Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now When the COVID-19 shutdown began in March throughout the United States, my team at Adobe had to face a stark reality: Business as usual was no longer an option. Suddenly, over just a single weekend, we had to shift our …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Nvidia’s DLSS neural upscaling technology now works with virtual reality titles. In a Reddit comment yesterday Nvidia’s Randy Niu revealed the change. It’s also now listed in the DLSS Unreal Engine changelog. Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) …
Read More »The RetroBeat: Leave Super Mario Sunshine alone, ya goombas
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Earlier this week, Nintendo finally announced Super Mario 3D All-Stars for Switch, a compilation with Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. But while 64 and Galaxy are often the subject of universal praise, …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now While many of Apple’s investments in innovative technologies pay off, some just don’t: Think back to the “tremendous amount” of money and engineering time it spent on force-sensitive screens, which are now in the process of disappearing from Apple Watches and iPhones, …
Read More »Yandex and Uber spin out self-driving venture with $150 million investment
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Yandex and Uber today announced they are spinning out their self-driving joint venture into a standalone company, with the Russian tech giant increasing its stake by investing an additional $ 150 million. The two former rivals merged their ride-hailing operations …
Read More »We’re entering the AI twilight zone between narrow and general AI
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now With recent advances, the tech industry is leaving the confines of narrow artificial intelligence (AI) and entering a twilight zone, an ill-defined area between narrow and general AI. To date, all the capabilities attributed to machine learning and AI have …
Read More »Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 review — Skateboarding is gaming’s soulmate
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater never should’ve gone away. These are some of the defining games of the PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Xbox eras. And publisher Activision only had to put the franchise to bed because it so thoroughly …
Read More »Super Mario 35th anniversary: Mario battle royale, Mario Kart AR, and more
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Super Mario Bros. launched 35 years ago, and Nintendo wants to celebrate that milestone. The company revealed a number of announcements today to celebrate the plumber’s oncoming midlife crisis. This includes games like Super Mario 3D All-Stars …
Read More »Verizon, Dish, and cable companies dominate FCC’s 3.5GHz spectrum auction
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Cellular operators and governments across the world have identified 3.5GHz wireless spectrum as critical to widely deploying high-speed 5G services, as these mid band frequencies enable large quantities of data to travel quickly over long distances. Following a July-August auction …
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