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'Breaking Bad' star Giancarlo Esposito has to be the next Far Cry villain, right?
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 16:29
Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring on 'Breaking Bad') is in a "huge" upcoming video game, and what else could it be but the next Far Cry game from Ubisoft?
Slutty Vegan Founder Pinky Cole Is 'Walking The Walk' With Her Justice Efforts
Forbes - 2 Jul 2020 20:31ControlZee raises $3 million for 'massively interactive swarm games'
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 15:30
ControlZee has raised $3 million to bring to life multiplayer worlds, or "massively-interactive swarm games," where viewers control the action.
This Uber Eats driver is on track to make $100,000 a year - here's how he's doing it
CNBC - 2 Jul 2020 18:23
Sam Lyon challenged himself to drive for Uber Eats 12 hour per day, every day, for the month of June, to see how much money he could make. Here are the results.
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Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 18:00
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When These Entrepreneurs First Pitched Podium, A VC Analyst Walked Out On Them. Now, Their Company Does Over $100 Million In Annual Revenue
Forbes - 2 Jul 2020 15:30Best CBD oil for anxiety and depression: Top 3 brands for 2020
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 23:28
CBD has a powerful effect on our neurological systems -- helping to keep us calm, boost our mood, and restore our ability to resist daily stress.
Airborne Kingdom makes city-building magical and imaginative
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 22:58
Airborne Kingdom takes elements city sims and strategy games and attaches it to a tantalizing hook. Your city is a kingdom in the sky.
Finding Joy And Gratitude Even During The Toughest Times
Forbes - 2 Jul 2020 21:59Bar owners reckon with costly stop and starts as states close them down again
CNBC - 2 Jul 2020 21:20
Governors in Michigan, Florida, Texas, California, Colorado and Arizona are closing thousands of bars again ahead of the Fourth of July weekend as Covid-19 cases in those states surge.
Goldman explains Apple Card algorithmic rejections, including bankruptcies
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 21:12
The system Apple uses to approve or deny Apple Card applicants is a black box, so we reached out to learn how Goldman's algorithm works -- and it's not AI.
Ubisoft's Hyper Scape is a sci-fi battle royale with audience participation
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 20:15
Ubisoft is unveiling its new science fiction battle royale game Hyper Scape, where 100 players battle each other to be the last one standing.
AI system learns to model how fabrics interact by watching videos
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 20:15
Researchers propose an AI system that learns to model the physical interactions between types of fabrics by watching videos.
Unemployment is falling. But it may be short-lived: 'There's no cause for celebration'
CNBC - 2 Jul 2020 19:26
The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in months and the U.S. economy added record jobs in June. But there are several reasons to temper optimism about the rebound.
Seven Ways To Leverage Customer Complaints For Positive Business Growth
Forbes - 2 Jul 2020 19:15Bipartisan Senate bill would punish retailers for refusing cash payments
CNBC - 2 Jul 2020 19:07
Retailers are promoting "contactless" digital payments to minimize germ spread during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-KG uses AI to scan thousands of studies to answer doctors' coronavirus questions
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 18:28
In a new paper, researchers from Columbia, Brandeis, Darpa, UCLA, UIUC, and elsewhere describe an AI framework that answers questions about COVID-19.
With $5.7 million, One More Game comes out of the shadows
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 16:30
One More Game raised $5.7 million for a new game studio in Seattle last fall, and one of its investors is Andreessen Horowitz.
PlayStation pulls ads from Facebook and Instagram for boycott
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 15:35
PlayStation is pulling its ads and content from Facebook and Instagram through the end of July in solidarity with the #StopHateForProfit movement.
How technology is helping dine-in restaurants reopen
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 15:16
Restaurants have had to rapidly embrace delivery and pickups, but as lockdown measures ease, technology is playing a big role in enabling people to dine in.
CrazyLabs invests $500,000 in Indian hypercasual game accelerator
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2020 14:30
CrazyLabs has made a big business out of hypercasual games, and now it is investing $500,000 in CrazyHub, a new accelerator for hypercasual games in India.