2024-12-27

Game industry predictions for 2025 | The DeanBeat

This year’s best prediction for the game industry in 2025 already came from Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, maker of Baldur’s Gate 3, the Game of the year in 2023. At The Game Awards this year, Vincke got to announce the new Game of the Year (Astro Bot), and he made a pre [...]

2024-12-27

Test-driving Google’s Gemini-Exp-1206 model: Competitive data analysis and sophisticated visualizations in under a minute

Showing speed and precision, one of Google’s latest experimental models, Exp-1206, shows potential to alleviate one of the most grueling aspects of any analyst’s job. [...]

2024-12-27

CES 2025 tips and tricks: A guide to tech’s biggest trade show

CES 2025 is coming to Las Vegas during the week of January 5, and it will be one of the biggest tech expos in the world again. [...]

2024-12-27

How Does a Movie Projector Show the Color Black?

There’s no such thing as black-colored light. So how can we see Darth Vader on a screen? [...]

2024-12-27

There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic

By learning lessons from other sectors, public health can ensure it is ready to face future outbreaks in record time. [...]

2024-12-27

Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024: Apple Vision Pro, Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin

The hyped-up Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, and Apple Vision Pro have continued receiving updates since their lackluster launches. How are things progressing? I tried them again to find out. [...]

2024-12-26

Temu’s Takeover Is Now Complete

Despite the arrival of new competitors and growing political tensions between the US and China, the ecommerce juggernaut Temu proved in 2024 it’s here to stay. [...]

2024-12-26

The Year Villainy Won

Villains were everywhere and more relatable than ever. Across pop culture, social media, and IRL, the phenomenon went full-on main character. [...]

2024-12-26

DeepSeek-V3, ultra-large open-source AI, outperforms Llama and Qwen on launch

The new model shows open-source closing in on closed-source models, suggesting reduced chances of one big AI player ruling the game. [...]