Google unveils open source Gemma 3 model with 128k context window

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Even as large language and reasoning models remain popular, organizations increasingly turn to smaller models to run AI processes with fewer energy and cost concerns.  While some organizations are distilling larger models to smaller versions, model … Read more

Sony’s Soneium blockchain teams up with Line mini apps on Web3

Soneium, powered by Sony Block Solutions Labs, is collaborating with Line to bring four successful mini-apps onchain in coming months. This collaboration opens up new opportunities for Web3 adoption in regions where Line has established itself as a dominant digital platform. With nearly 200 million active users already engaging with Line, integrating its mini-apps into … Read more

BlizzCon returns to Anaheim on September 12-13, 2026

BlizzCon is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12 and September 13 in 2026. This means Blizzard Entertainment, owned by Activision Blizzard, which is owned by Microsoft, isn’t planning to hold the fanfest show in 2025. Nevertheless, it means that BlizzCon is back. Johanna Faries, president of Blizzard, is talking about the announcement … Read more

Roblox fashion sphere grows as Bunka launches Digital Fashion Program

Roblox’s latest partnership with the fashion industry is the in-platform debut of the students at Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College debuted their graduation showcase in the form of both physical pieces and digital avatar garb. The school created its Digital Fashion Program in partnership with Roblox and Dentsu Group, offering digital fashion design courses in addition … Read more

Longdue drops debut teaser and Kickstarter for Hopetown, spiritual successor to Disco Elysium

Longdue has unveiled the atmospheric debut teaser and Kickstarter date for its in-development ‘psychogeographic’ RPG, Hopetown, a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium. The trailer discloses details about the key talent shaping the project, and the studio announced that Hopetown’s Kickstarter campaign will launch on March 17, with a pre-launch page featuring a limited set of … Read more

Cerebras just announced 6 new AI datacenters that process 40M tokens per second — and it could be bad news for Nvidia

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Cerebras Systems, an AI hardware startup that has been steadily challenging Nvidia’s dominance in the artificial intelligence market, announced Tuesday a significant expansion of its data center footprint and two major enterprise partnerships that position the … Read more