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Roblox teams with Warner Bros. and DC on Wonder Woman: The Themyscira Experience
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 15:00
Roblox announced it has teamed up with Warner Bros. and DC to create Wonder Woman: The Themyscira Experience inside Roblox.
Scotty Sire Reaches Into Stress Management With iCBD Oils In 5 Questions
Forbes - 25 Jun 2020 10:20Facebook releases AI development tool based on NetHack
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 23:53
Facebook released the NetHack Learning Environment, a research tool based on the game NetHack that's designed to benchmark and train AI agents.
Cyberpunk 2077 adds more ray-tracing features for RTX graphics cards
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 22:50
Cyberpunk 2077 ups its ray-tracing features with full reflections and limited shadows. This should take advantage of Nvidia's RTX cards.
How A Coffee Startup Is Helping Independent Roasters Give Back During The Pandemic
Forbes - 25 Jun 2020 22:23'We Thought She Was Crazy': Why Values Guide You In A Crisis
Forbes - 25 Jun 2020 22:10Detroit's fight over policing and facial recognition is a microcosm of the nation
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 22:05
Everything you need to know about policing and facial recognition is happening right now in Detroit, where the scales are tipping.
Riot Games announces 4-week League of Legends fundraiser for frontline health workers
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 22:00
Riot Games said it will stage a four-week charity fundraiser for frontline health workers in its League of Legends video game.
Congress introduces bill that bans facial recognition use by federal government
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 21:32
The bill would prohibit facial recognition use by the federal government and withhold funds from state and local governments that use the tech.
Boston Dynamics will ship Spot with a robot arm 'in a few months' and for home use 'someday'
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 20:35
Boston Dynamics will start selling Spot with a robot arm to businesses interested in mobile manipulation in a few months, and eventually for home use.
Waymo inks deal with Volvo to develop self-driving electric cars
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 20:30
Waymo has inked a deal with Volvo Cars Group to develop fully electric self-driving passenger cars, the two companies announced.
ReadyUp launches platform to keep track of esports and gaming events
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 18:30
Game events platform ReadyUp has pivoted away from a consumer business to a business-to-business model for event planners.
The rapid rollout of the Paycheck Protection Program raises fraud risk, government watchdog finds
CNBC - 25 Jun 2020 18:28
As of June 12, the Small Business Administration processed some $512 million in PPP loans for business owners in need. The speedy implementation of the program and limited underwriting could lead to potential fraud, the ...
SBA Issues New PPP Loan Guidance: What You Need To Know And FAQs
Forbes - 25 Jun 2020 17:52How to survive the toughest boss fight in The Last of Us Part II (spoilers)
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 17:30
The Last of Us Part II has a huge boss fight, and we've got a video of it and some tips on how you can survive the nasty battle.
Marvel's Avengers is more Ultimate Alliance than Spider-Man
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 17:23
What is the Marvel's Avengers game? It is looking more like an action-role-playing game in the style of Diablo, Destiny, or even Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Google's MixIT AI isolates speakers in audio recordings
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 16:59
In a new paper, researchers at Google describe an AI system that isolates speakers' voices in audio recordings using an unsupervised approach.
Newzoo: There will be over 3 billion gamers by 2023
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 16:00
The number of gamers around the globe will top 3 billion by 2023, according to market researcher Newzoo.
Lyft releases new self-driving vehicle data set and launches $30,000 challenge
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 16:00
Lyft released a data set containing logs recorded by its self-driving vehicles' sensors to kick off a new AI research challenge.
Cox launches Elite Gamer low-latency internet
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 16:00
Cox launches Elite Gamer Service to deliver low-latency internet as a subscription service and improve players' response times.
HTC's Vive X incubator backs 7 new startups, focuses on enterprise XR
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 15:00
The $100 million fund launched in 2016 and has nearly doubled its investment while increasingly focusing on enterprise VR and XR applications.
Startup Genome: 80 regions have produced unicorns as tech democratizes
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2020 11:50
While Silicon Valley still dominates, technology ecosystems have spread around the world, and Asia-Pacific is coming on strong.