3 tech trends that COVID-19 will accelerate in 2021
Sat 1:25pm By Usman Shuja, HoneywellThese trends, driven by COVID, will have a long-lasting impact on our future.Cashierless tech could detect shoplifting, but bias concerns abound
Sat 11:45am By Kyle WiggersAs cashierless technology becomes normal, it could be used problematically for purposes beyond payment, particularly shoplifting detection.PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions
Sat 9:16am By Eleanor Semeraro, iSpot.tvGUEST: PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million ad impressions from mid-December to mid-January — 44% of the industry’s total. Overall, 16 brands aired 51 spots more than…Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free
Sat 12:16am By Mike MinottiMicrosoft is backtracking. Xbox Live Gold will not see its price raised. Further, free-to-play games will no longer require Gold.Researchers propose Porcupine, a compiler for homomorphic encryption
Fri 4:40pm By Kyle WiggersFacebook, New York University, and Stanford researchers propose Porcupine, a program that encrypts code with high efficiency.Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers
Fri 3:48pm By Mike MinottiVicarious Visions will now be a support studio dedicated to helping existing Blizzard project. This sucks.AI Weekly: The Biden administration, algorithmic bias, and restoring the soul of America
Fri 3:25pm By Khari JohnsonThe Biden administration has to address multiple crises, and artificial intelligence is part of the agenda in several major ways.Marxent raises $15 million to expand an enterprise 3D home design platform
Fri 2:08pm By Jeremy HorwitzA leading enterprise platform for 3D room design and furniture commerce will use an investment to expand into new categories and regions.Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation
Fri 1:49pm By Jeff GrubbXbox Live Gold is getting a price hike that only makes sense if Microsft wants subscribers to shift to Xbox Game Pass instead.Pinterest: How AR elevates our data strategy
Fri 12:00pm By Manasa GogineniPinterest senior VP Jeremy King talked with VentureBeat about how the company's data strategy fuels changes.Center for Applied Data Ethics suggests treating AI like a bureaucracy
Fri 11:40am By Khari JohnsonA new research paper suggests AI practitioners adopt anthropology terms to assess large machine learning models that harm people.SAP integrates Microsoft Teams to create the ‘frictionless enterprise’
Fri 11:33am By Paul SawersMicrosoft and SAP are expanding their partnership in a move that will see Microsoft Teams integrated into SAP's suite of products.Reflect brings automated no-code web testing to the cloud
Fri 11:10am By Paul SawersReflect is an automated, no-code testing platform that allows businesses to test web apps without browser extensions.The DeanBeat: What Ready Player Two tells us about the metaverse
Fri 11:00am By Dean TakahashiErnest Cline's Ready Player Two has a new vision for the metaverse and the latest example of science fiction and reality intertwining.What mobile developers can learn from Angry Bird’s cross-platform approach (VB Live)
Fri 10:10am By VB StaffLearn how taking your mobile game to new platforms can help you create community, improve discoverability, scale, and more.Why Microsoft’s self-driving car strategy will work
Fri 10:03am By Ben DicksonSelf-driving car startup Cruise has just gotten a $2 billion infusion from Microsoft, which actually stands to gain more from the deal.Path of Exile: Echoes of Atlas is Grinding Gear’s most downloaded expansion
Fri 7:00am By Jason WilsonPath of Exile: Echoes of Atlas expansion is its most downloaded expansion in the game's seven-year run, Grinding Gear Games said today.Resident Evil: Village is coming May 7 — PS5-exclusive demo launches today
Thu 5:37pm By Jeff GrubbResident Evil: Village is heading to PC and consoles on May 7. Publisher Capcom also revealed for the first time that it will release the survival-horror adventure for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in addition to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. This game picks up the…What Apple’s first mixed reality headset will mean for enterprises
Thu 2:53pm By Jeremy HorwitzApple's first mixed reality headset appears to be moving closer to release, notably priced for enterprise rather than consumer adoption.Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds
Thu 12:28pm By Jeff GrubbIt's time for a Hitman 3 speedrun. The Dubai stage already has some wild optimizaiton with completion times under 20 seconds.How GrandPad makes communicating easier for the elderly
Thu 10:30am By Dean TakahashiScott and Isaac Lien had trouble communicating long-distance with an elderly family member. So they invented the GrandPad.Soci raises $80 million to power data-driven localized marketing for enterprises
Thu 10:04am By Paul SawersSoci, a platform that helps brick-and-mortar businesses deploy localized marketing campaigns, has raised $80 million.OpenDrives raises almost $20 million to advance its data storage solutions
Thu 9:30am By Manasa GogineniOpenDrives, which provides network-attached storage solutions for enterprise clients, has raised a series B round of funding.Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
Thu 9:30am By Dean TakahashiEric Morales says Amazon Web Services has 90% of game publishers as its customers. That gives the company insight into 2021.
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