Sports and social interaction platform Stadium Live raised a $10 million round. KB Partners and Union Square Ventures led the round.Read MoreRead More
Nvidia’s Megatron has been upgraded to help train LLMs more efficiently by reducing the amount of memory and compute required for training.Read MoreRead More
PS-specific buttons, Xbox analog stick arrangement. Sony has enlisted accessory company Backbone to make a PlayStation-ified version of the excellent Backbone One mobile controller for iPhone. It gives off PS Vita vibes, except somehow, Sony was okay with Backbone keeping its Xbox-like analog stick arrangement. The $99.99 controller, which can be pulled open to fit…
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Senator Joe Manchin has had a change of heart about electric vehicles. The West Virginia Democrat, who previously described federal tax credits for EVs as “ludicrous,” announced a surprise deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a reconciliation package that includes $369 billion for climate and energy…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From Elon Musk Twitter impersonators to dubious Discord chats, cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) scammers have stolen billions of dollars from investors over the last few years. But now, politicians and law enforcement are turning their attention to Apple and Google — companies that operate huge app stores…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify has announced another new way to mix and match music on its service with your friends. Its new Friends Mix playlist type aims to get you out of your comfort zone with tracks that your friends have been listening to. Unlike Blend, one of its other personalized…
Today, digital world maker Stadium Live Studios, Inc. announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of…
Frontegg, the popular user management service for developers who build B2B SaaS apps, today announced that it has raised a $40 million Series B round led by Stripes and Insight Partners. This new round, which follows the company’s $25 million Series A announcement last December, brings Frontegg’s total funding to $70 million. Other investors include…
Google announced new Play Store policies for developers on Wednesday that aim to address issues with intrusive ads, alarms, VPNs, and impersonation of brands and other apps. The company said these policies will go into effect during different timeframes so developers have ample time to make changes to their apps. The search giant is aiming…
The Backone One is getting a new look. This morning, Backbone (the company behind the Backbone One, a really-dang-good controller accessory for the iPhone) debuted a new variant of its device: Backbone One PlayStation Edition. The idea behind the Backbone, for the unfamiliar: take the Backbone, slide your iPhone (or, soon, Android device) into its…