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Labelbox raises $40 million for its data labeling and annotation tools
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 14:00
Labelbox, a startup developing a data annotation and labeling platform, raised $40 million in venture funding.
Quantum venture funding dipped 12% in 2020, but quantum investments rose 46%
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 23:47
According to CB Insights, the number of funding deals for quantum computing startups rose 46% in 2020 but the total amount raised fell 12%.
Researchers propose platform for evaluating disease-forecasting AI methods
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 23:15
Researchers at the University of Southern California propose a platform -- EpiBench -- to compare disease-forecasting AI models.
Kingdom Hearts series is coming to PC via Epic Games Store
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 21:14
Square Enix just announced that the Kingdom Hearts series will soon be available on PC for the first time on March 30.
Dynatrace and New Relic battle for dominance in the enterprise observability market
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 20:30
The battle for control over the future of observability in the enterprise depends on which vendors can collect the most relevant metrics.
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Forbes - 11 Feb 2021 20:10Hearthstone had over 23.5 million active players in 2020
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 20:00
Blizzard had released a new infographic showing Hearthstone's big numbers for 2020.
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Forbes - 11 Feb 2021 19:03Immunai raises $60 million to analyze the immune system with AI
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 19:00
Immunai, a startup developing an AI platform for biomarker discovery, has raised $60 million in venture funding.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches June 11
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 18:15
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the PS5's next major releases. It is coming in late spring for $70 or as an $80 Deluxe edition.
Nvidia: Researchers train AI to reward dogs for responding to commands
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 18:00
Researchers Jason Stock and Tom Cavey have published a paper on an AI system that rewards dogs for doing tricks.
LG's CX is a surprisingly great TV for playing retro games
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 17:40
The LG CX TV is great for 4K gaming at 120Hz with cutting edge consoles and GPUs, but its also great at feeling authentically old.
Require workers to get vaccinated? Not on Main Street: Small business owner survey
CNBC - 11 Feb 2021 17:37
United Airlines may mandate all its workers be vaccinated and some companies are paying workers to get a Covid vaccine, but small business owners are reluctant.
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Forbes - 11 Feb 2021 17:17Taking your game cross-platform can increase revenue by 20 to 40% (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:50
Learn how to go multiplatform, capture and keep user attention, how to keep your game growing in an increasingly crowded market.
Disciples: Liberation unearths dormant strategy-RPG franchise in early 2021
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:30
The long-lived Disciples strategy-RPG series is back with Disciples: Liberation, and a new studio is behind it: Frima.
Asmodee acquires Board Game Arena, a platform for playing tabletop games online
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:00
Board game publisher Asmodee has acquired the Board Game Arena virtual tabletop platform, which has grown 600% over the past year.
Scopely unveils nearly unwinnable Star Trek: Kobayashi Maru web game
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:00
Scopely has launched its Star Trek: Kobayashi Maru web game as a kind of free promo for its Star Trek: Fleet Command mobile game.
Six Days in Fallujah is coming to PC and consoles in 2021
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:00
Too controversial at first when proposed in 2009, Six Days in Fallujah will now debut on the PC and the consoles in 2021.
Rewind acquires BackHub to extend its automated SaaS data backups to GitHub
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:00
Canadian back-up-as-a-service (BaaS) company Rewind acquires BackHub to extend its automated SaaS data backups to GitHub.
Pokémon Go maker Niantic unveils Black Developers Initiative
Venture Beat - 11 Feb 2021 16:00
Pokemon Go maker Niantic announced today it has created a Black Developers Initiative (BDI) to help Black game and AR developers.