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Nvidia awards $100k startup prize to art-creating AI company Artomatix
If you thought that artistic expression was the only thing Artificial Intelligence (AI) could never replicate, you might want to rethink that art degree. Nvidia Corp. has awarded the $100,000 prize for its recent Early Stage Challenge to Dublin-based deep learning start-up Artomatix, Ltd., which proves that even art can be automated … to a point. Artomatix was ...
TxK creator Jeff Minter says Atari is using “threats and bullying” to shut him down
In a blog post published earlier today (and later copied to Pastebin), British game developer and Llamasoft, Inc. founder Jeff Minter lashed out against Atari, Inc., accusing the veteran game company of bullying him into shutting down any plans for ports or further development on his TxK game franchise based on similarities to Tempest 2000. Atari released the original Tempest in 1981 as ...
Miss ’80s game arcades? Relive them in this VR tech demo for Oculus Rift
Do you remember the days of dimly lit video game arcades, full of the bloops and bleeps of games like Pac-Man and Galaga? The heady scent of sugary soda and unnaturally buttery popcorn hung in the air above the neon lights and the grimy DayGlo carpet, and crowds of tweens (which at that time were called children) ...
Does Twitter’s new threat reporting tool have any teeth?
Twitter, Inc. may not be the only social networking company struggling against online harassment, but it has been one of the most visible. With a near-constant barrage of bullying and even death threats made by and against its users, Twitter has been scrambling to come up with a solution, and it has not been easy. In a ...
Will UT Dallas ever become the “Tier One” tech school the city needs?
Even in the turbulent years of the recent recession, Dallas stayed relatively strong economically and maintained higher-than-average employment rates than most other American cities. Last summer, the unemployment rate in Dallas dropped to 5.1 percent, well below the national average at the time of 6.3 percent. And the city’s employment growth rate has continued to increase, while the rates ...
Facebook Messenger payments make impersonal birthday gifts easier than ever
If you thought Facebook Inc’s privacy woes could not get any more complicated than they already were, the social media giant has opened up a whole new avenue of tinfoil hat conspiracy theories thanks to the introduction of in-app payments to the Facebook Messenger mobile app. Facebook announced the feature in a rather sudden and ...
Google Play rolls out a new global age-rating system for apps
Ratings for mobile games are nothing new, but Google has decided to take it a step further by using a global age rating on all apps on the Google Play app store. So now not only will games like Clash of Clans or Angry Birds have their own ratings, but so will every app from Facebook ...
Nintendo finally caved to the pressure and will start making games for phones
While Nintendo Co., Ltd. may be known for trying out new innovations in peripherals and game hardware, the Japanese game company has been reluctant to pick up the latest gaming frontier: phone and tablet games. Rumors had been going around some time ago that Nintendo could be considering the phone and tablet market. But while other ...
Things Facebook says “shouldn’t be shared on Facebook” – violence, nudity and copyrights
When your user base consists of roughly one-sixth of the world’s population, it is hard to make a content policy that can cover everyone, but Facebook is sure trying. The social media giant recently updated its Community Standards to clearly lay out exactly what you can and cannot post on Facebook, and the rules showcase ...
The arrival of Meerkat and the cyberpunk dystopia we’ve always wanted
Twenty years ago, a discussion about privacy would have barely included the Internet. Ten years ago, it would have barely included social media. Now the issue of privacy is facing even more challenging questions thanks to tools like Meerkat, which works a bit like a cross between Snapchat and Twitch.tv. Users livestream video from their mobile devices ...