TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

While games like World of Tanks and Warframe were seeing success, and of course many mobile games relying on in-app-purchases, Fortnite had yet to show the industry that f2p could be so ludicrously profitable. No 12-year-old Fortnite kid is gonna play it. We really do fill this void.”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Rivian, which has a steady CEO and founder and relatively modest goals for the next few years, could be a good test of all that hype. It has received a little more than 55,000 preorders for its pricey electric pickup truck (the R1T) and SUV (the R1S) and has said it won’t be able to deliver all of those until the end of 2023.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

With a population of 60 million (for comparison, U.K.: We are sector-agnostic in our approach, and we invest both in B2B and B2C tech/digital companies from various industries. Are there startups that you wish you would see in the industry but don’t? NTT data is investing in Calabria. Amazon has invested in new infrastructure.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2021

The comedian turned podcasting icon has become impossible to miss and a force in the industry. Spotify hoped he would bring much of that audience along with him when he signed exclusively to the platform in 2020 in a reported $100 million deal, giving it the reach and power needed to take over the podcasting industry.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

Combining the freewheeling hype market of crypto with the complicated economic workings of a massively multiplayer game, Axie Infinity’s in-game world has spent months trying to avert a financial crisis. I don’t think we hide that fact,” Ryder says of the gambling comparison. “It

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Cook has been singing the praises of AR for five years Tim Cook has just marked 10 years as Apple’s CEO , and while he’s grown Apple into the most valuable company in the world, it’s reasonable to argue he hasn’t yet introduced a signature, industry shaking product like Apple co-founder Steve Jobs did with the iPhone, iPad, Mac and more.

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

I would normally start a phone review by talking about its industrial design. Speaking of the cameras, the minimalist “raindrop” design was a much-vaunted part of LG’s pre-launch hype for the Velvet. Here are a few comparisons with the iPhone 11, which is one of the better cameras in this price segment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Weaver’s platform matches homeowners and architects with appropriate contractors (using an algorithm), facilitating obtaining quotes and price comparison — without the usual friction from having to manually research and reach out to contractors. ” Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2021

The fact that Intel still makes its own chips today is a rarity in the industry. The wait for 10nm and Intel’s new graphics turned out to have been worth it: the new chips outpaced AMD’s in single-core performance when they were released , and they actually lived up to the hype.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now, with the invite-only app considered one of the most exclusive services in the tech industry. But does it live up to the hype? For comparison, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom ( bundled together ) cost $10 per month. That’s impressive, for an email app. per month.

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DataRobot

MARCH 31, 2022

While AI systems have matured from science experiments to vital business-as-usual tools, not every AI project lives up to the hype. Champion challenger comparison reports take advantage of the contrast effect , a cognitive bias that changes our perception of something when we compare it to something else, enhancing their differences.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The startup feels low-key in a sector that has been full of hype and chest-beating in recent years. This year, the industry still ranks among the largest recipients of venture capital funding. However, investment to startups in the space has been dropping every quarter this year, with Q4 likely to be the lowest yet.”.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We started from a point of view [that] gaming should be growing, going back to our first point as an industry. Microsoft should be growing as part of that industry. I want to grow faster than the industry is growing, but I want to be part of a growing industry. To be honest, I love the industry I’m in.

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Futurism

MARCH 20, 2025

On Tuesday, Yum Brands the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut announced it was partnering with tech giant NVIDIA to "integrate AI into the restaurant and retail industry at an unprecedented scale." In a press release , the company hyped up its three-pronged approach to integrate AI into the fast food experience.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In a promotional video shared on X this Wednesday, the startup of which little is known makes every effort possible to subvert the industry's favored image of robots as servile little helpers there for the good of humankind. But if you buy into the hype, there's good news. But it's mostly just got people extremely creeped out.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

For comparison's sake, industry giants ExpressVPN and NordVPN were founded in 2009 and 2012, respectively.) A deep dive into its company history, policies, and transparency efforts revealed plenty of excellent reasons for the hype, albeit a couple of hitches. For comparison, TunnelBear 's free tier caps you at 2GB per month.)

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Um, there's a lot of ways these apps can like really screw you over in terms of On top of the Ben: lack of ability for comparison shopping. And then you're like, okay, you'll let the AI do the comparison shopping. And I actually think in the industry, Uh, there's been a mistake of thinking a model is a product. Simpler days.

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