GamingNews

Gaming acquisitions and investments continued in Q1 despite coronavirus

More than $700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures. It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so much turmoil. In an email to GamesBeat, Evdokimov said we shouldn’t panic about it because lots of game…
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MobileNews

Highlights is a PDF reader for researchers, now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac as a universal purchase

Apple last month officially rolled out support for universal app purchases between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One of the latest apps to take advantage of this functionality is Highlights, a powerful research-focused PDF reader. Highlights has been available on the Mac for years, but alongside Apple’s support for cross-platform universal purchases, the app is also now available on iPhone and iPad for…
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AI & RoboticsNews

ProBeat: Microsoft Teams video calls and the ethics of invisible AI

Microsoft Teams is getting a bunch of new features this year. Robert Aichner, Microsoft Teams group program manager, recently told us how Microsoft is building the most interesting one: real-time noise suppression, which uses machine learning to filter out background noise during calls. Because the feature isn’t final, we also had a secondary discussion about the user experience. It’s one…
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AI & RoboticsNews

The sudden speed of technological change in a coronavirus world

COVID-19 waits for no one, and the speed of its spread has forced the world to act quickly.  From world governments to individual households, all of sudden everyone has had to scrap plans, make new ones, and try to hang on to some kind of new normal as the pandemic causes more unexpected and rapid shifts. Looking at the tech world, it’s been quite a sight to watch everyone move so fast. As I…
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