GamingNews

EA puts Battlefield on ice until at least April 2021

October 30, 2019
Don’t expect a new Battlefield game for a couple years, as Electronic Arts noted in a conference call for its fiscal earnings today that the series is going to be taking a break. EA said that there won’t be a new Battlefield until fiscal year 2022, which starts on March 31, 2021. In the meantime, EA will focus on the hit free-to-play battle royale game Apex Legends, which has reached over 70…
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MobileNews

Microsoft launches Xbox Console Streaming preview for Android

October 30, 2019
Microsoft’s direct Stadia competitor is Project xCloud, but the company also has a second streaming option. Xbox Console Streaming takes advantage of your existing console hardware and is launching today in preview for Android. Unlike Google, Microsoft and other legacy…
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EA stuffs NBA Live 20 to focus on next-gen consoles

October 30, 2019
Last quarter, Electronic Arts released FIFA 20, Madden NFL 20, and NHL 20. But once again, the company’s basketball sim NBA Live was a no-show. Now, EA is confirming that it is canceling that game — even though it never officially announced it. “We’re not launching a new NBA Live HD product this season,” EA chief executive officer Andrew Wilson said during a conference call with…
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EA's 'NBA Live' franchise is out for the season, again

October 30, 2019
One again, EA’s NBA franchise is skipping a season, as the company announced during today’s earnings call that NBA Live 20 has been cancelled. Three months ago the project was simply delayed with plans for a “different approach,” but that won’t…
AI & RoboticsNews

Reid Hoffman on AI, defense, and ethics when scaling a startup

October 30, 2019
LinkedIn cofounder and Greylock Partners investor Reid Hoffman tells executives who are running startups that scale fast — the kind who want to double in size every few months — to build ethics into their businesses. As companies plan for the future and grow their engineering or sales ranks, they should consider what can go wrong, he said, and hire people whose job is dedicated to risk…
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Facebook highlights AI that converts 2D objects into 3D shapes

October 30, 2019
State-of-the-art machine learning algorithms can extract two-dimensional objects from photographs and render them faithfully in three dimensions. It’s a technique that’s applicable to augmented reality apps and robotics as well as navigation, which is why it’s an acute area of research for Facebook. In a blog post today ahead of the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) in…
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