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Forbes - 14 Aug 2020 16:46ProBeat: Microsoft's Surface Duo is dead on arrival, regardless of price
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 19:30
Surface Duo, Microsoft's dual-screen Android phone, is dead on arrival. But that's not because of the price: 128GB for $1,400 and 256GB for $1,500.
Activision teases Call of Duty: 2020 in a basement in Warzone
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 23:21
Activision has teased its Call of Duty 2020 game, believed to be Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, in the Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale game.
The RetroBeat: The 10 best U.S. launch titles ever
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 22:33
Halo: Infinite's delay puts Microsoft in a weird spot, as their upcoming Xbox Series X is now without a major launch title. Launch games matter.
Companies of the week: Here are some brilliant transformative tech companies that are hiring right now
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 22:12
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Wildlife Studios raises $120 million for casual mobile games at $3 billion valuation
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 21:37
Brazil's Wildlife Studios has raised $120 million in a new round of funding for its casual games across multiple genres.
Fortnite's 'safety and fairness' ban actually hurts users and developers
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 20:49
Apple and Google claim they banned Fortnite to ensure platform safety and fairness, but Epic's a perfect example of why neither justification is true.
One in three New York restaurants won't open after the pandemic. The Fat Radish is one of the unlucky ones
CNBC - 14 Aug 2020 20:37
The Fat Radish will shutter its doors forever, joining the scores of New York restaurants that have decided to close permanently.
Google researchers use quantum computing to help improve image classification
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 20:35
In a new tutorial, Google researchers demonstrate how quantum computing techniques can improve accuracy in tasks like image classification.
EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 18:00
Electronic Arts rebranded its subscription game services -- EA Access and Origin Access -- under the EA Play brand name. The benefits stay the same.
Google open-sources LIT, a toolset for evaluating natural language models
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 17:37
Google-affiliated researchers developed an open source framework -- Language Interpretability Tool (LIT) -- designed to explore and audit language models.
5 Concise Questions With Jonathan "Magar" Martinez Cannabis Curing Specialist
Forbes - 14 Aug 2020 17:21Lessons From The Frontlines: Preparing A Global Vaccine Workforce
Forbes - 14 Aug 2020 17:19How to improve AI economics by taming the long tail of data
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 16:25
Long-tailed distributions of data make it difficult to build efficient AI companies. Here's some advice from practitioners on how to fix the problem.
Ubisoft fires Assassin's Creed: Valhalla director Ashraf Ismail
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 15:56
Ubisoft has fired Ashraf Ismail, director of the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, after an internal investagitaion by the publisher.
Problematic study on Indiana parolees seeks to predict recidivism with AI
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 15:30
A four-year effort to monitor parolees in Indiana with bracelets and use AI algorithms to predict their behavior raises red flags.
Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console in July
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 15:01
Nintendo Switch was once again the top-selling console of the month for July. It outsold the PS4 and Xbox One in terms of units and dollars.
5 TikTok Growth Hacks You Need To Know
Forbes - 14 Aug 2020 15:00July 2020 NPD: Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima have strong debuts
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 14:57
The July 2020 NPD gaming report is in, and it's another big one for software and content sales. Paper Mario: The Origami King and Ghost of Tsushima lead.
Five Teen Entrepreneurs Have Become Leading Distributors Of PPE, And May Be Changing Supply Chain Management As A Result
Forbes - 14 Aug 2020 13:30U.S. Justice Department going 'full tilt' on tech antitrust probe
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 12:33
The U.S. Justice Department is moving "full-tilt" on its antitrust investigation of Alphabet's Google and other Big Tech platforms.
Xbox boss on the phyiscs of the PlayStation 5's design
Venture Beat - 14 Aug 2020 00:16
Xbox boss Phil Spencer gave his thoughts on the look of the PlayStation 5, and that provided some insight into why the system looks the way it does.