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OnePlus 8 series rumors: Everything we know so far [Video]

The follow-up to the genuinely superb OnePlus 7 Pro is right around the corner even with delays and setbacks due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Despite that, the rumor mill has been in full flow with the OnePlus 8 series. Leaks have actually been kept to a minimum, which is one thing that OnePlus actually manages to do better than most manufacturers. By that, we mean the physical device…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Promethean AI lets neophytes use their voice to create amazing game environments in minutes

Promethean AI enables people with no programming or digital art experience to create amazing game environments with voice commands. If you doubt this, check out the video embedded in this post. The Ugandan animation students in it were neophytes at creating elaborate scenes for games. But Andrew Maximov, CEO of Promethean AI in Los Angeles, flew to Uganda’s capital city, Kampala, and gave a…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s AI trains state-of-the-art language models using less compute and data

In a recent study, researchers at Google proposed Efficiently Learning an Encoder that Classifies Token Replacements Accurately (ELECTRA), an AI language training technique that outperforms existing methods given the same amount of computing resources. This week, months after its publication, the coauthors released the codebase (and pretrained models) for TensorFlow, laying the groundwork for…
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GamingNews

Zynga cofounder builds Gala network for decentralized gaming

Blockchain Game Partners is building a blockchain-based infrastructure dubbed Gala to enable games where players own their own content and platforms don’t fleece developers for the games that they create. It’s the brainchild of Eric Schiermeyer, the founder and CEO of…
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Command & Conquer Remastered Collection debuts on Steam and Origin on June 5

Twenty years ago, I remember interviewing Joe Kucan, an emerging star of video game acting, for his role as the villainous Kane of Command & Conquer. His bald head and mean face epitomized why the player had to save the world from this evil. And now he’s coming back. Kane and all of his vivid video game cinematics will be available in Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection, which…
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