Facebook will live stream ESL video game tournaments
Facebook wants its millions of users to watch the high-stakes world of competitive video gaming. The social networking giant said Thursday that it has...
Google updates Firebase with performance monitoring and phone authentication, starts open-sourcing SDKs
At Google’s I/O 2017 developer conference today, the company announced new features for Firebase, its service for helping developers build apps for Android, iOS,...
Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley on putting the science in sci-fi
Two of our speakers at GamesBeat Summit 2017 really embodied the confluence of tech, science fiction, and games. Rob Reid, founder of Listen.com and author of...
A VC and sci-fi author ask: Are we living in science fiction?
AI is the new bogeyman. That’s one of the observations we got from a fireside chat between venture capitalist Tim Chang and science fiction novelist...
This Halo fan made his own Cortana hologram
This year at Microsoft’s developer conference Build in Seattle, mixed reality, Skype video bots, and the Cortana Skills Kit all made headlines, but the...
How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2017 developer conference, day 2
Microsoft’s biggest event of the year is upon us once again: Build 2017 is being held in Seattle from May 10 to May 12....
IBM Watson enables voice commands in Ubisoft’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew virtual reality game
IBM Watson‘s artificial intelligence platform will enable voice commands in Ubisoft‘s Star Trek: Bridge Crew virtual reality game. IBM and French video game developer...
Nvidia demos Project Holodeck for sharing high-resolution images in a 3D space
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, showed off a new technology that he called Project Holodeck, inspired by the ultra-realistic virtual environment Holodeck in Star...
Nvidia CEO: ‘AI is going to infuse all of software’
Jen-Hsun Huang is a big fan of artificial intelligence, as it helps his company Nvidia sell a lot more AI chips. In an earnings...
Tech companies, if you create addicts, you need to help them
Two years ago, I published a book on how to make products more habit-forming. The book became a bestseller and I’m frequently asked to...