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GTA Online and NBA 2K are turning into social casino games
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 20:21
GTA Online and NBA 2K are embracing the social casino gaming model, and that is a deliberate strategy for publisher Take-Two.
Playful Studios raises $23 million for spectator-enabled games
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 16:00
Playful, a pioneer in mobile games and virtual reality, has raised more than $23 million from a large group of individual investors.
Trevor Noah's advice to tech leaders: 'They are now the man that they were trying to disrupt'
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 03:06
Trevor Noah has some advice from tech leaders. He also talked education, gaming, VR, and his foundation that helps children in South Africa.
Twitter is investigating CEO Jack Dorsey's account being hacked
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 22:39
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had his Twitter account hacked today. The incident is now being investigated, according to Twitter.
The RetroBeat: World of Warcraft: Classic shows what MMOs have lost
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 22:04
I’m having the most fun with any video game this year playing an old massively multiplayer online role-playing game from 2004. World of Warcraft Classic launched earlier this week. This new version of Blizzard Entertai...
After 5,000 games, Microsoft's Suphx AI can defeat top Mahjong players
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 21:11
Microsoft this week detailed Suphx, a novel machine learning system that's capable of defeating top human Mahjong players.
AI Weekly: Cutting-edge research promises to imbue AI with contextual knowledge
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 20:30
Researchers at IBM, MIT, Salesforce, and elsewhere are developing techniques that promise to imbue AI with greater contextual knowledge than before.
Nielsen: How to properly measure the impact of esports for brands and advertisers
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 20:07
Brands and advertisers want to support esports as the audience grows. But measuring the size, preferences, and wealth of that audience is important.
ProBeat: Google may want to save Huawei's Mate 30 launch
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 19:30
The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro could be just another set of Android phones or the start of Huawei moving away from Google and a push for HarmonyOS.
Eight Inspirational Coffee-Table Books For Your Office
Forbes - 30 Aug 2019 19:00
These books won't just take up space in your office, they can help present your company's values.
From Vacations To Urban Mobility - Why Car Rental Is A Local Business
Forbes - 30 Aug 2019 18:15
On the face of it, car rental is the same in any location. But as the team at European mobile-app driven rental company, Virtuo has discovered, scaling up means a addressing some very different local dynamics
AI generates melodies from lyrics
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 18:05
In a new preprint paper on Arxiv.org, researchers describe an AI system capable of generating melodies from lyrics alone.
Baton Systems raises $12 million for blockchain-inspired bank payments infrastructure
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 18:00
Baton Systems, a provider of bank-to-bank payments infrastructure modeled on blockchain technology, today announced $12 million in series A funding.
Control's performance issues are getting a fix
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 17:56
Control has performance issues on PC but especially on console, and developer Remedy is working to optimize the game for those players.
Scape is 3D-mapping 100 cities to precisely anchor AR objects
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 17:42
A UK-based startup is building multiple city-scale 3D maps that will enable accurate placement and viewing of persistent AR objects.
Destiny 2 gets a premium progression battle pass
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 17:01
Destiny 2 is getting a battle pass just like Fortnite, PUBG, and Dota 2. The premium-progression Skinner box should improve the shooter for casual players.
The DeanBeat: The fears, complexities, and hopes of Hollywood games
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 17:00
Lots of money is pouring into games, and the ties with Hollywood are getting tighter. Let's hope that Hollywood and games will reach its potential.
Castle Crashers: Remastered busts up Nintendo Switch on September 17
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 16:49
Indie developer The Behemoth announced today that Castle Crashers: Remastered will be coming to Nintendo Switch on September 17.
4 Great Tips To Unwind and Reconnect Over The Long Weekend - And You Don't Need To Leave Home
Forbes - 30 Aug 2019 15:35
Whatever your plans, there are some great ways to transform your downtime, escape your daily routines, reconnect and unwind.
Microsoft's AltspaceVR social space hits Oculus Quest on September 12
Venture Beat - 30 Aug 2019 15:19
The cartoony shared social VR experience with multiple venues is coming to the increasingly popular standalone VR headset next month.
Social Entrepreneur Works To Bring 100 Million Underserved People Into Pakistani Financial System
Forbes - 30 Aug 2019 15:00
Having created the fastest growing fintech company in Pakistan by onboarding more than 70,000 people, Naureen Hyat, 33, co-founder and head of Tez Financial Services has a long way to go to reach her goal of financially ...
Three Clear Signs Your Company Is Ready To Evolve
Forbes - 30 Aug 2019 15:00
The evolution stage is more associated with maturity, confidence and knowledge.