GamingNews

Roblox acquires game chat startup Guilded

August 16, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the maker of user-generated games and other content, said it has acquired the startup Guilded, a maker of platform for connecting gaming communities. Roblox didn’t disclose the purchase price. The deal feels like one more step in service of Roblox’s goal of creating the metaverse, the universe of virtual…
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How to Edit Food and Drink Photos Shot with Hard Light

August 16, 2021
As photographers, we generally aim to shoot perfectly to where our photos require minimal to no editing. But for some of us, the editing process can be just as creative of a process as the photography side. I am going to share exactly how I edited this hard light image to…
AI & RoboticsNews

SAP acquires AI-powered human resources platform SwoopTalent

August 16, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! SAP today announced it has acquired the intellectual property of SwoopTalent, a platform that automatically connects companies’ talent systems and data for analytics, migrations, and machine learning. As a part of the deal, SAP says it will embed SwoopTalent’s technology…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Bringing your AI coworker up to speed

August 16, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! The web is full of stories detailing all the wonderful things artificial intelligence (AI) can do, and all the terrible things as well. But now that the…
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Android 12 Adds ‘Camera Switches’: Control Your Phone with Your Face

August 16, 2021
As part of the fourth Android 12 beta release which rolled out to Pixel phones last week, an updated version of Google’s Android Accessibility Suite shows a way to interact with the device without using the touchscreen. Instead, it can leverage the front-facing camera to read expressions on a face. As detailed by XDA Developers, Camera Switches is one of the options located in the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How IBM is using digital twins to optimize AI

August 16, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Everyone is familiar with IBM’s leadership in IT, AI, and cloud services. It also happens to be one of the leading providers for Enterprise Asset…
MobileNews

US Senate bill would legally require Apple to build a backdoor into iPhones

August 16, 2021
Update: It appears this bill, first proposed last year, is no longer likely to proceed. A bill proposed in the US Senate would effectively make it a legal requirement for Apple to build a backdoor into iPhones. It would make it illegal for Apple and other tech giants to use strong encryption for either devices or cloud services … It would force Apple to have a means of accessing customer data…
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