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Booking Holdings enters 'strategic partnership' with Didi Chuxing, invests $500 million
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:08
Didi Chuxing, one of China's largest ridesharing companies, announced a strategic partnership with Bookings Holdings (formerly Priceline), the parent company of Booking.com, that'll see the two companies share resources ...
Lonely Planet adopts What3words geocoded addresses to find places using just 3 words
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 01:00
Today, What3words announced that one of the world's most recognizable travel guide brands, Lonely Planet, will now be using its system to convey attractions to tourists in its printed and online guidebook for Mongolia, a...
Coast Autonomous' self-driving shuttles are boring, and that's by design
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 23:30
Coast Autonomous, an autonomous driving startup based in Pasadena, California, demoed driverless shuttles in New York City's Times Square.
Slack acquires Missions to help teams streamline workplace processes
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 22:02
Slack today announced the acquisition of Missions, a Robot & Pencils startup that focuses on process automation and streamlining custom Slack integrations. Missions will help teams using Slack carry out more commonly occ...
Spotify, Snapchat, and more are down following Google Cloud incident (update: fixed)
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 21:57
Updated at 1:35 p.m. Pacific time. Google has fixed the problem. Multiple online services are experiencing outages and slow responses today due to a problem with Google’s Cloud platform. The company has confirmed that ...
Intel Amber Lake CPU leak hints at speeds for Apple's 2018 12″ MacBook
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 21:51
A new leak suggests that Intel's upcoming Amber Lake Y-series processors will power a modest 2018 MacBook refresh, mostly improving single-core Turbo Boost performance.
Sea of Thieves: Cursed Sails leaves dock with skeleton crews July 31
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 21:31
Rare has four teams that are all working on new content updates for the online multiplayer pirate simulator Sea of Thieves, and after releasing The Hungering Deep in May, the development studio is following that up with ...
Congress questions YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter on what it takes to ban an account
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 20:59
During a Tuesday Congressional hearing, representatives from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube emphasized that if a user violates too many of the rules, they're out. But how many strikes a user gets, and whether or not a st...
Overwatch's new adorable hamster hero Wrecking Ball goes live July 24
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 20:41
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Overwatch‘s newest hero, Wrecking Ball, will be playable on July 24. This is Overwatch’s 28th character. Overwatch launched in May 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC....
Microsoft and Walmart strike 5-year AI and cloud partnership
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 19:47
Microsoft today announced a five-year partnership with Walmart to speed the company’s digital transformation via a combination of AI, cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT) services. It is no coincidence that the strategi...
Google announces its first private transatlantic subsea cable, stretching from Virginia to France
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 19:45
Google has announced the latest in a myriad of subsea cabling projects as the company doubles down on its cloud infrastructure investments. The new project, known as Dunant, will span the Atlantic Ocean from Virginia Bea...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies takes modern weaponry back in time
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 19:28
The zombies are taking over Call of Duty. This year, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won’t have a single-player campaign. But it will have three Zombies episodes on day one, and Activision and Treyarch just released a video ...
Google Assistant now serves up a visual snapshot of your day
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 19:00
Google today announced the introduction of a visual snapshot feature to summarize your daily agenda, ranging from reminders on your to-do list, commute time to work, packages that will arrive soon, and other information....
Ubisoft has record first quarter thanks to games like Rainbow Six and back catalog
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 18:36
Ubisoft released its financial results for the first quarter of the financial year 2018-19, showing sales of $466.5 million for the period. This is a record first quarter for the French publisher. The period took place i...
Why Facebook is expanding its robotics research efforts
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 18:00
Facebook AI Research is making series of major new additions to its AI research efforts taking place at offices and AI labs around the world, many of which will support efforts to support research into robotics first sta...
Google launches Chrome Enterprise Grab and Go, a Chromebook loaner program for businesses
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 18:00
Google has announced a new Chromebook loaner program for businesses that’s designed to get workers up and running with a temporary new machine within minutes. The Chrome Enterprise Grab and Go initiative is actually an...
MLB taps Amazon's AI to power real-time game stats and graphics
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:54
Amazon will provide a new set of real-time statistics and graphics on live baseball games later this season, expanding its cloud computing deal with U.S. Major League Baseball.
Samsung debuts fast, low-power LPDDR5 memory for 5G and AI mobile apps
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:23
Samsung announced today that it has developed the first mobile-ready 8-gigabit LPDDR5 DRAM chip -- super-fast, low-power (LP) memory specifically suited to 5G and AI-powered mobile applications.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War kills loot boxes with new update
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:15
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released a free update for Middle-earth: Shadow of War that removes the open-world game’s microtransaction store. Shadow of War came out last October for PlayStation 4, Xbox...
Phoenix Labs' Dauntless hits 2 million players and readies big expansion
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:00
Four years ago, the veteran team at indie game studio Phoenix Labs began working on a free-to-play game where you gather online with your friends and try to take down some giant beasts. The Vancouver, Canada-based compan...
8Bitdo's DIY mod-kit adds Bluetooth to your original classic gamepads
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 17:00
Playing classic games on PC or Nintendo Switch is a great way to get a taste of the past, but playing with an Xbox controller or even a replica from a company like 8Bitdo might take away from the authenticity of the expe...
iPhone front glass leak shows identical notches on 3 models for 2018
Venture Beat - 17 Jul 2018 15:52
A leaked photo appears to confirm numerous prior rumors of 2018 iPhones with 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.5-inch screens, each notably with roughly the same-sized "notch" at the top.