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Michael Nuñez @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 19:27 EDT

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash introduces ‘thinking budgets’ that cut AI costs by 600% when turned down

Google's new Gemini 2.5 Flash AI model introduces adjustable "thinking budgets" that let businesses pay only for the reasoning power they need, balancing advanced capabilities with cost efficiency. Read more

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Rachel Kaser @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 18:29 EDT

StreamElements has released its latest report, which shows Twitch is having its usual dip in viewers in March. Read more

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Sean Michael Kerner @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 17:37 EDT

BigQuery is 5x bigger than Snowflake and Databricks: What Google is doing to make it even better

Google ramps up the competition in the enterprise data space claiming its AI innovation help it to leapfrog rivals. Read more

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Michael Nuñez @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 15:39 EDT

This AI startup just raised $7.5m to fix commercial insurance for America’s 24m underprotected small businesses

New York AI startup 1Fort secures $7.5M in funding to streamline commercial insurance for small businesses with its broker-focused platform that cuts paperwork from hours to minutes. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 14:00 EDT

Jack in the Box springs into Fortnite

Brands are chasing Gen Z in games, and so it's no surprise that Jack in the Box is springing into the gaming world of Fortnite. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 12:00 EDT

Eleventh Hour Games updates Last Epoch, a game built by Redditors that has crossed 2.5M units

Last Epoch, built by Redditors, has crossed 2.5 million units and now has a major update for its second season. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 12:00 EDT

Spexi unveils LayerDrone decentralized network for crowdsourcing high-res drone images of Earth

Spexi is launching the LayerDrone Foundation and its decentralized network aimed at encouraging amateur drone pilots to capture high-res Earth imagery. Read more

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VB Staff @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 10:50 EDT

NVIDIA announcements, news and more, from GTC 2025

At GTC, NVIDIA unveiled major advancements – from the Blackwell Ultra AI platform to advancements in robotics and accelerated computing. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 10:00 EDT

Looking Glass unveils 5K 27-inch light field 3D display

Looking Glass unveiled its Looking Glass 27-inch holographic light field display with 5K 3D graphics. Read more

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Rachel Kaser @ VentureBeat · 04/17/2025 08:06 EDT

SuperPlay launches Disney Solitaire, its latest mobile title

SuperPlay today launched its latest title: Disney Solitaire, a free-to-play mobile game made with Disney adults in mind. Read more

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Rachel Kaser @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 19:09 EDT

Games industry projected to go up to $186B in 2026 | Konvoy

Konvoy's latest report shows the first major money moves in the games industry in 2025, including the tensions between the U.S. and China. Read more

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Lavanya Gupta @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 18:55 EDT

Swapping LLMs isn’t plug-and-play: Inside the hidden cost of model migration

Swapping large language models (LLMs) is supposed to be easy, isn’t it? After all, if they all speak “natural language,” switching from GPT-4o to Claude or Gemini should be as simple as changing an API key… right? In reality, each model interprets and responds to prompts differently, making the transition anything but seamless. Enterprise teams […] Read more

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Michael Nuñez @ VentureBeat 3 place · 04/16/2025 14:38 EDT

OpenAI launches o3 and o4-mini, AI models that ‘think with images’ and use tools autonomously

OpenAI launches groundbreaking o3 and o4-mini AI models that can manipulate and reason with images, representing a major advance in visual problem-solving and tool-using artificial intelligence. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 09:30 EDT

Omeda Studios fixes Predecessor multiplayer matchmaking by consolidating its server locations

Omeda Studios scored a hit game with Predecessor, a multiplayer online battle arena game, when it launched in August 2024. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 09:00 EDT

VoicePatrol unveils real-time AI voice protection for games

VoicePatrol is unveiling its real-time AI voice protection technology for game studios to make gaming communities safer. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 09:00 EDT

404-GEN integrates decentralized 3D model generation platform with Unity

404-GEN today announced it has become the first decentralized 3D model generation platform to integrate with Unity. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 09:00 EDT

Futureverse acquires Candy Digital to build AI-powered fan experiences

 Futureverse, which is building a Web3 and AI ecosystem, has acquired Candy Digital, which creates digital collectibles based on brands. Read more

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Dean Takahashi @ VentureBeat · 04/16/2025 08:00 EDT

Infinite Reality will acquire agentic AI firm Touchcast for $500M

 Infinite Reality is paying $500 million for Touchcast, an agentic AI startup with 70 people. That's the AI boom for ya. Read more

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Ben Dickson @ VentureBeat · 04/15/2025 19:50 EDT

When AI reasoning goes wrong: Microsoft Research shows more tokens can mean more problems

Not all AI scaling strategies are equal. Longer reasoning chains are not sign of higher intelligence. More compute isn't always the answer. Read more

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