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Sensor Tower: Gardenscapes publisher Playrix blooms past 1.1 billion downloads
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 00:41
Mobile games publisher Playrix's catalog has earned over 1 billion downloads, according to market research Sensor Tower.
Valorant and Twitch build symbiotic relationship of success
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 23:15
Valorant and Twitch are feeding off of one another to reach new levels of success. This comes as stay-at-home measures continue to help livestreaming.
Hundreds of public companies hold on to small business loans as deadline to return money nears
CNBC - 13 May 2020 22:03
Many public companies that tapped PPP have so far escaped scrutiny because they aren't household names. CNBC found 49 companies with a market capitalization of at least $100 million that hadn't disclosed plans to return ...
Coronavirus and 5G: New devices are coming, but will networks be ready?
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 21:45
COVID-19 has thrown wrenches into the gears of smartphone makers and cellular carriers, but 5G devices are still coming, whether networks are ready or not.
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Forbes - 13 May 2020 21:30Sony reaffirms PS5 holiday launch but profits slip for games
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 20:35
Sony reaffirmed in its earnings report that the PlayStation 5 video game console is on track to ship during the holiday season this year.
Uber rolls out AI to verify drivers are wearing face masks
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 19:45
Uber has begun rolling out an AI system to its app that checks whether drivers are wearing masks. It's intended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Forbes - 13 May 2020 17:49Fortnite will launch on next-generation consoles on Unreal Engine 4 and migrate to UE5
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 17:45
Fortnite will debut on the next generation video game consoles as they launch, according to Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games.
Plan2Explore adapts to exploration tasks without fine-tuning
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 17:20
Researchers propose Plan2Explore, a new machine learning algorithm that learns to tackle previously unknown goals by imagining thousands of possibilities.
Epic Games: Unreal Engine 5 will bring a generational change to graphics
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 17:15
Epic Games took the wraps off its Unreal Engine 5 today, showing in a demo how games using it will generate outstanding realistic graphics in real-time.
Some autonomous vehicle companies resume public testing, others express caution
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 17:15
Autonomous vehicle companies such as Aurora, Zoox, and Waymo have resumed public road testing after pausing their operations during the pandemic.
Epic Games shows off a stunning Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 17:00
Epic Games showed off the first look at the graphics capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, upon which the games of the future will be built.
Alienware beefs up its gaming rigs with the latest cooling, processors, and graphics
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 16:00
Dell's Alienware division positions its gaming hardware as cool for gamers. And now it's getting cooler with liquid-cooled graphics for its hardware.
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Forbes - 13 May 2020 15:32CapitalG leads $50 million investment in managed cybersecurity provider Expel
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 15:16
Expel, a managed security service provider that companies outsource their cybersecurity to, has raised $50 million in a round of funding led by Capital G.
Eric Zaragoza: Non-Profit, California Sun-Grown Medical Cannabis For The People
Forbes - 13 May 2020 15:07Spatial gives enterprises free access to holographic AR/VR meeting app
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 15:00
The collaborative XR meeting and productivity app will be available to enterprises for a multi-month free trial, including support for PC and phone users.
RPA startup FortressIQ raises $30 million
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 15:00
Robotic process automation startup FortressIQ raised $30 million in equity financing, bringing its total raised to $42 million.
During COVID-19 Crisis, What Can We Learn From Post-Katrina Rebuilding? Ask Launch Pad
Forbes - 13 May 2020 14:3415 Signs It May Be Time To Let An Employee Go
Forbes - 13 May 2020 14:15Altr raises $15 million to broaden data-security-as-a-service
Venture Beat - 13 May 2020 14:00
Altr has raised $15 million to broaden its business of providing data-security-as-a-service in the era of cloud technology.