Imagination reveals PowerVR GPUs and AI chips for mobile, auto, and entertainment
Imagination Technologies is announcing three new PowerVR graphics processing units (GPUs) for a series of product categories and a neural network accelerator for AI...
How to get a piece of the growing esports pie (VB Live)
How do you monetize esports? The traditional sports broadcast model is tried and true, but new approaches to engaging audiences and driving revenue are...
Microsoft’s Surface roadmap reportedly includes ambient computing and a modular all-in-one PC
Microsoft watcher Brad Sams has released a book chronicling the company’s Surface brand: Beneath a Surface. While you’ll want to read all 26 chapters...
Anki survey: Brits may embrace companion robots, but some fear the Terminator
About 60 percent of Brits believe there will be a robot in every home within the next 50 years, according to a survey by...
Google Pixel Slate review: An expensive work in progress
Another year, another powerful Chrome OS device from Google. Like clockwork, flagship devices have accompanied milestone releases of the Mountain View company’s lightweight, Linux-based...
Uber AI ‘reliably’ completes all stages in Montezuma’s Revenge
Montezuma’s Revenge is a notoriously difficult video game for humans, much less artificial intelligence (AI), to beat — the first level alone consists of...
How Oblong helped IBM build its ‘immersion rooms’ with giant displays
John Underkoffler is best known as the science adviser for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report, where actor Tom Cruise uses “data gloves” and gesture...
OpenAI and DeepMind AI system achieves ‘superhuman’ performance in Pong and Enduro
Machines learning to play games by watching humans might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but that’s exactly what researchers at...
Nvidia’s stock falls 15% after earnings miss
Graphics and AI chip maker Nvidia saw its stock price fall 15 percent in after-hours trading after it reported third fiscal quarter earnings (ended...
Microsoft previews PlayFab multiplayer game services
Microsoft is launching the public preview for the PlayFab multiplayer server platform, which helps game developers handle the backend requirements for online multiplayer games. Earlier...