AI & RoboticsNews

Stradigi AI raises $40.3 million to develop business AI solutions

November 12, 2019
Stradigi AI, a Montréal-based AI solutions provider and research lab founded in 2014, today announced that it has raised $53 million CAD ($40.3 million) in a series A round led by Canadian institutional funds Investissement Québec and Fonds de solidarité FTQ, with participation from Holdun Family Office, Segovia Capital Ltd., Cossette. Inc., and company cofounders Basil Bouraropoulos and Curtis…
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GamingNews

'Sonic the Hedgehog' movie tries again with a new trailer

November 12, 2019
Paramount’s original trailer for the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie was… really something, wasn’t it? The under-stylized body, the odd soundtrack choice, the teeth. Such was the Sonic fandom’s collective horror that director Jeff Fowler swiftly announced the movie would be put on pause until the studio got the design right. Now, they think they’ve nailed…
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GamingNews

Epic Games acquires photogrammetry startup Quixel to make games more realistic

November 12, 2019
Epic Games announced it has acquired Quixel, a startup that created a huge “photogrammetry” asset library of real world imagery that can be used in animated films or video games. Back in March during the Epic Games event at the Game Developers Conference, Quixel demoed a cinematic short film Rebirth that looked like it was someone taking a video of a landscape with a video camera. Only it was…
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MobileNews

Disney+ app now available to download on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV

November 12, 2019
The Disney+ app is now available in the App Store: download it here. On Apple TV, search for ‘Disney+’ in the App Store app. (App Store servers are still propagating for some people at this time but others have confirmed they have been able to successfully download and install the app. If the direct link doesn’t work, try searching the App Store for ‘Disney+’ and scrolling down for the…
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