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Dia Imaging Analysis raises $5 million for AI that analyzes ultrasound scans
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 22:45
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli startup Dia Imaging Analysis has raised $5 million for its machine learning-powered diagnostic technology.
Cars.com's AI matches car buyers with new rides
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 14:58
Cars.com announced a matchmaking experience that uses AI to help car buyers find the ride of their dreams.
EU regulators plan to study need for a common mobile phone charger
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 23:28
(Reuters) — EU regulators plan to study whether there is a need for action in the push for a common mobile phone charger following a lack of progress by phone makers towards this goal, EU competition chief Margrethe Ve...
I'm ready for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PC
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 22:25
I was playing the beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PlayStation 4 over the weekend, and I had a realization. I am probably going to try this series out on PC for the first time since the original Call of Duty, and I�...
Safari leads U.S. mobile web traffic, but Facebook is gaining on Chrome
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 21:45
iOS is currently the leading mobile OS in every one of the 50 United States, and Safari is the top mobile browser in 49 of them. Yet Facebook's in-app browser is growing in popularity, and now ranks third behind Google ...
Amazon brings Whole Foods voice shopping to Alexa
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 21:02
Amazon today announced that Echo smart speakers can now record and complete Prime Now orders. Prime Now, available in dozens of U.S. markets, ensures two-hour same-day delivery. Amazon began to provide Prime Now deliveri...
How 3 developers used Core ML to run AI models on an iPhone
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 19:45
FEATURE: iOS developers talk about Apple's Core ML platform, and the improvements they'd like to see in future versions.
Spotify's AI assistant should be social
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 19:21
OPINION: Should Spotify create its own AI assistant to take on Alexa or Apple's personal DJ, it will need to incorporate social elements currently missing from the Spotify experience.
Dead Cells review -- the apotheosis of the Roguelike
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 19:15
REVIEW: I didn’t love Spelunky when I reviewed it (apologies for that headline). After writing that review, I began to see what other people like about it, but it still wasn’t for me. Spelunky is awkward to play. The...
Google acquires GraphicsFuzz for its mobile graphics card benchmarking
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 18:51
Google has acquired mobile benchmarking startup GraphicsFuzz for an undisclosed amount. Its technology will be "integrated within the Android ecosystem."
5 fighting game guest characters weirder than Negan in Tekken 7
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 18:32
Bandai Namco announced at the fighting game tournament EVO that Negan from AMC’s The Walking Dead would join Tekken 7 as a new DLC fighter. That might seem bizarre, and … it is. But this is nothing new for fighting g...
AMD opens preorders for 2nd-generation Threadripper chips
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 18:10
Advanced Micro Devices said it is taking preorders via 80 online retailers for its 16-core and 32-core second-generation Threadripper processors aimed at fulfilling the demands of content creators, developers, and gaming...
Evan Weaver: 'When we started at Twitter, databases were bad. When we left, they were still bad'
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 18:00
EXCLUSIVE: If there is one thing that is true of Twitter’s growing pains, it is that it used to fail. A lot. The now-famous “fail whale” appeared often as the platform grew. Twitter retired the fail whale in 2013, ...
Apple will reportedly woo India with deals, new stores, and fixed apps
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 17:22
Apple will attempt to win over Indian customers with year-long deals, new retail initiatives, and improved apps.
Shell Ventures leads $31 million investment in stealth electric car-charging startup Ample
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 17:14
The transition from fossil fuel-reliant vehicles won’t happen overnight, but one thing is becoming clear: The future of transport is very much electric. Against that backdrop, a fledgling electric car-charging company ...
Apple chipmaker TSMC warns of delays after virus attack
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 16:17
Apple's key iPhone and iPad chip supplier TSMC is in the midst of informing customers that their component shipments will be delayed due to a massive virus outbreak in its factories.
OpenAI's bot handily beat a team of professional Dota players
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 16:09
OpenAI's eponymous OpenAI Five, a Dota-playing bot, beat a team of professional players at an event in San Francisco.
Apple, Facebook, and Spotify yank Alex Jones' Infowars for hate speech
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 15:17
Apple, Facebook and Spotify each took steps to block access to Alex Jones and Infowars content, saying that access was pulled due to "hate speech."
Mei uses AI to improve relationships by analyzing text messages
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 15:00
Mei, a messaging app for Android, leverages machine learning to analyze your chat partners' personalities.
AirSelfie2 'flying camera' drone debuts at retail and on Amazon
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 15:00
The idea of getting a drone to follow you around and take selfies for you is quite cool. And AirSelfie Holdings is taking it to the next level with AirSelfie2, its second shot at a “flying camera” drone. The AirSelfi...
BlaBlaCar acquires Russian carpooling platform BeepCar from Mail.ru
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 14:17
BlaBlaCar has made its second acquisition of the year, with the French ride-sharing giant announcing it has snapped up Russian carpooling platform BeepCar from Mail.ru. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mail.ru launc...
Airbnb for Work claims 700,000 businesses as bookings tripled for second year in a row
Venture Beat - 6 Aug 2018 14:00
Business travelers are increasingly ditching hotels and flocking to Airbnb, according to data revealed today by the home-sharing platform. Airbnb announced that bookings made through its Airbnb for Work program, which wa...