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ET Logitech Gaming Sale: Save Up To 50 Percent Off On Gaming Mice, Speakers, and MoreToday you can save on several of Logitech's most popular products including some of the company's best gaming mice and speakers. The post ET Logitech Gaming Sale: Save Up To 50 Percent Off On Gaming Mice, Speakers, and More appeared first on ExtremeTech.
SpaceX Will Fly 4 Space Tourists in Dragon CapsuleToday, SpaceX and Space Adventures have announced a partnership that will bring Elon Musk's company fully into the world of space tourism. Within two years, SpaceX will send four civilians into orbit aboard its Dragon capsule. The post SpaceX Will Fly 4 Space Tourists in Dragon Capsule appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Leaked TCL Prototype Phone Has a Flexible Sliding DisplayTCL might be planning to take folding phones to a new place if a posted leak is to be believed. This alleged TCL prototype features a slide-out flexible display instead of a folding display. The post Leaked TCL Prototype Phone Has a Flexible Sliding Display appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Viva La VPN: Hola Protects You Online Anywhere, Anytime For Life For Under $40Net a lifetime of VPN protection for pennies on the dollar. The post Viva La VPN: Hola Protects You Online Anywhere, Anytime For Life For Under $40 appeared first on ExtremeTech.
MIT’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-DrivingA digital map of rocks, cavities, and utility pipes underground creates a unique signature. Cars can follow it, at speed, in snow, and be within 2 inches of the road center, says WaveSense. The post MIT’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Good News: Microsoft Won’t Force Office 365 Pro Plus Users to Use BingCredit: Microsoft Microsoft has changed its tone on mandatory Bing integration for Office 365 ProPlus users. The post Good News: Microsoft Won’t Force Office 365 Pro Plus Users to Use Bing appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The Glass Screen on the Galaxy Z Flip Still Has a Layer of Easily Damaged PlasticAccording to a recent durability test, the Galaxy Z Flip's display scratches just like a plastic one, even though it's supposed to be glass. The post The Glass Screen on the Galaxy Z Flip Still Has a Layer of Easily Damaged Plastic appeared first on ExtremeTech.
EVs Finally Get Some Love from the Most Important JD Power Study2018 Nissan Leaf Genesis goes to the head of the class in its first year of eligibility. Land-Rover holds down the last spot. But the big news is where the EVs land. The post EVs Finally Get Some Love from the Most Important JD Power Study appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Need A Surface Book Or Surface Pro? Get One For A Steal With These Factory Recertified ModelsUpgrade your tech this holiday weekend without spending a fortune. The post Need A Surface Book Or Surface Pro? Get One For A Steal With These Factory Recertified Models appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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Facebook backs Indian education startup UnacademyUnacademy, one of India’s fastest growing education startups, has just received the backing of a major technology giant: Facebook. The social juggernaut has participated in the four-year-old Indian startup’s Series E financing round, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. General Atlantic is leading the round, the size of which is about $100 million, the…
Cloud spending said to top $30B in Q4 as Amazon, Microsoft battle for market shareWe all know the cloud infrastructure market is extremely lucrative; analyst firm Canalys reports that the sector reached $30.2 billion in revenue for Q4 2019. Cloud numbers are hard to parse because companies often lump cloud revenue into a single bucket regardless of whether it’s generated by infrastructure or software. What’s interesting about Canalys’s numbers…
Alphabet takes the wind out of its Makani energy kitesAlphabet today announced that it is calling it quits on its efforts to build and monetize its Makani wind energy kites. Makani, which was founded in 2006, came into Google/Alphabet seven years ago as a Google X project. Last year, the company spun it out of X and made it a standalone Alphabet unit. Now,…
Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma LabsIs “Twitter Stories” on the way? Or will we just get tools to send prettier tweets? Well now Twitter has the talent for both as it’s just acquired Chroma Labs. Co-founded by Instagram Boomerang inventor John Barnett, Chroma Labs’ Chroma Stories app let you fill in stylish layout templates and frames for posting collages and…
Patreon enters the micro-lending game with Patreon CapitalPatreon, a platform for creators to earn monetary support from fans, is busting out the checkbook. The startup isn’t playing VC quite yet with newly launched Patreon Capital, but they are hocking non-equity cash advances (loans!) for Patreon customers in need of some extra cash for big creative rollouts. Patreon has already made about a…
Pandora’s new Apple Watch app lets you leave your iPhone behindSupport for standalone streaming has come to Pandora’s Apple Watch app. The company today announced the official launch of its new standalone app for Apple Watch that lets you listen to music and podcasts on the go, even without your iPhone. The launch makes Pandora the first major third-party — meaning, first besides Apple Music…
Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria“I don’t feel good about that. That sucks,” Chrys Bader-Wechseler reflects when asked about the bullying that went down on the anonymous app Secret he co-founded in 2013. After $35 million raised, 15 million users and a spectacular flame out two years later, the startup was dead. “Since I left Secret I feel alive and…
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is coming to TC Sessions: Space 2020This year marks our first-ever TC Sessions: Space event, and what better way to kick things off than with the head of NASA: Administrator Jim Bridenstine will join us onstage on June 25 in LA. NASA has been more open than ever before to working with startups and entrepreneurs, and we’ll hear directly from the…
Daily Crunch: Apple blames coronavirus for revenue missApple says the coronavirus outbreak will hurt its manufacturing and sales, Jeff Bezos makes a big commitment to fighting climate change and SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 18, 2020. 1. Apple will miss revenue forecast as coronavirus impacts its manufacturing and sales In a letter to investors, Apple said…
InVideo raises $2.5M and launches an automated assistant to make your videos betterVideo editing startup InVideo has new funding and a new product. The San Francisco-headquartered company bills itself as the easiest way for anyone to create professional-quality videos, using a drag-and-drop interface along with a library of templates and stock photos and videos. The resulting videos can then be optimized for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other…
Spotify mimics Apple’s design with new podcast show page updatesSpotify’s ongoing investments in the podcast-streaming side of its business helped boost podcast listening on its service by 200% last year. But today, only 16% of Spotify’s monthly listeners are engaging with podcasts — a number the company today hopes to nudge higher by redesigning the podcast side of its streaming app. The new layout…
Facebook prototypes tabbed News Feed with Most Recent & SeenFacebook may make it easier to escape its ranking algorithm and explore the News Feed in different formats. Facebook has internally prototyped a tabbed version of the News Feed for mobile that includes the standard Most Relevant feed, the existing Most Recent feed of reverse chronological posts that was previously buried as a sidebar bookmark…
Ring slightly overhauls security and privacy, but it’s still not enoughSecurity camera maker Ring is updating its service to improve account security and give more control when it comes to privacy. Once again, this is yet another update that makes the overall experience slightly better but the Amazon-owned company is still not doing enough to protect its users. First, Ring is reversing its stance when…
Walmart reports lower-than-expected Q4 earnings, despite e-commerce sales growth of 35%Walmart’s holiday quarter didn’t perform as expected. That’s the big news today from the retailer’s weak Q4 2019 earnings, which saw revenue of $141.67 billion versus the $142.55 expected and adjusted earnings per share of $1.38 versus the $1.44 expected. The company cited a number of factors, including “softer” than anticipated holiday sales in U.S.…
African crowdsolving startup Zindi scales 10,000 data scientistsCape Town based startup Zindi has registered 10,000 data-scientists on its platform that uses AI and machine learning to crowdsolve complex problems in Africa. Founded in 2018, the early-stage venture allows companies, NGOs or government institutions to host online competitions around data-oriented challenges. Zindi opens the contests to the African data scientists on its site…
Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meetsIt’s suspiciously convenient that Facebook already fulfills most of the regulatory requirements it’s asking governments to lay on the rest of the tech industry. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Brussels lobbying the European Union’s regulators as they form new laws to govern artificial intelligence, content moderation and more. But if they follow Facebook’s suggestions,…
The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startupIt was a drama-filled week with a hearing on the hill in DC about autonomous vehicle legislation, Uber tipped its hat to the past, EV startup Lucid started to lift the veil on its Air vehicle and more.
Rippling starts billboard battle with GustoRemember when Zenefits imploded, and kicked out CEO Parker Conrad. Well, Conrad launched a new employee onboarding startup called Rippling, and now he’s going after another HR company called Gusto with a new billboard, “Outgrowing Gusto? Presto change-o.” The problem is, Gusto got it taken down by issuing a cease & desist order to Rippling…
Leveraging TikTok for growthThe most critical part of posting to TikTok is your authority ranking, which is: “how much of an influencer are you?”
Max Q: SpaceX gets ready for first human flightThis week turned out to be a surprisingly busy one in space news – kicked off by the Trump administration's FY 2021 budget proposal, which was generous to U.S. space efforts both in science and in defense.- Daily Crunch: HQ Trivia is deadA once-mighty trivia app says goodbye, we try out Samsung's new foldable phone and Google shuts down its free Wi-Fi program in India. Not even Presidents' Day can stop your Daily Crunch.
Redbox enters the free, ad-supported streaming marketRedbox has entered the ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Redbox Free Live TV. The company, best known for its DVD rental kiosks, has been dabbling with streaming for years as consumer demand for DVD rentals has simultaneously declined. But despite its name, Redbox’s new streaming service isn’t offering “live TV” similar to what…
Google confirms it again removed alleged spying tool ToTok from Google PlayIn December, The New York Times reported a popular messaging app called ToTok was actually a spying tool used by the government of the United Arab Emirates to track users’ conversations, location and social connections. The app was removed from the Google Play store in December, while Google investigated, then reinstated in early January. Google…
MotoRefi raises $8.6 million to bring its auto refinancing platform to the massesAmericans are saddled with $1.2 trillion in auto loans, according to data collected by the Federal Reserve. And while that debt can be refinanced, even U.S. car owners who know it’s an option face a complicated task. MotoRefi, a new fintech startup that was born out of QED Investors in 2017, says it has developed…
SpaceX successfully launches 60 more Starlink satellites but misses booster landingSpaceX has launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, marking its fifth overall launch of a group of 60 of the small spacecraft and its third this year alone. This launch brings the total constellation to 300 satellites for Starlink on orbit, extending SpaceX’s lead as the largest commercial satellite operator in the…
Smart speaker sales reached new record of 146.9M in 2019, up 70% from 2018Global smart speaker sales hit a record high last year with shipments of 146.9 million units, up 70% over 2018, according to a recent report on the state of the smart speaker market from Strategy Analytics. Though Amazon still leads in the U.S. by a wide margin, its portion of the worldwide market is now…
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Untrue News indexes and flags false and misleading news articlesIn a research paper, a team details Untrue News, a search engine designed to index and highlight news stories that are false or misleading.Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting its own Nintendo DirectAnimal Crossing: New Horizons is getting its own Nintendo Direct as the publisher kicks off marketing for the upcoming social-life simulator.
Intel and QuTech unveil Horse Ridge cryogenic control chip for quantum computingIntel and QuTech are unveiling the technical designs for a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip for quantum computing.
Make employees your biggest cybersecurity asset, not your biggest risk (VB Live)Learn how to protect your data with a new kind of machine learning and a people-centric approach to cybersecurity when you join this VB Live event!
OnSiteIQ raises $4.5 million to improve construction safety using AI and 360-degree imageryOnSiteIQ supplies computer vision analysis of 360-degree imagery to construction site managers and insurance companies.
Steam’s top 20 new games for January 2020: Asian studios surgeSteam's top 20 new games for January 2020 include a wide variety of titles. More than half, however, come from Asian regions.
China is approving more foreign games, but not so many American onesChina has been a hard market to crack for non-Chinese game companies. But there's a shift in the climate for games imported into China, Niko Partners said.
The Witcher 3 gets cross-save support between Switch and PCThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting cross-save between its Nintendo Switch and PC versions. This will enable you to continue your adventure across devices.
Google Brain and DeepMind researchers attack reinforcement learning efficiencyResearchers at Google Brain and Alphabet's DeepMind propose two novel techniques that promise to speed up reinforcement learning.
Jam City will launch RTS mobile game World War Doh on February 20Jam City announced that its real-time strategy mobile game World War Doh will debut on February 20. A tournament will debut in the spring.
Baldur’s Gate 3 will show off gameplay for the first time at PAX EastLarian Studios announced today that it will show off gameplay for Baldur's Gate 3 for the first time at PAX East on February 27.
GamesBeat Decides 139: Hollywood movie star Sonic the HedgehogHollywood's latest blockbuster film star is Sonic the Hedgehog. Sega's blazing fast platforming mascot has set an opening-weekend record.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to battle climate changeAmazon's Jeff Bezos announced that he would donate $10 billion of his fortune to a grant program -- Bezos Earth Fund -- aimed at combatting climate change.
Adjust’s Control Center automates repetitive tasks of mobile advertisingAdjust has launched its Control Center technology to automate mobile advertising, reducing the repetitive workflows that bog mobile marketers down.
Huntress raises $18 million to detect and remediate cyberthreatsHuntress, a startup developing a cloud-hosted solution that automates threat detection and remediation, has raised over $18 million in venture capital.
Nintendo is launching a coral pink Switch LiteNintendo is launching a coral pink Switch Lite in Japan. This new color is debuting the same day as Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Enveil raises $10 million for enterprise-scale homomorphic encryptionEnveil, a startup developing enterprise-scale homomorphic encryption technologies, announced that it's raised $10 million in venture capital.
UltraSense raises $20 million to bring ultrasound touch sensors to marketUltraSense Systems, a startup developing ultrasound-based touch sensor technology, has raised $18 million in venture capital.
Qualcomm’s 5nm Snapdragon X60 modem can use mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G togetherThe third-gen 5G modem is smaller, more energy-efficient, and capable of higher data speeds by simultaneously connecting to different radio towers.The AI Show: Amazon data science head on the 3 biggest AI mistakes businesses makeThe head of Amazon's ML Solutions Lab sits down with podcast host John Koetsier to discuss the biggest mistakes companies make when implementing AI.
Join the innovators in enterprise AI at Transform 2020In 2020, Transform is looking at the effects of AI through the lens of four key industries: retail, health, finance, and industrial manufacturing.
Industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EUEU industry commissioner Thierry Breton criticized the U.S. social media giant’s proposed internet rules as insufficient.
Apple will miss Q2 2020 revenue projection due to coronavirus impactsApple is warning investors that revenue guidance projections for the upcoming quarter will be missed due to coronavirus impacts on manufacturing and sales.
Japan Display launches 1058ppi 2.1-inch screens for smaller VR glassesThe Japanese display company has been working on small, high-density VR screens for some time, and appears set to debut them in actual products this year.
Israel risks falling behind in AI despite growthThere are more than 1,150 AI-focused startups in Israel, but some worry that the nation risks falling behind because it lacks a unified AI policy.
Specs are Android’s biggest advantage over iPhones, but do users care?Buoyed by new chips and amazing cameras, Android phones are about to surge over iPhones in raw performance. But will spec bumps actually change the market?Logitech Streamcam is a great 1080p60 camera for content creatorsLogitech Streamcam is a new $170 webcam for content creators on Twitch, YouTube, and more. It excels at 1080p60 video capture and other coveted features.
New York won’t appeal T-Mobile/Sprint merger, California still decidingThe leading attorney general behind state opposition to the T-Mobile/Sprint merger has opted to let the deal move forward. Will other states follow suit?
EU’s new AI rules will focus on ethics and transparencyThe EU will propose AI regulations that focus on ethics and transparency in a bid to distance its policies from those of China and the U.S.Oxford VR raises $13 million for therapy platformU.K.-based Oxford VR hopes to lead the way in automated VR therapy in the future, and it just raised £10 million ($13.05 million) to help achieve that goal.
Is Uber killing the U.S. middle class?Uber's streamlined management style will put management consultants out of work: It involves a C-suite, teams of worker bees, and very little in between.
California’s data privacy rules get clearerThe latest update to California's data privacy law doesn’t deliver the final rules, but it offers much needed clarity in several key areas.
Content Rated By: Reflecting on the ESRB’s 25-year journeyIn the final excerpt of "Content Rate By: An Oral History of the ESRB," author Blake J. Harris explores the lasting impact of gaming's ratings council.
Xbox has no need for a VR headset — yetXbox VR will still happen, and Microsoft is shrewd not to be gunning for it too early, despite pressure to commit.
SteamVR beta adds new dashboard, Oculus Quest iconThe beta version of SteamVR now has an all-new interface, as well as adding an icon for Oculus Quest in Oculus Link mode.
From eyes to ears: Welcome to technology’s sensory shiftWe’re glued to our screens day and night. And screen-first technologies are making us dumber, not smarter. A shift to voice-first would change that.
New operators Iana and Oryx helped me dust off Rainbow Six: SiegeNew operators Iana and Oryx show that now is a fantastic time to dive into Rainbow Six: Siege for the first time ... or come back to Ubisoft's first-person tactical shooter.
What I’ve learned becoming a master inventorAs a PhD grad in 2001, I had no idea how to “invent” something, much less file for a patent. Today, I’m the inventor/co-inventor of over 2,000 US patents.
Some Tilt Five AR tabletops may face coronavirus delaysAR startup Tilt Five confirmed in a recent backer update that the coronavirus may impact the shipment of some early kits that should ship this month.
If Apple’s 5G iPhone plans are still fluid, it’s in for quite a rideA new report claims Apple's still tinkering with antenna options for its 5G iPhones. If that's true, it could lead to last-minute cellular speed issues.
The RetroBeat: Sonic’s movie is surprisingly fun for fans who grew up on the characterWell, the Sonic the Hedgehog movie is out. And it's not bad. Heck, I'll even call it good!
AI Weekly: Machine learning could lead cybersecurity into uncharted territorySecurity firms are coming to rely on more AI, but we don't know how things will escalate once the perpetrators of cyberattacks start using machine learning.
ASU researchers debut ViWi-BT, an AI/computer vision mmWave beam guidePointing highly directional millimeter waves at wireless devices will help increase data speeds and reduce latency, if the signals are pointed properly.
ProBeat: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip might be for youThe target audience for Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip is an influencer, a business executive, or anyone who needs to make decisions about foldable phones.
Roboflow: Popular autonomous vehicle data set contains critical flawsA report alleges that a data set popularly used to train self-driving vehicle AI models contains errors and critical flaws.
Remedy Entertainment jumps into the live-service multiplayer game poolRemedy Entertainment revealed during an earnings report today that the developer is working on a live service multiplayer game.
PlaySight trained AI on thousands of hours of videos to understand sportsPlaySight uses AI and machine learning to track sports action. We spoke with CEO Chen Shachar to find out how this tech is being applied.
Galaxy Buds+ with Spotify is good, but it could be greatSpotify with Galaxy Buds+ is noteworthy because it makes a music recommendation algorithm accessible with just a touch.
The DeanBeat: Two gaming shows undergo big changesE3 and Dice always produce some of the biggest moments of the year for the video game industry. But they're undergoing changes that are worth discussing.
10 best CBD oils to buy in 2020You want a CBD oil that is high-quality and will give you the relief you are looking for, so start with these ten CBD oils while you do your shopping.
Microsoft’s AI improves text summarization performance by paying closer attention to the beginningIn a new preprint paper, Microsoft and University of Pittsburgh researchers detail an AI that summarizes text documents by attending to their intros.
Xbox Elite Series 2 is one of the fastest-selling gamepads everThe Xbox Elite Series 2 is one of the fastest-selling accessories in U.S. history. It turns out a lot of people will pay $180 for a controller.
Nintendo Switch tops hardware sales in JanuaryNintendo Switch hardware sales were down year-over-year in January, but it still outsold PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as they slowly fade away.
January 2020 NPD: Even Goku can’t rescue game spendingThe January 2020 NPD report is in, and game sales continue to slump. Consumers are buying fewer consoles and games as they wait out the next-gen transition.
Yandex claims 2 million self-driving car miles, double in 4 monthsYandex's autonomous cars have driven 2 million miles to date, double the figure reported in October and 4 times the number announced in August.
How Yandex.Taxi is using automation to detect drowsy and dangerous driversRussian ride-hailing giant Yandex.Taxi is increasingly using automated technology to identify drowsy and dangerous drivers.
The 10 best CBD gummies to buy this yearThe CBD industry is largely unregulated, so there are companies out there that try to take advantage of consumers’ ignorance.
Zuckerberg ‘accepts’ that Facebook may have to pay more tax in EuropeMark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean Facebook may have to pay more taxes in some countries, including in Europe.
Dice Game of the Year: Untitled Goose GameUntitled Goose Game won Game of The Year at the annual Dice Awards, one of the most prominent peer awards in video games.
Panzer Dragoon Remake flies to Stadia as Google reveals new gamesPanzer Dragoon Remake is still coming, but now the updated Saturn shooter is also coming to Google Stadia as well as Nintendo Switch and Steam.
Nvidia CEO: Coronavirus caution shaves $100 million from Q1 expectationsNvidia CEO Jensen Huang said coronavirus fears led the company to shave $100 million in revenue from the company's Q1 expectations.
U.S. judge temporarily halts Microsoft JEDI contract work at Amazon’s requestA judge granted Amazon's request Thursday to halt Microsoft work on JEDI, a $10 billion cloud computing contract, claiming influence by President Trump.
Nvidia sees Q4 2019 revenues jump 41% to $3.11 billionNvidia beat earnings estimates for the fourth-fiscal quarter ended January 26, with $3.11 billion in revenues thanks to datacenter recovery.
U.S. accuses Huawei of RICO, trade secret, and sanctions violationsThe U.S. has expanded its federal case against Huawei, alleging the state-backed company is operating as a criminal and stealing trade secrets.
Apple seeks to patent machine learning correction of GPS estimatesMachine learning tricks that have aided ground location services can help satellite navigation, Apple says, factoring known issues into estimates.
Half-Life: Alyx launches for PC VR on March 23Valve announced today that Half-Life: Alyx will launch for VR devices on PC on March 23.
Google’s AutoFlip uses AI to crop videos for youGoogle's AutoFlip, which is available in open source, taps algorithms to crop video intelligently for smartphones and other devices with portrait displays.
Strategy Analytics: Google and Amazon ceded smart speaker market share to Chinese rivals in 2019According to a Strategy Analytics report, both Google and Amazon ceded smart speaker market share to Chinese rivals in 2019.- Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ helps fuel 554% growth in The Witcher 3 sales'The Witcher' Netflix show was one of the biggest hits for the streaming platform in 2019, and that led to massive growth in sales for the IP's games.
Andrew Yang brought AI into American politics, and it isn’t going awayFormer Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang rose in national prominence in part because he recognized AI and automation's impact on our lives.30XX is the sequel to Mega Man-inspired roguelike 20XXIndie developer Batterystaple Games announced today that it is working on 30XX, a sequel to its 2017 roguelike action sidescroller 20XX.
Viziblezone taps AI and smartphone data to alert drivers to pedestriansViziblezone, a startup based in Jerusalem, leverages a combination of smartphone sensors and AI to alert drivers of pedestrians nearby.
Ericsson breaks 5G millimeter wave speed record with 4.3Gbps downloadsMixed reality, video streaming, and gaming will all benefit from the ultra fast connectivity, which promises to transfer 4K movies in mere seconds.
MIT CSAIL’s AI corrects outdated Wikipedia articlesMIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory taps AI and machine learning to correct and update outdated Wikipedia articles.
Raw Fury will publish noir adventure game BackboneRaw Fury announced today that it will publish Backbone, a noir adventure game, for PC and consoles in earl 2021.- Uber goes old-school with telephone bookings in the U.S.Uber is best known as a smartphone-native platform for hailing private cars, but it's going old-school by embracing telephone bookings in the U.S.
Facebook dating app controversy disrupts Zuckerberg’s upcoming trip to woo EuropeansAs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg prepares to meet with European leaders next week, the timing of a controversy over its dating app couldn't be much worse.
Datometry raises $17 million to virtualize data warehousesDatometry, a startup developing a holistic warehouse data virtualization solution, has raised $17 million in venture capital.
Intuition Robotics raises $36 million to bring AI companions to everyoneIIntuition Robotics has raised $36 million in a series B round of funding to bring proactive AI digital companions to all sectors.
Broadcom’s first Wi-Fi 6E mobile chip doubles speeds, cuts energy useBroadcom's latest mobile Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip adds support for 6GHz Wi-Fi networks, promising faster, more reliable data with less battery drain.
Google completes $2.6 billion Looker acquisitionGoogle has completed its $2.6 billion buyout of big-data analytics firm Looker after winning clearance from Britains competition watchdog.
XMOS unveils Xcore.ai, a powerful chip designed for AI processing at the edgeBristol-based XMOS' new AI chip is designed for high-performance, low-cost AI and machine learning workloads at the edge.
U.S. Senators propose facial recognition moratorium for federal governmentThe Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Act would place a moratorium on facial recognition use by the federal government until limits are established.
ESA: Nintendo is ‘committed to participating’ in E3 2020Nintendo's E3 2020 plans are confirmed, according to the Entertainment Software Association. The publisher is committed to attending the show.- Tim Sweeney: Android is a fake open system, and iOS is worseTim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, called on the game industry to be more open and liberate it from the monopolistic practices of platform owners
- Google’s ClearGrasp AI model helps robots better recognize transparent objectsClearGrasp, a new Google-developed AI model, helps autonomous robot arms to grasp objects that are transparent in appearance.
Project xCloud finally comes to iOS, but with some serious limitationsProject xCloud is coming to iOS, but it's missing some of the Android version's features due to Apple's App Store policies.
Sensor Tower: Lineage 2 M earns over $150 million in player spendingLineage 2 M has been available in South Korea for less than three months, but the mobile MMO has already earned over $150 million.
GSMA cancels MWC 2020 following exhibitor exodus over coronavirusContinued departures of key exhibitors over coronavirus concerns led to the cancellation of the mobile industry's leading trade show.
Game livestreaming up 17% to nearly 500 million view hours in JanuaryLivestreaming viewership numbers grew significantly in January, which is enabling Twitch, YouTube Gaming, Facebook Gaming, and Mixer to all grow.
Not-so-Dead Cells: Why maintaining an archive of your game is good for both you and your playersDead Cells studio Motion Twin shares what it's learned about updating its indie roguelike hit -- including archiving every step of the way.
Pokémon Home storage service launches on Switch, iOS, and AndroidThe Pokémon Company International has launched Pokémon Home for Switch, Android, and iOS.
Ubisoft reveals VR escape room Prince of Persia: The Dagger of TimeUbisoft is taking the idea of the virtual reality escape room and running with it. The latest example is its Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time.
Slack launches App Home in general availabilitySlack is rolling out App Home, a new experience for apps made to help get things done at work.
AdColony: 89% of mobile app and game publishers use video adsMobile marketing firm AdColony said in a report that 89% of mobile game publishers use some form of videos ads to market their games.
Open letter to U.S. states: Don’t appeal the T-Mobile and Sprint mergerThe U.S. put T-Mobile and Sprint's merger through two regulatory gauntlets and a trial. Now it's time to let them come together and prove themselves.
Glu Mobile gets ready to launch Disney Sorcerer’s Arena mobile gameMobile game publisher Glu Mobile said that Disney Sorcerer’s Arena, an upcoming mobile game in collaboration with Disney, is available for pre-registration.
WhatsApp claims 2 billion usersFacebook has announced that WhatsApp now has 2 billion users, around 500 million more than the figure it announced back in early 2018.
Double Loop Games raises $2.5 million to make mobile games for everyoneDouble Loop Games has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to make mobile games for everyone. The company was started by Emily Greer and Shelby Moledina.
Liftoff: 2020 may be the year Android app revenue eclipses iOS2020 is the year Android could generate more app revenue than iOS, according to a report by mobile app marketer Liftoff.
CybelAngel raises $36 million to fight data breaches with AIParis-based cyberthreat detection and remediation startup CybelAngel announced it has raised $36 million in venture capital.
GSMA reconsiders MWC 2020 as Nokia joins growing list of cancellationsMultiple 5G hardware makers have bowed out of MWC 2020 in Barcelona due to coronavirus health concerns, as organizers reconsider the event's viability.
GitHub launches Indian subsidiary as local developer community grows 22%GitHub has launched an Indian subsidiary to capitalize on momentum that has grown its developer community in the country 22% in the past year.
Deep Instinct raises $43 million for deep learning to thwart cyberattacksDeep Instinct raised $43 million as it seeks to apply its deep learning technology to predicting and preventing cyberattacks. 
PredictHQ raises $22 million to help Uber and others predict demand with big dataPredictHQ, which aggregates data from myriad real-world events to help companies such as Uber forecast demand, has raised $22 million.
FTC orders Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft to reveal acquisition dataThe FTC has ordered Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft to provide information on acquisitions that were too small to report to regulators.
Arcade sports mobile game maker Bit Fry Game Studios raises $3.5 millionArcade sports mobile game maker Bit Fry Game Studios raised $3.5 million to make more games like Ultimate Rivals on Apple Arcade.
Lyft touts benefits of self-driving cars, but warns of ‘second order’ effectsAutonomous cars will be critical to cities, according to Lyft's Raj Kapoor. But there will be unintended "second order" effects to address.