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5 Startups That Prove Tech Can Solve The World's Biggest Problems
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 01:24
While the pressure on NGOs & politicians increases to find solutions to some of the world's biggest social & environmental problems a range of startups are finding smart technology solutions that promise innovative ways ...
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Apple App Store antitrust appeal
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 16:44
(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Apple Inc.’s bid to escape a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causi...
Hacking the Entrepreneur in You
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 16:26
Business-hacks and intelligent tactics for entrepreneurs and startups. First post in a new column.
How AI augmentation will fuel net job growth by 2020
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 23:10
GUEST: In the year 2020, Gartner predicts, 2.3 million jobs will be created while 1.8 jobs will be eliminated. AI augmentation, where human and AI complement each other, will improve productivity and create millions of n...
Apple fears U.S.-China trade war may lead to retaliation and shipping delays
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 23:05
Apple is concerned that China's government will create regulatory and shipping hurdles for its products based on a brewing U.S.-China trade war.
Anthem's story 'anchors the content,' but it's still a BioWare experience
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 23:01
When I walked out of “the box” that housed the Anthem demo in the back of the EA Play event last Sunday before the Electronic Entertainment Expo, I couldn’t get over how much fun it was to finally play BioWare’s ...
ISTE 2018 Preview: Students Discover A Whole New World With DinoLite
Nibletz - 18 Jun 2018 22:56
Compact Digital Microscopes From DinoLite Open Up A Whole New World To Students DinoLite makes a variety of microscopes for a multitude of uses. In education, their microscopes, usb microscopes, digital microscopes and e...
In afterglow of E3 show, WHO labels compulsive game playing an addiction
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 22:40
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that “gaming disorder” will appear in a new draft of the organization’s International Classification of Diseases, a compendium of medical conditions. The previously signaled...
Bing Researchers develop a novel way of collecting high-quality AI training data
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 22:05
Researchers on Microsoft's Bing team have developed a novel way of generating high-quality training data for machine learning models.
Apple's Stocks for iOS 12 and macOS Mojave shows iPad's key role in new hybrid apps
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 21:06
ANALYSIS: Stocks establishes an app design paradigm that we're likely to see over the next few years: the iPad as the central platform for new Mac and iPhone app designs.
Battlefield V clicked for me because its movement finally feels right
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 20:46
I have never loved a Battlefield game. One of the biggest barriers for me was always character movement. Getting around — especially clambering through windows or over obstacles — never felt as smooth and buttery as ...
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: 'I'm charged with making hard decisions'
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 20:30
Strauss Zelnick is very efficient with his answers. When I interviewed the CEO of Take-Two Interactive last week at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game industry trade show in Los Angeles last week, ...
ISTE 2018 Preview: Bring Your 1:1 Deployment To Higher Ground
Nibletz - 18 Jun 2018 20:30
Form Meets Function, Style and Protection With Higher Ground. It can be hard to find a protective case company for your school or districts devices that satisfies administrators, teachers and students. That’s why you n...
Ghost of Tsushima: How U.S. dev Sucker Punch is making the ultimate samurai game
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 19:30
Can an American game studio make one of the best samurai video games ever? That’s the question for Sucker Punch as it develops Ghost of Tsushima, an action-adventure sword fighting game set during the 13th century Mong...
Westworld iOS game launches June 21
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 19:17
HBO’s popular Westworld television show is getting a mobile game, and Apple just announced that it will be available for download on iOS on June 21. Westworld Mobile was created by the mobile game studio of Warner Bros...
6 Ways to Train Your Team to be Leaders
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 19:07
When you're on the road or out of the office, who steps into your shoes as the leader of your business? One of the goals of the head of any company should be to promote talent and nurture the next generation of leaders s...
Pokémon Go finally gets trading and a friends list, rolls out this week
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 18:52
Niantic announced today that Pokémon Go will soon be getting two big features: Pokémon trading and a friends list. These have been requests from the community since the AR title app launched in July 2016. The features ...
Understanding The Uniform Protected Series Act: What Is A Protected Series?
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 18:43
The Uniform Protected Series Act (UPSA) creates the framework for a legal entity that is mind-boggling complex but offers many opportunities for the advance structuring of deals.
And Now Ethics 2.0: An Argument for More Self-Governance
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 18:42
Conventional compliance management approaches employees as risk factors. Their capacity to contribute to the maintenance of social norms is overlooked. This can be fixed, by focusing less on surveillance and control, and...
PUBG creator Brendan Greene spells out the year ahead in battle royale
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 18:30
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is changing the world of gaming with more than 100 million players. But creator Brendan Greene and PUBG executive producer Chang-han Kim are trying to stay focused on improving thei...
Baidu Research's breast cancer detection algorithm outperforms human pathologists
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2018 18:00
Baidu Research today announced it has developed a deep learning algorithm that in initial tests outperforms human pathologists in its ability to identify breast cancer metastasis. The convolutional neural net was trained...
How This Creative Director Pivoted At An Early Age To Achieve Success
Forbes - 18 Jun 2018 18:00
Jessy Dover, co-founder and creative director at Dagne Dover, discusses her five key fundamentals of running a successful business and creating an inclusive work environment.