Smart home platform Wink has announced After months of delays, the controversial new subscription for $ 4.99 per month will finally be launched on July 27th. The subscription puts many of the previously free features of the service behind a paywall, including critical aspects of the service such as the …
Read More »Dex-Net AR uses Apple's ARKit to train robots to capture objects
UC Berkeley AI researchers use an iPhone X and Apple's ARKit to teach a robot arm how to grasp an object. It is part of Dex-Net AR, a pipeline for using standard smartphones to capture robots. ARKit creates point clouds from data created by moving an RGB camera around an …
Read More »Amazon joins Congress over Bezo's testimony and says it will send "the appropriate" executive
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the Washington, DC Economic Club (Washington, DC Economic Club, photo / Gary Cameron) Anyone looking forward to Jeff Bezo's & # 39; moment in the congressional hot seat previously occupied by people like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg shouldn't be holding their breath. …
Read More »CEO Frank Gibeau: Why Zynga bought Peak Games for $ 1.8 billion
Zynga acquired Peak Games today for $ 1.8 billion, making it the largest acquisition in the company's 13-year history. Under the agreement, Zynga bought the rest of Istanbul-based Peak Games, which he had not bought in 2017, when the purchase price for Peak's Casual Card Game Studio was $ 100 …
Read More »Electronic Arts adds more games to Steam
Electronic Arts has started Add more games to Steam. After returning to Valve's PC gaming service in October, EA added Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mirror edge: catalystand more about the Steam Store today. The publisher plans to add more of their games soon. As part of Steam's return to games, EA …
Read More »Geek of the week: Zipwhip's young developer Avery Wagar creates enthusiasm with his work on the coffee robot
Avery Wagar from Zipwhip with the Textspresso IV robotic coffee machine that he developed for the company's office in Seattle. (Zipwhip photo) Avery Wagar is not just a kid in the office who brings you coffee. He is the youthful software developer who helped build a textable coffee robot that …
Read More »Inky raises $ 20 million to prevent AI fence phishing attacks.
Inky, a cybersecurity company that develops phishing protection products, today announced that it has raised $ 20 million. The startup says it will use infusion to accelerate corporate adoption, global expansion, and R&D. In this context, Inky intends to expand its geographical presence in Europe, Asia and Latin America by …
Read More »Ocient raises another $ 15 million for exabyte-scale database technologies
OcientThe company, which is developing a platform that analyzes large and complex amounts of data, announced today that it has secured an extension of the $ 10 million round announced in March 2018 by $ 15 million. The startup says the funds will support further product research and development along …
Read More »Microsoft Teams' new Together mode was developed for meetings in the pandemic era
Microsoft is rolling out some major updates for Microsoft Teams today. The software giant has been working on a new “together mode” for teams since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic. He should create a virtual live avatar of yours to help you get involved in meetings better. Microsoft …
Read More »Apple's WWDC20 keynote schedule shows an emphasis on software and platforms
In early May, Apple announced that the annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) was due to take place in June, but decided to switch from a personal event to a purely digital format due to the coronavirus pandemic. Today, the company released the official WWDC20 schedule through its Apple Developers app …
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