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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches big Year 5 update
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 12:00
Time flies when you’re having fun in Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The mobile game publisher is launching the Year 5 update of its Harry Potter mobile game, which debuted not five years ago but in April ...
The D20 Beat: The Bard's Tale Remastered is a bloody trip down memory lane
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 22:48
I took my next steps with caution, wishing I could duck into the shadows. A group of slavering dogs ambushed me, and after a pitched battle, I survived, but with my frontline warriors licking their wounds and my magician...
Blackout trailer reveals Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 battle royale gameplay
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 20:48
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is launching in a month, and it is coming with a battle royale mode called Blackout. Up until this point, we’ve only had small tidbits of information about how this Fortnite-like mode will wor...
GreyOrange raises $140 million as the fulfillment robot industry heats up
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 20:00
Singapore industrial robotics startup GreyOrange has raised $140 million to expedite warehouse fulfillments with machinery.
Google's Touring Bird surfaces fun activities in top travel destinations
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 19:45
Touring Bird, a new web app from Google internal incubator Area 120, surfaces top activities by city.
Sizing up a strategic VC: The questions we wish people asked
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 19:37
SPONSORED: Entrepreneurs can easily scour the news wire for articles related to the age-old question: "What Should I Ask a Prospective VC?" I'd like to tackle the topic from a perspective near and dear to my heart: the n...
BMW launches AI assistant that reacts when you're tired
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 18:00
BMW today announced plans to roll out an intelligent assistant next year that will do the range of things people have come to expect from assistants like play music, give you directions, or respond to random questions. B...
MasterClass raises $80 million to bring celebrity mentors to the masses
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 17:13
Filmmaking taught by Martin Scorsese? Comedy taught by Steve Martin? Chess taught by Garry Kasparov? Tennis taught by Serena Williams? Cooking taught by Gordon Ramsay? If that sounds like some sort of fantasy school for ...
Microsoft extends Windows 10 enterprise and education support, announces paid Windows 7 security updates
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 17:00
Microsoft today made a slew of IT announcements that help enterprises “shift to a modern desktop experience.” Among the news is an extension of Windows 10 support for enterprise and education customers, the promise o...
EU approves Apple acquisition of music discovery app Shazam
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 16:30
(Reuters) — The European Union approved Apple’s planned acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam on Thursday, saying an EU antitrust investigation showed it would not harm competition in the bloc. The deal, ...
IBM collaborated with the NYDP on an AI system that can search for people by race
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 16:06
IBM secretly collaborated with the NYPD to develop a system that could search people by their skin color, according to The Intercept.
Samsung reportedly plans 4G and premium 5G versions of Galaxy S10 Plus
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 16:02
Samsung is apparently planning to release its 2019 flagship phone, the Galaxy S10, in separate 4G and 5G versions -- a move designed to keep pricing down for customers without nearby 5G network access.
ZenCity raises $6 million for AI platform that helps cities crunch big data and track residents' sentiment
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 16:00
ZenCity, an Israeli startup that analyzes online conversations and reports trends and sentiments to city officials, has raised $6 million in a series A round of funding from Vertex Ventures, Microsoft’s M12 venture fun...
ADP Executive and Manager Insights taps AI to bring workplace insights to mobile devices
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 15:00
ADP Executive and Manager Insights taps artificial intelligence to deliver workplace insights and competitive analysis.
Amazon launches upgraded Fire HD 8 tablet with full Alexa hands-free and 'show mode' functionality
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 15:00
Amazon today announced an upgraded Fire HD 8 tablet, with Alexa hands-free mode built into the fabric of the device. While Alexa has been available on Fire HD tablets for some time, it wasn’t until the all-new Fire HD ...
AMD marches out new Athlon, Athlon Pro, and Ryzen Pro desktop processors
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 15:00
Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out its latest processors based on the Zen architecture that will attack the low end of rival Intel’s product line. The new chips include an Athlon-branded chip that is an accelerated ...
Veer VR launches Experience tool for VR content creation
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:30
Veer VR has launched a free web-based virtual reality content creation tool as part of an effort to get users to create more content on the Veer global VR content community. Veer Experience is a coding-free interactive c...
CEO Robin Jung tells why Pearl Abyss bought Eve Online maker
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:15
Pearl Abyss, the maker of Black Desert Online, has agreed to buy Eve Online maker CCP for $425 million. The move is a big expansion into the West for the South Korean maker of online games. The acquisition of Iceland-bas...
TP-Link launches gaming router for 4K video stream era
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:01
TP-Link, a consumer and business networking gear, has unveiled a new gaming router for the age of 4K video streaming. The Archer C5400X MU-MIMO Tri-Band Gaming Router is a mouthful, but it is designed to deliver strong, ...
Mirror raises $25 million and launches $1,495 connected mirror for virtual fitness classes
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:00
New York-based Mirror today launched its connected fitness-focused mirror out of stealth and announced a $25 million round of funding from Spark Capital. This comes six months after the startup first teased its product a...
NewtonX raises $3 million for AI that connects executives with experts in any industry
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:00
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based startup NewtonX announced a $3 million funding round to develop an AI-powered that connects executives with domain experts.
Salesforce announces Einstein-powered AI features for Pardot and High Velocity Sales
Venture Beat - 6 Sep 2018 14:00
Salesforce announced AI improvements (via Einstein) to several of its platforms, including Pardot and High Velocity Sales. It also debuted new billing options.