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Valorant closed beta starts on April 7
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 19:00
Riot Games announced today that the closed beta for its upcoming PC shooter Valorant will start on April 7.
Still Pre-Launch, Tiny Startup Tackles A Timely Crisis--Paying Off Medical Bills
Forbes - 30 Mar 2020 17:02
In 2019, brothers Kaushik and Saumik Tiwari founded a startup to help people pay for medical emergencies stemming from accidents. When the coronavirus pandemic hit, although the app hasn't launched yet, they added covera...
HQ Trivia returns with surprise $1,000 show and $100,000 donation
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 03:45
HQ Trivia made a surprise return on Sunday evening after an anonymous investor brought the company back from the dead with a surprise investment.
NZXT Kraken X3 and Z3 CPU coolers have the looks and performance
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 23:26
The NZXT Kraken X3 and Z3 coolers are refreshed with even more features including a small LCD screen on the Z-series AIOs.
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Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 22:59
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Cannabis Customers Cash In Loyalty Points For Deals And Discounts During COVID-19 Pandemic
Forbes - 30 Mar 2020 22:50
COVID-19 has the nation on lockdown and businesses and individuals alike are struggling with the ramifications of shortages and shuttered doors.
Element AI's search tool surfaces curated coronavirus studies
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 22:40
Element AI released a semantic search platform that taps AI to surface vetted research papers about the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Four Strategies To Make Your Home A Safer Place To Work And Shelter From COVID-19
Forbes - 30 Mar 2020 21:55
A systematic approach to keeping the virus that causes COVID-19 out of your home will make you safer and give you peace of mind.
Comcast details what the coronavirus has done to network traffic
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 21:49
Comcast said that internet traffic is rising because of the coronavirus, but the company said it is able to handle the demand.
Niantic is updating Pokémon Go and other games as coronavirus keeps us inside
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 20:36
Niantic said it is updating its games like Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress so that they can record your indoor activity.
How The Emergency Stimulus Can Be Used To Maintain Payroll
Forbes - 30 Mar 2020 20:20
Here's how small business owners can use the stimulus to continue paying their employees.
Small-business owners face tough decisions as they wait for government loans to arrive
CNBC - 30 Mar 2020 20:07
The CARES Act signed into law Friday will throw small businesses a much-needed lifeline. But the message from Main Street is clear -- the capital is needed now.
Facebook and Plessey pair on consumer AR glasses with microLED screens
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 20:07
A U.K. display maker will be devoting its microLED display unit to Facebook's use in creating next-generation mixed reality wearables.
Via raises $200 million to optimize ride-sharing routes with AI
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 19:44
Ride-sharing startup Via has raised $200 million at a $2.25 billion valuation, the company announced. It brings its total raised to over $500 million.
Nintendo is making 3D Mario remasters for his 35th anniversary
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 19:03
Nintendo is planning to launch 3D Mario Remasters for games like Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and the Galaxy games. This comes as Mario turns 35.
Immersal maps Helsinki in city-scale AR using crowdsourcing mobile app
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 18:39
A Finnish company has developed a city-scale AR mapping app for Android and iOS phones that crowdsources 3D point map creation to enable shared experiences.
Google Cloud releases COVID-19 data sets to foster coronavirus-fighting AI models
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 18:39
Google launched the COVID-19 Public Datasets program, which will provide coronavirus data sets to researchers at no charge.
Gamedev.World starts GDC Relief fundraiser for indie game developers on Twitch
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 18:00
Gamedev.World has started its GDC Relief fundraiser for indie game developers on Twitch. The live fundraiser starts today and continues through April 1.
Amazon proposes technique for improving computer vision models without reprocessing
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 17:55
Amazon researchers propose a technique that enables AI image classifiers to self-improve without having to recompute on new images.
12 IRS (Non-Stimulus) Tax Rules You'll Need This Year
Forbes - 30 Mar 2020 17:43
Everything is income. The IRS taxes all income from any source, whether in cash or in kind. Lottery? Taxed. Gambling? Taxed. You name it, it's taxed. If you find a diamond ring, you pay tax on its fair market value even ...
Microsoft's AI-powered Editor can generate rewrite suggestions
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 17:30
Microsoft's AI-powered text editor is getting more powerful with rewrite suggestions and will soon be available for Outlook.com and browser extensions.
Microsoft's Chromium Edge is getting Vertical Tabs, Smart Copy, and Password Monitor
Venture Beat - 30 Mar 2020 17:30
Microsoft announced new Chromium Edge features for consumers that are coming soon: Vertical Tabs, Smart Copy, and Password Monitor.