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5 iconic software legends turning 30 in 2026

From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

Videogame stocks slide on Google's AI model that turns prompts into playable worlds

By Zaheer Kachwala Jan 30 (Reuters) - Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet's Google rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating ...

Google expands access to Project Genie, its AI tool that turns photos and text into explorable worlds

Under the hood, Project Genie evolves from Genie 3, a world model first demonstrated by Google DeepMind last year. Unlike fully 3D game engines, world models ...
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Google's Project Genie Tool Lets You Build Virtual Worlds for Training or Just Fun

Powered by Google's Genie 3 model, the world-building AI tool is designed to help train AI agents in 3D scenarios, but it ...

Mike Schramm

Mike has worked in the Joystiq Network since 2006, as lead blogger and senior editor on WoW.com and one of the founding editors on Massively.com. Currently, he is a contributing editor on Joystiq, and ...