When Ian Proulx and his colleagues at 1047 fully released Splitgate in 2021, his expectations for the multiplayer shooter “Halo with Portals” were completely in check. He expected it to do well enough over time, and hoped for slow and steady growth. At the time, 1047 was under 20 people and just four engineers. “But … Read more
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Could you spend 378 days and nights in a darkened room, lit only by fluorescent lights and a window looking out onto a fake planet, with just three coworkers for company? A week? Okay, a night? … Read more
NASA has once again chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX for another project. TOPSHOT – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) weather satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 25, 2024. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} … Read more
Three years ago, everything was about to change for the small Australian studio Witch Beam. It was gearing up to launch its second game—a game about unpacking boxes and finding a place for your stuff. Unpacking, it was called. And the hope was that it would build on the success of the studio’s first game, … Read more
A key instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been revived after six months of inactivity, renewing efforts to search for evidence of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. The development marks a major milestone in the rover’s mission to explore Jezero Crater, an area believed to once have contained a lake and potentially … Read more
The measure aims to bridge the gap between local police and city center businesses to combat crime, including violence, anti-social behavior and other ‘street problems’. Bradford Business Improvement District (BID), which represents almost 600 member businesses in the city centre, says it has launched the ‘BID Patrol Team’ to keep the city welcoming and safe … Read more
This image of NASA’s Perseverance rover collecting data on the wear of the “Valhalla Glades” was taken June 14 in the “Bright Angel” area of Jezero Crater by one of the rover’s forward hazard avoidance cameras. The WATSON camera on the SHERLOC instrument is closest to the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After six months … Read more
A now-fired developer at Paradox claims the team behind its The Sims competitor spent “a month in purgatory” before the studio closed. Game designer Willem Delventhal said on LinkedIn that they were “devastated” by the cancellation of Life by You, calling the recent events “a real show.” Paradox declined to comment when contacted by IGN. … Read more
JPMorgan’s investment banking analysts are now largely back in the office. But when that wasn’t the case and they complained about attempts to monitor their diligence at home, they found a way around the bank’s surveillance systems: mouse pushers. Get morning coffee ☕ in your inbox. Register here. Mouse jigglers were first reported to JPMorgan … Read more
OpenAI is building an international team of lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to increase their oversight of powerful artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based startup told the Financial Times that it has expanded the headcount of its Global Affairs team from three to 35 in early 2023. The company aims to build that number to … Read more