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Venture capital, as an asset class, is an industry of short-term wins. Most funds have a 10-year cycle: two years of initial investments; then two to three years of company building and follow-on investments; after that, five or six years of thumb-twiddling and waiting for the ship to come in, and maybe placing a last…

Twitch announced a new creator tier on Thursday that would restore a more favorable subscription revenue split to streamers who qualify, with some strings attached. Last September, Twitch announced plans to strip some streamers of the 70/30 revenue share they once enjoyed. Twitch streamers grandfathered into the premium arrangement would still be able to keep…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinStarfield Bethesda If I could open up this article with just a video of me clutching my forehead in frustration, I would. That’s how I feel about the recent debates to find fault with Starfield on technical grounds, based on what we know about the game’s release. Microsoft’s huge…

It’s been so long since TechCrunch+ has had the pleasure of covering an IPO from S-1 to first-day trading that we’ve nearly forgotten how to do it. Shaking off the cobwebs, let’s talk about how Cava’s debut went on Thursday. After setting an initial IPO price range of $17 to $19 per share, later raising…

I’ll admit that I’ve tiptoed around the topic a bit in Actuator due to its sudden popularity (SEO gods be damned). I’ve been in this business long enough to instantly be suspicious of hype cycles. That said, I totally get it this time around. While it’s true that various forms of machine learning and AI…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline A new Beatles song will be released later this year with a little help from artificial intelligence, musician Paul McCartney announced Tuesday, the latest example of how creative industries are using the fast-evolving technology as lawmakers and regulators begin to grapple with the ethical and legal issues it…

More than 300 subreddits, including popular ones like r/aww, r/music r/videos, and r/futurology, plan to go dark indefinitely after a large protest against Reddit’s API changes ends on June 14. This means users won’t be able to access these communities during this blackout. This step was announced after The Verge reported that in an internal…

The European Commission has signalled it could be preparing to break up Google’s adtech business. Speaking during a press conference this afternoon, EU EVP Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s competition chief and head of digital strategy, announced it has sent a formal statement of objections to Google for suspected anti-competitive conduct in its adtech business. If…

We have a chip that is incredibly powerful and we believe will be a significant winner in the AI market,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su…

What Is Artificial Intelligence?Artificial intelligence (AI) aims to replicate or surpass the intelligence of humans via programming software. It is a field in computer science focused on the development of machines to perform the same tasks usually required of human intelligence. AI-based software …