Author: Justin G Tarter
Over the past three days, 20 startups have participated in TechCrunch Disrupt’s highly competitive Startup Battlefield. These 20 companies were selected as the best in the Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to win the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000. After three days of passionate pitching, we achieved victory. All startups participating in Startup Battlefield were carefully selected to participate in the startup competition. All companies performed live demos in front of multiple groups of VCs and technology leaders serving as judges for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. After several hours of deliberation,…
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella called last week’s launch of Black Ops 6 “the biggest Call of Duty release in history” and said its arrival set a record for “game pass subscribers on launch day.” Ta. News of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s success was announced during Microsoft’s 2025 Q1 financial earnings report, where the company once again recorded a notable 43% year-over-year increase in gaming revenue. This is in line with a 61% year-over-year increase in Xbox content and services revenue, with growth primarily due to Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In contrast, the company’s Xbox hardware…
Comcast is boasting what it’s calling the “biggest week in internet history,” pegged by Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 downloads and Thursday Night Football streaming numbers. According to the company, the game Call of Duty, which was released on October 25th, accounted for a whopping 19 percent of total traffic last week.Given that Comcast doesn’t provide specific numbers on how many customers have downloaded the game or the size of the downloads, it’s really impossible to quantify further. It ranges from 84.4GB for the PlayStation version to 102GB for the PC version. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, in…
Image: NintendoOnce I took the time to really digest the news that Xenoblade Chronicles Well, I would like to start by nipping it in the bud. After Nintendo released its debut trailer, several comparison videos began to appear showing how the Definitive Edition compares to the original Wii U version. Most notably, an upload from Nintendo World Report TV led several fans to claim that the new release censored Elma’s costume. Now, what we’re saying here is that this is absolutely not true. Monolith tones down Elma’s sex appeal in Xenoblade Chronicles X: DE by hiding her breasts, as you…
EA CEO Andrew Wilson says BioWare has regained its strength with the upcoming release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, praising the reviews and saying that due to what he characterizes as limited competition, it’s a “breakout” He predicted that there was a “possibility of being out.”Speaking to investors on EA’s quarterly earnings call, Wilson reflected on some of BioWare’s troubled recent history. This was defined in part by Anthem’s failure. Anthem is a multiplayer game that Wilson described as “very, very different from what Anthem is known as.” Bioware game. In the wake of Anthem, Wilson said, “a big change…
With the release of iOS 18.1, Apple has finally opened up Apple Intelligence functionality to everyone. iPhone15 pro, iPhone16 and iPhone16 pro. If you own an iPad with an M-series processor or a recently released processor iPad miniiPad OS 18.1 also includes Apple Intelligence.However, simply installing the latest update does not automatically take advantage of Apple Intelligence features. You must request access to them and join the waiting list. Here’s how to get started with new technology.See more: Other Apple Intelligence features such as ChatGPT will be removed in iOS 18.2 developer beta and Have iOS 18? Make some much-needed…
Apple today announced a redesigned Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip options. This computer provides two clues regarding the RAM capacity of the upcoming 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, which are expected to be announced tomorrow. First, like the new iMac, the base model Mac mini with the M4 chip will have 16 GB of RAM. That’s double the 8GB of RAM found in comparable previous-generation models. As already rumored and leaked, it seems almost certain that the next base model 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with the M4 chip will also have 16GB of RAM. The 16GB…
first lookThe coolest 911 doesn’t look like a frowning truck refugee, it looks like thisPublication date: October 29, 2024This is the new 992.2 Porsche 911 Carrera T. You can turn off the configurator and return to the light. This is the 911 you want. There are probably 110 million different versions of the 911, so this is one of the coolest. Porsche itself says that the new Mr. T “aims to focus on the essentials,” and those essential elements are simple: a flat-six engine, manual gearbox, and rear-wheel drive. If so, you may be wondering why I bothered with it.…
Don’t Nod creative director Michelle Koch has responded to some of the “hateful” comments about the Life is Strange series in Double Exposure about Deck Nine employees. The publisher’s development studio, Dontnod Entertainment, produced the series’ mainline games, while Deck Nine was previously responsible for series spin-offs such as Before the Storm and True Colors. Double Exposure launches on PS5 today, October 29th. Check out the reviews if you’re interested. In X, prior to the game’s official release, Koch responded to “tense and hate-filled messages” following a leak made possible by publisher Square Enix’s decision to release some episodes as…
Powered by a 10-core M4 chip, the new iMac is the first Mac ever to support up to 8K external displays at 120Hz, and the computer also supports up to two 6K external displays at 60Hz. This is a very notable upgrade, as lower-end Apple silicon Macs like the MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro, and previous iMac models were mostly limited to a single external display, at least on an official basis. is. The two exceptions are MacBook Air models with M3 chips and 14-inch MacBook Pro models, which support up to two external displays, but only when the laptop…