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The new Dead Space gets a teaser at EA Play

July 22, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Dead Space is returning. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed the reboot with a quick teaser as part of its EA Play media presentation today. The game is going simply by the name “Dead Space.” While EA didn’t reveal much about the game, this announcement lines up with what we previously reported about the project.
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Dead Space is getting a remake on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X

July 22, 2021
One of survivor horror’s most iconic games is getting a next-gen facelift. At its EA Play Live event, Electronic Arts revealed that a remake of the original Dead Space is in development and will be launching on the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. The publisher says…
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Photojournalist Quits Canon Philippines Ambassadorship After Backlash

July 22, 2021
Photojournalist and new addition to the Canon Philippines “Crusaders of Light” ambassador program Jilson Tiu has called it quits after Canon failed to apologize for what he and many others viewed as a lack of diversity within its program. In an announcement on Facebook that was spotted by CNN, Tiu says that he chose to drop his ambassadorship after Canon did not apologize for its mistake.
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AI startup funding remained strong in Q2, report finds

July 22, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The pandemic spurred investments in AI across nearly every industry. That’s according to CB Insights’ AI in the Numbers Q2 2021 report, which found that AI startups attracted record funding — more than $20 billion — despite a drop in deal volume. While the adoption rate varies between businesses, a majority of…
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Diverse AI teams are key to reducing bias

July 22, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. An Amazon-built resume-rating algorithm, when trained on men’s resumes, taught itself to prefer male candidates and penalize resumes that included the word “women.” A major hospital’s…
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Pelican Launches Line of Protective Camera Lens Covers

July 22, 2021
Pelican, a company known for making high performance hard-shell protective cases for a range of tasks, has partnered with CM Brands to launch a new “Pelican Outdoor” collection, which features new silicone-based rugged lens protectors. The lens cover launch comes…
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Bias in AI isn’t an enterprise priority, but it should be, survey warns

July 22, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. A global survey published today finds nearly a third (31%) of respondents consider the social impact of bias in models to be AI’s biggest challenge. This is followed by concerns about the impact AI is likely to have on data privacy (21%). More troubling, only 10% of respondents said their organization has addressed…
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