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In a new paper, Facebook researchers detail wav2vec 2.0, which ostensibly achieves state-of-the-art speech recognition performance.

Third Wave Automation, a startup developing an autonomous forklift platform, emerged from stealth with $15 million in series A funding.

Nylas, which provides email, calendar, and contact APIs for developers to build into their own apps, has raised $25 million in a series B round of funding.

Epic Games doesn't want to pay Valve's rate to have access to Steam's audience, and it may not have to if Epic Games Store continues growing.

Call of Duty: Mobile has hit 250 million downloads since its debut on October 25, according to mobile measurement firm Sensor Tower.

In response to a research paper that claims to predict criminality from people's faces, hundreds demand its withdrawal from publication.

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We've been able to test the key new features of Apple's 2020 operating systems and summarize them all for you in this report. Should you install the betas?

More than 700 U.S. cities plan to delay or cancel infrastructure projects after their responses to the coronavirus outbreak left budgets with unplugged holes.

Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz detailed the autonomous driving system that'll power forthcoming vehicles from the latter company.

Developer Inti Creates announced Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 during the New Game Plus Expo today. The retro sidescroller action game is coming soon.

It's the end of the line for the $149 standalone VR headset, which paved the way for Oculus Quest but didn't have enough reason to stick around.

Many businesses that received funding through the Paycheck Protection Program, which some officials credited for a stronger-than-expected May jobs report, anticipate laying off workers after depleting their loan money.

SqueezeBERT is NLP from former DeepScale CEO Forrest Iandola that's 4.3 times faster than BERT on a Pixel smartphone and lower latency than MobileBERT.

Amazon's Twitch Prime announced the launch of the Crown Channel, which combines gaming, pop culture, and real-time audience engagement.

Lyft says that it has begun collecting data from ride-hailing drivers in its network to better train its autonomous vehicle systems.

Former SIE Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden was once so powerful that his choice of a T-shirt alone once determined the fate of a franchise.

Many business owners and their employees affected by COVID-19 have questions about unemployment and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Legal experts answer the most commonly asked questions.

Chinas ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing aims to operate more than 1 million self-driving cars through its platform by 2030.

In a preprint paper, researchers propose an AI technique that reverse-engineers programs without any privileged knowledge.

Mintegral and its in-house creative studio Mindworks have launched the playable ad platform Playturbo, which can make new ad versions in seconds.

DoNotPay, which creates legal bots to fight the system on your behalf, has raised $12 million in a round of funding led by Coatue Management.