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Amazon launches cognitive search service Kendra in general availability

Amazon today launched Kendra in general availability, an AI and machine learning-powered service for enterprise search. It debuted in preview last December during Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas, and it’s now available to all AWS customers. Enterprises typically have countless data buckets to wrangle, with upwards …

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European Games BizDev Gathering seeks to keep deals and money flowing during pandemic

With big gaming events getting delayed or canceled, Hendrik Lesser decided to do an online event targeted at business development professionals in the European game industry. The result is this week’s European Games BizDev Gathering. More than 400 people are registered to attend the online-only event on May 13 and …

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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 flight simulator. Professional drone pilots used to control drones at 90 miles per hour will navigate the virtual environment and broadcast on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). …

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Trump administration in talks with Intel and TSMC about building U.S. factories

(Reuters) — The Trump administration is in talks with semiconductor companies about building chip factories in the United States, representatives from two chipmakers said on Sunday. Intel is in discussions with the United States Department of Defense over improving domestic sources for microelectronics and related technology, Intel spokesman William Moss …

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Retroit brings spectators into street-driving mayhem

Black Block‘s Retroit street-driving game is like playing the car-driving part of Grand Theft Auto from an overhead view, with one big twist. Spectators of the mobile game can drop obstacles or prizes in your path. In the age of livestreaming, game developers are trying to figure out how to …

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Waltz of the Wizard’s new movement system works with Oculus Quest hand-tracking

New movement updates to Waltz Of The Wizard: Extended Edition aim to make traversing large spaces in VR more comfortable — and they will even work with Oculus Quest’s controller-free hand-tracking. The system is called “Telepath,” and development studio Aldin Dynamics detailed the new options available in the PC version …

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IonQ CEO Peter Chapman on how quantum computing will change the future of AI

Businesses eager to embrace cutting-edge technology are exploring quantum computing, which depends on qubits to perform computations that would be much more difficult, or simply not feasible, on classical computers. The ultimate goals are quantum advantage, the inflection point when quantum computers begin to solve useful problems, and quantum supremacy, …

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This Apple Editor’s Choice award-winning app makes working with PDFs simple

As any working professional will tell you — PDFs, or Adobe’s portable document format, is now the standard among numerous industries. When it comes to viewing, editing, signing, and sharing documents, PDFs are likely involved.  They’re super simple to send and receive through email, unfortunately doing anything more, e.g., signing …

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Virtual and augmented reality investment at 2013 levels in first quarter

While Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked over $ 4 billion AR/VR investment last year, virtual and augmented reality investment dropped in Q4 2019 and Q1 2020 in terms of both deal volume (i.e. number of deals) and deal value (i.e. dollars invested). The first quarter of this year saw AR/VR …

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