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Google shuts down efforts to publish first-party Stadia games as Jade Raymond departs

February 2, 2021
Google has announced that it is winding down Stadia Games and Entertainment, shutting down efforts to develop first-party games. In an announcement on the Google Blog, Phil Harrison, Google’s Vice President and GM of Stadia, has shared that Stadia Games and Entertainment, a wide-reaching effort to develop first-party games for Stadia as well as publish games from other developers, is coming to…
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DefenseNews

Submarine maker to add jobs amid $39 billion backlog in work

February 2, 2021
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to add 2,200 jobs this year in Connecticut and Rhode Island as it tackles a $39 billion backlog of work, the submarine maker’s top executive said Monday. Kevin Graney, Electric Boat’s president, made the…
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Canon unveils AI-powered automatic camera, the PowerShot PICK

February 2, 2021
Canon has launched a campaign on the Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake for an AI-powered camera, the PowerShot PICK. The campaign has proven to be highly successful, attracting nearly ¥100,000,000 in support. The goal was ¥1,000,000. The experimental PowerShot PICK camera can analyze a scene, identify people, track their faces and then, using artificial intelligence, determine the ideal moment…
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36 Awe-Inspiring Sun, Moon, and Milky Way Photos of 2020

February 1, 2021
The popular outdoor photo planning app PhotoPills has picked 36 of the best Sun, Moon, and Milky Way photos captured by photographers in its community over the past year. If you need some photo inspiration and enjoy night sky shots, this is the gallery for you. Photos in…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI in health care creates unique data challenges

February 1, 2021
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care The health care industry produces an enormous amount of data. An IDC study estimates the volume of health data created annually, which hit over 2,000 exabytes in 2020, will continue to grow at a 48% rate year over year. Accelerated by the passage of the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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Sigma’s New I-Series Hoodie Design Feels… Uninspired

February 1, 2021
If you’re a big fan of Sigma’s latest lenses, the company has just announced new ways to show that love. Sigma has added three new t-shirt designs and one new hoodie. While the t-shirts depict optical formulas, the hoodie design seems… uninspired? Sigma’s three new…
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Confidence, uncertainty, and trust in AI affect how humans make decisions

February 1, 2021
This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: AI and the future of health care In 2019, as the Department of Defense considered adopting AI ethics principles, the Defense Innovation Unit held a series of meetings across the U.S. to gather opinions from experts and the public. At one such meeting in Silicon Valley, Stanford University professor Herb Lin argued that he was…
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