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Should I buy Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack?

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, the new, upper-tier online subscription that Nintendo announced at the end of September, is available as of yesterday. The $49.99 price tag — more than double the basic Nintendo Switch Online rate — brings the service’s price more in line with its cousins on PlayStation and Xbox. But what […]

HTC 'Looking Into' Iphone And Laptop Support For Vive Flow

HTC is “looking into” iPhone and laptop support for its upcoming VR headset, the Vive Flow, but they won’t be included at launch. Currently, you need to connect an Android smartphone to the Flow via a native app. This allows you not only to control experiences by using your handset as a motion controller similar […]

The low-code ‘tipping point’ is here

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Half of business technologists now produce capabilities for users beyond their own department or enterprise. That’s the top finding in a new report from Gartner, which cites “a dramatic growth” in digitalization opportunities and lower barriers to entry, including low-code […]

G4 appoints Russell Arons as its president

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Comcast Spectacor announced today that Russell Arons will serve as the rebooted G4’s president. Arons has previously worked at Warner Bros., Electronic Arts, Mattel, and InfoSpace. She last served as general manager of Machinima. G4 is a TV channel centered around […]

You can already preload Halo Infinite, sort of

If you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, it looks like you can preinstall* Halo Infinite, a game launching a good three months from now. (*You’ll be preinstalling what appears to be a 280.2 MB placeholder file, not a full build ready to play in the first minute of launch day or anything.) Nonetheless, Halo fans […]

Consumers question AI-driven insurance claims review

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Only 17% of consumers say that they’d be comfortable with the idea of their home, retners, or auto insurance claims being reviewed exclusively by AI. That’s according to a new survey commissioned by Policygenius, which also found that 60% of […]

Secure data sharing platform InfoSum nabs $65M

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! InfoSum, a New York City-based startup providing a decentralized platform for secure data sharing, today announced that it closed a $65 million series B funding round led by Chrysalis Investments. The proceeds bring the company’s total raised to $90 million, […]

VRChat: HP, DecaGear Feature In Amazing Virtual Market 6

The Virtual Market 6 event kicks off in VRChat this weekend, featuring installations from HP, DecaGear, Disney and more. Virtual Market, or Vket, is a series of in-VR events run by Japanese group VR Hikky. The events typically last around two weeks and consist of a handful of VRChat worlds on PC (they won’t run […]