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Start a Company to Fix Your Biggest Gripe
Forbes - 13 May 2019 15:54
Some of the most successful companies in the world have been started by people who felt real personal frustration in life, setting out to disrupt the status quo in order to find a solution.
6 ways to effectively market an AI startup
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 01:44
Of the large number of AI startups springing up around the world, only a few will survive. Those that do will have more than a strong product.
9 Ways To Curb Burnout And Carve Out Time For What's Truly Important
Forbes - 13 May 2019 01:00
Author Laura Vanderkam shares her top tips for time management, staying present, and making great choices amidst outside pressure.
Red Dead Redemption 2 sales reach 24 million as momentum slows
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 23:04
Rockstar Games’s massive cowboy adventure has now surpassed 24 million copies sold. Publisher Take-Two reported the new Red Dead Redemption 2 numbers as part of its fourth fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019. While 24...
Take-Two's revenues below expectations despite Red Dead Redemption 2
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 22:33
Take-Two Interactive Software reported revenues that fell short of analyst expectations for the fourth-fiscal quarter ended March 31.
Apple's ugly iPhone 11 camera square finally puts function over form
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 21:40
Apple is criticized for valuing form over function, but its latest design values a third rear camera too much to compromise its functionality for elegance.
Wholesale importer: Our family business, like others, pays Trump's tariffs -- not China
CNBC - 13 May 2019 21:32
We are importers of Christmas decorations. The vast majority of the items we import are made in China. China is the only country that can produce many of the items we buy.
Epic Games acquires Twinmotion architecture software, then gives it away
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 21:15
Twinmotion is just the latest in a string of acqusitions. The Unreal Engine-powered software allows designers to quickly tweak their 3D models.
The Beginner's Guide To Investing In Commercial Space
Forbes - 13 May 2019 21:05
The emergence in the last few years of increasing private and venture capital investments in commercial space has led many to ask if they should get involved and how to know a great opportunity when they see one. With hu...
Adding audio data helps AI navigate 3D mazes
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 20:10
In a newly published preprint paper, researchers augmented visual data with audio data to see if it might improve AI agents' ability to navigate.
Purpose And Profit - What Conventional Businesses Can Learn From The Social Enterprise Sector
Forbes - 13 May 2019 19:18
Britain's social enterprise sector currently employs around two million people and contributes £60 billion to the economy annually. And as Social Enterprise U.K. is keen to point out, far from being charities in disguis...
Governments Look To "Smart Islands" For High Tech And Low Carbon Solutions
Forbes - 13 May 2019 19:07
The limitations of island life mean islanders have long been innovative making do with resources available locally. Climate change impacts are more acute on small islands and therefore the need for adaptation solutions i...
Apple releases iOS and tvOS 12.3 with smart TV and Channels updates
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 19:01
Apple's iPhone and iPad OS gets a point release bump today, most notably adding new TV-related functionality alongside bug fixes.
Entertainment Software Association announces Stanley Pierre-Louis as next CEO
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 18:30
The Entertainment Software Association, the game industry's lobbying group and the creator of the big E3 trade show, has named Stanley Pierre-Louis as its new president and CEO.
Dauntless arrives May 21 on Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games Store
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 18:00
The free-to-play monster-hunting game Dauntless got 3 million players in beta. On May 21, Phoenix Labs ships it on the PS4, Xbox One, and the PC.
Amazon Alexa scientists retrain an English-language AI model on Japanese
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 17:40
In a new paper, scientists at Amazon's Alexa division describe a transfer learning technique that yields an improvement.
South Korea probes illegal 5G discounts as LG touts 100,000 V50 orders
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 17:24
Korean carriers are being accused of illegal price subsidies to bring down the expense of 5G devices for early adopters, in violation of local laws.
Discord crosses 250 million users as it hits 4-year anniversary
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 17:01
Discord, the gamer social network, has hit more than 250 million registered users and 56 million monthly active users as it turns four.
Unikrn launches new ways to wager on esports and streamer play
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 17:00
Unikrn has figured out new ways to enable players to bet on esports matches. It will let you bet on past esports matches with randomly selected pairings.
U.S. Supreme Court greenlights Apple App Store monopoly lawsuit
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 16:42
A lawsuit accusing Apple of antitrust violations for controlling all apps on its devices - and taking 30% of the price - may proceed, said the Court.
Flexa launches global payment network and mobile app for trading cryptocurrency
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 16:30
Flexa has launched a global payment network and mobile app to help people buy and sell their cryptocurrency and make payments at select retailers.
How Lorne Lanning re-imagined Abe's Exoddus as Oddworld: Soulstorm
Venture Beat - 13 May 2019 16:15
Lorne Lanning has been making Oddworld games for decades, and his new Oddworld: Soulstorm title for 2020 is a re-imaginging of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus.