Tilting Point has teamed up with China-based mobile game developer GameBear for a multi-year publishing agreement where Tilting Point will spend a lot of money promoting the company’s latest game. Under the deal, Tilting Point will fund and manage a new global user acquisition campaign for the developer’s space strategy …
Read More »Researchers find actively exploited iOS flaws that were open for years
(Reuters) — Apple is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers. The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated …
Read More »GamesBeat Decides 147: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a blockbuster
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a stunning success. The social-life simulator had better launch-month sales than any other Nintendo game besides Super Smash Bros. Ultiamte and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. And the GamesBeat Decides crew comes together to talk about that and more in this week’s episode. Also in the …
Read More »Google computing platform will optimize renewable energy use in datacenters
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce the environmental impact of cloud computing, Google announced it has developed a platform that maximizes the use of alternative energy sources at its sprawling network of datacenters. In a blog post, Google officials described the system as a “carbon-intelligent computing platform.” It …
Read More »Intel’s Project Corail monitors coral reef health with AI
To commemorate Earth Day, Intel — in partnership with Accenture and Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation, a Philippine-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting Palawan’s natural resources — detailed Project Corail, an AI-powered platform that monitors and analyzes the resiliency of coral reefs. Since its launch in May 2019, it’s collected 40,000 images of …
Read More »Snap jumps 20% as coronavirus spurs use in Q1 2020
(Reuters) — Snap on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and user growth for its Snapchat app, as more people seek entertainment while they stay at home during the global coronavirus pandemic. Snapchat, known for its disappearing messages, said it saw a jump in usage in the last …
Read More »Desperados III jumps into the cowboy tactical action saddle June 16
THQ Nordic announced today that Desperados III is releasing on June 16 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Desperados III is a top-down tactics game set in America’s Old West. It has a focus on stealth and story-driven missions. If you’re looking for a video game western that isn’t Red …
Read More »Nvidia attempts to move past GeForce Now squabbles
Warner Bros. Interactive, Xbox Game Studios, and Klei are pulling their games from GeForce Now starting April 24. But while it’s nothing new for games to leave Nvidia’s cloud-streaming service, this time the company is ready for it. In a blog post today, Nvidia is honest that more games will …
Read More »Allergy Insights with Watson uses AI to predict allergy symptom risk
IBM today announced a new tool that taps AI to predict when allergy symptoms are likely to flare up. It’s called Allergy Insights with Watson, and it’s available in The Weather Channel app for iOS and Android ahead of a launch on the web. In addition to a 15-day forecast …
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