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PlayBrain has raised $6 million in funding to create content and manage tournaments for esports competition in Japan. To date, it has raised $8 million.

Hunters.ai, a cybersecurity startup that leverages AI and machine learning to detect threats, has raised $15 million in venture capital.

Tech giants joined universities and nonprofits and backed a national AI research cloud, something supporters say will help the U.S. innovate and compete.

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The amount of data being transmitted, received, stored, & analyzed at the edge, or on devices, is exploding; a new strategy for data management is needed.

The shift to remote working represents an opportunity to enhance workforce development and the up-skilling of employees by leveraging the power of digital learning.

A rare piece of Mac ransomware looks like extra CrashReporter or Google Software Update OS processes, but is actually locking up files for a paid ransom.

In a recent paper, analysts at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute examine key challenges faced by the AI community -- and propose solutions.

In a newly published paper, Facebook proposes a system -- MARGE -- that can summarize and translate documents without fine-tuning on data sets.

The FCC has banned carriers from using U.S. funds to purchase "untrustworthy" Huawei and ZTE telecom equipment based on company ties to China's government.

With a $1 billion of impact investing capacity, Upstart Co-Lab's Member Community aims to stimulate local economies and create jobs by supporting creative economy enterprises.

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Researchers from Georgia Tech and Microsoft combined reinforcement learning and language models to outperform state-of-the-art AI in text adventures games.

Visa is offering $100,000 in grants to U. S.-based, black-women-owned businesses as part of a series of new initiatives to support small businesses and assist them in coping with the pandemic.

It wasn't the Coronavirus that seriously shook things up, but it's this new executive order that may require a significant reorganization

Google launched Connected Sheets for G Suite users in general availability, and it previewed new AI-powered features: Smart Fill and Smart Cleanup.

Rios, a Stanford robotics spinout founded by former Xerox PARC engineers, today emerged from stealth after 18 months with $5 million in financing.

Alphabet has confirmed that it's acquiring North, a Canadian augmented reality (AR) wearables company backed by Amazon and Intel.

Microsoft announced new initiatives around digital skills, including cash grants, opening access to data, and a new learning tool inside Microsoft Teams.

The chips found in Google's Wear OS- and Android-powered smartwatches are getting a major upgrade in 2020, enabling phone-caliber apps to run on your wrist.

Lyft announced it will resume tests of its self-driving vehicles on public roads after the pandemic forced a hiatus in March.