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Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z

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announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.

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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

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Last June, Niantic laid off 8% of its staff — about 85 to 90 people — and canceled four of its projects, including a Transformers game that had already entered beta testing. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture? As a sports ignoramus, I can’t speak on the former point.

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The Real Reasons for Doing Test-Driven Development ??

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Here’s a secret: it’s not for the tests. Learn about the actual goal and values hidden under the surface of Test-Driven Development. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a controversial topic amongst developers. Let’s get the biggest misconception out of the way first: TDD is not about testing.

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Amazon brings new AI-driven features to Thursday Night Football

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AI is changing how sports content is consumed If we asked someone about sports broadcasting a few years ago, we would have bet artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) would be the last thing on their mind. And after winning its first Sports Emmy award in May, it’s safe to say the tech behemoth isn’t easing up on the gas.

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LaLiga transforms fan experience with AI

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IT is playing a key role in how the world’s most popular sport is played and experienced in Spain. The transformation, which started in partnership with Microsoft in 2016, is also enabling LaLiga to expand its business by offering technology platforms and services to the sports and entertainment industry at large.

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OpenSponsorship lands new capital to bring brands, athletes together

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Ishveen Anand grew up in England playing sports all of her life, including during her time at Oxford. However, what she found was that the process was inefficient — the sports world was slow-moving in terms of brands getting contracts with athletes. OpenSponsorship deals page.

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Mark Cuban-backed fintech Dave’s public offering puts SPACs to the test

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But not every company going public via a SPAC is an EV company with an issue telling the truth or a social networking “company” of a former president famous for sporting a lack of connection to reality. Today, Dave.com hopes to join SoFi in the ranks of the fintech startups that d id just fine in their SPAC debuts. .

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