Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is the latest Twitch megastar to abandon the Amazon-owned streaming service in favor of Microsoft’s Mixer platform.
Grzesiek, a former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, made his announcement on Twitter today. His first stream is today at 8pm ET. He jokes in the announcement video that he’s “making moves,” following in the same footsteps…
Google achieves state-of-the-art NLP performance with an enormous language model and data set
October 24, 2019
Transfer learning, or a technique that entails pretraining an AI model on a data-rich task before fine-tuning it on another task, has been successfully applied in domains from robotics to object classification. But it holds particular promise in the subfield of natural…
Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra is Blizzard's new GM
October 24, 2019
Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra has revealed his next role: he’s joining Blizzard as executive vice-president and general manager. He’ll step into the job just after Blizzcon, which takes place next weekend.
I’m very happy to announce I’m…
Yesterday we saw Selena Gomez debut a new song and music video that was shot on the iPhone 11 Pro. Now we’ve some more examples of just how well Apple’s latest iPhones can capture video and stills without external gear like gimbals, lenses, or special lighting. The iPhone 11 is no doubt empowering creators to push the limits further than ever before.
Jonathan Morrison shared on his YouTube…
Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says its data suggests that around 20% of US iPhone buyers in Q3 opted to buy one of the three iPhone 11 models despite availability being limited to the final week in the quarter.
The market intelligence firm says more…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer impressions — A romp through a battlefield playground
October 24, 2019
While the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is intense, ponderous, and serious, the tone of multiplayer combat the opposite. It’s a romp through a battlefield playground, where players shriek for joy whenever they get a kill.
I’ve played the full…
Where to watch the Apple TV app: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, smart TVs, and more
October 24, 2019
The Apple TV app is Apple’s attempt to unify content from multiple channels and providers into a single experience with an Up Next queue of shows in progress, recommendations about what to watch next, and access to your purchases from the iTunes video and movie library.
The Apple TV app is the home for Apple TV Channels like HBO, Showtime, and Starz, in addition to Apple TV+ (Apple TV Plus).
Google Stadia’s first game-dev studio opens in Montreal
October 24, 2019
Google is launching its cloud-gaming service Stadia on November 19. The company is positioning this as the first giant leap into a console-less future. But one thing that will help Stadia succeed is marquee, exclusive content. So hopefully Google is starting to make some of…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — The single-player campaign begins with a couple of blasts
October 24, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare starts out with a notice that says it has mature content. You have to click on it where it says, “I understand.”
That is your last chance to turn around before you get sucked into the enthralling but brutal story of modern war. Then it begins…
GameStop may begin selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare early
October 24, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launches tonight for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 when the clock strikes midnight. But you probably don’t have to wait until October 25 to start playing the military shooter. If you purchase it digitally, Activision plans to unlock the game at 6 p.m. Pacific time (9 p.m. Eastern). But if you preordered the physical edition from GameStop, do you have to wait until…
