August 2020 – Page 4

Pittsburgh Knights’ LCK play, Cisco enters League of Legends | ESI Digest #6 (21/08/20)

Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is…

lecrab 21 August 2020

Technology News

CarbonChain is using AI to determine the emissions profile of the world’s biggest polluters

It was the Australian bush fire that finally did it. For 12 years Adam Hearne had worked at companies that represented some of the world’s largest sources of greenhouse gas…

lecrab 21 August 2020

eSports

Pittsburgh Knights partners with SeolHaeOne Prince parent company APE

SeolHaeOne Prince parent company Absolute Power eSports (APE) has entered a partnership with North American organisation Pittsburgh Knights. The multi-year deal will see Pittsburgh Knights and APE “establish operations in South Korea and…

lecrab 21 August 2020

Technology News

Facebook trails expanding portability tools ahead of FTC hearing

Facebook is considering expanding the types of data its users are able to port directly to alternative platforms. In comments on portability sent to US regulators ahead of an FTC hearing…

lecrab 21 August 2020

Technology News

Energy offset and renewable power developer Arcadia pitches clean power as an employee benefit

Arcadia, the company that gives homeowners and renters a way to offset their carbon footprints through renewable energy credits and clean power developments, is now pitching its services to businesses…

lecrab 20 August 2020

Technology News

Report: Apple quietly acquired Israel’s Camerai, formerly Tipit, a specialist in AR and camera tech

Apple is well known for picking up smaller startups on the hush-hush to augment its business, and today news leaked out about the latest of these… nearly two years after…

lecrab 20 August 2020

Technology News

Agtech startup iFarm bags $4M to help vertical farms grow more tasty stuff

Vertical farming technology provider iFarm has bagged a $4 million seed round, led by Gagarin Capital, an earlier investor in the startup. Other investors in the round include Matrix Capital,…

lecrab 20 August 2020

eSports

GamingMalta continues esports push with ESL partnership extension

GamingMalta, a non-profit foundation devised by the Government of Malta, has extended its partnership with tournament organiser ESL. Malta will once again be the host location for the entirety of the…

lecrab 20 August 2020

eSports

Lazarus signs two-year deal with XP Sports

Gaming supplement brand XP Sports has partnered with North American organisation Lazarus, a property of Tiidal Gaming. The two-year deal will see XP Sports sponsor events and players under Lazarus’ banner. Image credit: Lazarus…

lecrab 20 August 2020

eSports

Raven secures merchandise license for Call of Duty League

Esports apparel brand Raven has received the license to design, manufacture, and sell apparel using Call of Duty League’s official logo and those of the franchised teams. This deal was…

lecrab 20 August 2020