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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout beta recommended PC specs
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 23:56
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Blackout beta has begun on PlayStation 4, and you can try it if you can get your hands on a code (the one for the last beta still works) or if you preorder on PlayStation 4. This test fo...
Google Cloud names Andrew Moore its new head of AI
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 23:34
Google Cloud today announced that Andrew Moore, dean of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, will lead its AI efforts in the future. Moore takes over the role of Google Cloud’s AI chief scientist ...
Sensor Tower: Mobile Strike grosses over $1.3 billion for MZ
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 22:56
We know all about how big Game of War has been for MZ, but it turns out that Mobile Strike has also done well, grossing over $1.3 billion since its 2015 launch, mobile research firm Sensor Tower estimates. In a blog post...
Pinterest passes 250 million monthly active users
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 20:24
Pinterest today announced it has surpassed the 250 million monthly active user mark, continuing a steady pace of adding 50 million monthly active users a year. The milestone announced today is up from 200 million in Sept...
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fans shovel up details of its snowy map
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 20:11
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has continued to set itself apart from Fortnite in the battle royale sector by regularly introducing new maps. It feels like The PUBG Corporation only just launched its smaller Sanhok jung...
Location data is the intelligence your CRM is missing (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 20:06
VB LIVE: Location data and intelligence is key to reaching customers when and where their hearts, minds, and wallets are ready to be captured. Learn how foot traffic patterns, location visits, frequency and venue analysi...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout battle royale closed beta goes live
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 19:35
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout closed beta test for its first battle royale map is now live on the PlayStation 4. The Call of Duty community is getting its first experience with the Blackout mode, which drops 80 ...
MediaTek's prototype 5G phone has a fan, but final design supposedly won't
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 19:30
Taiwanese 5G chipmaker MediaTek has just shown off the latest version of its Helio M70 5G modem (via IT Home), notably inside a large prototype 5G phone that's cooled with a fan.
MIT students use AI to cook up pizza recipes
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 19:16
A group of MIT students set artificial intelligence loose on pizza recipes. The results were surprisingly good, in the end.
WhatsApp launches for KaiOS-powered JioPhone devices in India
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 18:12
WhatsApp is is now available for JioPhone devices in India, which run on the Linux-based mobile operating system KaiOS. The Facebook-owned messaging app has been available for iOS and Android device pretty much since its...
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 smartwatch chipset promises up to 2 days of battery life
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 18:10
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 3100 is the most powerful it's ever created. Highlights include up to two days of battery life and a capable, custom-designed coprocessor.
AT&T finalizes 2018 5G plan with Southern U.S. cities, California in 2019
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 18:00
AT&T today completed its promised list of 12 cities that will launch its next-generation 5G network in 2018, announcing that the final five destinations will all be in the southern United States.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey hands-on -- The first hours of a massive island-hopping game
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 18:00
PREVIEW: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey debuts on October 5 on the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. I had a chance to play the first four hours or so of it — the first full chapter in a very long game — at a Ubisoft eve...
Kuo: Expect an Apple Watch with ECG, AirPods 2, and Touch ID MacBook
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 17:09
A research note from leading analyst Ming-Chi Kuo spotlights impending changes to five key products: the Apple Watch, AirPods, MacBook, iPad Pro, and iPhone Xr.
Ossia partners with Walmart to pilot wireless charging tech
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 17:05
EXCLUSIVE: Ossia has inked a business agreement with Walmart to pilot its Cota wireless charging tech in limited trials.
Microsoft announces Azure DevOps, will succeed Visual Studio Team Services
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 17:00
Microsoft today announced Azure DevOps, the successor of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS, formerly Visual Studio Online) and Azure DevOps Server, the successor of Team Foundation Server (TFS).
Apple's iOS 12 Siri Shortcuts will reportedly be limited on iPhone 6
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 16:07
iOS 12's new Siri Shortcuts app makes Siri easier and more powerful to use, but apparently consumes enough system resources that at least one of its features won't work on older devices.
Impossible Aerospace raises $9.4 million, launches drone that flies 2 hours on a single charge
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 15:01
Impossible Aerospace, a stealth startup that’s setting out to “upend” the aviation status quo with long-range electric aircraft, announced it has raised $9.4 million in a series A round of funding led by Bessemer V...
Cryptic Labs adds 2 Nobel laureates as advisers for blockchain security research
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 15:00
Cryptic Labs, a research institute that wants to use blockchain technology to solve security problems, has announced the addition of two Nobel laureates in economics — Eric Maskin and Christopher Pissarides — to its ...
Shadow of the Tomb Raider review -- Lara Croft goes from prey to predator
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 15:00
REVIEW: Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the third part of Lara Croft’s coming of age trilogy as an adventurer. And while she is more dangerous and brutal than ever, she is still a three-dimensional character. And by that,...
Adobe: Nearly half of U.S. households will own a smart speaker by the end of 2018
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 15:00
Almost half of all consumers in the United States will own a smart speaker — like Google Home or Amazon Echo — by the end of the year, according to a survey commissioned by Adobe that was released today. Roughly one-...
Jaunt acquires Teleporter, Personify's real-time 3D AR asset streamer
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2018 15:00
If you’ve been waiting for live, hologram-like human beings to pop up in AR or VR experiences, that wait’s almost over. Mixed reality company Jaunt announced today that it has acquired Teleporter, a solution for turn...