Google Assistant actions can now continuously listen for specific words
Google today detailed new tools for partners developing on Google Assistant, its voice platform used by over 500 million people monthly in 30 languages...
Amazon and Techstars announce inaugural Alexa Next Stage cohort
The Alexa Fund, Amazon’s $200 million venture fund for voice-focused startups, and Techstars today revealed the inaugural cohort of companies participating in Alexa Next...
AI model creates 3D avatars from a person’s picture
What if all it took to create a realistic digital avatar of a person was a single image? In a paper accepted to the...
Google launches Android 11 Beta 1, Kotlin coroutines, and Jetpack updates
Google today launched the first Android 11 beta with final SDK and NDK APIs as well as new 10 features. The company also released...
DeepMind hopes to teach AI to cooperate by playing Diplomacy
DeepMind, the Alphabet-backed machine learning lab that’s tackled chess, Go, Starcraft 2, Montezuma’s Revenge, and beyond, believes the board game Diplomacy could motivate a...
Rovio’s Small Town Murders is a story-based match-3 puzzle game
Rovio continues its quest to diversify beyond Angry Birds with Small Town Murders, a match-3 mobile puzzle game. The free-to-play title launches Wednesday on...
Pico Neo 2 and Tobii-powered eye-tracking variant now available worldwide
Pico Interactive is making its Neo 2 line of standalone headsets available worldwide. The base model is $700, while an eye-tracking variant powered by...
Square Enix establishes new company to pursue ‘entertainment AI’
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a smash hit for publisher Square Enix. Like the last time a Final Fantasy VII game put Square on...
Kippo raises $2 million for a dating app for gamers
The days when gamers couldn’t get dates are over. Case in point: Kippo has raised $2 million for a dating app for gamers who...
Steam Cloud Play enters beta with support for GeForce Now
Valve is expanding Steam’s integration with cloud-streaming services. The company released new Steamworks documentation for developers that details how Steam Cloud Play works. As...