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Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. If you’d like to receive this newsletter in your inbox every Friday, sign up here! The week before Thanksgiving is typically busy with announcements of all sorts, but this week has been particularly interesting. Money was flowing to big problems, like defense, cybersecurity, and … Read more
Joonmo Kwon, a former CEO of Nexon, is an example of an established game developer who decided to march into the wilds of Web3 gaming. He started Delabs Games in South Korea back in 2020 and moved into Web3 at the end of 2021. He raised a round of funding March 2023 ($12 million to … Read more
Two that helped Netflix’s games division pick up steam are leaving the service next month. Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City won’t be available through Netflix’s library of mobile games after December 13. The Netflix app lists that as the “last day to play” both games. There’s no such deadline on … Read more
“The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end… Highness.” Maximus’ delivery of that line in Gladiator remains one of the best scenes in the film. Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator was released in 2000 and starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, Joaquin Phoenix as throne usurper Commodus, Connie Nielsen as Lucilla, … Read more
Samsung has launched an impressive deal for its premium 49-inch G95C Odyssey monitor, now available at a record low price of $799, down from $1299, which is a huge $500 discount or 40% off. This deal is part of Samsung’s Black Friday offerings which include discounts ranging from 40% to 80% on various flagship products, … Read more
Other Tablets to Consider OnePlus Pad Photograph: OnePlus We test tons of tablets every year. Here are a few others we like, just not as much as our picks above. OnePlus Pad for $300: The OnePlus Pad has a successor, but OnePlus says it will continue to sell the OnePlus Pad until stock runs out. … Read more
MatX, a startup designing chips that support large language models, has raised a Series A of approximately $80 million, three sources say, less than a year after raising its $25 million seed round. Spark Capital led the investment, valuing the company at a pre-money valuation in the mid-$200 million range and a post-money valuation of … Read more
Scopely today revealed its new advertising campaign for runaway hit mobile title, Monopoly Go! Featuring several recognizable actors, the “Friendship Pays” campaign follows the adventures of three players in “GOville,” where the real world is layered with the Monopoly Go! universe. The cross-platform campaign features over 20 original videos, created in partnership with ad agency … Read more
Hackers breached an online course founded by far-right influencer, , Andrew Tate, . The hackers captured data on more than 800,000 users and revealed the email addresses of around 325,000 of them. Tate’s self-proclaimed “online university” hosts courses on fitness, finance and content creation, all for the low price of $50 per month. The site … Read more
This is a bit more complicated. Verizon used to be our pick with its Play More plan that bundled in the Disney Bundle (ad-free Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu with ads) and services like Google Play Pass or Apple Arcade into the plan’s sticker price. Now the carrier has updated its wireless plans to … Read more