Two-thirds of Steam users now run Windows 10
Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for March 2019 today, revealing that more than two in every three gamers on its Steam...
All of Google’s jokes for April Fools’ Day 2019
April Fools’ Day is upon us, and while companies like Microsoft have told their employees not to participate, Google is as always trying to...
ProBeat: Microsoft needs to make the case for Cortana — or leave her to Halo
There wasn’t that much Cortana news this week, but then again there never is. While Microsoft’s plans for Cortana haven’t changed, they are still...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Narrator improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with Narrator improvements. The update bumps Windows 10 from build 18860 (made available to testers on...
Raising the bar on content moderation for social and gaming platforms (VB Live)
How did hate speech, abuse, and extremism become the “cost of being online” — and how can you make social platforms engaging, safe, and...
Apple’s Show Time event proved ‘coming soon’ is getting old
Yesterday’s It’s Show Time event was supposed to be a big deal for Apple — an opportunity for the company to spotlight new subscription...
Google researchers improve reinforcement learning by having their AI play Pong
Deep reinforcement learning — an AI training technique that employs rewards to drive software policies toward goals — has been tapped to model the...
Oculus founder Luckey: Rift S lenses won’t fit 30% of users
Since leaving Oculus in 2017, consumer virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has occasionally used his personal blog to discuss minor and not-so-minor issues at...
Google Stadia has promise — if it can resolve these 3 questions
At the Game Developers Conference 2019 this week, Google stole the show by announcing Stadia, its on-demand streaming service for video games. Set to...
ProBeat: Google’s Stadia is all about the cloud and AI
Last Tuesday, Google announced that Gboard now uses an on-device neural network for speech recognition. This Tuesday, Google announced the Stadia cloud gaming platform....