COVID-19 disinformation has exploded in recent weeks, with campaigns using a combination of bots and humans to sow fear and confusion at a time when verifiable information has become a matter of life or death.
According to a new report from Blackbird.AI, a wide range of actors are leveraging confusion around the coronavirus to dupe people into amplifying false and misleading information. With…
98point6, a telemedical startup whose platform pairs clinicians with AI to provide text-based care, today announced that it secured $40 million in financing. CEO Robbie Cape, a former Microsoft executive and the founder of the family organization company Cozi, said the…
Tech leaders highlight military AI and 5G investments they call essential to U.S economy and national security
April 5, 2020
Some of the biggest names in AI at companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are making recommendations about how the U.S. military and federal government should fund 5G adoption and AI initiatives as part of the forward-looking work of the National Security Council on AI…
IBM today announced the launch of services intended to furnish researchers with resources to fight the novel coronavirus. The company made molecules identified by AI as therapeutic candidates available under an open license, and it introduced a free version of its Functional Genomics Platform to support genome features discovery. Additionally, it provided free access to over 1,000 pieces of…
Gaming laptops keep getting better
April 5, 2020
Gaming laptops are already in a great place. They were getting smaller, lighter, and faster for years, and they reached a point where they made sense for most people by 2018. And the rate of progression hasn’t slowed. And we’re on the cusp of yet another leap forward…
It’s been widely reported that U.S. hospital systems — particularly in hotspots like New York City, Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans — are overwhelmed by the influx of patients affected by COVID-19. There’s a nationwide ventilator shortage. Convention centers and…
Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the Atari VCS console.
Tin Giant, Wyatt’s company, filed the lawsuit in federal court in Colorado, alleging breach of contract and defamation. Tin Giant said that Atari owes it in excess of $261,720.
Wyatt, a co-creator of the Xbox and cofounder of The Last Gameboard, said in…
If Found debuts on iOS and Steam on May 19
April 5, 2020
If Found…, an interactive visual novel about going home, coming out, and erasing everything, will launch on May 19 on iOS and Steam.
Developed by Dublin-based independent studio Dreamfeel and published by Annapurna Interactive, the game will be available for iOS on the App…
Google researchers have developed an AI system that learns from the motions of animals to give robots greater agility, according to a preprint paper and blog post published this week. The coauthors believe their approach could bolster the development of robots that can…
If Found debuts on iOS and Steam on May 19
April 5, 2020
If Found…, an interactive visual novel about going home, coming out, and erasing everything, will launch on May 19 on iOS and Steam.
Developed by Dublin-based independent studio Dreamfeel and published by Annapurna Interactive, the game will be available for iOS on the App Store for $5, as well as for PC and Mac via Steam for $13.
Directed by writer and game maker Llaura McGee, If Found……
