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Forbes - 25 Aug 2020 19:10WattBuy calculates electricity cost and carbon footprint for most U.S. homes
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
WattBuy specializes in energy intelligence and has come up with a way to calculate the electricity cost and carbon footprint for most U.S. homes.
Minority entrepreneurs at a tipping point as Black-owned banks dwindle in the U.S.
CNBC - 25 Aug 2020 15:57
There are less than two dozen Black-owned banks in the U.S., and not one manages more than $1 billion. For Black business owners and communities of color to create wealth, that needs to change, yet the trend is not neces...
NZXT launches $699 Starter PC to get more people gaming
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 23:31
NZXT's Starter PCs give people a simple option for getting into PC gaming but with an attractive case and quality components.
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Forbes - 25 Aug 2020 23:19Oppo Watch hands-on: It's not an Apple Watch clone -- it's what's next
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 22:37
It's easy to call Oppo's new smartwatch an Apple Watch clone, but it's actually an evolution in a few ways that will definitely appeal to users.
Researchers' AI can perform 3D motion capture with any off-the-shelf camera
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 21:25
In a paper, researchers at the Max Planck Institute and Facebook Reality Labs describe an AI-powered motion capture system that works with any camera.
The D20 Beat: Designing Burn Bryte as a digital-first tabletop RPG
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 19:37
Burn Bryte is virtual tabletop Roll20's new role-playing game, and it asked RPG designer James Introcaso to make it with digital in mind.
Chrome 85 arrives with tab management, 10% faster page loads, and PDF improvements
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 19:10
Google Chrome 85 brings tab management changes, 10% faster page loads, PDF improvements, and a slew of developer features.
Researchers examine uncertainty in medical AI papers going back a decade
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 18:13
In a meta-analysis, researchers investigated how medical machine learning studies handled uncertainty and noise within training data sets.
LinkedIn open-sources toolkit to measure AI model fairness
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 18:00
LinkedIn has made available LiFT, an open source toolkit to measure and mitigate bias in AI and machine learning pipelines.
Meet Duane Jones: Former Broadcaster Driving A New Age Of Creative Production
Forbes - 25 Aug 2020 17:39Microsoft starts rolling out Xbox's latest UX update
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 17:31
The Xbox UX update is rolling out today with upgrades that will improve the navigation and more on Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
Spaces is one more tile in Apple's incomprehensibly large AR/VR mosaic
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 17:24
Apple's grand plan to make mixed reality mainstream grows with new corporate acqusitions every month, even if the individual pieces don't make sense.
Microsoft's Transcribe in Word gives Office 365 subscribers 5 hours of transcription a month
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 17:00
Microsoft's Transcribe in Word feature offers up to five hours of audio transcription per month at no cost for Office 365 subscribers.
Microsoft gives devs an AI-powered tool to build reading accessibility into their apps
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 17:00
Microsoft today announced the general availability of Immersive Reader, a service that enables apps to present text in more digestible and accessible ways.
How security and copyright protection shaped video games as a business
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:25
YouTuber and game developer Modern Vintage Gamer talks about his work. He also provides a perspective on how security shapes video games.
Aira FreePower hands-on: A breakthrough for Qi wireless charging
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
Up until now, wireless charging pads required precise device positioning, but Aira's tech figures out device locations and quick-recharges them anywhere.
Fitbit unveils Sense and Versa 3 smartwatches with Google Assistant
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
Fitbit Sense for $330, Fitbit Versa 3 for $230, and Fitbit Inspire 2 for $100 ship in late September. The smartwatches come with Alexa or Google Assistant.
Socure raises $35 million to combat payments fraud with AI
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
Socure, a startup developing an AI-driven platform to combat payment fraud, has raised $35 million in an equity financing round.
Bill Gates leads $85.2 million investment in satellite antenna company Kymeta
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
Bill Gates has led an $85.2 million investment in Kymeta, a company that develops satellite antennas and services for "communications on the move."
Amazon's New World preview -- Taking down a fort with siege guns and magic
Venture Beat - 25 Aug 2020 15:00
Amazon postponed the launch of its New World massively multiplayer online role-playing game until 2021. But you can play the beta now.