Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ subscription service will arrive on September 6th, the publisher announced today. Following a nearly year-long delay, the guitar learning platform will be available on PC exclusively through the Ubisoft Store. With 5,000 songs available at lunch, including tunes from Alicia Keys, The Clash and Santana, Ubisoft claims Rocksmith+ will feature the “largest catalog… Continue reading Ubisoft’s Rocksmith+ guitar learning service arrives on PC next week
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Arturia’s Dist Coldfire might be the only distortion plugin you need
Arturia has been building out its collection of effects plugins over the last few years. One notable blind spot was distortion. It wasn’t until FX Collection 3 launched in June that the company would introduce its first dedicated distortion plugins. Dist OpAmp-21 and Dist Tube-Culture are solid, if unspectacular entries in the world of dirt… Continue reading Arturia’s Dist Coldfire might be the only distortion plugin you need
Snap reportedly plans to lay off around a fifth of its employees
Snap is reportedly preparing to lay off around 20 percent of its staff. The company, which has more than 6,400 employees, will start letting people go on Wednesday, according to The Verge. Snap declined to comment to Engadget. There will reportedly be cuts among the company’s hardware division, which recently halted development on the Pixy… Continue reading Snap reportedly plans to lay off around a fifth of its employees
Tom Hanks created a trivia game and it’s coming to Apple Arcade this Friday
Tom Hanks has leaned into one of his passions by creating a trivia game with the help of developer BlueLine Studios. Not only is it Hanks’ first game, it’ll be the only trivia title on Apple Arcade to date. Hanx101 Trivia will feature questions in several categories, including history, math, geography and food. You can… Continue reading Tom Hanks created a trivia game and it’s coming to Apple Arcade this Friday
The LP View: SE Asia to see more investor interest as exit prospects improveAdams Street is increasing its exposure to SE Asia managers, particularly …
With global investors diversifying their portfolios against a backdrop of uncertainty and challenges in China – the largest market in Asia – Southeast Asia should see more private capital allocations. “There have been a few Southeast Asian IPOs, and [their] performance aside, there’s a lot of interest in Southeast Asia now because sovereign wealth funds,… Continue reading The LP View: SE Asia to see more investor interest as exit prospects improveAdams Street is increasing its exposure to SE Asia managers, particularly …
HSBC hires Justin Wu as Asia-Pacific co-head of climate change
HSBC has hired Justin Wu as its first co-head of climate change in Asia Pacific to lead the development and implementation of the bank’s sustainability strategy in the region, a memo to staff seen by Reuters showed. Wu will join HSBC on Sept. 5 from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, where he was the Asia Pacific regional managing director. The… Continue reading HSBC hires Justin Wu as Asia-Pacific co-head of climate change
China’s Geely in talks with oil group to pick stake in Renault engine company
China’s Geely Automobile Holdings and an oil group are in talks about taking stakes in the fossil-fuel engine unit Renault plans to separate from its electric vehicle (EV) business, two sources close to the French carmaker said. But Renault’s alliance partner, Japanese carmaker Nissan, does not plan to take a stake in the combustion engine unit, the… Continue reading China’s Geely in talks with oil group to pick stake in Renault engine company
Buffett’s Berkshire trims stake in Chinese carmaker BYD
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc has trimmed its stake in BYD Co, seven weeks after prompting speculation it might sell its entire multi-billion dollar stake in the largest Chinese electric car company. In a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, Berkshire said it sold 1.33 million Hong Kong-listed shares of BYD for about HK$370 million (US$47 million), reducing its stake… Continue reading Buffett’s Berkshire trims stake in Chinese carmaker BYD
GoTo bets on scaling up its ecosystem play for faster profitability
Indonesia-listed technology group GoTo is hoping to accelerate its path to profitability on the back of a better cost structure and scaling up its ecosystem play. “We’re making steady headway across each of our core business segments and are maintaining a positive trajectory towards our breakeven targets,” Andre Soelistyo, GoTo Group’s chief executive officer, said… Continue reading GoTo bets on scaling up its ecosystem play for faster profitability
Royal Caribbean will equip all its cruise ships with Starlink internet
After SpaceX announced its Starlink Maritime service last month, it was only a matter of time before some household name in boat world went all-in on the satellite service. Sure enough, today Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines announced it will be adding the service to its whole fleet, after a pilot service on one of its… Continue reading Royal Caribbean will equip all its cruise ships with Starlink internet