Microsoft announces Project Kinect for Azure with its next-generation depth camera
Arguably the most interesting of all the Azure announcements at Microsoft’s Build 2018 conference today is Project Kinect for Azure. In short, the company...
Microsoft gives developers new Visual Studio, GitHub, Sets, Fluent, and Teams tools
In addition to the all the Azure news and Continue on PC updates, Microsoft naturally announced a slew of developer tools at Build 2018....
How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2018 livestream
Microsoft’s biggest event of the year is happening this week: Build 2018 is being held in Seattle from May 7-9. Both Day 1 and...
Qoints uses IBM’s Watson AI to find your influencers
Qoints has launched an influencer marketing tool that uses the artificial intelligence of IBM’s Watson to unearth the best influencers for your brand. The...
Google Maps Platform arrives with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, and Cloud requirement starting June 11
Google Maps Platform promises streamlined API products, a simplified customer experience, a single pricing plan with pay-as-you-go billing, free support, a single console, and new industry solutions. The catch? Starting on June 11, you'll need a valid API key and a Google Cloud Platform billing account to access it.
How to watch Facebook’s F8 2018 livestream
Facebook’s biggest event of the year is upon us: F8 2018 is being held in San Hose from May 1 to May 2. You...
Steam Spy switches algorithms to survive Valve’s data shutdown
The PC gaming market-intelligence resource Steam Spy lives. Its creator, developer Sergey Galyonkin, is shifting the tool to a new algorithm that calculates the...
Westworld season 2 opener reinforces need for ethical AI (spoilers)
Tonight’s premiere episode of Westworld season two is littered with bodies. They’re both artificial intelligence hosts and dead human beings as well. It’s a...
EA CTO Ken Moss leads 1,000 engineers building the tech for future games
When Ken Moss interviewed at Electronic Arts for the chief technology officer, he talked to 14 people. They were nervous about bringing in someone...
AMD wants to steal more market share with 2nd-generation Ryzen desktop processors
Advanced Micro Devices is launching its second-generation Ryzen desktop chips today with the goal of addressing a much larger swath of the PC processor...