Last week, Uber managed to surprise investors with its earnings report showing shrinking losses and giving an optimistic profit forecast. The news pushed the stock price up by 9% at one point. Although that gain was short-lived, many analysts are turning from skeptics to believers about Uber’s future. Why? People …
Read More »New operators Iana and Oryx helped me dust off Rainbow Six: Siege
Tell me if you’re familiar with this scenario: A publisher announces a game, and you really like what you’re seeing and hearing from the developers, so you vow to put it on your immediate play list. Four years pass and you still haven’t touched it. Unfortunately for me (or Ubisoft), …
Read More »What I’ve learned becoming a master inventor
As a 28 year old PhD graduate in 2001, I had no idea how to “invent” something, much less file for a patent. Almost 20 years later, I’m now the inventor/co-inventor of over 2,000 US patents and over 2,700 worldwide. In 2019 alone, my inventions were responsible for 347 US …
Read More »Some Tilt Five AR tabletops may face coronavirus delays
AR startup Tilt Five confirmed in a recent backer update that the coronavirus may impact the shipment of some early kits which were scheduled to be sent to backers this month. Tilt Five is a tabletop AR system that finished a fully funded Kickstarter in October. The majority of the …
Read More »The RetroBeat: Sonic’s movie is surprisingly fun for fans who grew up on the character
Well, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie is out. And it’s not bad. Heck, I’ll even call it good! The film is lighthearted and fast-paced, and it has some decent laughs. But to be honest, the homages to Sega’s and Sonic’s past were my favorite parts. Which is kind of embarrassing, …
Read More »If Apple’s 5G iPhone plans are still fluid, it’s in for quite a ride
If you believe most of the evidence out there, Apple’s iPhone designs are typically finished well in advance of their release, enabling the company to focus its final months on manufacturing the massive quantities users around the world will demand on day one. Due to problems with Intel’s 5G modem …
Read More »Nintendo Switch tops hardware sales in January
Nintendo Switch hardware sales once again came out on top for the month. No need to act surprised. For industry-tracking firm The NPD Group’s January tracking period, Switch outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Those Sony and Microsoft devices are at the end of their life. Both companies are …
Read More »Dice Game of the Year: Untitled Goose Game
Honk, honk, honk. Untitled Goose Game won Game of The Year at the annual Dice Awards, one of the most prominent peer awards in video games. The fan-favorite title has added yet another honor for indie developer House House and publisher Panic. The Dice Awards are staged each year at …
Read More »Nvidia sees Q4 2019 revenues jump 41% to $3.11 billion
A broad recovery in datacenter sales helped Nvidia beat expectations for earnings for the fourth-fiscal quarter ended January 26. Nvidia reported non-GAAP net income per share of $ 1.86 on revenues of $ 3.11 billion, compared with net income per share of 80 cents on revenues of $ 2.2 billion …
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