Topic: financial sustainability

  • Memoreum Director's Quest Game: Patreon & Sideloading Strategy

    Memoreum Director's Quest Game: Patreon & Sideloading Strategy

    **Hivefall** is a new VR sci-fi shooter inspired by Starship Troopers, currently available only through a Patreon subscription and sideloading via SideQuest, specifically optimized for the Meta Quest 3. The game is in early alpha, featuring base-defense missions against alien swarms with a progre...

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  • OpenAI Halts ChatGPT Ads to Counter Google's Gemini

    OpenAI Halts ChatGPT Ads to Counter Google's Gemini

    OpenAI has paused plans to introduce ads into ChatGPT, prioritizing product quality and user retention over new revenue streams due to competitive pressure from Google's Gemini. Google's native multimodal Gemini model is outperforming ChatGPT in key areas like reasoning and speed, leveraging its ...

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  • Aurora to Deploy Hundreds of Driverless Trucks by 2026

    Aurora to Deploy Hundreds of Driverless Trucks by 2026

    Aurora Innovation plans to deploy hundreds of driverless trucks by 2026, following a rescheduled commercial launch and a temporary, strategic reintroduction of safety drivers. The high-speed highway environment presents unique technical challenges for autonomous trucks, contributing to industry c...

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  • UAE, Russia Partner on AI for Smarter Government Budgeting

    UAE, Russia Partner on AI for Smarter Government Budgeting

    The UAE and Russia are strengthening their strategic financial partnership, with a key focus on integrating artificial intelligence into government budgeting, payroll management, and revenue forecasting to enhance public financial management. This collaboration, highlighted in the second UAE-Russ...

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  • Microsoft's Worst Gaming Disaster Yet | Opinion

    Microsoft's Worst Gaming Disaster Yet | Opinion

    Microsoft has laid off 9,000 employees, canceled high-profile projects, and shut down studios like The Initiative, raising concerns about its gaming strategy. Despite revenue growth, Microsoft is cutting jobs instead of reinvesting in creative teams, with subscriber stagnation casting doubt on it...

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