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Trinamix’s molecular sensing lets smartphones assess the best cosmetics for your skin
Qualcomm touts 30% faster gameplay for Snapdragon 888 smartphones
SuperData: Black Friday and Cyber Monday digital game sales fell 10% to $3.9 billion
Apple names Genshin Impact as iPhone game of the year
Rival Peak aims to be a massive game-like reality show with AI characters
Varjo launches new generation of human-eye resolution VR headsets
Google Play’s best games of 2020 — Genshin Impact is the big winner
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The DeanBeat: My holiday tech gift guide for the pandemic
Daniel Melville interview: What it feels like to have a Metal Gear Solid bionic arm
TinyBuild invests $3 million in Secret Neighbor developer Hologryph
Studio MDHR will delay Cuphead’s The Delicious Last Course DLC
Supercell invests $2.8 million in 2Up, a co-op mobile game studio
Epic Games launches Fortnite Crew subscription for $12 a month
G4 holds a holiday reunion special with Comcast NBCUniversal
Hermitage creator Arrowiz partners with Tencent for next game
AppsFlyer raises funding from Salesforce Ventures at $2 billion valuation
Kahoot has acquired language learning mobile game maker Drops for up to $50 million
Roblox partners with Ernest Cline on Ready Player Two event
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AT&T Unlocked Games selects 6 finalists for $50,000 women’s indie game dev contest
Yellow Brick Games debuts with Dragon Age creator Mike Laidlaw
Anne Munition interview — Why diversity matters in gaming and streaming
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interview — Antitrust, openness, and the PC-console war
Genies raises $3 million from Bandai Namco for Asia expansion
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Lightfox Games raises $3.3 million for ‘hypercore’ mobile games
On the Edge Conservation creates virtual animal influencers
Roblox files for IPO, a first for user-generated game platforms
AMD CEO Lisa Su gets chip industry’s highest honor
Fable Studio teases AI virtual character Lucy on Zoom and other platforms
Pllay raises $3 million so gamers can wager on duels in popular games
Aclima raises $40 million to measure pollution and climate change
GeForce Now debuts on iOS via the web, with Fortnite coming
Gunzilla raises $25 million to make triple-A games with ex-Crytek leader
