Tim O’Reilly is well-known for popularizing tech industry buzzwords like ‘open source’ and ‘Web 2.0.’ Now, he wants the tech industry to be more precise in the way that it thinks and talks about artificial intelligence and automation. “Don’t replace people: augment them,” O’Reill … | Continue reading
Dinosaurs are coming to life once again. Ludia and NBCUniversal announced that they will publish Jurassic World Alive as a location-based game on mobile devices in the coming weeks. NBCUniversal’s Universal division licensed the Jurassic Park franchise to Montreal’s mobile game p … | Continue reading
Ubisoft is figuring out this live-services thing as it goes along with games like Rainbow Six: Siege. It knows it wants to run the tactical shooter as a platform on PC and consoles, but it is still figuring out the sweet spot for pricing on a lot of its digital goods. The latest … | Continue reading
GUEST: One of the chief reasons that it’s exceedingly difficult to forecast when exactly the VR industry’s hype cycle will finally draw to a close, is because it’s exceptionally difficult to get people to put on the darn headsets, let alone make it an established habit. It’s prob … | Continue reading
Computer scientist Brian A. Smith has developed a user interface that will enable blind players to enjoy racing games. Developers will have access to the racing auditory display (RAD) as a plug-in later this year, and it will be open-source and available on GitHub. The RAD uses a … | Continue reading
Google today launched Chrome 65 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Additions in this release include Material Design changes and new developer features. You can update to the latest version now using the browser’s built-in silent updater or download it directly from google.com … | Continue reading
GUEST: The real-world applications of artificial intelligence have grown so quickly and become so widespread that it’s hard to get through everyday routines, such as driving or messaging friends, without witnessing their impact. The same holds true in the world of cybersecurity, … | Continue reading
If you’re thinking of buying a new vehicle that supports Apple’s CarPlay, Fiat Chrysler and Volkswagen are ready to sweeten the deal. In the U.S., select Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, and Ram cars with CarPlay will come with six months of free Apple Music; in Europe, certain new V … | Continue reading
Blizzard announced some big changes coming to the Arena mode of its hit digital card game, Hearthstone. The PC mobile card game’s Arena mode has players creating their own decks by picking cards from selections of threes. Playing Arena costs $2 or 150 in-game gold. You get reward … | Continue reading
Venture capitalist Ira Ehrenpreis was an early entrant in the cleantech space, an early investor and board member at Tesla, and is now an early investor in mission-driven heartland tech companies via his firm DBL Partners (Double Bottom Line). Ehrenpreis has made a point of inves … | Continue reading
GUEST: Over half a billion people are already using voice assistants each week. Experts expect this number to markedly increase in the coming months thanks to a variety of imminent product releases. Given the size of the opportunity in this burgeoning market, competition is unsur … | Continue reading
An update to the 3DNES emulator is out, and it enables it to work with virtual reality headsets. This brings your old 2D Nintendo Entertainment System classics into a play space right in front of you so you can look in and around them using an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive head-mounted … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Densify, a company that helps enterprises make sure that they’re using their compute resources to the fullest extent possible, announced a new service today that uses AI to cut down customers’ cloud bills. The Cloud Learning Optimization Engine (Cloe for short) analyze … | Continue reading
Ubisoft has launched the first big piece of content for Year 3 of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege today. The update, called Operation Chimera, introduces the cooperative horde mode Outbreak as well as new operators Finka and Lion. You can download the patch right now on PC or con … | Continue reading
Following a report last week that Israeli company Cellebrite was offering an unlocking service for Apple’s latest iOS 11 devices, a new report today claims that a former Apple employee is involved in a similar American business. Forbes says that an “obscure” startup named Grayshi … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Kony, Inc., the leader in next gen application development and digital banking, has appointed Alan Kerr to Kony's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Kerr will join a distinguished group of board members, including Insight... | Continue reading
Retail giant Walmart now thinks of itself as a tech company — but it’s not putting all its eggs in Silicon Valley. The company announced today that it is opening an emerging technologies office in Dallas, Texas. Thirteen employees have already been hired at the office, and the co … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Skaggs, co-creator of FarmVille, surprised everyone in 2015 when he left Zynga and took a job as a game designer at India’s Moonfrog Labs. He stayed for two years and helped publish two major games, and he is announcing today that he is leaving to return to the U. … | Continue reading
We know that Universal is working on Nintendo-themed lands for its theme parks in Japan, Orlando, and Hollywood. We also know that a ride based on Mario Kart will be its marquee attraction. Now we might have an idea of how the ride will work. Theme Park University has shown off a … | Continue reading
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone operator, will launch what it describes as the world’s largest 5G trial network across five Chinese cities this year, according to a report by RCR Wireless. The announcement coincides with a new Chinese government mandate requiring s … | Continue reading
Kongregate has announced it will launch a community-driven downloadable games platform dubbed Kartridge. Kartridge is designed to help game developers of all sizes find success by getting their games noticed and shared, with no upload fees. In contrast to platforms such as Steam, … | Continue reading
Dots has had great success creating the Dots series of mobile games, which have been downloaded more than 100 million times. And now it has a new president, Nir Efrat, formerly of King. Efrat will join cofounder and CEO Patrick Moberg in leading the New York mobile game studio. E … | Continue reading
Helicopter pilots need good headsets. Gaming hardware startup Victrix took a look at that technology, and it came up with military-grade noise canceling headsets for professional esports players. So now the esports stars at Team Kaliber are using advanced gaming headsets designed … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: While the world tries to decide whether artificial intelligence is here to help us or hurt us, AI is quietly infiltrating our daily lives — from streaming recommendations to image recognition. And in health technology, AI is making a real difference to people across th … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Lead411, a leading Sales Intelligence platform, beta-launched a new tool today called Junkyard Panda. The free Chrome extension allows users to find people's emails and phone numbers at various companies in the United States and ... | Continue reading
Ubisoft revealed the plans today for post-launch content for its upcoming first-person shooter, Far Cry 5, which comes out on March 27 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The three DLC campaigns will be available for anyone who buys a season pass of the Gold Edition of the game. … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Maestro has unveiled the Impact Score, a brand and agency-focused rating system designed for to measure the engagement and monetization of interactive livestreams. The startup believes that measuring the number of downloads or views for streams isn’t enough. It also wa … | Continue reading
Grabr, a peer-to-peer marketplace that pairs travelers with international shoppers, has raised $8 million in a series A round of funding led by Foundation Capital, with participation from a number of angel investors, including Facebook executive Javier Olivan and Square’s product … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: There’s a saying in tech — once the adult entertainment industry adopts something, it’s likely to succeed. From instant cameras to pay-per-view TV, VCRs to Blu-Ray, adult content companies have often been among the first to adopt new technology that has gone on to find … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Mimosa Networks today announced the launch of the new Mimosa B24 wireless backhaul solution, the first affordable Gigabit-speed radio in the unlicensed 24 GHz band. Coming in at a fraction of the weight, size and power consumption... | Continue reading
Shared work space giant WeWork has acquired Conductor, an online marketing services company that analyzes online search data and helps companies create content based on what people are looking for. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of New York in 2006, Conductor o … | Continue reading
According to a report from Metro this morning, Apple will be discontinuing its multimedia album format iTunes LP starting at the end of this month. The report claims that Apple informed industry partners that iTunes LP submissions will not be accepted after March 2018, and existi … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Mimosa Networks today announced the launch of its next-generation MicroPoP architecture based on the Mimosa B24 backhaul radio and the Mimosa N5-360 quad-sector antenna. Optimized for dense urban and suburban deployments,... | Continue reading
Human resources (HR) technology platform Justworks has raised $40 million in a series D round of funding led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, Bain Capital, and Redpoint Ventures. Founded out of New York in 2012, Justworks serves as an … | Continue reading
Google is adding more than 20 new languages to its Gboard virtual keyboard app, including Chinese (traditional and simplified) and Korean. The internet giant first launched Gboard for iOS back in May 2016, integrating Google Search functionality into the keyboard while also letti … | Continue reading
Mobcrush was founded a few years ago to enable mobile gamers to livestream their gameplay to fans. But today, the company is announcing that its Go Live, Get Paid platform can be used to stream to any platform supported by the company across mobile and PC platforms. Starting toda … | Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: aXiomatic Gaming today announced Bruce Karsh, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has boarded the esports and gaming platform as investor and Co-Executive Chairman. Karsh joins a Board already brimming with sports,... | Continue reading
Most new supercars get unveiled at fancy car shows in luxury locations. That’s true for Lamborghini’s two newest cars, which are being shown off at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. But those cars are also viewable on your smartphone, via Zynga’s CSR2 mobile racing game. … | Continue reading
While there are human-looking robots being developed, most of them don’t have a body or physical consistence. These software bots can initiate a chat on a company’s website or process invoices for human resources (HR). UiPath works on this type of robotic process automation (RPA) … | Continue reading
Whoop, a sports performance company that targets athletes and coaches with a platform for understanding the impact of strain on their bodies to help optimize training and reduce injury, has raised $25 million in a series C round of funding. The round was led by the little-known U … | Continue reading
Amazon has announced that it’s expanding its Whole Foods delivery service to Prime members in San Francisco and Atlanta. The move comes a month after the ecommerce giant first revealed it was leveraging its $13.7 billion Whole Foods acquisition to introduce free two-hour grocery … | Continue reading
The Germany company that has spent the last five years trying to make bus travel sexy again announced today it has launched a new version of its service for trains. Around Europe, the lime-green FlixBus fleet has become ubiquitous thanks to its low fair, digital booking, and buse … | Continue reading
President Donald Trump is meeting with the gaming industry on Thursday as part of the White House’s ongoing efforts to find a reason for gun violence, and hey … “games” starts with the letter “g” so I guess they’re getting closer. The Entertainment Software Association, the prima … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: When I think about Arc System Works, my brain can’t help but make the comparison to 1990s’ Capcom. And it isn’t because they are both the source of great 2D fighting games. In the 1990s’, Capcom was the pinnacle of 2D art direction in the game industry. When word sprea … | Continue reading
I’m not great at Rainbox Six: Siege, but I feel a whole lot better at the game after seeing a recent gunfight that a fan posted to Reddit. In the clip, you get to see the perspective of an attacking Zofia as she shoots a circle around a defending Lesion before getting the kill an … | Continue reading
GUEST: We live in a marketing world where content and data are king, but with the data deluge facing us in the enterprise, how do you make sense of it all and access the insights that truly matter? There is a plethora of customer insights buried deep in your data just waiting to … | Continue reading
Google today launched a new version of its iOS app, and added iMessage support to share links from Google search results without leaving the default messaging app for iPhones and iPads, representing Google’s latest effort to extend its family of apps into the iOS operating system … | Continue reading
Taking a page from choose-your-own-adventure books, interactive story games are enabling players to decide what happens to their characters. The top seven titles on the Apple App Store and Google Play generated over $14 million from in-app purchases last month, according to Appto … | Continue reading