Definitely Not Summit Preview with beastcoast CEO Grant Zinn and Building Esports from the Campus Up - Cheddar Sports 12/14/18
Only two days after releasing the Infinity Blade, Epic's decided to vault the controversial item - just too late to have prevented its influence on the Winter Royale. But there are plenty of tournaments that seem to have their structure figured out - including Smash Ultimate's inaugural major, Don't Park on the Grass 2018, which we preview with EndgameTV COO Aiden McCaig. UCI Esports Director Mark Deppe tells us how he's pushing the boundaries of what college esports can be and beastcoast CEO Grant Zinn fills in for Zane and briefs us on Definitely not Summit, DOTA 2's biggest definitely not major of the season.
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.
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Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to disclose if they were created using artificial intelligence, their parent company announced on Wednesday.
