 64,999, down from its original price of Rs. 89,999. This price reduction presents an excellent opportunity for users to upgrade to a premium device at a more affordable price point.

Cabinet greenlights Rs. 10000 cr India AI mission for computing capacity boost; Stability AI unveils TripoSR: Revolutionary AI tool creates 3D models in seconds; AI's climate role questioned: Report warns of energy surge and misinformation; the AI industry backs nuclear power to sustain its energy appetite- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

Japanese games giant Capcom is going to be raising how much its staff and future graduate hires are paid.

Big Blue Sky Games, a new studio of industry veterans, has revealed its debut game, Merchants of Rosewall. The project, set to launch sometime this year, is described as a story-driven, online shop-management game where the climate of its world impacts the availability and cost of resources.

In strangely fascinating news, the release of long-in-development piracy simulator Skull and Bones has caused a significant, sustained spike in the number of players revisiting Ubisoft's earlier effort, the corsair-filled Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

If you’re into esports then you’ll no doubt have heard of Lee Sang-Hyeok, better known as Faker. He’s known for playing the ever popular League of Legends, and has been hailed as the best player in the world — he is to League what Michael Jordan is to basketball.

Sony is laying off 900 people, around 8% of its gaming workforce, outgoing president Jim Ryan has announced.

Sony is laying off around 900 employees in its PlayStation division, the company announced on Tuesday. The cuts will impact 8% of the division’s global workforce, as Sony becomes the latest company to announce major cuts in recent weeks and months. Sony also announced that it will be closing its London Studio in the U.K.

Staff at developer Supermassive Games are facing redundancy in the near future.

Supermassive Games, the UK developer responsible for well-liked narrative horror games like Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology is the latest studio to be hit with the layoff bug afflicting the industry. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, around 90 employees, which represents nearly a third of Supermassive’s 300-strong staff, have been laid off. Supermassive themselves acknowledged the layoffs via the following statement…

Supermassive Games has announced that it’s entering a consultation period as part of a reorganization, which it anticipates will end in staff layoffs.

Yeah, sure, Baldur's Gate 3 was popular last year when it became the biggest RPG out there and vacuumed up all those GotY awards, but with a zillion other games launching every day, are people still playing it? Yes, it turns out. The answer is very much yes.

Australian wildlife AI project receives $750,000 boost for wildlife identification; Abridge raises $150 mn in series C for AI clinical documentation tools; Tyler Perry halts $800 mn studio expansion amid AI job loss concerns; AI generated car free city images boost support for sustainable policies in the US- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

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Intel has unveiled its brand new roadmap for its next-gen process nodes at IFS Direct which now includes 14A & updates on already announced nodes.

Jim Keller has shared a string of posts over at X where he has called out NVIDIA's CUDA for being a swamp and also said the same was true for x86.

Hiroki Totoki has a lot of titles at Sony; in addition to being president, COO, and CFO of the corporation, he's more recently stepped into the role of PlayStation chairman as Jim Ryan winds down his time at the company. He's among the company's top dogs, then — but what does he make of Sony Interactive Entertainment since he became more directly involved? Speaking on a recent earnings call, he seems happy with PlayStation's first-party teams, but has some concerns about the business side of things.

In a pioneering effort to address the growing concern of space debris, Japanese scientists from Kyoto University, in collaboration with Sumitomo Forestry, have developed a unique spacecraft known as the LignoSat. What sets this satellite apart is its construction material- magnolia wood.

Sony's new chairman has been in his role for four months now, and his early impression is that PlayStation's studios need to understand business a bit better.

ASUS India introduces the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3405), an Intel Evo Edition ultraportable laptop that signifies a notable addition to the Zenbook Classic series. With this ASUS laptop, the company aims to redefine premium design, extend battery life, and champion sustainable practices along with artificial intelligence (AI).

Riot Games have announced that they will shortly lay off "about 530" people, or 11 per cent of their global workforce, so as to "create focus and move us towards a more sustainable future", in the words of CEO Dylan Jadeja. The "biggest impact" will be felt outside of core development, though they'll affect at least one major internal team - the developers of Legends Of Runeterra. Riot are also binning off the Riot Forge publishing label, under which third-party developers create smaller-scale games based on Riot's own intellectual properties.

Tech aimed at battling climate change and even pumping fresh water out of thin air attracted crowds as the annual CES gadget extravaganza showed its green side. With calls to fight climate change escalating, technology firms are finding ways to help, according to organizers of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), which wrapped up in Las Vegas on Friday. 

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PM Narendra Modi has launched 'Bhashini', an AI translation platform for India's digital inclusion; Character AI has surpassed ChatGPT in user engagement; AI model has accurately estimated age from chest X-rays; China has utilised AI for precise extreme weather forecasting- this and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.

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