GamingNews

Disney invests $1.5B in Fortnite maker Epic Games to build a persistent game universe

February 8, 2024
Disney is investing $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Fortnite and Unreal Engine maker Epic Games as part of a broader partnership to create a new Disney gaming universe. The companies plan to create an expansive and open games and entertainment universe. I would say they’re building a metaverse, if the word weren’t so overused late and out of favor with some. They didn’t actually use that…
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AI & RoboticsNews

When is ART useful? When it’s IBM’s Adversarial Robustness Toolbox for AI

February 8, 2024
IBM is hoping to advance the state of the art for artificial intelligence (AI) security with an open source project called the Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART). Today, ART is being made available on Hugging Face as a set of tools that will help AI users and data scientists reduce potential security risks. While ART on HuggingFace is new, the overall effort is not. ART was started back in 2018…
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DefenseNews

Defense Innovation Unit’s tech-scaling strategy focuses on partnerships

February 8, 2024
The Defense Innovation Unit is poised to take on more responsibility for coordinating technology efforts within the Pentagon and is working more closely with combatant commands to make sure those capabilities are meeting their needs, according to its new strategy. The 10-page document, released Feb. 7, outlines DIU’s expanding role and lays out steps the organization is taking to ensure that the…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: February 6, 2024

February 8, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ford beats Q4 earnings estimates despite EV pullback, hybrid shift

February 8, 2024
Ford reported its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market, beating Q4 revenue and profit estimates. The automaker expects the momentum to continue in 2024 despite pulling back EV investments. Ford’s fourth-quarter EV sales Ford sold a record 25,637 EVs in the last three months of 2023 (+24% YOY), edging out rival GM. The F-150 Lightning topped Rivian’s R1T to become the…
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