Artificial Intelligence AI doesn’t always need to be more humanVentureBeat - Evan KohnThere’s no shortage of ethical, moral, and even legal debates raging right now over artificial intelligence’s mimicry of humanity. As technology advances, companies continue to push the boundaries with
Play buttonAugmented Reality Niantic’s view of the future of augmented realityVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiRoss Finman grew up on a llama farm. He studied robotics, started an augmented reality firm called Escher Reality, and sold it to Pokémon Go creator Niantic last year. That’s how he came to be head of
Play button AR will build upon data aggregation’s disruption of real estateVentureBeat - Michael ParkAR is in its “pre-iPhone-moment” phase, as this technology’s practical value is under fire. However, recent advances in AR capabilities have made the medium a practical tool for training and communication.
Play buttonGaming Disorder World Health Organization classifies ‘gaming disorder’ as an illnessVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiThe World Health Organization moved forward with a proposal to classify “gaming disorder” as an illness. After a consideration period starting in June 2018, the 194 members of the WHO decided to enact
Academia Why mental-health tech must ally with academiaVentureBeat - Neha Chaudhary, MDMultiple times per week, our patients ask us where technology might play a role in their care — from apps that they’ve downloaded on their phones for depression to virtual reality-based games for help
Intel Corporation Why Intel is well-positioned against AMD and NvidiaVentureBeat - Daniel Newman, Futurum ResearchSemiconductors are in a bit of a gully right now. IDC predicted last week that after three consecutive years of growth, the market will decline 7%. Ironically, chip shortages have in part led to slower
Mortal Kombat 11 Mortal Kombat 11 spot helps Warner Bros. dominate TV ad impressionsVentureBeat - Eleanor Semeraro, iSpot.tvTwo brands made up almost three-quarters of the gaming industry’s recent TV ad impressions: Warner Bros. Games and PlayStation. Also notable is that two of the brands in our ranking, Focus Home Interactive
Play buttonZynga Chris DeWolfe — New rules for the crowded mobile gaming spaceVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiChris DeWolfe has built Jam City into one of the biggest mobile game companies in the world through the combination of licensed Hollywood franchises like Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery and original titles
Amazon Echo Amazon brings voice announcements to all Alexa devicesVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonAmazon today announced that third-party devices using Alexa Voice Service can now use voice announcements to turn smart speakers into something like a home intercom system. The move makes announcements
Robotics AI Weekly: Truly autonomous home robots aren’t within sight yetVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersOur world might someday look like something out of an Isaac Asimov novel, and not for the worse. In one popular depiction of the far-flung future, robot butlers will attend to our whims and perform menial
Toronto, ON ProBeat: ‘Collision is riding the wave of Toronto’VentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiToronto finally has a tech conference. Collision was held this week on May 20 to May 23, and it’s already scheduled for June 22 to June 25 next year. Toronto deserves it. But don’t just take my word for
Play buttonEnix Why Life is Strange 2 writers ratcheted up the drama in Episode 3VentureBeat - Dean TakahashiLife Is Strange 2 is an emotional story about two brothers on the run, and in the recently released Episode 3, emotions are coming to a head. Sean, 16, is responsible for his rebellious 9-year-old brother
Life Is Strange 2 Life is Strange 2: Episode 3 impressions — Less choice, more dramaVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiLife Is Strange 2 Episode 1 and Episode 2 did a good job setting the stage for a dramatic tale about the bond between two brothers and what happens to them when a supernatural event shakes up their suburban
Play buttonOculus Quest The DeanBeat: With Oculus Quest, it’s the convenience, stupidVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiI have already established that it’s a hoot to play Beat Saber on the Oculus Quest wireless virtual reality headset, which debuted on Tuesday for $400. It works almost as well as the Oculus Rift, though
Play buttonAssassin's Creed Brie Code interview — How Tru Luv created the #SelfCare digital companion that takes care of youVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiBrie Code and the team at Tru Luv wanted to have a safe space, a shelter, a place for taking care of ourselves. So over the past few years, the team (headed by Code in Toronto and Eve Thomas in Montreal)
Mobile Advertising Make mobile advertising easier, pleaseVentureBeat - David Pokress, AdColonyIf you’re a mobile app developer today, you face a vast, LUMA-like ocean of choices when it comes to how you will make money. While that appears to be a good thing — better than too few, right? — it’s
Starlink SpaceX launches first satellites for Starlink internet ventureVentureBeat - Reuters(Reuters) — SpaceX, the private rocket company of high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit on Thursday for Musk’s new Starlink internet service.
Huawei Huawei’s Ken Hu calls for industry support as he compares trade ban to Berlin WallVentureBeat - Paul SawersHuawei’s Ken Hu called for support from other companies and industries as he drew striking comparisons between the U.S.-led trade ban and the Cold War. Speaking at the Potsdam Conference on National Cybersecurity
Deliveroo Deliveroo: A pea shooter may be Amazon’s Trojan horseVentureBeat - Jon ReilyAmazon’s recent investment in British food delivery company Deliveroo late last week is being widely hailed as a “shot across the bow” of Uber Eats, Grubhub, and a bevy of other mobile food delivery market
Technology Google’s Duo launches video calls with up to 8 peopleVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonGoogle’s Duo video call app today introduced group video calls for up to 8 people for iOS and Android users worldwide. At launch, Duo group video calls will not be available for Google Assistant smart
Oculus VR Palmer Luckey: I left Facebook enraged, but Zuckerberg is VR’s top backerVentureBeat - Jeremy HorwitzThough the exact circumstances of Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey’s March 2017 departure from Facebook have remained somewhat ambiguous, he’s now talking openly about the reason: He was fired after backing
Play buttonGoogle AI Google AI researchers use mannequin challenge YouTube videos to improve depth predictionVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonGoogle AI researchers today said they used 2,000 “mannequin challenge” YouTube videos as a training data set to create an AI model capable of depth prediction from videos in motion. Applications of such
Facebook Facebook says AI now identifies 96.8% of prohibited contentVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersFacebook today published its latest Community Standards Enforcement Report, the first of which it released last May. As in previous editions, the Menlo Park company tracked metrics across a number of —
Play buttonCruise Ships Carnival’s tiny Ocean Medallion wearable brings tech luxury to cruise shipsVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiCarnival, the operator of more than 100 cruise ships, is taking luxury cruise life to a new level, thanks to a tiny little wearable called the Ocean Medallion. First unveiled by Carnival CEO Arnold Donald
Google Maps Google brings DoorDash and Postmates to Assistant, Maps, and search resultsVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonGoogle is making it easier to make food orders by connecting delivery apps with Google Assistant, Google Maps, and search results. Users will be able to make orders from restaurants supported by apps DoorDash,
Play buttonAmazon Amazon’s AWS Ground Station for satellite data hits general availabilityVentureBeat - Paul SawersAmazon has announced that AWS Ground Station, a service designed to help AWS cloud customers access and manage data from satellites, is now in general availability. The internet giant launched Ground in
PlayStation PlayStation’s Dominic Mallinson on next-gen VR, wireless, gaze tracking, foveated rendering, and ARVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiPlayStation is winning the high-end VR battle. Sony has sold 4.2 million PlayStation VR headsets as of March, as Dominic Mallinson, senior vice president of R&D at Sony, made sure to point out at Collision
Hyperloop European Commission urged to develop regulations for Hyperloop projectsVentureBeat - Chris O'BrienHyperloop Transportation Technologies executives today presented European officials with a framework to jumpstart creation of deployment rules for the mobility system. During a meeting in Brussels, executives
Play buttonSingapore Volocopter to open its first air taxi landing facility ahead of trials in SingaporeVentureBeat - Paul SawersThe urban mobility industry has emerged as one of the biggest targets for investors, with bucketloads of cash plowed into electric scooters and transport apps, while Wall Street has seen two ride-hailing
