Despite just being developer previews, the first three Android 11 releases have had their share of new features and UI tweaks. The unscheduled Android 11 DP4 is available today and we’re finding every new feature.
Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into Android 11 DP4’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at top of this list. Be sure to check back…
I’ve been a huge proponent of Google’s Android TV essentially since it first launched, and over the years, I feel the platform has only been improved for the better. Now, though, reports are being thrown around that there are plans to revamp the Android TV interface…
Zynga reported record revenue and bookings in the first quarter ended March 31 as more people turned to social mobile games while isolated because of the pandemic. But payouts to acquired companies that are producing these hit games have hurt the bottom line.
While the…
In a recent paper, Facebook and University of California, Berkely researchers propose an approach to payload-carrying drone flight planning that “learns how to learn” models of environmental dynamics. Results from experiments suggest the work could inform the development of future robots — perhaps in warehouses or other industrial settings — that physically interact with and adapt to the…
Facebook today announced that it plans to cancel its 2020-2021 in-person AI Residency program as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a statement provided to VentureBeat via email, Facebook vice president of AI Jerome Pesenti said that the decision was motivated by…
Back in February, Google laid out plans for three Android 11 developer previews and betas. The company delivered the first half on that schedule amid COVID-19, but today announced a change that sees Android 11 DP4 this month instead of the first consumer beta.
Our…
Microsoft’s AI ethics committee helped craft internal Department of Defense contract policy, and G20 member nations wouldn’t have passed AI ethics principles if it weren’t for Japanese leadership. That’s according to a case study examining projects at Microsoft, OpenAI, and OECD out this week.
Published Tuesday, the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) case study examines…
Runa Capital has closed its third investment fund with $157 million to back startups in deep tech areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
The firm said Runa Capital Fund III surpassed its target of $135 million. The new capital will allow the company to…
Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world, but what does that mean? Well, developer Epic Games revealed that it has surpassed 350 million registered players. In April alone, those players spent 3.2 billion hours in the battle royale shooter. Those huge numbers also…
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Women still only see about 2.7% of total investment funding, but the number of women developers are on the rise. At this year’s GamesBeat 2020 Digital, over 20% of attendees were women-identified, about the same ratio of women in the industry. And over 100 women-identified executives attended the second annual Women in Gaming breakfast, and the first-ever virtual…
