Sponsored Links Amazon Games Earlier this year Amazon tried to make a splash with its first AAA title, a free-to-play shooter called Crucible that was originally announced in 2016. The multiplayer game launched in May but quickly returned to beta status as developers cut down the available modes and said they were adding polish. Today… Continue reading Amazon pulls the plug on its first AAA game, ‘Crucible’
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Judge won’t let Apple block Unreal Engine, but won’t make it unblock ‘Fortnite’
Sponsored Links CHRIS DELMAS via Getty Images The trial over Epic Games’ legal battle against Apple over its App Store policies won’t take place until next year, but there’s an update in the case. Bloomberg reports that US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled against Epic’s request for a preliminary injunction that would force Apple… Continue reading Judge won’t let Apple block Unreal Engine, but won’t make it unblock ‘Fortnite’
Indie RPG ‘Indivisible’ won’t get any more updates after studio closure
Sponsored Links Lab Zero Games After weeks of turmoil at the studio that created it, we now have a better idea of what will happen to indie RPG Indivisible. 505 Games, the game’s publisher, announced on Friday Indivisible won’t get any additional updates after a final Nintendo Switch patch is released later this month (via… Continue reading Indie RPG ‘Indivisible’ won’t get any more updates after studio closure
Google may turn YouTube into a shopping destination
Sponsored Links Anatoliy Sizov via Getty Images At some point in your YouTube watching career, you’ve probably dug into the description of a video to tap on an Amazon referral link. Whether you’re into tech, photography, gaming or almost any other hobby, most channels use those links as a way to generate additional revenue on… Continue reading Google may turn YouTube into a shopping destination
SCOTT GALLOWAY: Tesla is the stock story of the decade, and Robinhood is the fuel
Scott Galloway is a bestselling author and professor of marketing at NYU Stern. The following is his recent blog post and video, republished with permission. It originally ran on his blog, “No Mercy / No Malice.” Galloway says today’s financial crisis is partially due to a widespread, imperfect belief that the market always goes up.… Continue reading SCOTT GALLOWAY: Tesla is the stock story of the decade, and Robinhood is the fuel
Tesla permit application reveals it wants to build batteries alongside Cybertrucks at its new Texas factory (TSLA)
Tesla may be planning to build batteries at its forthcoming Texas factory. In documents filed to the state’s Commission on Environmental Quality, the company mentions a proposal for cell production. Last month, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla found new innovations to bring down the cost of producing batteries while integrating them inside of its cars… Continue reading Tesla permit application reveals it wants to build batteries alongside Cybertrucks at its new Texas factory (TSLA)
Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
JB Straubel, the Tesla co-founder and former CTO, is often cast as the humble and pioneering engineer, the quiet one who toiled away in the background for 15 years on some of the company’s most important technologies. That characterization — which intensified as the hype and media attention on Tesla CEO Elon Musk grew —… Continue reading Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
At our recent TechCrunch Mobility event, we spoke with Amy Gu, the founder and managing partner of Hemi Ventures, Olaf Sakkers, a founding partner at Maniv Mobility and Reilly Brennan, the founding general partner at Trucks VC. We discussed a wide range of things, from frayed U.S.-China relations, to the mobility industry’s eager embrace of… Continue reading Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Polestar is a young automaker spun out of Volvo and Geely. Now, just four years old, it has two cars on the market with more launching soon. Like many startups, the company is weathering early storms coming from government regulators and early recalls. Earlier this week, the EPA released its findings on the Polestar 2’s… Continue reading Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Tesla batteries to power a passenger boat
Two Swedish companies announced that they are using Tesla batteries to convert a passenger boat to electric propulsion for some eco-friendly sight-seeing. Eco Sightseeing, a company offering electric boat tours in Sweden, and El & Marinteknik, a specialist in electric maritime technology, announced this week that they have partnered on the electric conversion of a… Continue reading Tesla batteries to power a passenger boat