Valve ships redesigned Knuckles EV2 controllers to SteamVR devs
PayPal to acquire machine learning-powered fraud detection startup Simility for $120 million
Udacity launches blockchain nanodegree program
Apptopia: iOS games peak quickly, and top 50 take 76% of revenues
Neura Moments uses AI and IoT data to personalize app experiences
Nginx raises $43 million to help enterprise customers transition to microservices
MIT researchers design a tiny computer chip for drones as small as a fingernail
IBM researchers develop a pair of low-power, high-performance computer vision systems
Hired raises $30 million to power its recruitment marketplace with data and machine learning
Salesforce develops natural language processing model that performs 10 tasks at once
Leap Motion uses AR table tennis to demo North Star headset
Microsoft to open its first datacenters in the Nordics as cloud battle heats up
Cylance raises $120 million to grow its AI-powered cybersecurity platform globally
Google Hire’s new AI-powered tools simplify calendar scheduling, resume reviews, and phone calls
Google’s Cloud TPU comes to Europe and Asia with preemptible pricing
Cybersecurity startup CrowdStrike raises $200 million at $3 billion valuation
Flir Systems releases a free dataset of thermal images for collision avoidance systems
Amazon expands Alexa Skills Kit and Voice Service to Spain and Italy ahead of Echo launch
Bing researchers develop a novel way of collecting high-quality AI training data
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Apple’s Stocks for iOS 12 and macOS Mojave shows iPad’s key role in new hybrid apps
Shareholders protest selling Amazon’s facial recognition software to law enforcement
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Apple App Store antitrust appeal
Pimax 8K headset will use Vaqso VR to emulate smells
Sensible Object raises $3.2 million for board games you play with Alexa and Google Assistant
This Nvidia neural network can apply slow motion to any video
Google opens Finnish Cloud Platform region, its first in the Nordics
Ctrl-labs’ armband lets you control computer cursors with your mind
Opinion
ProBeat: Microsoft finally admits the Office ribbon is overkill
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 will reportedly use Qualcomm XR1 and cost less
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with SwiftKey, accessibility, gaming, and search improvements
Google’s DeepMind develops AI that can render 3D objects from 2D pictures
Apple ResearchKit 2 updates include iOS 12 UI, audio and vision tests
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