GamingNews

ESL Gaming sold for $1 billion to Savvy Gaming Group

January 25, 2022
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  Modern Times Group has reportedly sold ESL Gaming, its esports organization, to Savvy Gaming Group for $1 billion, according to the German news site Handelsblatt. ESL Gaming…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Getting AI from the lab to production

January 25, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. The enterprise is eager to push AI out of the lab and into production environments, where it will hopefully usher in a new era of productivity and…
MobileNews

Google Camera, Lens updates fix issues with Pixel phones misreading some QR codes

January 25, 2022
QR codes have been around for years, but they were underused in the time when they required a separate app to be installed in order to use them. Now, just about every phone, including Google’s Pixel lineup, has a QR scanner built-in, but according to a recent report, Google’s phones have been misreading some codes. German publication Heise reported last week that Google Pixel phones misread…
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MobileNews

Low-end ‘Chromecast HD with Google TV’ rumored as existing dongle adds ‘4K’ sticker on box

January 25, 2022
On Friday, we reported that Google was developing a new Chromecast device powered by Google TV. A new report today corroborates the existence of “Boreal” and reveals that it will be a lower-end streaming dongle that might launch as the “Chromecast HD with Google TV.” As the name suggests, it will only support HD output (at 60FPS) instead of the 4K resolution offered by the 2020 model.
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MobileNews

Google TV needs a ‘flagship’ Chromecast to set an example, even if a cheaper one will sell well

January 25, 2022
The $50 Chromecast with Google TV was a great launch vehicle for Google’s latest attempt at offering a streaming platform, but as it enters 2022, the affordable device’s flaws are being felt by more people. As we reported last week, Google is working on another Chromecast device, but one that’s even more on the low end — here’s why we’d rather see a “flagship.” Quickly recapping…
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