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Activision Blizzard brings Overwatch, Call of Duty esports exclusively to YouTube
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 23:16
Activision Blizzard and Google have made a deal to bring esports organzations like Overwatch League exclusively to YouTube.
AI Weekly: Calls for facial recognition moratorium highlight need for protection from surveillance tech
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 23:02
Facial recognition regulation talk by Microsoft and Google reignited debates over a moratorium this week, but strong protection from surveillance is needed.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Can It Help Make Hollywood Blockbusters?
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 22:14
Studios like Warner Bros. are starting to use the technology.
Disney will close FoxNext's Fogbank Entertainment game studio
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 21:48
Disney is closing the FoxNext-owned game studio, Fogbank Entertainment in San Francisco. Fogbank made the Storyscape mobile game.
Apple keeps telling governments it's pro-consumer, but that's not true
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 21:44
Apple portrays itself as concerned with consumer harm, but as a business, it does whatever it can to milk consumers for frequent device replacements.
ProBeat: Why Google is really calling for AI regulation
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 20:30
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is calling for AI regulation. Why? With the right lobbying, AI regulation would benefit Alphabet and Google.
Amazon's AI automatically dubs videos into other languages
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 20:23
Amazon researchers describe in an academic paper an automated system that dubs foreign video clips in other languages.
GamesBeat Summit 2020: Our panel on the future of influencer marketing
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 20:15
GamesBeat Summit 2020 will focus on the latest trends in the gaming ecosystem and so we're going to have a panel on the future of influencer marketing.
Enclaves and SGX: Armor plate against deep-stack attacks
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 20:15
As hackers work to root ever deeper into systems, technology like Intel's SGX and secure memory enclaves may be the one of few safe spaces left.
GDC survey: Game devs favor unionization, PC, and next-gen consoles
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 19:00
The GDC's annual survey found that 54% of game developers now favor unionization, compared to 47% in the survey from a year ago.
Docomo says 6G will bring AI everywhere, deliver 'extreme' performance
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 18:11
One of the world's cellular pioneers forecasts that AI will power seamless human-to-computer communications in the 6G era, starting around the year 2030.
The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 18:00
This week, the game industry saw three big acquisitions amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars changing hands. And there's more to come.
Big tech's credibility crisis: Fake news, fake goods, and fake reviews
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 17:28
As big tech struggles with its "fake news" problem, lawmakers are striving to crack down on at least two other "fakes" -- goods and reviews.
ProGuides raises $5 million in seed funding for its esports training platform
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 16:00
ProGuides announced today that it has secured $5 million in seed funding.ProGuides offers esports training via online courses, videos, and coaching.
Mighty Bear releases Butter Royale food-fight multiplayer game for Apple Arcade
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 16:00
Mighty Bear Games has launched its food-fight themed multiplayer Butter Royale game on Apple Arcade subscription gaming service.
How The Micro-Unit Trend Can Boost Your Business
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 15:00
As people begin to fixate less on "what they do" and instead identify with "who they are," they're looking for the products and services that will make their lives easier -- and create the pathway toward their ideal selv...
The Need For Computing Power In 2020 And Beyond
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 15:00
People have started realizing that in the age of the digital economy, computing power is the most important and innovative form of productivity.
12 Tips If You're Thinking About Going Self-Employed In 2020
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 12:20
With the ranks of the self-employed in the UK now at record levels, what do you need to consider if you're thinking about joining them?
Italy's competition watchdog launches non-compliance proceedings against Facebook
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 11:07
Italy's competition watchdog has launched proceedings against Facebook for non-compliance with a previous request it had made.
3 Savvy Tips For Starting An E-Commerce Business In 2020
Forbes - 24 Jan 2020 11:00
Aside from the laundry list of tasks you must complete to start an e-commerce business, there are a few tips that aren't talked about as often, but really make the difference between a successful e-commerce launch and on...
AISense raises $10 million for AI transcription tool Otter
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 04:25
Otter says it's raised $10 million from strategic investor NTT DOCOMO and others, bringing its total raised to $23 million.
Intel CEO: We're confident in the future, we generated $3.8 billion in AI revenue in 2019
Venture Beat - 24 Jan 2020 02:05
Bob Swan, CEO of the biggest maker of PC and datacenter processors, said in an analyst call today that Intel is confident in its future.