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AI still struggles to recognize hateful memes, but it's slowly improving
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 21:18
The preliminary results of Facebook's Hateful Memes Challenge suggest that multimodal tasks pose a challenge for AI.
The D20 Beat -- My fall RPG download
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 20:37
The pandemic and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/Series S launches dominated gaming, but the fall's RPGs are good!
EverQuest studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 20:04
EG7 announced today that it has acquired Daybreak Games, the game development studio best known for MMOs like Everquest.
Post-election, political partisanship on Main Street is spiking
CNBC - 1 Dec 2020 15:51
The economic outlook on Main Street has dipped, but it's the election more than Covid-19 causing the small business pessimism, CNBC|SurveyMonkey data reveals.
Nvidia introduces AI for generating video conference talking heads from 2D images
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 23:54
Nvidia researchers created AI for recreating and manipulating talking heads in video conferences from a singe 2D image.
Salesforce acquires Slack for $27.7 billion
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 23:08
Salesforce has confirmed that it's buying team collaboration platform Slack, shortly after rumors first emerged that a deal was imminent.
Andy Jassy's AWS keynote revealed little about multicloud plans
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 22:55
In a market moving increasingly toward multi and hybrid cloud models, people are eager to see how AWS's attitude will evolve.
Nvidia, Intel, and AMD GPU shipments up 10.8% as consumers scoop up PCs
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 21:03
Nvidia, Intel, and AMD GPU shipments continue to see supercharged demand from consumers looking for entertainment and home productivity.
Amazon launches new AI services for DevOps and business intelligence applications
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 20:13
Amazon launched a slew of new AI and machine learning services duiring its re:Invent conference, including DevOps-focused offerings.
Microsoft Teams now supports Apple CarPlay, saves call recordings, and identifies spam calls
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 19:00
Microsoft Teams gets Apple CarPlay support, saving call recordings to OneDrive and SharePoint, spam call identification, and call merging.
Amazon debuts Trainium, a custom chip for machine learning training in the cloud
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 18:54
Amazon unveiled Trainium, a custom chip for machine learning training workloads. It'll be available to AWS customers in H2 2021.
Flock Freight raises $113.5 million to consolidate truck freight shipments with algorithms
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 18:00
Flock Freight, a startup developing a platform that matches freight with ground transportation, has raised $113.5 million.
Rival Peak aims to be a massive game-like reality show with AI characters
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 16:00
Genvid Technologies and Pipeworks Studios are unveiling Rival Peak, an interactive show on Facebook that is part game and part reality show.
Even In A Pandemic, Investors Will Fund These Type Of People Launching Startups
Forbes - 1 Dec 2020 15:57Digital Credentials Impacts Hiring For Employers And Employees
Forbes - 1 Dec 2020 15:30Have You 'Outgrown' Your Original Employees? Here's How To Assess Their Evolution
Forbes - 1 Dec 2020 15:10Flexe raises $70 million to make logistics networks more elastic
Venture Beat - 1 Dec 2020 15:00
Flexe, an on-demand warehousing platform used by retailers like Walmart, has raised $70 million in a round of funding.