GamingNews

Cobalt raises $29 million to bring its ‘pentest as a service’ platform to more software teams

August 20, 2020
Cobalt.io, a “pentest-as-a-service” platform that lets any business access ethical hackers to stress-test their software, has raised $29 million in a series B round of funding led by Highland Europe. Penetration testing, or “pentesting,” is a process that strives to identify vulnerabilities and exploit them as a real-world hacker might. The pentesting market is pegged at a $1.7 billion…
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March Gaming Fund debuts with $60 million for game startups

August 20, 2020
March Capital has launched its March Gaming Fund with $60 million to invest in game startups. The fund is headed by managing director Gregory Milken, who has been responsible for most of March Capital’s investments in game companies since the fund originally started in…
AI & RoboticsNews

Xilinx’s programmable AI chip powers safety sensors in Subaru car

August 20, 2020
Xilinx shared today that its programmable AI chips are being used in Subaru’s EyeSight car safety system. Integrated into the Subaru Levorg, a mid-size car debuting soon in Japan, EyeSight will provide advanced features including adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, and pre-collision braking. “It’s the first vehicle with a new generation of EyeSight,” Xilinx automotive lead Willard…
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MobileNews

Android 11 brings wireless Android Auto to all phones

August 20, 2020
Starting with Android 11 later this year, all phones will soon be able to connect wirelessly to compatible cars with Android Auto. Over two years ago, Google finally made it possible for Android Auto to connect wirelessly instead of needing to be connected via USB to your…
GamingNews

Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is official, will be ‘inspired by actual events’

August 20, 2020
Call of Duty: Warzone may have somewhat overshadowed the rest of the Call of Duty franchise, with the battle royale racking up 75 million downloads as of this month — but of course Activision also wants to develop a new flagship Call of Duty campaign, and its name has just been revealed as Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War. That’s according to the official YouTube teaser you can watch above…
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Twitch star Timthetatman finally won a game of Fall Guys

August 20, 2020
While the world writhes in the clutches of a seemingly never-ending wave of chaos, one Twitch streamer’s heartwarming struggle to win a game of the new battle royale sensation Fall Guys is a story we can all happily rally around. Timothy “TimTheTatMan” Betar, a…
MobileNews

Fortnite can still be reinstalled on iOS, even after Apple removed it

August 20, 2020
Fortnite disappeared from the App Store last week as part of developer Epic Games’ big legal and regulatory showdown with Apple, but the battle royale hit is not gone entirely. If you’ve never downloaded the game before, you’re pretty much out of luck for now — and we recommend avoiding any of the eBay listings that appear to be popping up to hawk iPhones with the game installed for as…
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