After skipping 2020 for obvious reasons, E3 is slated to return this June as a sort of fully digital event. In the absence of details on what to expect and many rumors of industry involvement, a report surfaced claiming that some elements of the show would be placed behind a paywall with GeForce Now-powered streaming … Read more
Anuj Gosalia. (Magic Leap photo) – Magic Leap continues to hire in the Seattle area. Anuj Gosalia, a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook, and Google, joined the company as Chief Software and Cloud Officer. This is the third recent hiring of executives from the Seattle area by the augmented reality company based in Plantation, Florida. Gosalia … Read more
TechCrunch is starting a new major project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals. Over the next few weeks we will be asking entrepreneurs in these cities to speak in their own words about their ecosystems. This is your chance to put your city on the Techcrunch map! This … Read more
The struggle for stability in the streaming era has led Hollywood studios to take the defensive. After licensing movies and shows to Netflix and Amazon, companies like Disney and WarnerMedia have torn their greatest attributes out of the competition to improve their own platforms. Not to be left behind, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is reportedly considering a … Read more
OceanGate Expeditions will use the offshore support vessel Horizon Arctic on expeditions to the Titanic. (OceanGate photo) OceanGate Expeditions, based in Everett, Washington, has taken another giant step by selecting the expedition’s auxiliary ship to send their submersible to the world’s most famous shipwreck. The Canadian-owned 93.6 meter long Horizon Arctic will serve as the … Read more
Sarah Kunst, founding partner of Cleo Capital, has worn many hats. She has been an entrepreneur, board member, writer to Marie Clare, senior advisor to Bumble, and a consultant in marketing, business development, and more. With all this experience, she knows only too well that the fundraising process begins long before your first pitch meeting. … Read more
If you’ve ever had the urge to play early Xbox titles like the Perfect Dark series or The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on your phone, enjoy yourself! Microsoft announced today that it is bringing 16 backward-compatible titles from the Xbox 360 and its original console to Xbox Cloud Gaming (the service we previously called xCloud). … Read more
(GeekWire Photo Illustration / Canva Pro) Companies like Big Fish Games, Cheezburger Network and Tableau Software once sat on the GeekWire 200, our ranking of privately owned tech startups in the Pacific Northwest. Since then, they have “closed” the list after growing up and going through an acquisition or IPO. Fast forward to today, and … Read more
Amazon will soon be a big part of the space economy in the form of its Kuiper satellite internet constellation, but here on Earth its ambitions are more mundane: to get an accelerator going. They teamed up with space-focused VC outfit Seraphim Capital to create a four-week program with (among other things) an AWS credit … Read more
Would you like to try Amnesia: Rebirth but think that you find the game too scary to finish it off? Fortunately, developer Frictional Games is adding an adventure mode that promises to defuse its horror elements. Here’s how it works: you will still see enemies in the game, but they won’t attack you. Better lighting … Read more