Month: April 2022

Filing: Chipmaker Ampere Computing, founded by former Intel president Renee James, has filed for an IPO; Oracle reportedly has a 20%-50% stake in Ampere (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)

Max A. Cherney / Protocol: Filing: Chipmaker Ampere Computing, founded by former Intel president Renee James, has filed for an IPO; Oracle reportedly has a 20%-50% stake in Ampere  —  Oracle-backed server processor startup Ampere Computing said Monday that it plans to go public, filing initial confidential paperwork with the SEC.

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Meta will let Horizon creators sell virtual items

Horizon Worlds is testing some monetization options. | Image: Meta Meta is testing new features to let creators make money within Horizon Worlds, the company’s social metaverse platform for Quest VR headsets that is soon coming to mobile phones and possibly game consoles. Most notably, a “handful” of Horizon creators will be able to sell

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Activision Blizzard appoints new diversity officer

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As Activision Blizzard continues to struggle under the weight of multiple PR disasters regarding sexual harassment and union busting, the company has appointed Kristen Hines as its new diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. “I’m excited to join a company that is prioritizing its commitment to DEI and making

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Over 14,000 Etsy sellers start a week-long strike over an increase in transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%, grievances with Etsy’s Offsite Ads program, and more (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Over 14,000 Etsy sellers start a week-long strike over an increase in transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%, grievances with Etsy’s Offsite Ads program, and more  —  If you’re in the market for funky trinkets and unique, handmade clothing, you might want to put off your shopping until next week.

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Beijing-based Cocos, which develops the open-source Cocos Creator engine for 2D and 3D games, used by 1.4M developers to date, raises a $50M Series B (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Beijing-based Cocos, which develops the open-source Cocos Creator engine for 2D and 3D games, used by 1.4M developers to date, raises a $50M Series B  —  Cocos Technology said it has raised $50 million to fuel the growth of its open source Cocos Creator game engine.

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Review: Vizy Linux-Powered AI Camera

Vizy is a Linux-based “AI camera” based on the Raspberry Pi 4 that uses machine learning and machine vision to pull off some neat tricks, and has a design centered around hackability. I found it ridiculously simple to get up and running, and it was just as easy to make changes of my own, and

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