Month: May 2021
PlayStation’s new partnership with Discord may link the chat service to your PS5 Discord
It’s official: Sony is investing in Discord. The company has purchased a minority stake in the chat service, with the teams across Sony and Discord working to integrate Discord with PlayStation “closer together on console and mobile starting early next year,” Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan announced today in…
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Xbox Series X gets Xbox FPS Boost support for dozens of games like Alien Isolation Alien Isolation
Microsoft announced today that a few dozen games are getting Xbox FPS Boost support. This includes titles like Alien: Isolation, which now runs at 60 FPS, as well as Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, both of which run at 120 FPS. Xbox FPS Boost is a feature developed by…
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Dozens of must-play games like Alien Isolation now play at 60 FPS or higher on Xbox Series X Alien Isolation
Microsoft announced today that a few dozen games are getting Xbox FPS Boost support. This includes titles like Alien: Isolation, which now runs at 60 FPS, as well as Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, both of which run at 120 FPS. Xbox FPS Boost is a feature developed by…
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Volvo AB and Daimler Trucks team up in hydrogen fuel cell joint venture
Competitors Volvo AB and Daimler Trucks are teaming up to produce hydrogen fuel cells for long-haul trucks, which the companies say will lower development costs and boost production volumes. The joint venture, which is called cellcentric, aims to bring large-scale “gigafactory” production levels of hydrogen fuel cells to Europe by…
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Avatar startup Genies scores $65 million in funding round led by Mary Meeker’s Bond
Over the past several years I’ve covered my fair share of upstart avatar companies that were all chasing the same dream — building out a customizable platform for a digital persona that gained wide adoption across games and digital spaces. Few of those startups I’ve covered in the past are…
Read MoreTwitter expands Spaces to anyone with 600+ followers, details plans for tickets, reminders and more
Twitter Spaces, the company’s new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it’s making Twitter Spaces available to any account with 600 followers or more, including both iOS and Android users. It also officially unveiled some of the features it’s preparing to launch, like…
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