
Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey just turned Silicon Valley into a Mafia game
Founders Fund's new show puts 12 tech names in a deception game, signaling how far Silicon Valley's media playbook is spreading.
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Founders Fund's new show puts 12 tech names in a deception game, signaling how far Silicon Valley's media playbook is spreading.
Investors looking for the generative-AI buildout can widen the lens beyond the obvious winners and hunt for the less crowded infrastructure plays.

Valve has moved its delayed Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR headset back onto a near-term clock, raising the stakes for pricing, supply, and launch readiness.

The K-pop group says owning its flaws and leaning into humor helped it move past internal conflict and win bigger, which is a useful playbook for any brand under pressure.

The Warframe creative director says Bungie's shutdown shows what happens when business logic outranks game-making, with ripple effects for rivals, players, and studio strategy.

DIY builders like Annike Tan are turning cyberdecks into disguised personal gadgets, and that shift changes how online hardware culture gets seen, shared, and copied.

Facepunch’s first full player-model overhaul in almost a decade could unblock bigger character upgrades and a future customizer.

A 10-song Prince compilation lands August 28, and the estate is turning vault strategy, anniversary timing, and controlled access into a bigger cultural play.

Bandai Namco says Elden Ring’s Tarnished Edition content hits PC on August 28, but the wording now suggests players may have to buy it.

The early-access hit has a huge audience already, and the studio is now turning that feedback into its next feature set, a useful reminder that live games are operations businesses as much as creative ones.

The streamer is turning the World Cup into a four-player Netflix game, betting that live sports can also mean live gameplay.

A listing primed for 12 June could value SpaceX at $1.77tn, reshaping the private markets playbook and the wealth math around Elon Musk.