Ludo.ai Unveils API and MCP Beta to Power AI Game Asset Pipelines
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Ludo.ai, the AI game design and production hub, has released the beta of its new API and Model Context Protocol integration, giving developers a faster way to generate production ready game assets without breaking creative flow. The release enables indie developers, content creators, and studios to integrate Ludo.ai asset creation directly into everyday workflows, from ...
Accelerating corporate ai investment returns
Monday, March 30, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
AI investments across industries struggle to pay off. Record spending on artificial intelligence has yet to translate into record earnings impact. Global enterprise budgets for AI are surging past three hundred billion dollars, generative models command attention, and board agendas are crowded with AI priorities. Yet many leadership teams still wrestle with a basic ques...
The Second Product: Scaling means rebuilding what you already shipped
Saturday, March 14, 2026 by Richard Harris
It's a clear night and my telescope is pointed at the stars, but my mind is on software. After 40 years of gazing into the cosmos and just as many spent building software, I've learned that these two pursuits have a surprising amount in common. Both require patience, clear vision, and a willingness to start over when something isn't working. In astronomy, wh...
Why MedGemma 1.5 matters more than the headlines
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 by Richard Harris
When Google announced MedGemma 1.5 earlier this month, the tech press lit up with speculation about healthcare AI revolution or seismic shifts in diagnostics. I've spent decades watching tech buzz evolve into real tools and real pain points in the field, and the truth is simpler: this is a solid, practical step in the long road of building useful AI for healthcare. ...
How AI will reshape games, talent, and growth in 2026
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Austin Harris
How AI will reshape games, talent, and growth in 2026
Looking ahead to 2026, the future of games will be shaped by a fundamental shift in how companies operate: how they scale creativity, empower talent, and engage players in real-time. AI is no longer a point solution, but the connective layer redefining marketing, organizational design, and player experience. Toget...
EagleView expands developer ecosystem with free trial access
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
Eagleview announced a major expansion of its developer ecosystem, introducing early access to a free, limited trial for its Imagery API that gives developers unprecedented access to Eagleview’s vast catalog of more than 3.5 billion oblique and orthogonal aerial images.
Developers already have free access to seamlessly integrate Eagleview’s premium aerial ...
Google Maps builder agent simplifies AI driven map creation
Monday, November 10, 2025 by Richard Harris
Google Maps Platform has unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence products and developer tools designed to streamline the creation of mapping and location-based applications. The new offerings, powered by Google’s Gemini models, help businesses and developers build faster, smarter, and more intuitively by connecting their AI systems directly with real-world geo...
Ludo.ai Debuts sprite generator for instant 2D animation creation
Friday, October 17, 2025 by Richard Harris
Ludo.ai has launched Sprite Generator, a tool designed to simplify the creation of animated sprites for 2D games. The platform allows developers to generate engine-ready sprites from text prompts or existing 2D assets, producing downloadable sprite sheets compatible with game engines such as Unity, Godot, and GameMaker. By automating aspects of the animation pipeline, S...
SMU researchers show AI creates realistic game characters
Thursday, October 16, 2025 by Richard Harris
When Jake Klinkert was growing up, his father suggested that since he loved video games, he should consider making them. That simple encouragement left a lasting impression. Klinkert embraced the idea and pursued it academically, ultimately earning a Master of Interactive Technology in Digital Game Development from SMU Guildhall. His early passion for interactive media ...
No code platforms under pressure from AI tools
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 by Richard Harris
The software development landscape has shifted as artificial intelligence introduces new ways to create apps. No code tools, long valued for enabling nontechnical users to build apps through visual interfaces, now face competition from AI systems that generate code and workflows based on natural language prompts. Analysts suggest these changes do not necessarily mean th...
Vibecoding goes from hobby to business
Thursday, September 11, 2025 by Austin Harris
RevenueCat, said to be the platform powering in-app purchases for more than 50,000 apps, looks to have become a common platform for transforming vibecoded apps into revenue-generating businesses. As vibecoders look to uplevel their AI-built apps from passion projects to money-making ventures, RevenueCat is enabling them to charge for in-app experiences through subscript...
Google Labs launches Opal
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 by Austin Harris
Google Labs recently announced the release of Opal, an experimental tool designed to make creating AI-powered mini-applications more accessible than ever. Developed by a team including Senior Product Manager Ali Modarres, Staff Research Scientist Bill Byrne, and Staff Software Engineer Paul Lewis, Opal empowers users to build, prototype, and share functional AI apps wit...
Jack Dorsey unveils Sun Day
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
Jack Dorsey, known globally as the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, has been on a creative tear lately, launching back-to-back experimental apps. The latest addition to his portfolio is Sun Day, a simple yet intriguing app aimed at helping users track their sun exposure, monitor UV levels, and estimate vitamin D synthesis, all from their smartphones.
Available...
NIKKE returns to Anime Expo 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025 by Austin Harris
Level Infinite recently announced that GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, the acclaimed sci-fi RPG shooter, is returning to Anime Expo 2025 in Los Angeles with its largest and most immersive showcase to date. Coinciding with the event, the highly anticipated NieR:Automata Collaboration Rerun also launches across PC and mobile platforms, bringing fan-favorite characters, mi...
Quantum sensor market to grow to 2B by 2045
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 by Austin Harris
Quantum sensors offer dramatically increased sensitivity compared to their classical incumbents or even enable new sensing capabilities altogether. Multiple industries are expected to benefit from quantum sensing innovations, including atomic clocks, quantum magnetometers, quantum gyroscopes, and more.
However, bringing quantum sensors from a lab prototype to a comme...
Red Hat Device Edge deployed to space station
Thursday, March 13, 2025 by Richard Harris
Red Hat, Inc. and Axiom Space, will collaborate on Axiom Space’s Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1), targeted to launch in spring 2025 to the International Space Station. Powered by Red Hat Device Edge, the data processing prototype will conduct tests on the space station and demonstrate initial Orbital Data Center (ODC) capabilities.
The prototype will te...
AI developer tools and build cycles in 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 by Austin Harris
Devang Shah, Vice President and Practice Leader for Cloud Technologies at WinWire Technologies Inc., offers his insights into the transformative shifts expected in software development by 2025. In this article, he shares his predictions on emerging trends such as AI integration, DevOps evolution, and the rise of low-code platforms, highlighting the skills developers wil...
Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 by Josh Haas
Josh Haas explains how generative AI falls short in app development, leaving founders to face challenges like iteration, security, and usability. He highlights how pairing AI with no-code platforms enables faster, scalable, and secure app creation. Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue Every day, we see YouTube videos of people using AI to turn plain English...
Agentic AI app development streamlined with new Capella AI services
Monday, December 16, 2024 by Richard Harris
Couchbase, Inc. unveiled Capella AI Services to help enterprises address the growing data challenges of AI development and deployment and streamline how they build secure agentic AI applications at scale. The comprehensive AI Services, including model hosting, automated vectorization, unstructured data preprocessing and AI agent catalog services, allow organizations to ...
Custom Networks division created by Lumen
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 by Austin Harris
Lumen Technologies recently announced it has secured $5 billion in new business driven by major demand for connectivity fueled by AI. Large companies across industry sectors are seeking to secure fiber capacity quickly, as this resource becomes increasingly valuable and potentially limited, due to booming AI needs. In addition, Lumen is in active discussions with custom...
IT Assistant launches from Info-Tech Research Group
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Info-Tech Research Group has officially launched its chatbot, which is driven by generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), "IT Assistant." The new feature provides seamless assistance on the firm's website to all of its members. IT Assistant offers an intuitive conversational interface that helps users discover precise and relevant research content and ...
FreedomGPT forces AI rivals to collaborate
Monday, August 19, 2024 by Austin Harris
In a move that is set to shake up the AI industry, FreedomGPT, owned by Age Of AI, LLC, has unveiled its revolutionary Panel of Experts (PoE) Model, compelling leading AI competitors to work together on your prompt. This unprecedented collaboration is achieved through FreedomGPT’s innovative approach, harnessing the power of the top AI models to deliver superior q...
Miniaturized AI solution from ASUS
Thursday, August 8, 2024 by Austin Harris
Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming industries, with the potential to create entirely new content, from crafting hyper-realistic product prototypes to generating innovative marketing campaigns. However, a significant hurdle exists: unleashing the true power of GenAI often requires access to bulky workstations or cloud resources.
ASUS NUC 14 Pro+: Miniaturiz...
SearchGPT prototype waitlist opened by OpenAI
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 by Austin Harris
OpenAI has announced the launch of SearchGPT, a prototype designed to revolutionize the search experience by integrating advanced AI capabilities with real-time web information. The prototype aims to provide users with fast and accurate answers, accompanied by clear and relevant sources. Currently, the prototype is being tested by a select group of users and publishers,...
Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 by Austin Harris
Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge recognizes the best in student coding, and this year, it has added a new category to its ranks. Out of 350 winning submissions, 50 students have been named Distinguished Winners for building app playgrounds that stand out for their innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity. These 50 students have been invited to a...
Buildbox 4 AI turns game ideas into reality faster than ever
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 by Austin Harris
Buildbox launches Buildbox 4, a new AI game engine that puts the power of game development in your hands, no matter your experience level. Simply enter your prompt to create and watch as the AI generates game assets, and entire scenes, and assists you in editing levels as you build out your game.
Turn your game ideas into reality faster than ever with Build...
Otomi Kubernetes engineering platform from Red Kubes
Thursday, March 21, 2024 by Austin Harris
A prototype constructed as part of a recent platform engineering adoption research showcases an unprecedented deployment time for a completely new app - just 22 minutes. This commendable feat is in stark contrast to other modern cloud deployments, which usually take 7 to 8 hours to deploy a new app. In traditional deployments, the delivery time will typically take much ...
Symbolic AI programming platform Allegro CL releases v11 update
Monday, January 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Franz Inc. announced the release of Allegro CL v11, which includes key performance enhancements now available within the most effective system for developing and deploying applications to solve complex problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
"The rapid adoption of Generative AI (LLMs) is fueling heightened demand for guided, fact-based applications whi...
Multiplayer solution for game developers from Coherence
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 by Richard Harris
Coherence has announced their revolutionary network engine that redefines "effortless" for multiplayer connectivity is available now. Coherence is the first network engine that a designer can use with zero need for coding, offering a powerful set of tools that allows developers to have working multiplayer prototypes running in a matter of minutes. It is o...
MachineWare RISC-V simulator for software developers
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
MachineWare is set to revolutionize semiconductor design with its high-speed functional RISC-V simulator, SIM-V.
SIM-V, the company’s flagship product, combines unprecedented simulation performance with exceptional customizability for applications ranging from the tiniest embedded devices to warehouse-scale supercomputers. SIM-V enables software developers to t...
Future VR optics from Meta
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by Austin Harris
Virtual Reality (VR) headsets are edging toward becoming commonplace. However, social acceptability is still some way off and the user experience is not entirely comfortable. Essential to solving these problems are the lenses that magnify and focus headsets’ displays. Until recently, this field was relatively static, with headsets using optics based on Fresnel len...
Alexa Connect Kit SDK lands from Amazon
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Amazon has announced Alexa Connect Kit SDK (ACK SDK), a software package that enables Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) and System Integrators (SIs) to build their own ACK-based modules and differentiated Alexa-compatible smart device solutions without having to worry about managing cloud services, building an app, or writing an Alexa skill. Since the launch of ...
2021 Coding Week recap from industry experts
Monday, September 20, 2021 by Richard Harris
National Coding Week takes place during September 13 - September 19 and it is a great time to engage everyone into coding in a fun and easy way. According to an article from National Today, "92 percent of executives believe American workers are not as skilled as they need to be." National Coding Week is a perfect opportunity for improving your coding skills to...
Infragistics Ultimate 21.1 builds on enhancements for developers
Monday, June 21, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Infragistics announced the release of Infragistics Ultimate 21.1. The newest release breaks new ground in app design and developer collaboration with the world’s only digital product design platform, Indigo.Design, that lets teams build apps up to 10x faster.
Infragistics Ultimate 21.1 builds on three key themes:
Hyper-productivity enhancements for develo...
$10 million raised for decentralized commerce ecosystem
Thursday, March 11, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Boson Protocol announced it has successfully closed the last round before its public sale, raising a total of $10m between all rounds. The presale round demonstrates continued support from existing investors, combined with new backers. The presale was 40x oversubscribed, showing strong interest for the project.
These funding rounds enable Boson Protocol to continue d...
