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Indian Startups Aren't Becoming GDPR-Compliant Fast Enough -- Here's What That Means For Business
Forbes - 14 Jun 2018 04:42
Though the GDPR deadline has passed, several Indian startups and businesses are yet to adopt compliance measures. Experts believe sooner than later, startups must invest in infrastructure that supports GDPR compliance, i...
ZipRecruiter announces AI tool that matches businesses with ideal job candidates
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 18:00
ZipRecruiter is launching a new tool, Candidate Calibration, that helps employers find job seekers with the help of artificial intelligence.
Google reboots advertising tools to give users more control over their data
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 17:00
Facing growing questions about how personal data is used to target advertising, Google today announced a series of updates to its advertising tools designed to help users better understand why they see certain ads and he...
How To Actually Market Your Content Marketing Initiatives
Forbes - 14 Jun 2018 02:04
Fifty-three percent of brands and marketers know that they need a content distribution strategy to match their content creation plans, but only 26 percent actually put money towards investing in one. Which category do yo...
GamesBeat Decides at E3 2018 Day 4: PlayStation's Fortnite problem, Rage 2, and more
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 23:31
We’re back again for a day of E3. What day is that? Scientists still aren’t sure, but I’ll let you know if they crack the code. Since it’s still E3, though, we’re back with another episode of the GamesBeat Deci...
6 questions you must answer to identify your best way to implement AI
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 23:10
GUEST: Three basic options have emerged for implementing AI services: off-the-shelf AI-aaS offerings; third-party applied AI companies; or your own full-stack machine learning system, built in-house. Each makes sense for...
Ori and the Will of the Wisps hands-on -- Combat's time to shine
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 22:51
PREVIEW: Ori and the Blind Forest was my favorite game of 2015. The Metroidvania (a mix of Castlevania-like gameplay and Metriod-esque nonliner level design) is one of the most gorgeous things you’ll ever see. So I was...
Baidu and China Mobile partner on AI and 5G, focusing on self-driving cars
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 22:19
Signaling the types of alliances that will soon become commonplace thanks to evolving AI and wireless technologies, Chinese search giant Baidu and mobile company China Mobile today announced a comprehensive partnership t...
Sony share price dips as Fortnite account controversy draws ire
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 21:51
PlayStation thinks you have enough people to play games with already, so you can’t possibly need cross-platform multiplayer to play with someone on Nintendo Switch or Xbox One. And if you want to use your Epic account ...
Google's DeepMind develops AI that can render 3D objects from 2D pictures
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 21:13
Google subsidiary DeepMind unveiled a new type of computer vision algorithm that can generate 3D models of a scene from 2D snapshots.
Apple ResearchKit 2 updates include iOS 12 UI, audio and vision tests
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 20:14
Though Apple briefly announced at WWDC last week that it would be updating its iOS medical testing and research software development framework ResearchKit, the specific changes weren’t spotlighted during Tim Cook’s k...
Bethesda E3: Fallout 4 may never hit PSVR
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 20:12
Fallout 4 VR is one of the largest and most ambitious virtual reality games to date. It features a massive open world, hundreds of characters to meet and talk to, and some of the most intricate areas to explore. As one o...
My Dad Raised Us Off-The-Grid. Here's How That Helped Me Build A 1,000-Person Company.
Forbes - 14 Jun 2018 19:57
I was raised on a hobby farm with plenty of goats and chickens ... but no running water and no electricity. But what I absorbed from my dad fundamentally shaped how I built a business of 1,000 employees, with offices aro...
Nintendo releases arcade Donkey Kong for Switch, slates Sky Skipper for July
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 19:29
It’s official: Nintendo’s arcade-exclusive version of Donkey Kong is now available on a console for the first time. Hamster’s Arcade Archives port of the 1981 quarter-muncher has just hit the Switch eShop for $8, w...
Trusting Your Gut Is The Best Business Tool You've Got -- If You Can Listen
Forbes - 14 Jun 2018 19:27
Data and analytics bring a lot to the business table. But there's a balance to be struck between putting blind trust in computer-generated reports and learning to listen to the wealth of information conveyed through a go...
The IndieBeat: VR innovation bubbles at IndieCade's E3 booth
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 19:04
OPINION: Virtual reality didn’t get much love at the press conferences before the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo kicked off, but it fared better on the show floor. Sony had PlayStation VR demos set up, and when I w...
Microsoft: Windows 10 April 2018 Update was the fastest to reach 250 million devices, thanks to AI
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 19:00
Microsoft has revealed that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803), which is now fully available for all compatible devices, hit 250 million devices faster than previous updates. The company credits AI for the f...
Cincinnati's Tilr brings its skills-based staffing platform to 12 new cities
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 18:30
EXCLUSIVE: Three-year-old hiring startup Tilr announced today that it has expanded to 12 new cities as it aims to change the way companies hire on-demand workers with an artificial intelligence-powered platform that matc...
Google launches App Maker for all G Suite customers
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 18:00
Google today announced the general availability of App Maker, G Suite’s low-code environment for building custom business apps. App Maker is now available to all G Suite Business, Enterprise, and Education customers. A...
South Korean carrier reintroduces iPhone 3GS
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 17:59
Apple may have officially discontinued the iPhone 3GS years ago, but that isn’t stopping South Korean carrier SK Telink from resuming sales of the device at the end of this month. Korea’s ETNews reports that the carr...
Tax Court Again Denies Deductions Of State-Legal Marijuana Facility
Forbes - 14 Jun 2018 17:33
Sales of medicinal and recreational marijuana may be legal in many states, but it remains illegal at the federal level. This gives rise to bizarre tax treatment, because the tax law permits the IRS to deny all deductions...
The Last of Us Part II game directors unravel their E3 demo for us
Venture Beat - 14 Jun 2018 17:30
Developer Naughty Dog released a trailer of The Last of Us Part II that depicts Ellie’s life four years after events of The Last of Us (my favorite game), which debuted in 2013. The scene juxtaposed Ellie having fun wi...