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Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 23:53
Activision Blizzard reported results for Q3 that exceeded expectations, but the stock fell 8 percent because of Q4 concerns.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is selling 3-times faster than Black Ops III
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 23:51
Activision Blizzard just reported the results of its fiscal Q3. The company hit its own expectations, but it came up short relative to what Wall Street was expecting. That has sent the company’s stock into a small tail...
Destiny 2 player count up over this time last year
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 23:40
Destiny 2 is growing its player base thanks to the Forsaken expansion.
Bridging the online and offline marketing gap (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 23:10
Learn how innovations in martech can seamlessly integrate all of your engagement strategies, and more tips on tracking your offline efforts.
Vine cofounder announces Byte, a new looping video app launching this spring
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 22:47
Dom Hofmann has been working on a successor to Vine, the 6-second looping video app bought and killed by Twitter, for at least a year.
OpenAI launches reinforcement learning training to prepare for artificial general intelligence
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 22:40
The knowledge necessary to implement reinforcement learning currently is locked away in a series of disparate lectures and influential research papers. To fix that, OpenAI launched the Spinning Up program.
John Hanke: Niantic wants Pokémon Go to look more like its first trailer
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 22:21
John Hanke wants Pokémon Go to look more like it did in its original trailer.
AWS makes Translate, Transcribe, and Comprehend services HIPAA compliant
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 22:10
Amazon's AWS Transcribe, Translate, and Comprehend AI-powered services now comply with HIPAA, the Seattle company announced.
PUBG fixed? New patch addresses the desync problem
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 21:42
The PUBG Corp. has promised to fix its battle royale shooter for months, and it has made some big progress toward that goal with a recent patch.
Microsoft teases Project xCloud for Samsung game developers
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 20:45
Microsoft teased its Project xCloud game streaming technology at the Samsung Developer Conference.
This AI system can generate images of artificial galaxies
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 20:40
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a sophisticated AI system that can generate images of synthetic galaxies.
Facebook claims it deleted 3 million pieces of ISIS and Al Qaeda propaganda in Q3 2018
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 20:37
Facebook is now using a machine learning tool that "scores" a post on the likelihood that it's signaling support for al-Qaida or Islamic State-affiliated groups.
Google Chrome will soon warn users about web pages with unclear mobile billing services
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 20:00
Google Chrome will soon warn web users when they are about to visit a website with unclear mobile billing pages.
Dropbox partners with Google Cloud Identity for advanced security features
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 19:00
Drobpox announced a security-focused collaboration with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships with BetterCloud, Coronet, and Sailpoint.
Rabbit lets you remotely watch online videos with your friends
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 19:00
Rabbit is reminding us all today that it’s fun to watch your favorite shows with your friends. And it’s announcing more ways for you to do it anytime, anywhere, even when you’re not physically together. Rabbit want...
Alexa for PC launches in Windows Store
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 18:15
Amazon has made the Alexa for PC app broadly available through the Windows Store. It's free for anyone to download and use.
Google launches AI Hub in alpha and Kubeflow Pipelines, a machine learning workflow
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 18:00
Google Cloud announced the launch of Kubeflow Pipelines to foster collaboration within businesses and further democratize access to artificial intelligence.
Daimler and Bosch lay out plans for autonomous taxi service in San Jose
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 18:00
Daimler and Bosch announced details of an upcoming driverless car pilot program set to launch in San Jose in the second half of 2019.
New York City could be the biggest winner of tech's West Coast exodus
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 17:45
Amazon and Google are reportedly planning large expansions in New York City. That's bad news for Midwestern cities looking to grow their tech communities.
Xiaomi marks its U.K. debut with the Mi 8 Pro launch and first London store
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 17:36
Xiaomi marked its U.K. debut with the launch of 4 new products, including the Mi 8 Pro flagship smartphone, which made its first appearance outside China.
Disney's big Millennium Falcon ride faces a classic game design problem: balancing difficulty
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 17:30
Disney is building an ambitious Millennium Falcon ride for its Star Wars theme park additions, but it has to balance difficulty.
Skillz: Jacksonville tops list of 25 biggest U.S. mobile esports cities
Venture Beat - 8 Nov 2018 17:00
Mobile esports firm Skillz said that Jacksonville, Florida, is the top mobile esports city, followed by Chicago, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee.