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Forbes - 5 May 2020 20:43GigaSpaces raises $12 million to accelerate AI workloads with in-memory computing
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 16:25
Startup GigaSpaces announced that it raised $12 million to further develop its in-memory computing platform for big data analytics workloads.
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Forbes - 5 May 2020 14:10Epitopes.world taps AI to predict COVID-19 vaccine success
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 23:05
A new freely available platform -- Epitopes.world -- taps AI to accelerate the development of vaccines targeting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Microsoft Research's VROOM combines life-sized AR avatars with robots
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:43
Microsoft Research developed VROOM, a system combining VR, AR, and telepresence robots to bring life-sized avatars to the workplace for online meetings.
Electronic Arts beats investor expectations with $1.39 billion in Q4 revenue
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:34
Electronic Arts reported its Q4 and fiscal 2020 annual earnings. The company outpaced Wall Street expectations thanks in large part to live-service games.
FIFA 20 tops 25 million players while Madden reaches highest engagement ever
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:33
Electronic Arts said in its earnings release that FIFA 20 topped 25 million players while Madden reached its highest engagement ever.
Apex Legends was the most downloaded free-to-play PS4 game in 2019
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:27
Electronic Arts revealed during its latest financial report that Apex Legends was the most downloaded free-to-play game on PS4 in 2019.
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Forbes - 5 May 2020 22:20Candy Crush sees more play than ever since Activision-Blizzard's 2016 acquisition
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:07
Activision Blizzard announced today that King's mobile games had 273 million monthly active users in Q1 2020.
Call of Duty: Warzone hits 60 million downloads in less than 2 months
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:06
More than 60 million players have parachuted into Call of Duty: Warzone in the past 52 days since its launch, according to Activision Blizzard.
Blizzard games see huge boosts of players during pandemic
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:06
Activision Blizzard released it financials today, revealing that Blizzard's games have seen gains in player activity while people stay home.
Activision Blizzard posts $1.79 billion Q1 revenues as pandemic creates gaming surge
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 22:05
Activision Blizzard reported earnings that beat expectations as the company saw a surge for its games because people are staying inside.
Coronavirus fraud: Two New England men are first to be charged with scamming small business loan program
CNBC - 5 May 2020 21:36
The men are charged with fraudulently applying for more than $500,000 in assistance from the new CARES Act Payroll Protection Program, which is designed to help businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
MicroProse returns with 3 new games coming to Steam
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 20:36
MicroProse is back from the 1980s. The studio is returning with new simulation and strategy games that are all launching for the PC.
4 game charities band together to fight pandemic-related fundraising shortfalls
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 20:15
Four video game charities are banding together for a fundraiser to help raise money for their coronavirus relief programs.
This tax break is up in the air for employers who furloughed workers
CNBC - 5 May 2020 19:54
Employers who furlough their employees but cover the cost of health insurance may not be able to claim the employee retention tax credit. Lawmakers are now asking Treasury to change course.
OpenAI begins publicly tracking AI model efficiency
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 19:23
OpenAI says it will begin publicly benchmarking the efficiency of state-of-the-art AI models in an effort to quantify the field's progress.
War Remains depicts World War I's Battle of Passchendaele in VR
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 19:00
War Remains is a virtual reality experience that uses virtual reality to take audiences back to World War I's horrific Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
This is how many furloughed Main Street employees will get jobs back
CNBC - 5 May 2020 18:49
As the economy reopens from the coronavirus shock, not all small business jobs held on Main Street will be coming back, not even by a long shot, according to the Q2 2020 CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.
Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh develop low-cost, modular ICU ventilator
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 18:13
Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a low-cost, full adult ventilator that can be deployed in ICUs.
Apple's virtual WWDC20 will begin on June 22
Venture Beat - 5 May 2020 18:09
The online-only developer event will start on June 22, a late start reflecting its transition from an in-person conference to a fully digital format.