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Amazon Alexa scientists reduce speech recognition errors by 20% with semi-supervised learning
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 17:01
Scientists at Amaozn's Alexa division describe in new research a speech recognition approach that achieves a 20 percent reduction in word error rate.
Oculus Rift S will debut soon as $400 sequel to the PC-based Rift VR headset
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 17:00
Facebook has unveiled the Oculus Rift S, a new virtual reality headset for the PC that represents a major upgrade to its 2016 product, the Oculus Rift. Nate Mitchell, head of virtual reality products and cofounder of Fac...
Ojo Labs raises $45 million to develop a chatbot for real estate
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 03:16
Ojo Labs, an Austin-based company developing a real estate chatbot, has raised $45 million in financing, it has announced.
GDC quick takes: Versus Evil founder Steve Escalante
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 22:31
Versus Evil founder Steve Escalante gives us his indie publisher take on the biggest issue facing the game industry while at the Game Developers Conference 2019.
The VR headset market is about to get way too crowded and confusing
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 22:00
With so many new and confusing options coming out soon, this would be a great time to hold off on buying new VR hardware. But where's the fun in that?
Meet The Mompreneurs Behind The Gluten-Free Cookie Brand Going Nationwide With Walmart
Forbes - 20 Mar 2019 22:00
Learn how these gutsy female entrepreneurs went from small startup to a soon-to-be household name.
Sparklite gives Zelda a wonderful roguelike makeover
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 21:21
Sparklite uses randomized level and strict death penalties to give the Zelda formula an interesting twist.
Baidu open-sources NLP model it claims achieves state-of-the-art results in Chinese language tasks
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 20:50
Baidu open-sourced a natural language processing model it claims can outperform prior art with respect to Chinese language understanding.
Every Nintendo Direct trailer: Zelda rhythm game, Vlambeer, and more
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 20:21
Nintendo revealed a plethora of new indie games coming to its service over the next few months, and we gathered every trailer froom the direct for you.
Epic Games Store gets off to a good start with millions of free downloads
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 19:38
Epic Games said that its Epic Games Store has gotten off to a good start as the company tries to provide an alternative store in PC games to Valve's Steam store.
Element AI launches enterprise decision-making automation tools
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 19:34
Element AI, a company created more than two years ago in part by deep learning expert Yoshua Bengio, is launching its first AI services for businesses.
Epic CEO on 250 million Fortnite players, digital humans, and $100 million dev fund
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 19:25
Tim Sweeney and Kim Libreri of Epic Games talked to GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi about the company's GDC 2019 announcements.
Quantic Dream will launch its titles on PC via Epic Games Store
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 19:22
Quantic Dream will publish Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
Netmarble's Lineage 2: Revolution crossed $1 billion in revenue in first year
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 19:16
Netmarble's Simon Sim announced at GDC 2019 that Lineage 2: Revolution has now topped $1 billion in revenue as it goes global.
Insider's Guide To Jamaica From A Music Exec Who Carved Her Own Path To Success
Forbes - 20 Mar 2019 19:00
A music entrepreneur shares her tips on Jamaica and on how she got ahead in a male-dominated industry.
The Parenting Company Cleo Raises $27.5M To Help Working Parents
Forbes - 20 Mar 2019 19:00
The parenting company Cleo announced today that it has raised a $27.5 million Series B round led by the global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. The goal is to help employers attract and retain the best tal...
Cuphead comes to Nintendo Switch with Xbox Live integration
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:59
Cuphead heads to Nintendo Switch. This gives you a way to experience the thrill of trying to jump over the very first obstacle in the tutorial.
Epic Games shows off amazing digital human technology with Troll demo
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:56
Epic Games showed off amazing digital human technology with the demo of Troll, created by the developers at Goodbye Kansas.
Quixel demonstrates animated scenes that look like landscape photos
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:48
Quixel created a cinematic short film Rebirth that looks like it was someone taking a video of a landscape with a video camera. Only it was an animation using Epic Games' Unreal Engine.
Oculus Rift S versus Oculus Rift: the spec comparison chart
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:46
Oculus hasn't released a chart directly comparing its new Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift headsets, so here's an easy way to see what's better -- and not.
Epic Games makes online services available for free to game devs
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:40
Epic Games is taking its learnings from Fortnite and making them available for free in the form of Epic Online Services for game devs.
Tim Sweeney announces $100 million Epic MegaGrants fund for game developers
Venture Beat - 20 Mar 2019 18:37
Epic Games is awarding $100 million in the next five years in grants for game developers with no strings attached.