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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

Hands-on with Wi-Charge's beta wireless charging system, which delivers up to 2 to 3 watts of power up to 30 feet, but requires a line of sight to a receiver (Simon Hill/Wired) 15-10-2023

Simon Hill / Wired: Hands-on with Wi-Charge’s beta wireless charging system, which delivers up to 2 to 3 watts of power up to 30 feet, but requires a line of sight to a receiver  —  Nikola Tesla once dreamed of transferring electrical energy through the air.  Now, a company called Wi-Charge is beta-testing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TSMC founder Morris Chang says the company expects competition from Intel and others, and Japan and Singapore have the best chance of winning the chip race (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia) 15-10-2023

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: TSMC founder Morris Chang says the company expects competition from Intel and others, and Japan and Singapore have the best chance of winning the chip race  —  Founder adds Japan and Singapore are well-positioned to win as industry evolves  —  TSMC founder Morris Chang attends a sports day event in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Oct. 14. Lees verder op Tech Meme