With Astro Bot winning Game of the Year, Microsoft and Xbox need to start reinvesting in their platforming games

On December 12, 2024, a notable evening unfolded within the gaming world. Geoff Keighley presided over his tenth annual Game Awards ceremony, garnering widespread acclaim online. Notably, this event has faced criticism in the past due to its emphasis on advertisements instead of the screen time that rightfully belongs to the game developers it aims to honor.

OpenAI launches next-gen reasoning models with “incredible” coding capabilities

On the final day of OpenAI’s 12-day celebration known as Shipmas, I observed that they unveiled their latest creation, named OpenAI o3. This new model is a successor to OpenAI 01, although it seems intriguing that OpenAI decided to leapfrog over the number 2, which would have been a more straightforward choice for the next-generation flagship reasoning model.

Qualcomm CEO brazenly thought Nuvia chip deal could save $1.4 billion in fees to Arm

2021 saw Qualcomm acquire chipmaker Nuvia for a sum of $1.4 billion. It has now been disclosed that Qualcomm’s CEO, Christiano Amon, played a significant role in persuading the board to make this acquisition. He maintained that this move could potentially save Qualcomm up to $1.4 billion annually. This assertion surfaced during the ongoing trial between Arm and Qualcomm, focusing on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X processors.