There’s been a trend over the past couple of years of bringing titles from consoles and PC over to mobile, and now another hit is making the jump. Next year, Brawlhalla is coming to Android and iOS.
Blue Mammoth Games, the developers behind Brawlhalla, announced on Twitter this week that the game would be coming to Android and iOS in the near…
Sony AI unit launches to push R&D in gaming, cameras and food
November 20, 2019
Ever since Sony announced the return of Aibo in 2016, it’s increasingly focused on developing AI technology to push its products. Now it’s established Sony AI which will have offices in Japan, Europe and the US focused on bringing “world class fundamental…
Xbox One update helps you buy the games your friends are playing
November 20, 2019
It could soon be all too easy to cave into peer pressure if you’re an Xbox One owner. Microsoft is trotting out a Guide update that not only lets you obtain more info about the games your friends are playing, but buy them, install them or play them. It can even take…
Xiaomi’s Xiao AI assistant passes 49.9 million users
November 20, 2019
Today marked the kickoff of Xiaomi’s annual Mi Developer conference in Beijing, and the tech giant wasted no time in announcing updates across its AI portfolio. It took the wraps off the latest release of Mobile AI Compute Engine (MACE), its open source machine learning framework, and it demoed an improved version of its Xiao AI voice assistant (Xiao AI 3.0).
Xiao AI 3.0
Xiao AI, which Xiaomi…
Brookings: AI will heavily affect tech and white-collar jobs
November 20, 2019
AI is set to have a big impact on high-wage, white-collar, and tech jobs, according to a new Brookings Institution study released today. The report analyzes overlap between job descriptions and patent database text, using NLP to assign each job an exposure…
Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p
November 20, 2019
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of data per hour. Where you’ll fall within that range depends on the quality of the video feed you get from Stadia. But I didn’t want to just…
HP rejects Xerox buyout offer
November 18, 2019
HP has been receiving buyout offers as of late, but it’s not ready to lose its independence — at least, not yet. Thetech pioneerhasrejecteda Xerox proposal to buy the company for $22 per share, arguing that the current offer “undervalues” HP and isn’t in shareholders’ “best interests.” It also cast doubt on Xerox’s…
Jensen Huang interview — Nvidia can shake off rivals that have complicated and untested AI solutions
November 18, 2019
Intel just announced its first graphics processing unit (GPU), the Ponte Vecchio, to compete with Nvidia for handling AI in supercomputers. But Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang isn’t worried.
I spoke with Huang on a brief call after his company posted $3.01 billion in revenue for…
Wayve raises $20 million to give autonomous cars better AI brains
November 18, 2019
Wayve, a U.K.-based startup that’s developing artificial intelligence (AI) that teaches cars to drive autonomously using reinforcement learning, simulation, and computer vision, has raised $20 million in a series A round of funding led by Palo Alto venture capital (VC)…
President Trump will visit Apple's Mac Pro factory on November 20th
November 17, 2019
Apple is determined to win as as many tariff exemptions as it can, it seems. The White House has confirmed that President Trump will visit Apple’s Mac Pro factory in Austin, Texas on November 20th, backing up rumors of an impending tour. It’s not clear if Tim Cook or other Apple executives will be present (we’ve asked Apple for details), but it wouldn’t be surprising…
