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Did Tesla Buy Maxwell for Its Ultracapacitors or Higher-Density Batteries?If Tesla wants to jump to 300 watt-hours of power per kilogram of battery material, it needs Maxwell's technology. Ultracapacitors are a nice addition to the portfolio. The post Did Tesla Buy Maxwell for Its Ultracapacitors or Higher-Density Batteries? appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Google Reverses Plan to Cripple Adblockers, Other Extensions in ChromeA new report demonstrates that among all of the major adblock extensions, none of them have a significant performance impact on the browser in the first place. The post Google Reverses Plan to Cripple Adblockers, Other Extensions in Chrome appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Microsoft Working on New ‘Lite’ OS to Compete With ChromebooksMicrosoft is prepping a new operating system -- but it may not be called Windows at all. The post Microsoft Working on New ‘Lite’ OS to Compete With Chromebooks appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Modern CPUs Likely Permanently Haunted by Spectre Security FlawsIt's not clear if they can ever be resolved without jettisoning speculative execution, and the tremendous performance benefits it delivers. The post Modern CPUs Likely Permanently Haunted by Spectre Security Flaws appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Fake-News-Generating AI Deemed Too Dangerous for Public ReleaseYour friendly neighborhood fake news writer could be out of a job if systems like GPT2 become commonplace. For the time being, the researchers who developed this AI consider it too dangerous to release. The post Fake-News-Generating AI Deemed Too Dangerous for Public Release appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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In China, some parents seek an edge with genetic testing for totsQuestionable DNA “talent” tests find a market in up-and-coming Shenzhen.
What if you could diagnose endometriosis with a tampon?Women’s health care is often treated as all about reproduction. Some “femtech” startups are exploring the innovations that get overlooked as a result.
The technology behind OpenAI’s fiction-writing, fake-news-spewing AI, explainedThe language model can write like a human, but it doesn’t have a clue what it’s saying.
AI is reinventing the way we inventThe biggest impact of artificial intelligence will be to help humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own.
An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake newsFed with billions of words, this algorithm creates convincing articles and shows how AI could be used to fool people on a mass scale.
Why the future of satellite internet might be decided in rural AlaskaService in the rural areas of the state is abysmal, which makes it the perfect place to test next-generation satellite internet.
This is why AI has yet to reshape most businessesFor many companies, deploying AI is slower and more expensive than it might seem.
A cell-killing strategy to slow aging passed its first test this yearAre tired-out cells what make people old? A new generation of drugs is designed to wipe them out.
When will we have flying cars? Maybe sooner than you think.After decades of promises, personal air vehicles are finally getting close to commercial reality—but you still probably won’t own one
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Why can’t we build anything?Last week, California governor Gavin Newsom announced that he was intending to aggressively scale back plans for the state’s high-speed rail system, which in its most ambitious routing would have connected Sacramento to San Diego. The immediate cause was ballooning costs, which have risen from $33 billion to $77 billion and looked likely to exceed…You can now register .dev domainsGoogle today announced that you can now register .dev domain names. Google acquired the .dev top-level domain when ICANN opened up the web to new generic top-level domains (gTLD) a few years ago. At the time, Google acquired gTLD’s like .app, .page and .dev (for some reason, Google also owns .soy). Right now, the .dev…
Daily Crunch: Huawei founder remains defiantThe Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. ‘There’s no way the U.S. can crush us,’ Huawei founder claims In a rare interview with the BBC, Ren Zhengfei defiantly…
Meet a great startup lawyer: Cynthia HessIn late December, we launched our startup lawyer survey and to date we’ve received more than 1700 responses from startup leaders about hundreds of lawyers around the country and the world. Today we begin to publish the results of that survey, beginning with our first verified expert, a seasoned Silicon Valley attorney who has been…
Startup Law A to Z: Corporate MattersFounders are a special breed — independent, self-reliant, and resourceful. Yet these same attributes, critical in taking an idea from zero to one, can eventually cause first-time founders to misjudge situations and tackle problems without appropriate guidance. This is particularly true (sometimes tragically so) in the legal arena, where founders generally have little or no…
Google acquires cloud migration platform AloomaGoogle today announced its intention to acquire Alooma, a company that allows enterprises to combine all of their data sources into services like Google’s BigQuery, Amazon’s Redshift, Snowflake and Azure. The promise of Alooma is that handles the data pipelines and manages for its users. In addition to this data integration service, though, Alooma also helps…
Lenovo leads $10M investment in 6-legged robot maker VincrossVincross, the company behind the six-legged robot Hexa, said on Tuesday that it’s picked up $10 million in a Series A+ funding round led by Lenovo Capital, the startup fund managed by Lenovo Group. Returning investor GGV Capital and newcomer Seekdource Capital also participated. The company declined to disclose its latest valuation but said the…
Palo Alto Networks to acquire Demisto for $560MPalo Alto Networks announced today that it intends to acquire security startup, Demisto, for $560 million. The company sees a tool that can help enhance the Palo Alto security portfolio by adding a higher level of automation. “The addition of Demisto’s orchestration and automation technologies will accelerate Palo Alto Networks Application Framework strategy and serve…
Slack off — send videos instead with $11M-funded LoomIf a picture is worth a thousand words, how many emails can you replace with a video? As offices fragment into remote teams, work becomes more visual and social media makes us more comfortable on camera, it’s time for collaboration to go beyond text. That’s the idea behind Loom, a fast-rising startup that equips enterprises…
Movable Ink adds augmented reality to email marketing arsenalMovable Ink has always helped marketers create highly customizable, visually interesting emails. Today, the company announced a new capability for marketers who want to introduce lightweight augmented reality (AR) to their campaigns. Movable Ink co-founder and CTO Michael Nutt says the company was looking for a way to provide customers with AR experiences with less…
Qualcomm launches its next-gen 5G modem and mmWave antennaThere can be little doubt that 5G is going to take center stage at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. After years of hype without any real products, this is finally going to be the year that 5G — and especially 5G phones — will become available. 5G phones obviously need 5G modems, so…
Antescofo’s Metronaut adds an orchestra when you play musicMeet Metronaut, an app for smartphones and tablets that could change the way you play classical music. The startup behind the app, Antescofo, raised a $4.5 million funding round (€4 million) and has attracted 160,000 downloads. Daphni and OneRagTime are leading the round, with Nobuyuki Idei, Yann LeCun, Sophie Gasperment and Thibault Viort also participating.…
‘There’s no way the US can crush us,’ Huawei founder claimsHuawei’s founder has come out fighting against the U.S. government after he claimed that “there’s no way the US can crush us.” Ren Zhengfei, who founded the telecom company in 1987, doesn’t often make public statements, but, in a rare interview with the BBC, he defiantly claimed that Huawei’s business is growing stronger amid pressure…
Nissan’s old Leaf batteries can power this smart pop-up camper for one weekNissan has turned its old Leaf batteries into an off-grid camping companion. The automaker’s Nissan Energy subsidiary worked with camper manufacturer Opus to create the ultimate “smart” pop-up trailer that integrates cells recovered from its first-generation electric vehicles to provide off-grid power. Add in one to two recharges of the accompanying 400W solar panel accessory and…
Netflix cancels “Friends From College” after two seasonsNetflix comedy series “Friends From College” will not return for a third season. The show’s co-creator Nicholas Stoller announced the news earlier today on Twitter. Friends from College will not be returning for a third season. Thanks to everyone who watched it. Happy Presidents’ Day! — nicholasstoller 🇺🇸 (@nicholasstoller) February 19, 2019 Despite a very…
India’s state gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar numbersAnother security lapse has exposed millions of Aadhaar numbers. This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left exposed a part of its website for dealers and distributors, even though it’s only supposed to be accessible with a valid username and password. But the part of the site was indexed in Google, allowing anyone to bypass…
TCL leaks foretell a weird future for foldable phonesFoldables are going to get weird. And I’m here for it. Just check out these leaked TCL renders from CNET. All manner of strange and wonderful folding devices — two tablets and three smartphones, including one that flips all the way around into a Futurama-style bracelet. There are renders for tablets and phones that fold…
HiHello raises $2.5 million to finally fix contact managementHiHello, the latest startup to take aim at business cards with its own digital alternative, has raised a $2.5 million seed round to continue its efforts in building a better contact management solution designed for the mobile era. The new financing was led by August Capital, K9 Ventures and TenOneTen Ventures, and will see Villi Iltchev…
Instagram’s fundraiser stickers could lure credit card numbersMark Zuckerberg recently revealed that commerce is a huge part of the 2019 road map for Facebook’s family of apps. But before people can easily buy things from Instagram etc., Facebook needs their credit card info on file. That’s a potentially lucrative side effect of Instagram’s plan to launch a Fundraiser sticker in 2019. Facebook’s own…
VPN protocol WireGuard now has an official macOS appWireGuard could be the most promising VPN protocol in years. It lets you establish a connection with a VPN server that is supposed to be faster, more secure and more flexible at the same time. The developers launched a brand new app in the Mac App Store today. WireGuard isn’t a VPN service, it’s a…
Daily Crunch: Stop repeating this privacy lieThe Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Stop saying, ‘We take your privacy and security seriously’ Zack Whittaker says that in his years covering cybersecurity, there’s one variation…
Apple partners with Oakland nonprofit Dream Corps on Swift coding initiativeApple this morning announced a new partnership designed to train more people to code using its own programming language, Swift. The company says it’s now working with the Oakland-based nonprofit organization Dream Corps on the initiative, which will see Apple providing technology along with curriculum guidance, professional support and advocacy to individuals in middle and high…
Study says US Twitch streamers raked in roughly $87 million in 2017A new study estimates that revenue-earning American Twitch streamers grew to nearly 9,800 in 2017 (a 59 percent increase from 2016) and made an estimated $87.1 million (representing a 30 percent YOY increase). Twitch is one of the fastest-growing platforms for American content creators. In terms of year over year growth in number of creators themselves,…
Alan raises another $45 million for its health insurance productParis-based startup Alan has raised a Series B round of funding of $45 million (€40 million). Index Ventures is once again leading the round, with partners of DST Global also participating. The company had raised a $28 million funding round only 10 months ago. Alan is a software-as-a-service startup tackling a very specific industry: the…
Razer is closing its game store after less than a yearRazer is one of the dominant brands in gaming when it comes to buying equipment to play, but one of its biggest efforts to own a larger slice of digital spending hasn’t gone according to plan. After less than a year, the company announced it will close its digital game store at the end of this month…
UK parliament calls for antitrust, data abuse probe of FacebookA final report by a British parliamentary committee which spent months last year investigating online political disinformation makes very uncomfortable reading for Facebook — with the company singled out for “disingenuous” and “bad faith” responses to democratic concerns about the misuse of people’s data. In the report, published today, the committee has also called for…
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‘History of the Future’ book chronicles Palmer Luckey, Oculus, and the rebirth of VR'The History of the Future' is a new book by Blake Harris that chronicles the life of Palmer Luckey, the creation of the Oculus Rift, and the revival of VR.
Google schedules GDC event, reportedly for cloud gaming serviceGoogle has scheduled an event for March 19 at 10 a.m. Pacific time at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where it may unveil Project Stream.
GitHub expands bug bounty program and removes maximum award limitGitHub today beefed up its bug bounty program by expanding its scope, increasing the reward amounts, and adding Legal Safe Harbor terms to its policy.
AI predicts smartphone transportation modality from Wi-Fi signalsResearchers describe in a paper an AI system that can predict from Wi-Fi alone whether smartphone users are walking, driving, or biking.
T-Mobile launches 5G website to hype Sprint merger and rural broadbandWith regulatory approvals taking longer than expected, T-Mobile hopes consumers will contact the FCC to support its Sprint merger and get faster 5G service.
PUBG Mobile launches its Resident Evil 2 crossover eventPUBG Mobile has launched its Resident Evil 2 crossover event, the first time Capcom's zombies-based franchise has had a promotion with a mobile game.
Strategy Analytics: Amazon beat Google in Q4 2018 smart speaker shipmentsStrategy Analytics reports that smart speaker shipments hit a whopping 86.2 million units in Q4 2018, driven in part by smart displays.
Lenovo leads $10 million investment in robotics startup VincrossLenovo is leading a $10 million funding round in Vincross, a Beijing-based robotics company with plans to release educational and companion robots.
Varjo ships $5,995 VR-1 headset with retina display for industrial VRBusinesses looking for the ultimate in VR quality now have a pricey solution that delivers human-eye resolution for advanced 3D modeling and 2D detail.
Tonk Tonk Games raises $2 million for uFighter mobile game with your face in itTonk Tonk Games has raised $2 million in funding from Bitkraft Esports Ventures to build its uFighter mobile game, where you play as one of the fighters.
RPG veteran Bill Roper leaves Improbable and joins indie studio AuthorDigitalBill Roper has decided to leave Improbable, a British tech company that raised $502 million from SoftBank, to join Seattle game startup Author Digital.
Paradox Interactive reports Q4 was its best financial quarter everParadox Interactive revealed its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018, earning revenues of about $35.96 million.
Movandi’s BeamXR offers large-scale 5G coverage with few base stations5G networks are going to transform mobile communications, but new millimeter wave radios are necessary -- and Movandi has a way to make them work better.
Kairos raises $4 million for facial recognition technologyEmbattled Miami-based facial recognition startup Kairos has raised $4 million from an individual investor, bringing its total capital raised to $17 million.
ViSenze raises $20 million to further develop its AI product comparison toolsViSenze, which offers an image recognition platform that enables store customers to search for products by image instead of keyword, has raised $20 million in a series C round.
Uber open-sources Autonomous Visualization System, a web-based platform for vehicle dataUber's Autonomous Visualization System (AVS) is a tool that enables developers to see through the eyes -- or rather sensors -- of driverless cars.
Thumbtack partners with Alia to bring benefits to independent contractors, starting with cleanersThumbtack is partnering with Alia, which helps house cleaners get benefits like paid time off, in an effort to bring protections to contractor employees.
YouPorn goes progressive with new mobile web apps for Android and iOSOnline adult entertainment giant YouPorn is rolling out a new "app experience," one that brings native app-like features to Android and iOS.
Peraso raises $42 million for WiGig integrated chip solutionsPeraso Technologies, a Canadian company developing wireless networking chips based on the WiGig standard, today announced that it has raised $42 million.
Sphero’s RVR is a fully programmable robot for educators and hobbyistsSphero's RVR is a fully programmable, robust, and education-focused robotic rover that's designed to teach kids how to code.
Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL databaseDatabase platform startup Redis Labs has raised $60 million in a series E funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $146 million.
Cisco: Mobile internet traffic will approach a zettabyte by 2022According to Cisco, mobile internet traffic will reach an annual run rate close to a zettabyte and represent nearly 20 percent of global IP traffic by 2022.
SendBird raises $52 million so developers can add messaging and chat features to their appsSendBird has raised $52 million in a series B round of funding to help developers add messaging and chat features to their apps.
Vtime XR unveils AR mode for VR social networkVtime XR is unveiling a virtual reality social network that you can view through VR or through augmented reality on a smartphone.
Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon X55 modem for slimmer, faster 5G smartphonesThe latest Snapdragon modem and its related components will enable second-wave 5G smartphones to get as thin as 4G phones, yet considerably faster.
M12-backed NsKnox raises $15 million for real-time payment fraud detectionFinancial fraud protection startup NsKnox has raised $15 million in a funding round co-led by Viola Ventures and Microsoft's M12.
Huawei mounts PR offensive amid growing security concernsIn a pair of interviews, Huawei executives insisted there is no truth to accusations that China's central government meddles in the company's business.
Twitter expands political ad policy to EU, India, and AustraliaTwitter is expanding its political campaign policy and Ads Transparency Center to all European Union member states, India, and Australia.
Ann Arbor and Memphis are among the top cities for female founders raising their first roundA new study found that female-founded startups made up 21 percent of companies that raised an initial VC round in 2017, compared to 7 percent in 2005.
Facebook chief AI scientist joins $4.5 million round for algorithmic music startup AntescofoParis-based Antescofo announced it has raised $4.5 million of venture capital, a round that includes backing from Facebook's chief AI scientist Yann Le Cun.
Alibaba is behind hit Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda appA Chinese government propaganda app that became a huge hit was developed by Alibaba, at a time when the nation’s tech firms are under global scrutiny.
AI detects potentially damaging ice on wind turbinesMachine learning researchers detail in a newly published research paper a system that detects icing on wind turbine blades.
How Star Stable PC online game extended reach to girls with music labelStar Stable Entertainment has built a loyal base of followers among young girls for its massively multiplayer online fantasy world filled with horses.
Facebook’s chief AI scientist: Deep learning may need a new programming languageDeep learning may need a new programming language that’s more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said.
IOTA partners with Nova to launch seed fund for distributed ledger startupsIOTA Foundation partners with startup studio Nova to create a seed fund that targets entrepreneurs working on distributed ledger technologies.
Greg Broadmore interview — why Weta Workshop spent seven years on its Magic Leap gameGreg Broadmore had never made a game before. But he decided to do it after hearing about Magic Leap's ambitions. The result is Dr. Grordbort's Invaders.
Amazon plans to make 50% of shipments net zero carbon by 2030Amazon says it plans to make 50 percent of shipments with net zero carbon by 2030, as part of its Shipment Zero initiative.
Drones are changing the way police respond to 911 callsPolice are testing telepresence drones piloted by officers as part of a federal pilot program, and are deploying drones for routine 911 calls.
U.K. says Facebook needs independent ethical oversightFacebook and other big tech companies should be subject to a compulsory code of ethics, British lawmakers said on Monday.
GoCardless nabs $75 million from GV, others, to expand its recurring payments platform to the U.S.GoCardless, which helps companies collect subscription payments, has raised $75 million in a series E round of funding from big-name investors such as GV.
Sony seeing progress toward VR’s second generation of gamesSony’s Shawn Layden says the VR industry is starting to move into its second generation of content.
Problematic employees: When to hold on and when to fire themIn high-growth startups, learning to assess talent is a critical skill. Here are five personas you should learn to recognize and manage.
Could hackers trick voice assistants into committing fraud? Researchers say yes.Voice assistant technology is supposed to make our lives easier, but security experts say it comes with some uniquely invasive risks.
Tim Schafer interview: Psychonauts 2, crowdfunding’s future, and staying nimbleGamesBeat's Dean Takahashi caught up with Tim Schafer to talk about the game business, crowdfunding, and Double Fine's upcoming Psychonauts 2.
New controller patent could show the PSVR’s futureSony’s rumored new PSVR controllers have returned in two new patents, sporting some interesting features.
India is turning its back on Silicon ValleyIndia has for years incentivized Silicon Valley companies to make billions of dollars of investments in the nation. It's not that welcoming anymore.
Didi plans Chile, Peru, and Colombia launches to take on UberChinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing wants to take on U.S. rival Uber in some of Latin America’s fastest-growing markets: Chile, Peru, and Colombia.
Blockchain marketing tech landscape grows 13x in 18 monthsIn September 2017, there were 22 companies in the blockchain marketing-tech landscape. Now, as of Q1 2019, there are 290.
China’s tech companies are taking a more American approach to international expansionChinese tech companies are only just learning to adopt the complex global perspective necessary to winning in foreign markets.
PlayStation’s Shawn Layden says PSVR will see dramatic change in 10 yearsPlayStation’s Shawn Layden has us hopeful that PSVR 2 will happen. And maybe even PSVR 3 and 4, for that matter.
Jensen Huang interview: Why Nvidia believes 2019 will be a big year for laptop gamingJensen Huang is optimistic that 2019 will be a great year for gaming laptops, thanks to the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 graphics cards.
Audica is Harmonix’s new VR music shooterHarmonix announced a brand new VR rhythm game on Twitter today called Audica.
Amazon leads $700 million investment into electric pickup truck startup RivianAmazon.com will lead a $700 million investment in electric pickup truck startup Rivian Automotive, in the e-commerce giant’s biggest bet in automotive.
GamesBeat Decides 110: Bobby Kotick made us embrace socialismIt's a busy week. Tons of games are coming out, and we've had some big headlines. Let's figure it out together on the GamesBeat Decides podcast.
Documents show how Google used shell companies to keep datacenter negotiations quietDocuments obtained in a lawsuit against the city of San Jose show the lengths Google will go to to keep details about new datacenters under wraps.
Graphene supercapacitors use the sun to power advanced wearablesForget about batteries -- next-wave wearables could be powered by flexible supercapacitors that recharge using solar energy and run for 15,000 cycles.
AI examines artery calcium deposits to assess heart disease riskResearchers have developed a machine learning system that examines artery calcium deposits in the heart to assess heart disease risk.
Tencent reportedly wants to release Apex Legends in ChinaElectronic Arts declined to confirm it is negotiating with Tencent about launching Apex Legends in China, but the two companies have worked together before.
Sensor Tower: 2018 was mobile Minecraft’s best year ever with $110 million earnedMinecraft's mobile version earned $110 million on iOS and Android in 2018, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. This is that version's best year ever.
AI Weekly: Trump’s American AI Initiative lacks substanceThe American AI Initiative, which seeks to promote and foster artificial intelligence research, falls short in key respects.- Google open-sources PlaNet, an AI agent that learns about the world from imagesGoogle's PlaNet is an AI agent that's exceptionally good at predicting future actions in unfamiliar environments. It's available in open source.
ARCore 1.7 adds augmented faces, object animations, and UI ElementsFacial mapping, animated objects, and under-the-hood tweaks for developers are just a few of the welcome improvements to Google's Android AR software.
ProBeat: Tech company expansions need to be less arrogant and more transparentAmazon HQ2 and Google's cousin Sidewalk Labs both made news yesterday with their corporate expansions, showing arrogance rather than transparency.
Apple helps draft blockchain rules for Responsible Minerals InitiativeAn SEC filing offers a small piece of confirmation that Apple is involved with blockchain efforts, but it's not what you might imagine.
Facebook’s early Portal prototypes swiveled to see video subjectsFacebook has shared additional details about the evolution of its AI-powered camera for video calls in Portal, Facebook's first consumer device.
The DeanBeat: DICE Summit shows the inspirational highs and depressing lows of gamingThe DICE Summit was where the elite of the game industry gathered, and where they heard about great inspiration and crushing lows.
Researchers improve robots’ speech recognition by modeling human auditory processingResearchers devised a novel method of replicating how humans process sound, which they believe might be used to improve speech recognition in robots.
Samsung leaks Galaxy Buds, Galaxy Fit, and Galaxy Watch Active wearablesAs is typical ahead of a Samsung event, official names and images of multiple new products have all leaked directly from the company.
Blockchain technology can potentially defeat ad fraud and blockingVreo, a blockchain startup based out of Frankfurt, Germany, is trying to combat ad blocking and fraud through blockchain technology.- Telecom industry calls for Europe-wide network testing to avoid banning vendors such as HuaweiThe telecoms industry has asked European governments to help establish a testing regime to protect networks -- without banning vendors such as Huawei.
How to foster your game’s community in 2019Successful brands have an engaged following behind it. Companies putting in the hard work and elevating the community will be the backbone of their product.
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview: The first 20H1 buildMicrosoft has released Windows 10 build 18836. This is the first build from the 20H1 branch, coming in the first half of 2020.
Nvidia CEO foresees a great year for PC gaming laptopsNvidia CEO Jensen Huang acknowledged visibility is limited as Nvidia recovers from the crypto bubble. But he foresees strong demand for game laptops.
Far Cry: New Dawn review impressions — small and scrappyFar Cry: New Dawn is the latest side-story/standalone expansion from Ubisoft. Like Primal and Blood Dragon, it resues its map, but it's also more focused.
Amazon only has itself to blame for its failed New York campusAmazon's Long Island City campus was dead on arrival, after the company negotiated with New York officials for more than a year in secrecy.
Essential SaaS benchmarks for a competitive advantage (VB Live)Your subscription pricing and plan structure directly impact acquisition and retention, and nailing the formula requires a test plan and benchmark data.
Nvidia’s $2.21 billion in Q4 revenue helps erase previous stock lossNvidia posted earnings that beat Wall Street's reduced expectations for fourth fiscal quarter earnings for the period ended January 27.
Israel’s DriveNets raises $110 million to simplify telco service deploymentsNetworking software startup DriveNets emerged out of stealth mode today when it announced the company had raised $110 million in venture capital.
Machine love: 4 ways AI is helping humans on Valentine’s DayProcrastinate this Valentine's Day, or need someone to talk to? Artificial intelligence (AI) has your back in more ways than one.
Rainbow Six: Siege continues to drive Ubisoft’s growthUbisoft is seeing huge growth for its digital business, and games like Rainbow Six: siege are the primary driver behind that.
Walmart will set up VR-enhanced DreamWorks gift shops in parking lotsA collaboration to promote How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World will let kids and adults enjoy free VR experiences, ending with merchandise shops.
Tesla’s new ‘sentry mode’ camera security feels more like a hack than a real featureTesla is launching a 360-degree surveillance system to some cars today, but for now it feels like more of a hack than a real feature.
Amazon cancels New York HQ2 plansJust three months after Amazon announced it would bring 25,000 jobs to New York, the ecommerce giant is shelving those plans.
Sight Diagnostics raises $27.8 million to apply AI to blood testsSight Diagnostics, a startup developing a system -- Olo -- that it claims can perform blood tests with no more than a pinprick, has raised $27.8 million.
Amazon introduces Moments marketing tool for mobile games and appsAmazon is launching Amazon Moments, a service that lets you reward customers in more than 100 countries on iOS, Android, FireOS, and other platforms.
OpenAI let us try its state-of-the-art NLP text generatorOpenAI's new family of language models achieves state-of-the-art performance on a number of NLP tasks -- and sometimes generates convincing original text.
How do your live events rate? Take the Event Evolution Assessment and find out.It has never been harder for event and conference planners to break through the noise. Find out where you rank with this benchmarking tool.
Telia tests world’s first 5G movie theater with livestreaming filmsThanks to 5G's ultra-high bandwidth and low latency, movie theaters could start livestreaming new releases in 4K quality the moment they're available.
Catapult Ventures launches with $55 million seed fund for AI startupsCatapult Ventures launched today with $55 million for early-stage startups in the field of AI, machine learning, automation, robotics, and more.
Firefox 15 for iOS arrives with persistent Private Browsing, menu redesign, and tab reorderingMozilla has released Firefox 15 for iOS with improvements to the Private Browsing mode, the main menu, settings, and tabs.
Lego Hidden Side uses ‘haunted’ toys to advance AR on Android and iOSIt isn't easy to find compelling consumer uses of augmented reality, but Lego is taking another stab at it with ghostbusting toy sets for kids.
How the Redout franchise became much more than a racing gameTaking the Redout franchise off the tracks and into the cosmos was a combination of luck, community involvement, and a love of really fast spaceships.
Apple is forced to use Qualcomm chips in older iPhones after German lawsuitApple says it has 'no choice' but to use Qualcomm chips in iPhone 7 and 8 models sold in Germany, as a patent lawsuit precludes software workarounds.
Crackdown 3 hands-on video — an action-packed start for a comic book-style open worldDean Takahashi of GamesBeat plays the beginning of Crackdown 3, which slowly teaches you how to play and then sets you lose in a comic book-style open world.
Here Technologies to fund a $28 million research institute that applies machine learning to geolocation dataHere Technologies is investing $28 million in a machine learning research institute that will crunch location data on an industrial scale.
Pinpoint raises $13.5 million to bring data analytics to software developmentAustin-based startup Pinpoint seeks to bring transparency to sofware development with an innovative data analytics platform.
Accenture, Qualcomm, and Kellogg team up on eye-tracking mobile VR for retailersAccenture, Qualcomm, and Kellogg launched a pilot that uses eye-tracking technology in a VR headset to find the best way to stock shelves.- EU proposal targets digital platforms, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, and AppleEuropean Union lawmakers reached a broad agreement on new digital platform rules aimed at sharply reducing the power of tech giants.
Pirates hijack Apple’s enterprise certificates to put hacked apps on iPhonesSoftware pirates have hijacked Apple's technology to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, and other popular iPhone apps.
Malt raises $28 million to expand its European freelance platformParis-based Malt has raised $28 million in venture capital as it plans to expand its freelance platform into Germany and the Netherlands.
God of War takes Game of the Year, 9 of 23 awards at DICE AwardsSony's God of War won nine of 23 awards -- including Game of the Year -- at the 22nd annual DICE Awards in Las Vegas.
Halo steward Bonnie Ross accepts the Hall of Fame award at the DICE AwardsBonnie Ross, corporate vice president at Microsoft and head of 343 Industries, received the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards.
Heartland Tech Weekly: Why Amazon won’t drop its New York expansion plansIf Amazon truly believed that any other city could handle 25,000 tech jobs, then why wouldn't it have gone somewhere that was also offering them more tax breaks?
Fire Emblem: Three Houses will have flirting and fighting on July 26Fire Emblem: Three Houses is like an anime Harry Potter, and that is a very good thing. It is also getting a slight delay to summer.
Vainglory goes cross-platform on mobile, Steam, and MacSuper Evil Megacorp said that the Vainglory game is now cross-platform across mobile, Windows via Steam, and the Mac.
Why hybrid cloud architecture means totally rethinking security (VB Live)Learn more about the advantages of the hybrid cloud, and how to protect your data with automated and application-centric security practices.
Marketing a VR arcade requires creative messagingVR doesn’t sell itself. If you want to appeal to the mass audience, you need something else. Make the customer say "wow!"
The Zelda: Link’s Awakening remake is an important sign for Switch gamesNintendo is remaking one of the best Zelda games of all time for the Switch hybrid console, and it is launching it later this year.
Final Fantasy IX — the best Final Fantasy — arrives on SwitchSurprise! Final Fantasy IX is coming to Switch today.
Tetris 99 takes the puzzle game classic to the battle royale realmSurprise! A new Tetris game is coming out for Switch today. But it has an interesting twist on the classic puzzle game formula.
Polly raises $7 million to automate internal polling in the workplacePolly raised a $7 million funding round to bring more automation and integration with SaaS products to its polling app for Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Dragon Quest XI’s definitive edition is coming to Switch this fallDragon Quest XI is coming to Switch this fall in a new Definitive Edition.
Super Mario Maker 2 comes to Switch in JuneSuper Mario Maker 2 has a number of new features that many fans of the original will welcome, but it also includes the angry sun from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Game Workers Unite org calls for Activision CEO’s job after layoffsA game-unionization organization is trying to start the #FireBobbyKotick campaign on social media. Activision laid off 800 workers amid record revenues.
The RetroBeat: Tales of Vesperia is the best JRPG you can play on SwitchIf you have a Switch and want a good JPRG experience, you should pick up Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition.
Ubisoft continues to tease Rainbow Six: Siege’s Burnt Horizon contentUbisoft is planning to reveal Operation Burnt Horizon on February 17 during its Six Invitation esports event. But it has some sneak peeks in the meantime.
Google commits $13 billion for U.S. datacenters and offices in 2019Google says that for the second year in a row, it's growing faster outside the Bay Area than in it. Here's where the company will be investing in 2019.
Google Play Store app rejections went up 55% last yearIn a blog post, Google laid out the steps it's taking in 2019 to combat malicious Android apps and policy-violating developer networks.
New Apple subscription services alone don’t justify a March event (updated)Apple's media events are typically big deals, including announcements worth rounding up journalists from across the world. Are subscription services enough?
Affinity raises $26.5 million to manage relationships with machine learningAffinity, a San Francisco startup that uses machine learning to help surface valuable relationships, has raised $26.5 million.
How to build digital products that people loveFabric shows how a startup can wake up one morning, have an idea, and quickly launch a product or feature that has a dramatically positive customer impact.
Mobcrush livestreams reach an actual 160.4 million gamers in the U.S.Mobcrush, the mobile livestreaming service, for instance, reaches more than 160 million social media users in the United States.
Jack Dorsey’s ‘chaotic’ interview proves Twitter will never be the place for deep conversationsJack Dorsey's interview with Recode's Kara Swisher was hard to follow. But Twitter's UX issues aren't the only thing making it hard for users to converse.
Slack launches Block Kit to make it easier to build appsSlack announced general availability of Block Kit for building visually appealing apps and introduced Block Kit Builder for app design and prototype tests.
Quiz Date Live lets you compete in a livestreamed trivia dating gameJust in time for Valentine's Day, Quiz Date Live is debuting today as a dating trivia app, inspired by live games like HQ Trivia.
Metro: Exodus hands-on — A beginning that moves from slow to thrillingMetro: Exodus starts out in the darkness, and it eventually introduces you to a thrilling train ride in the first hour of gameplay.
China is building a 5G smart highway for autonomous cars and AI traffic monitoringChina's 5G highway will start by testing smart toll stations and move on to traffic predictions from big data and support for self-driving cars.
Amazon Echo owners can now add their own voice apps to the Alexa Skills StoreAmazon is making voice apps created by Echo owners with the easy-to-use Skills Blueprint available in the Alexa Skills Store.
Adobe rolls out new Experience Manager with Smart Tags for video, Visual Search, Smart Crop, and moreAdobe's revamped Experience Manager has plenty of machine learning-driven enhancements in tow, like Smart Tags for video and Smart Crop.
Xnor.ai debuts edge AI that runs on solar powerXnor.ai today introduced a device capable of running state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms on the edge with a small solar cell and no battery.
Elroy Air raises $9.2 million for delivery drones that can carry up to 500 poundsElroy Air, a startup that aims to commercialize its autonomous delivery drones in 2019 and 2020, has raised $9.2 million in seed financing.
THQ Nordic acquires Kingdom Come: Deliverance dev Warhorse StudiosTHQ Nordic announced today that it has acquired Warhorse Studios, the developer behind the 2018 PC RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Rapyd raises $40 million to expand its payments network worldwideRapyd, which helps companies and merchants of all sizes integrate a range of payment services into their platforms, has raised $40 million in a new round.
Fiverr acquires content marketing platform ClearVoiceServices marketplace Fiverr has acquired ClearVoice, a company that helps content writers find jobs. ClearVoice is Fiverr's third acquisition in two years.
InfluxData raises $60 million for time-series database softwareInfluxData has raised $60 million for InfluxDB, its time-series data management software that's freely available on GitHub.
Joor raises $16 million to expand its online fashion marketplace for wholesalersJoor, an online marketplace that connects fashion brands and retailers, has raised $16 million in a series C funding round led by Japan's Itochu.
Ex-Googler Alon Chen’s Tastewise uses AI to identify and predict food trendsTastewise aims to bring predictability to the food and beverage market with a little machine learning -- and a lot of data.
Driverless truck startup TuSimple raises $95 million at $1 billion valuationChina-based autonomous truck startup TuSimple, which has routes in Arizona, raised $95 billion in December 2018 at a $1 billion valuation.
Tableau’s Ask Data feature uses NLP to answer sales questionsTableau's new Ask Data feature uses AI to parse natural language questions about sales data -- and to serve up relevant visualizations.
Blizzard is working on several Warcraft and Diablo games despite layoffsBlizzard won't have any new games in 2019, but it is working on a lot of new stuff. Expect more World of Warcraft and Diablo soon.
Seattle’s VC firms raised more new funds in 2018 than they had in 10 yearsSeattle is getting more new VC firms, as the city is adding more tech jobs than San Francisco. But seed stage capital remains hard to come by.
Come clean when things go wrongAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos, turned crisis into opportunity by disclosing embarrassing information and positioning himself as a superhero.
King shuts down former Z2Live mobile game studio in Seattle, cuts 78 jobsActivision Blizzard said it is laying off hundreds of employees, and part of the fallout is that King's studio in Seattle will be shut, cutting 78 jobs.
Calls for bans on cashless stores unnecessarily indict cashierless storesIncreasingly, we're hearing about moves to ban cashless stores. But proponents are often confusing cashless with cashierless.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 sales strong, but Activision expected moreActivision Blizzard said that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 had strong quarter, outdoing sales of the previous Call of Duty: Black Ops III title from 2015.
Instagram may soon get direct messages for the webAs Facebook is making messaging a key priority for 2019, Instagram is testing out the ability for sending direct messages on the web.- Activision Blizzard cuts 8% of jobs amid ‘best’ financial resultsActivision set a new record for revenue, but it is cutting jobs. The company wants to put more resources into making games, so it is laying off people.
Apple angers news publishers with plan to keep 50% of subscription feesHave you heard this one before? News publishers don't like the idea of sharing their subscription revenues with Apple, especially as Apple's cut goes up.
Radeon VII vs. RTX 2080 — which $700 GPU should you get?REVIEW: The very high end of the video card market has had no real competition for Nvidia in years. AMD has put its efforts instead into beefing up its CPUs and providing some of the best mainstream graphics cards. This has enabled Nvidia to raise prices and focus on features like ray tracing that go…
May Mobility raises $22 million to deploy autonomous shuttles in cities across the U.S.Autonomous shuttle company May Mobility has raised $22 million in a series A round, bringing its total capital raised to over $30 million.
U.S. Senator asks Apple and Google to ban Saudi woman-monitoring appCiting media reports that the app is being used to restrict females' travels outside Saudi Arabia, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden wants Apple and Google to ban it.
Google refocuses Android Things as a ‘platform for OEM partners’In something of a pivot, Google announced that it's refocusing its Android Things platform as a 'platform for OEM partners.'
Mozilla and Ubisoft partner on AI coding assistant Clever-CommitMozilla and Ubisoft have partnered to develop AI coding assistant Clever-Commit, which helps programmers evaluate if a code change will introduce a new bug.