DeepMind’s Agent57 beats humans at 57 classic Atari games
In a preprint paper published this week by DeepMind, Google parent company Alphabet’s U.K.-based research division, a team of scientists describe Agent57, which they...
Folding@home crowdsourced computing project passes 1 million downloads amid coronavirus research
Folding@home software for donating compute to medical research passed 1 million downloads, director Greg Bowman said in a tweet today. The Folding@home Consortium is made...
Comcast details what the coronavirus has done to network traffic
Comcast said internet traffic has risen 32% because of COVID-19 but assured everyone it has the capacity to handle peak traffic demands in the...
Immersal maps Helsinki in city-scale AR using crowdsourcing mobile app
Last year, U.K.-based Scape showed off a city-scale AR mapping solution that promised to let mobile devices tap into 3D maps and persistent, cloud-stored digital...
How the tech industry will have to step up to fight online toxicity and child abuse
When it comes to fighting online toxicity and sexual abuse of children, most companies say they are supportive. But complying with the laws can...
Gearbox Software’s Borderlands 3 crossplay is built on years of AWS infrastructure groundwork
After six months of exclusivity with Epic Store, Borderlands 3 hit Steam last week with crossplay support, welcoming a whole new cohort of Vault...
Google unveils Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and Cloud Firestore for game developers
Google today announced a bunch of new tools for game developers: Google Play Asset Delivery, Android Performance Tuner, Android GPU Inspector, and Cloud Firestore,...
Nvidia’s DLSS 2.0 aims to prove the technology is essential
Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is one of the marquee features for Nvidia’s RTX video cards, but it’s also one people tend to overlook...
GamesBeat Decides: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X specs spectacular
Sony and Microsoft have both revealed the tech specs for their upcoming next-gen consoles. On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, editors...
PlayStation 5 vs. Xbox Series X: Comparing the specs
Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed the details for the upcoming Xbox Series X. Now, Sony has done the same for the PlayStation 5. This...