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How influencers helped boost the popularity of Riot Game's Valorant on YouTube and Twitch among Generation Z gamers; Riot says 70% of Valorant players are Gen Z (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) 14-10-2023

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: How influencers helped boost the popularity of Riot Game’s Valorant on YouTube and Twitch among Generation Z gamers; Riot says 70% of Valorant players are Gen Z  —  Valorant was never a sure thing, until it was. … Rachell Hofstetter, known to fans as Valkyrae, yells like a banshee as she dodges gunfire in the video game. Lees verder op Tech Meme

How Dustin Moskovitz's Open Philanthropy pushes policymakers to focus on AI's long-term risks by funding the salaries of congressional and federal agency staff (Brendan Bordelon/Politico) 14-10-2023

Brendan Bordelon / Politico: How Dustin Moskovitz’s Open Philanthropy pushes policymakers to focus on AI’s long-term risks by funding the salaries of congressional and federal agency staff  —  An organization backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and tied to leading artificial intelligence firms is funding the salaries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users (Jared Newman/Fast Company) 15-10-2023

Jared Newman / Fast Company: A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users  —  The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Lees verder op Tech Meme

DappRadar: blockchain gaming projects have raised ~$600M in Q3 2023, down 38% QoQ, and $2.3B so far in 2023, which is only 30% of what was raised in all of 2022 (Kate Irwin/Decrypt) 15-10-2023

Kate Irwin / Decrypt: DappRadar: blockchain gaming projects have raised ~$600M in Q3 2023, down 38% QoQ, and $2.3B so far in 2023, which is only 30% of what was raised in all of 2022  —  While the gaming industry continues to be plagued by mass layoffs, crypto gaming is still seeing many millions invested each quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme