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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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Fortnite is launching a concert series it hopes will become a ‘tour stop’ for artists

The Verge

Today, Epic is announcing a new, three-week-long concert series that will take place on the game’s party royale island. It kicks off with a live performance by Dominic Fike on September 12th and will be broadcast from a brand-new Los Angeles studio built specifically for in-game concerts.

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Epic Games buys artist portfolio site ArtStation

The Verge

As it prepares to do battle in court with Apple over App Store fees, Epic Games has acquired ArtStation, an online marketplace for digital artists, the companies announced. Founded in 2014, ArtStation is a popular portfolio site for professional artists in gaming and entertainment. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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Artists are irked by Twitter’s change to retweets

The Verge

Artists on Twitter have a request: stop quote-tweeting their work. Artists say quote tweets take attention away from their profiles, making it harder for them to be discovered, while someone else gets the glory. PSA to All Artists?? Non-Artists: don’t QRT art. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Epic's MetaHuman lets game artists craft realistic human faces using a web browser

TechSpot

When it's not busy fighting Apple in court for App Store terms and operating a walled garden, or giving away 750 million free copies of games through the Epic Store, the company led by Tim Sweeney develops some of the best 3D creation tools in the industry.

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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

TechCrunch

Real-life fashion brands use NFTs for marketing in virtual worlds like Minecraft , plus several Atari and Microsoft video games. The fundamental value NFTs offer to bridge virtual fashion items with video games is the option to secure custody of the item for use in other games or mobile apps.

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NVIDIA NIM Microservices Now Available to Streamline Agentic Workflows on RTX AI PCs and Workstations

NVIDIA AI Blog

Generative AI is unlocking new capabilities for PCs and workstations, including game assistants, enhanced content-creation and productivity tools and more. Project G-Assist showcases how AI assistants can enhance apps and games. The AI Blueprint for 3D-guided generative AI will give artists finer control over image generation.

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