Microsoft schedules Build 2019 developer conference for May 6-8 in Seattle
For the past two years, Microsoft has hosted its Build developer conference in Seattle, rather than in San Francisco. Three is a trend: The...
Allen Institute debuts AI that plays Pictionary-style games to learn ‘common sense’
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle today debuted AllenAI, a system designed to play a Pictionary-like game called Iconary with humans. The AI...
U.S. needs a task force to examine risks AR, VR, and 5G pose to kids
Having now worked in the mobile apps industry for several years, I’m troubled that the most popular technology trends at CES will harm the...
Crackdown 3 hands-on preview — A long awaited game emerges from limbo
Microsoft is standing firm on its pledge that Crackdown 3, which was first shown to the public in 2014, is coming out for Xbox One and...
AI learns how to play Montezuma’s Revenge
In 2015, Google subsidiary DeepMind published a landmark paper describing a system that could, given enough time and computational horsepower, learn to play a collection...
Microsoft reports $32.5 billion in Q2 2019 revenue: Azure up 76%, Surface up 39%, and LinkedIn up 29%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its second fiscal quarter of 2019, including revenue of $32.5 billion, net income of $8.4 billion, and earnings per...
Unity and Google Cloud Platform launch challenge to push limits of game AI
Unity Technologies has teamed up with Google Cloud Platform to create the Obstacle Tower Challenge, which will test the limits of artificial intelligence in...
Facebook admitted defrauding kids and parents of thousands of dollars in early free-to-play games
Facebook engaged in practices that tricked children and parents into spending money in free-to-play games, according to court documents unsealed and reported by the...
Google schedules I/O 2019 for May 7-9 in Mountain View (updated)
It’s official: For the fourth year in a row, Google will host its annual I/O developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View....
DeepMind’s AlphaStar AI sweeps StarCraft II pros in head-to-head match
Computers are getting more sophisticated than ever at understanding and playing complicated games. DeepMind, one of the leaders in artificial intelligence, proved that once...