GamingNews

Gaming will lead us to the metaverse

When CEO Mark Zuckerberg changed Facebook’s name to Meta and committed to the metaverse, he said that gaming would lead the way. That’s an interesting comment, considering that Facebook has billions of social media users, while game companies like Roblox and Microsoft (Minecraft) have amassed hundreds of millions of gamers. In fact, the entire game industry’s reach is about as big as…
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GamingNews

Crusader Kings III comes to PS5 and Xbox on March 29

Paradox Interactive announced today that Crusader Kings III is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on March 29. Crusader Kings III is a grand strategy game that has players controlling a medieval kingdom. It released for PC in 2020. This kind of menu-heavy game…
AI & RoboticsNews

SiteAware, which leverages AI and drones to track construction site progress, nabs additional funding

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: The metaverse – How close are we? Construction, particularly commercial construction, is expensive and time-consuming. In the U.S., the average commercial construction cost is around $490 per square foot, and most commercial buildings larger than 10,000 square feet take at least four months to build. As a 2020 survey…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Anch.ai nabs $2.1M to accelerate ethical AI governance

Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. Sweden-based Anch.ai, a startup that offers a platform to accelerate responsible AI adoption within enterprises, today announced it has raised seed…
MobileNews

LineageOS 18.1 now supports the OnePlus 9

After supporting the high-end Pro model, LineageOS 18.1 builds based upon Android 11 are now available for the smaller, cheaper OnePlus 9. The recent OxygenOS 12.0 update hasn’t been welcomed by hardcore OnePlus fans, and so LineageOS support moving forward might offer a safe haven for those wanting clean, concise Android builds without a huge ColorOS influence. After years of sticking to a…
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MobileNews

When will the OnePlus 10 Pro be available?

The OnePlus 10 Pro is a 2022 flagship across the board, but we don’t know when the device will see a release date in most countries. Here’s what we know about the OnePlus 10 Pro’s release date. OnePlus 10 Pro is coming to China first The OnePlus 10 Pro is technically already available, with the phone set to launch in China on January 13, 2022. Thanks to that launch, we already know what…
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