GamingNews

Ex-Bungie chief’s ProbablyMonsters raises $18.8 million for two triple-A game studios

October 9, 2019
Harold Ryan, former CEO of Bungie, doesn’t do anything small. And so it’s no surprise that he is running one of the most ambitious video game startups in a long time. Today, Ryan’s ProbablyMonsters is announcing it has raised $18.8 million for the company’s two triple-A game studios. Ryan has been running Issaquah, Washington-based ProbablyMonsters in stealth since 2016, and today the…
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GamingNews

Roblox's 'Seuss World' lets kids raise and trade virtual pets

October 9, 2019
Dr. Seuss Enterprises has launched a new game on the Roblox platform that’ll have you or your kids raising virtual pets and interacting with popular Seuss characters. Seuss World is a pet simulator inspired by the book If I Ran the Circus — in fact, its environment features a massive circus tent, and it has several zones where you can take on challenges like tightrope walking and…
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MobileNews

Android 10 update now rolling out for the Nokia 8.1

October 9, 2019
The first Android 10 update for Nokia devices is heading out right now to the Nokia 8.1. HMD Global Chief Product Officer, Juho Sarvikas confirmed over on Twitter that the update should be rolling out right now to the the mid-range smartphone. This makes the Nokia 8.1 one…
MobileNews

New iPad Pro and iPhone SE 2 in early 2020, followed by Apple AR headset collaboration with ‘third-party brands’

October 9, 2019
According to aChinese language Ming-Chi Kuo report, Apple is readying the release of the iPhone SE 2 and new iPad Pro models for the first quarter of next year. This would apparently be followed up with Apple AR headset launch in the second quarter. Kuo says that Apple will collaborate with ‘third-party brands’ to release its first round of iPhone accessory augmented-reality…
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GamingNews

The architect behind Atari's VCS retro console just quit

October 9, 2019
Atari’s long-delayed retro console may be in trouble, because according to The Register, its lead architect has left the project. Rob Wyatt, who was also a founding Xbox team member, told the publication that he “officially resigned as the architect of…
AI & RoboticsNews

MIT-IBM developed a faster way to train video recognition AI

October 9, 2019
Machine learning has given computers the ability to do things like identify faces and read medical scans. But when it’s tasked with interpreting videos and real-world events, the models that make machine learning possible become large and cumbersome. A team from the MIT-IBM Watson Lab believe they have a solution. They’ve come up with a method that reduces the size of…
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