Enlarge / Long rumored, finally confirmed. Blizzard Blizzard’s latest BlizzCon event sees the longtime PC game maker at perhaps its most beleaguered yet. Game delays, notable departures, botched remakes, smartphone-gaming backlash, and an anti-protester reputation have weighed down what was once a sterling RTS/RPG reputation. That led us to wonder: can today’s streaming-only BlizzCon showcase of games […]
The home-rental company’s blockbuster I.P.O. followed that of the delivery company DoorDash. Investors piled into both. SAN FRANCISCO — Over the last decade, Airbnb has upended the travel industry, riled regulators, frustrated local communities and created a mini-economy of short-term rental operators, all while spinning a warm narrative of belonging and connection. On Thursday, Airbnb […]
The Minecraft Marketplace didn’t have any major sales or events in August, but players still racked up 7,167,675 downloads for the month. That’s behind the 10.9 million in July and 7.9 million in June. But the store is up significantly from just 373,361 downloads during the same period last year. With the Summer Sale ending […]
Back in July, Loup Ventures published the results of an “annual digital assistant IQ test” pitting Google’s Assistant against Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana, ranking those four AI systems in descending order of performance when responding to 800 real-world questions. Now the firm is back with an “annual smart speaker IQ test” focused on […]
It’s official! The world went mad for Meghan Markle in 2018. Well, with online searches, at least. Google revealed Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex was its top trending topic worldwide over the last year for “people.” It’s not really much of a surprise, given that Markle tied the knot with Prince Harry during a […]