Unity has recently announced their new CEO, Matthew Bromberg, who previously worked at Electronic Arts and Zynga. He will be taking over from interim CEO Jim Whitehurst, and will work alongside former CEO John Riccitiello, who is now the executive chair of Unity’s board. Bromberg has a strong background in the gaming industry, having served…
Media Molecule recently announced that its curation team will be let go as part of the ongoing layoffs. The studio behind Dreams and LittleBigPlanet, which is owned by Sony, had previously stated that it was considering changes for certain departments. In a statement released on Wednesday, Media Molecule confirmed that the last members of its…
The Rise of Bot Creators on Quora’s AI Chatbot Platform Poe When you think of the term “creator,” you generally think of someone making content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. But Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including those who generate “prompt bots” on…
The Rise of Bot Creators on Quora’s AI Chatbot Platform Poe When you think of the term “creator,” you generally think of someone making content for social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, or Instagram. But Quora’s AI chatbot platform Poe is now paying bot creators for their efforts, including those who generate “prompt bots” on…
Elon Musk Announces Changes to X’s Community Notes System Impacting Revenue Share X posts that are corrected by Community Notes, the platform’s crowd-sourced fact-checking system, will become “ineligible for revenue share,” Elon Musk said Sunday. With the aim of prioritizing accuracy over sensationalism, Elon Musk recently revealed that any posts on X that are corrected…
Instagram’s Threads API in the Works: Creating New Experiences Instagram head Adam Mosseri said today that a Threads API is in the works. This will give chance to developers to create different apps and experiences around Threads. Addressing the Need for a TweetDeck-like Experience Mosseri was responding to journalist Casey Newton, who was conversing with…
X Introduces New Premium+ and Basic Tiers for Subscriptions X, formerly known as Twitter, is introducing two new tiers for its subscription offering in order to bring in additional revenue. The social media giant is adding a new Premium+ tier that costs $16 per month and offers the “largest reply boost” and removes ads from…
TikTok Testing 15-Minute Video Uploads TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15-minute videos, the company confirmed to AsumeTech on Monday. The social media giant said the new upload limit is being tested in select regions with a limited group of users, but declined to share specifics. The new option increases the video…
Fave: Connecting Superfans with Music Artists Fave, the app for superfans to connect with like-minded music lovers and obsess over their favorite artists, secured $2 million in an ongoing round, the company exclusively told AsumeTech. Fave previously raised $2.2 million, which AsumeTech covered in 2021. The company’s current valuation is $15 million. Connecting Music Lovers…
Anysphere Raises $8 Million in Seed Funding for AI-Native Software Development Environment Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi, and…
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