Drone Racing League launches flight simulator competition on NBC
Today the Drone Racing League announced the launch of the DRL SIM Racing Cup, a competition that takes place entirely inside the DRL SIM...
The DeanBeat: Can you trust someone that you’ve never met in person?
Here’s one of the things that surprised me about the GamesBeat Summit 2020 online-only event that we held last week: Our audience loved messaging...
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 4, delays beta schedule due to coronavirus
Google today launched the fourth Android 11 developer preview with app compatibility and performance improvements. This is significant — an Android 11 Developer Preview...
Microsoft unveils Surface Book 3, ships May 21 starting at $1,599
Microsoft today unveiled the Surface Book 3, its “most powerful laptop ever.” The company promises “up to 50% more performance” over the Surface Book...
AI Weekly: Animal Crossing, ICLR, and the future of research conferences online
This week, the world’s machine learning community got a good look at what digital research conferences will look like in a post-coronavirus future, as...
Gaming sees explosive growth in social video as people stay home
Entertainment, in all of its forms, has always been an important pastime for Americans. And now with millions sheltering at home, it’s taken an...
Newzoo will extract analytics insights from Reddit’s gamers
Game and esports market researcher Newzoo has teamed up with social network Reddit to extract details on consumer engagement with video games. It’s an...
Facebook’s role-playing game teaches AI to complete tasks by reading descriptions
Demonstrating once again the potential of video games to advance AI and machine learning research, Facebook researchers propose a game-like language challenge — Read...
Microsoft reports $35.0 billion in Q3 2020 revenue: Azure up 59%, Surface up 1%, and LinkedIn up 21%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its third fiscal quarter of 2020, including revenue of $35.0 billion, net income of $10.8 billion, and earnings per...
Exploding Kittens CEO: We need ‘air gapped’ game design
A physical game night, whether it be over games of Monopoly, Go Fish, or Exploding Kittens, provides a connection with others that is more...