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Forbes - 27 Oct 2020 22:15Google updates Firebase with new emulator and data analysis tools
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 18:30
Google today announced updates to its service for building apps for Android, iOS, and the web, at the online-only Firebase Summit.
Microsoft Teams passes 115 million daily active users
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 23:48
Microsoft Teams has passed 115 million daily active users, up 53% from the 75 million daily active users in April.
AMD is buying Xilinx for $35 billion to compete with Intel in the datacenter
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 18:13
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy programmable chip maker Xilinx for $35 billion in stock. And AMD beat earnings estimates for Q3.
Lightmatter details Passage, a light-based chip interconnect that enables 1Tbps data transfers
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 17:00
Lightmatter, an optical chip startup, unveiled a hardware interconnect solution capable of speeds exceeding 1Tbps.
Cyberpunk 2077 postponed another 21 days until December 10
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 19:21
CD Projekt Red announced that it has delayed the ambitious and highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 by another 21 days until December 10.
Human API raises $20 million to standardize health records with AI
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 18:23
San Mateo, California-based startup Human API raised over $20 million to standardize health records with an AI pipeline.
The quick iPhone 12 Pro review: Apple's on 5G and camera autopilot
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 18:02
Apple's flagship phone adds long-awaited features from 5G cellular support to Lidar and an A14 CPU, yet doesn't feel like a big leap forward.
Microsoft reports $35.7 billion in Q1 2021 revenue: Azure up 48%, Surface up 37%, and LinkedIn up 16%
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 22:19
Microsoft reported fiscal Q1 2020 earnings, including revenue of $37.2 billion, net income of $13.9 billion, and earnings per share of $1.82.
Researchers develop sentence rewriting technique to fool text classifiers
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 21:20
MIT researchers have developed a new technique to fool text classifiers using a sentence-rewriting AI system.
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Forbes - 27 Oct 2020 20:55Why genre matters for mobile game monetization (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 19:08
If your goal is to maximize the revenue impact of ad monetization, it's important to hone in on the right formats and strategies.
Ex-Blizzard dev Chris Metzen unveils Warchief Gaming tabletop game company
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 19:00
Chris Metzen was the primary visionary at Blizzard Entertainment on games such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. But toiling on games took a toll, and after 22 years, he left it all behind in 2016. Now, four...
Uber releases new privacy features for riders and drivers
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 16:25
Uber has begun rolling out two new privacy features -- View as Driver and Profile Data Expiration -- in the U.S. and Canada.
Postmates teams up with retailers on delivery in Los Angeles just in time for the holidays
CNBC - 27 Oct 2020 16:25
Postmates' new service will allow customers to get instant delivery from clothing, home, beauty and wellness retailers, while broadening the delivery company's reach.
Google Search rivals urge EU to revisit Android antitrust case
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 16:00
Five search engines are banding together to request that EU regulators take another look at Google's allegedly anticompetitive practices.
Researchers find language models do a poor job of following basic instructions
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 15:30
Researchers investigating whether a machine learning language model could understand basic sets of instructions found it performed poorly.
RTX 3070 review: A $500 GPU that matches the $1,200 RTX 2080 Ti
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 15:00
We take a look at the RTX 3070. At $500, can it really match the $1,200 RTX 2080 Ti, or was that just Nvidia marketing?
Motional partners with Via to launch a robo-taxi service in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 15:00
Motional and Via announced a partnership to launch a robo-taxi service in the U.S. in the second half of 2021.
Alethea AI makes it easy to create AI avatars from a single photo
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 15:00
Alethea AI, a startup that can create photorealistic AI-generated avatars from a single photo, is unveiling its AI Avatar Studio today.
Waymo partners with Daimler to develop self-driving delivery trucks
Venture Beat - 27 Oct 2020 15:00
Waymo said it will partner with Daimler to develop self-driving trucks that will be sold to U.S. customers within the next few years.