Friday, May 13, 2016

Activision Blizzard to bring live eSports to Facebook and other top stories.

  • Activision Blizzard to bring live eSports to Facebook

    Activision Blizzard to bring live eSports to Facebook
    Activision Blizzard Inc. wants to make eSports mainstream by bringing the video game competitions not to TV, but rather to the world's largest social media company. The Los Angeles-area video game-maker's Media Networks unit announced Thursday a trio ...
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  • Monster Hunter Generations, limited edition New 3DS XLs debut in July

    Monster Hunter Generations, limited edition New 3DS XLs debut in July
    Capcom’s multiplayer creature-battling action game Monster Hunter Generations will make its English-language debut in July alongside a pair of limited edition New Nintendo 3DS XL portables, Nintendo announced today. Players in North America can expect to see a blue Monster Hunter-themed New 3DS XL portable this summer, while Europe gets a region-exclusive red variant. Both editions will include a digital copy of Monster Hunter Generations. Released in Japan in 2015, Monster Hunter Generations ..
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  • Google is hiring autonomous car testers in Arizona

    Google is hiring autonomous car testers in Arizona
    If you're in Arizona, Google is hiring for a gig that could be a good alternative to doing Uber. The job entails test driving an autonomous car around the state for $20 an hour, six to eight hours a day. You'll still need to know how to actually drive to be able to take the wheel if needed. But since your role is testing out the big G's new technology, you're expected to provide the engineering team "concise written and oral feedback," submit daily reports and document any test or procedure per..
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  • Google is giving away the tool it uses to understand language, Parsey McParseface

    Google is giving away the tool it uses to understand language, Parsey McParseface
    Say hello to Parsey McParseface. Yes, to get you to pay attention to what would otherwise be a fairly dense and nerdy thing, Google is using an homage to Boaty McBoatface for one of the software tools it's releasing today. But don't just laugh (or groan) at the name, what Google is giving developers and researchers access to is a big deal. Today, it's open-sourcing something it calls SyntaxNet and a component for it, Mr. McParseface. These are some of the tools that Google uses to understand na..
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  • With $1 Billion Deal With Didi, Apple Hopes Chinese Consumers Will Bite

    With $1 Billion Deal With Didi, Apple Hopes Chinese Consumers Will Bite
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  • Nvidia's 'Founders Edition' graphics cards have been demystified

    Nvidia's 'Founders Edition' graphics cards have been demystified
    Kyle Bennett of HardOCP has gotten to the bottom of one of this week's tech mysteries: what exactly is an Nvidia Founders Edition graphics card? When it announced its awesome new GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 cards, Nvidia noted that each would be offered in a Founders Edition, costing $100 and $70 more than their typical retail prices — but it didn't explain what would be different about those variants of its new Pascal GPUs. Wherefore art thou more expensive, Pascal? As it turns out, the Founders..
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  • BMW readies electric, self-driving flagship car

    BMW readies electric, self-driving flagship car
    Requested Article BMW readies electric, self-driving flagship car BMW's iNext electric car is set to enter showrooms in 2021 and will be able to drive itself in many situations, CEO Harald Krueger told shareholders.
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  • Google launches Gboard, an iOS keyboard that lets you search without a browser

    Google launches Gboard, an iOS keyboard that lets you search without a browser
    Google this morning launched a new application for iOS devices called Gboard that puts the power of Google search directly into your mobile device’s keyboard. This keyboard had been rumored to be in development earlier this year, and it appears the original reports were accurate. Not only does the app allow for an easy way to use Google search, it also offers swipe-based typing and access to GIFs, as previously reported. And it includes easy access to common keyboard functions, like emojis ..
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  • Disney Researchers found a way to make faster RFID toys

    Disney Researchers found a way to make faster RFID toys
    Disney might have officially called it quits in publishing its own digital games, but it isn't completely throwing in the towel in researching the best ways to make those. Either that or the researchers at Disney got the memo too late. Teaming up with researchers from Carnegie Mellon and MIT, Disney Researchers have come across a solution that would make RFID-based toys and games faster but also more efficient, by doing away with the need to even include batteries just to keep track of objects...
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