Cybersecurity startup Elisity today emerged from stealth with $ 7.5 million in seed funding from Atlantic Bridge Associates. The company, whose founding team includes veterans of Cisco, Qualys, and Viptela, says its immediate focus is scaling up engineering, sales, and marketing teams ahead of its platform’s public launch. According to …
Read More »Why the Xbox Series S is such a smart move by Microsoft
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now The Xbox Series S is inevitable at this point. Over the weekend, people began discovering retail versions of the updated Xbox controller for Xbox Series X. When they started tearing into that packaging, they found references to …
Read More »Michigan University study advocates ban of facial recognition in schools
A newly published study by University of Michigan researchers shows facial recognition technology in schools presents multiple problems and has limited efficacy. Led by Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the university’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program, the research say the technology isn’t suited to security purposes and can actively …
Read More »Fall Guys sells 2 million copies on Steam in under a week
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Publisher Devolver Digital revealed on Twitter today that Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has already sold 2 million copies on Steam. Fall Guys released on August 4, so it accomplished this goal just short of one week after …
Read More »Black entrepreneurs can tap new markets — but only with VC backing
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now The racial wealth gap in the US is immense, and despite recent increased patronage of Black-owned businesses, that gap has actually expanded in recent years. There are many factors that have gone into creating this …
Read More »Stop gentrifying tech: Why ‘premium’ products make us all less efficient
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now The tech industry has long been divided between the efficacies of low-price, easy-entry products for widespread adoption and high-priced, premium products that allow access to only those with the means to pay. The viability of …
Read More »How a gaijin studio made the beautiful unrealism of Ghost of Tsushima
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now From the Japanese point of view, there is no way around it. Sucker Punch Productions, the maker of the Ghost of Tsushima samurai epic, is a gaijin studio. Gaijin is the Japanese word for foreigners, and it’s …
Read More »Before we put $100 billion into AI …
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now America is poised to invest billions of dollars to remain the leader in artificial intelligence as well as quantum computing. This investment is critically needed to reinvigorate the science that will shape our future. But …
Read More »Huawei will stop producing Kirin chipsets on September 15
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now (Reuters) — Huawei will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month, financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday, as the impact of U.S. pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows. U.S. pressure on Huawei’s suppliers …
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