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Skipped FATCA Disclosures Can Be Criminal
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 14:56
Offshore accounts are still ripe for tax audits and investigations. Disclose the accounts, report the income, file FBARs, and don't mess with FATCA disclosures.
Blizzard announces Overwatch World Cup 2018
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 18:45
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed plans for Overwatch’s 2018 World Cup, which will pit the world’s top 24 Overwatch-playing countries against each other. Esports have been a major part of Blizzard’s team-based sh...
3 Benefits Of Nonprofit Competition -- And Why We Need It
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 04:08
Competition is a valued part of the business sector, but it often isn't viewed as favorably among nonprofit leaders. Here's why competition can help nonprofits -- and why we need more of it.
Uber Self-Driving Program's Fate Unclear As It Lets California Test Permit Lapse
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 23:59
The move comes in the wake of a fatal collision with a pedestrian in Arizona by an Uber test vehicle that's being investigated by federal and local safety officials.
Nvidia CEO: Uber crash will spur more self-driving car investment
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 23:34
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the autonomous Uber crash in Tempe, Arizona last week would likely lead to more investment in self-driving cars, not less. "I believe as a result of what happened last week, the am...
ZeroLight Showcases Advanced Real-Time Visual Experiences with Audi and NVIDIA at GTC 2018
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 23:25
PRESS RELEASE: GPU Technology Conference-- Achieving best-in-class visual fidelity in real-time rendering, ZeroLight, Audi AG and NVIDIA have teamed to demonstrate real-time ray tracing during the GPU Technology Conferen...
3 needs to consider before your company makes its first AI hire
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 23:10
GUEST: Artificial intelligence is having a moment across the business world. Data and technology have become valuable differentiators for many industries, and companies that want to remain on the cutting edge are explori...
GDC Indie Soapbox: Design questions, call-to-actions, and sausages
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 23:05
In a packed auditorium at the Game Developers Conference last week in San Francisco, 10 indie developers gave a series of microtalks about topics like accessibility, design challenges, diversity, and … sausages. Each s...
Kraft Heinz Cracks Open A New Brand
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 22:58
Established brands are always looking for new and innovative ways to leverage existing brands. Kraft Heinz did just that with its latest breakfast offering.
What Marketers Can Learn From The Facebook Scandal
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 22:39
What's really happening here, and what should marketers learn from this experience?
Watch Nvidia drive a real car using Black Panther-style VR
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 22:22
One of the most exciting moments from the hit film Black Panther came to life today, as Nvidia’s Holodeck software enabled a driver using virtual reality to drive a car in the real world. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offere...
From Light is a puzzle-platformer that's like a tour of Route 66 in space
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 22:05
Indie studio Faffinabout’s debut game From Light is a futuristic puzzle-platformer with mechanics inspired by photography. Starting today, it’s seeking $50,000 on the crowdfunding site Fig, and plans to launch on PC ...
Free Brokerage Robinhood Is Now Available On The Web
Forbes - 27 Mar 2018 22:00
Free trading brokerage Robinhood has expanded from its mobile app and now offers trading on the web. Do the new features mean you can drop your discount brokerage for good?
IT pros are gearing up for AI to transform health care
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 21:45
GUEST: Health care applications of machine learning and AI have been in the news a bit more than usual recently, concurrent with the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las ...
Root Insurance's $51 million funding round is one of the largest raised by an Ohio tech startup
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 21:16
While the Midwest continues to lag Silicon Valley in the total amount of venture capital raised, there is still progress being made as more of the region’s fast-growing tech startups raise rounds that are closer to Sil...
HP unveils Nvidia-powered workstation for machine learning development
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 21:05
At Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California today, HP introduced its new HP Z8 workstation for machine learning development. The machine is based on Nvidia’s Quadro GV100 platform, the latest ...
Fastdata.io raises $5 million for real-time stream processing
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 21:02
Fastdata.io, a real-time stream processing company, has raised a $5 million round of funding co-led by CrossCut and Pelion Venture Partners with participation from existing investor Nvidia. The startup was built on the i...
Google to acquire GIF search platform Tenor
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 20:39
Google is going all-in on GIFs today with the news that it’s acquiring GIF search engine Tenor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2014, Tenor is one of a number of GIF-focused platforms to come to the fo...
GamesBeat Decides 75: Mike Minotti vs. Roseanne Barr
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 20:31
It’s time for another GamesBeat Decides podcast, because games are happening and someone has to figure out what the heck it all means. On this week’s episode, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti talk about Mike’s ...
Minecraft's Star Wars Sequel skin pack adds Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 20:10
Minecraft will enable you to hang out with some cool people from a galaxy far, far away thanks to its new Star Wars Sequel skin pack. This downloadable content is available now on the Minecraft Marketplace for 490 ($3) o...
Nvidia and ARM take deep learning to the internet of things
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 20:02
Nvidia and Arm announced that they are partnering to bring deep learning inferencing to the billions of mobile, consumer electronics, and internet of things (IoT) devices anticipated in the future. Under this partnership...
Nvidia's Drive Constellation lets autonomous cars drive billions of miles in VR
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2018 20:01
No matter how much you test a self-driving car, it isn’t enough. There are too many situations the artificial intelligence system has to train for and not enough testing time on the highways. So Nvidia has created Driv...