Facebook’s Oculus acquires studio BigBox VR for multiplayer games – CNET
The Population: One battle royale game will still be available for other VR headsets besides Facebook’s Oculus products.
Can we afford AI?
AI can lower the cost of doing business, but enterprises have to consider cost management to make it less expensive to acquire and deploy.Read More
AI Weekly: AI helps companies design physical products
AI is increasingly being used to assist engineers in creating physical products — a potentially positive development for enterprises.Read More
The Trump administration forced Apple to turn over lawmakers’ data. Democrats are outraged.
Device metadata from Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was obtained by the Department of Justice. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Some say it’s an attack…
This AI system learned to understand videos by watching YouTube
Researchers at the Allen Institute and University of Washington created an AI system that can understand the sequence of events in videos.Read More
CD Project Red does an about-face, says ransomware crooks are leaking data
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) CD Projekt Red, the maker of The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077, and other popular games, said on Friday that proprietary data taken in a ransomware attack…
What you need to know about the House’s opening bid to rein in Big Tech
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies before a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in July 2020. | Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg via Getty Images The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but…
YouTube removes video from Sen. Ron Johnson for COVID-19 misinformation – CNET
The senator violated Google’s medical misinformation policy.
NY mayoral candidate Andrew Yang joins the metaverse with a Zepeto avatar
New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang dressed up as a metaverse avatar at one of his events to reach tech-savvy voters.Read More
AI ‘dominated scientific output’ in recent years, UNESCO report shows
The UNESCO Science Report 2021 discusses AI, robitics, Industry 4.0, and a spike in scientific reserach, patents, and spending.Read More