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Tencent-owned studio behind Call of Duty: Mobile reportedly earned $10 billion in 2020

The Verge

TiMi Studios, the Tencent-owned developer of huge mobile hits Call of Duty: Mobile and the MOBA Honor of Kings, earned a staggering $10 billion in revenue in 2020, according to an April 1st Reuters report. Reuters ’ article says those earnings make TiMi the “world’s largest developer,” according to its sources. Image: Activision.

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Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs raises $20M for third fund, bets big on generative AI

GeekWire

Founded in 2015, the Seattle-based firm is one of more than 800 studios that generate ideas and recruit people to lead new companies. ” The studio’s own engineers are using generative AI and LLMs (large language models) to speed software development as they work on new ideas. and see them as “institutional founders.”

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Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

He’s also a big believer in the agile DevOps concept of “shifting left” when it comes to technology — performing testing and evaluation early in the development process, generally before code is written — and “shifting right” when it concerns talent, where his vision for eliminating Toyota’s service desk is an example.

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How becoming a venture capitalist helped this Seattle startup vet turn his life around 

GeekWire

Winfield’s path to venture capital started after vacation rental startup Dwellable sold to HomeAway for $18 million in 2015. ” Seattle still pales in comparison to the Bay Area and New York City when it comes to local VC dollars available to startups. Ascend has quietly made more than 40 investments over the past two years.

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Arrival and Uber are working on an electric ride-hailing car

The Verge

UK-based EV startup Arrival is working with Uber to develop an electric car that will be “purpose-built” for ride-hailing. Founded in 2015, Arrival is also developing electric delivery vans (with UPS as a customer) and buses. Images: Arrival. It also has backing from Hyundai and Kia.

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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

Marc Andreessen, the billionaire venture capitalist and early web browser developer, thinks we’re giving too many insecticidal bednets to people exposed to malaria , tweeting, “Mosquito nets are a triple threat — dangerous to people, dangerous to fish, and dangerous to fishing ecosystems and the communities they feed.”

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Relativity Space announces $650 million in funding to build a bigger 3D-printed rocket

GeekWire

Relativity’s other co-founder, Jordan Noone, did an internship at Blue Origin in 2013 and worked at SpaceX in 2014-2015. A human figure has been added to the illustration for comparison’s sake. Ellis co-founded Relativity after spending years working at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture in Kent, Wash.

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