GamingNews

Cobalt raises $29 million to bring its ‘pentest as a service’ platform to more software teams

August 20, 2020
Cobalt.io, a “pentest-as-a-service” platform that lets any business access ethical hackers to stress-test their software, has raised $29 million in a series B round of funding led by Highland Europe. Penetration testing, or “pentesting,” is a process that strives to identify vulnerabilities and exploit them as a real-world hacker might. The pentesting market is pegged at a $1.7 billion…
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GamingNews

March Gaming Fund debuts with $60 million for game startups

August 20, 2020
March Capital has launched its March Gaming Fund with $60 million to invest in game startups. The fund is headed by managing director Gregory Milken, who has been responsible for most of March Capital’s investments in game companies since the fund originally started in…
AI & RoboticsNews

Xilinx’s programmable AI chip powers safety sensors in Subaru car

August 20, 2020
Xilinx shared today that its programmable AI chips are being used in Subaru’s EyeSight car safety system. Integrated into the Subaru Levorg, a mid-size car debuting soon in Japan, EyeSight will provide advanced features including adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, and pre-collision braking. “It’s the first vehicle with a new generation of EyeSight,” Xilinx automotive lead Willard…
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MobileNews

Android 11 brings wireless Android Auto to all phones

August 20, 2020
Starting with Android 11 later this year, all phones will soon be able to connect wirelessly to compatible cars with Android Auto. Over two years ago, Google finally made it possible for Android Auto to connect wirelessly instead of needing to be connected via USB to your…
MobileNews

Here’s your best look yet at ZTE’s first smartphone with an under-display camera

August 20, 2020
ZTE has already announced that it plans to launch the first mass-produced 5G-enabled smartphone with an under-display camera in China next month, and now the company has shared new images that give us a better understanding of what that phone’s screen might actually look like (via Dutch website Tweakers). In the render at the top of this post, you can see that the phone, which will be called the…
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GamingNews

Twitch star Timthetatman finally won a game of Fall Guys

August 20, 2020
While the world writhes in the clutches of a seemingly never-ending wave of chaos, one Twitch streamer’s heartwarming struggle to win a game of the new battle royale sensation Fall Guys is a story we can all happily rally around. Timothy “TimTheTatMan” Betar, a…
GamingNews

Activision confirms Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reveal coming August 26

August 20, 2020
Activision released a video dubbed “Know Your History” that confirms that the revelation of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is coming on August 26. The company released the video after fans uncovered the bread crumbs leading to it inside the current battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone. It’s not exactly a secret. Doritos accidentally leaked information about the next game, corroborating…
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