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Path of Exile's next Challenge League is Delve, an infinite dungeon launching August 31
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 23:00
PREVIEW: Path of Exile‘s upcoming Challenge League is about to supersize the megadungeon. Delve launches on PC August 31 in an infinite dungeon, an adventuring complex without end. You roll up a new character and head ...
Google explains how AI powers Android Pie's Smart Linkify
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 22:34
Smart Linkify, a feature in Android Pie that automatically converts phone numbers and addresses to clickable links, is powered by machine learning.
PlayStation lifetime hardware sales top 525.3 million, PS4 Pro limited edition coming
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 19:57
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) said it has sold more than 525.3 million PlayStation hardware devices since 1994, and to celebrate it is launching the PlayStation 4 Pro 500 Million Limited Edition. Available on Augu...
Galaxy Note9 specs: What Samsung changed
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 19:08
On the surface, the Samsung Note8 and Note9 look almost identical. You might have trouble distinguishing the two devices if you sat them side by side. As is becoming more common with smartphones nowadays, it's what is in...
Stop getting screwed: Using AI to prevent game fraud (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 18:30
VB LIVE: There are 2.2 billion active gamers, and 100 percent of them are at risk from fraudsters. Also at risk: your game's reputation, customer retention, and your bottom line. Learn how machine learning and AI can kee...
Samsung unveils Galaxy Home smart speaker with Bixby
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 18:08
Samsung today debuted the Galaxy Home smart speaker alongside the Galaxy Note9 at the Samsung Unpacked event held in New York City.
Alto.io lets devs build blockchain items for games on Hedera Hashgraph
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 18:00
Alto.io wants to get consumers to start embracing cryptocurrency and blockchain in a bigger way. So the company announced it will support the Hedera Hashgraph platform with its own application that makes commerce possibl...
Amazon counters Rekognition facial ID backlash by citing positive use cases
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 18:00
Amazon, in a counterpoint to negative press about its Rekognition facial recognition technology, offered positive use cases in a blog post.
Facebook adds mentorship feature to select Groups
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 17:52
As some users are souring on sharing aspects of their personal life on Facebook, the company wants more people to turn to the platform for professional development. Facebook announced today that it is bringing Mentorship...
Quizizz raises $3 million and surpasses 10 million users
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 17:30
Quizizz has built a learning platform that helps teachers turn homework and tests into self-paced games. And the company has raised $3 million in funding and surpassed a big milestone with 10 million active users. Nexus ...
Samsung Galaxy Note9: Design, specs, features, and pricing
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 17:17
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is finally official -- Samsung announced it an an Unpacked event in New York City recently. Here's everything you need to know about its new S Pen and Bixby features, Fortnite exclusivity, and m...
Review: Fortnite on Android brings authentic battle royale to (most of) the rest of us
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 17:15
REVIEW: Epic Games announced today that it is launching the beta for Fortnite battle royale on Android, starting with select Samsung devices. The Samsung devices will go live today with a wider Android beta beginning in ...
The IndieBeat: Corona Black's style comes from mech punches, space Westerns, and color blindness
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 17:05
Corona Black is relentlessly stylish. Indie studio Ota Imon has remixed and amped up the aesthetic of Japanese comic books (or manga). It stars larger-than-life characters — with names like Knife Leopard — who compet...
Hinge Health raises $26 million from Insight Venture Partners and Atomico to help employers tackle chronic conditions
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 16:43
Hinge Health, a digital health startup that develops software, hardware, and services to help companies manage employees’ musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, has raised $26 million in a series B round of funding led by I...
Apple engineers boost Siri's recognition of local points of interest
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 16:06
Apple has made under-the-hood enhancements to Siri's recognition of local points of interest (POI), previously a "performance bottleneck" with high levels of inaccuracy due to "millions of smaller, local POIs."
Discord adds games to its Nitro subscription service and opens a store
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 16:00
Discord joins the fight … for your money. The popular communication platform for gamers is revealing today that it is opening a game store and adding an instant library of games to its Nitro subscription program. This ...
Anchor now lets podcasters monetize by requesting donations of up to $10 per month
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 16:00
Podcasting platform Anchor has announced its first moves into monetization by allowing listeners to pay their favorite podcasters through a monthly subscription. The news comes six months after Anchor introduced a major ...
How to watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked livestream
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 15:05
Today’s the day Samsung will roll out its latest devices at Galaxy Unpacked, a summer event in New York City. Based on pre-event leaks, we’re expecting to see a few big announcements: the Galaxy Note9 (sequel to the ...
McAfee and Intezer find links among North Korea's malware families
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 15:00
North Korea’s cyberattacks have been well documented over the years. But a collaboration between McAfee and Intezer security researchers has shown previously undiscovered links among the various North Korean malware fa...
Despite Runic Games' closure, the Torch is still Lit
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 15:00
Though developer Runic Games shut down in November, the Torchlight action role-playing series blazes on. The series is continuing with a third game, Torchlight Frontiers, which is set in a persistent world and launches o...
India rejects Apple letter on anti-spam app, suggests lawsuit
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 14:10
(Reuters) — In India, the world’s second-biggest smartphone market, Apple’s normally deft management of government relations is being put to a fresh high-stakes test. For almost two years, Apple has battled India�...
IBM and Maersk launch blockchain to reduce shipping time and costs
Venture Beat - 9 Aug 2018 13:00
Cargo shipping giant Maersk and IBM announced TradeLens, a technology that applies blockchain technology to world's global supply chain. TradeLens takes advantage of blockchain, a decentralized public ledger behind tech ...