GamingNews

Epic Games acquires 3D content marketplace Sketchfab

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Epic Games has acquired the 3D content marketplace Sketchfab, as it needs a ton of art to fill up the metaverse that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney loves to talk about. Sketchfab makes it easy to discover, edit, buy, and sell 3D content directly through a web-based service and it is home to four million 3D assets. All of…
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AI & RoboticsNews

BlueOcean raises $15M to measure brand sentiment with AI

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. BlueOcean, a software-as-a-service platform that taps AI to deliver brand strategy insights, today announced that it closed a $15 million series A round led by Insight Partners. The company says that the funds will be used to grow its  team, deepen existing investments in AI, and build on BlueOcean’s existing…
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AI & RoboticsNews

DNSFilter nabs $30M to fight DNS threats with AI

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. DNSFilter, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of DNS content filtering and threat protection solutions, today announced that it closed a $30 million series A funding round led by investment firm…
AI & RoboticsNews

Kohl’s CTO on empowering people and optimizing supply chain with AI

July 21, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Say you have a product at a store you want customers to be able to grab off the shelf and buy. How do you balance that with selling the same inventory to people ordering online? How do you decide how much of your inventory you sell online? When someone makes an order online, how do you decide whether to fulfill the…
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MobileNews

Biggest iPhone assembly plant in China not affected by massive floods

July 21, 2021
After the torrential rain in Zhengzhou in China this Tuesday, Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said that its factory hasn’t been impacted by major flooding in the city. As reported by CNBC, Foxconn said that it had “activated an emergency response plan for flood control measures in that location.” “We can confirm that there has been no direct impact on our facility in that…
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