Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now IBM today announced that, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard Medical School, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Stanford University, and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, it will undertake a new initiative funded by the U.S. National Institutes …
Read More »AI Weekly: Palantir, Twitter, and building public trust into the AI design process
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now The news cycle this week seemed to grab people by the collar and shake them violently. On Wednesday, Palantir went public. The secretive company with ties to the military, spy agencies, and ICE is reliant on government contracts and intent …
Read More »Intel inks agreement with Sandia National Laboratories to explore neuromorphic computing
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now As a part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research program, Intel today inked a three-year agreement with Sandia National Laboratories to explore the value of neuromorphic computing for scaled-up AI problems. Sandia will kick off its …
Read More »Roblox’s user-generated game platform could go public at $8 billion valuation
You can’t solo security COVID-19 game security report Learn the latest attack trends in gaming Access here User-generated game platform Roblox has seen its users go through the roof in recent years, and the company is reportedly planning to go public early next year at a valuation that could hit …
Read More »Zynga aims to expand breast cancer awareness in Words With Friends
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now For the second year in a row, Zynga launched its Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign in its popular Words With Friends social game. The game publisher worries that this year, the pandemic will deter people from paying …
Read More »Super Smash Bros. Ultimate adds Minecraft chracters
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Nintendo revealed Minecraft characters Steve, Alex, Zombie, and Enderman as the newest fighters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the hit fighting game on Switch. This is the second character that’s part of the game’s second Fighters Pass, …
Read More »Sendinblue raises $160 million to automate repetitive marketing tasks
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Sendinblue, a marketing automation startup founded in 2012, today announced that it raised $ 160 million. A company spokesperson says it will be put toward accelerating Sendinblue’s go-to-market efforts as the company experiences growth during the pandemic. Lockdowns and shelter-in-place …
Read More »Google says Pixel’s Hold for Me feature records and stores audio on-device
One of the just-announced Pixels’ most intriguing features is Hold for Me, a Google Assistant-powered service that waits on hold when you call a retailer, utility, airline, or other business’ toll-free support number. When a human comes on the line and is ready to talk, Hold for Me — which …
Read More »Coralogix raises $25 million to parse software logs with AI
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Coralogix, which analyzes software logs with AI, today announced $ 25 million in new funding and launched a real-time analytics solution that allows customers to pay according to data priority instead of volume. This allows them to get queries, alerts, …
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