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Google Cloud and 2K introduce ‘Open Saves’ open-source storage for game developers
Google Cloud, in partnership with American game publisher 2K, today announced the development of an open-source, cloud-native storage interface called “Open Saves” for video game developers. Video games, whether single-player or multiplayer, create immersive and persistent experiences and must track numerous variables and items in order to provide the best possible entertainment. In role-playing games, game ...
Google expands its Android-based earthquake alerts outside the US
Google LLC today announced it’s expanding its Android Earthquake Alerts System that uses mobile phones to both detect earthquakes and warn users to countries that don’t have early-warning alert systems. The system is currently being introduced in Greece and New Zealand, where Android users will receive automatic early-warning alerts when an earthquake is detected in their ...
JetBrains announces TeamCity Cloud, a managed CI/CD solution for DevOps teams
JetBrains s.r.o., a developer of extended integrated development environments for many programming languages, today announced the launch of TeamCity Cloud, a software-as-a-service product aimed at helping DevOps teams streamline continuous integration and continuous delivery for software development. TeamCity Cloud helps DevOps teams during the build, test and deployment phases of software by making it easier ...
AWS open-sources DeepRacer machine learning software to let developers tinker at home
Amazon Web Services Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., today announced it’s open-sourcing the device driver software at the heart of its AWS DeepRacer robots, its 1/18th-scale autonomous racing vehicles designed to demonstrate machine learning technology. AWS DeepRacer provides a fast way to learn about machine learning programming by putting it into practical terms using ...
Holoride secures $12M funding to bring VR entertainment to car rides
Holoride GmbH, a company that provides virtual reality entertainment experiences to back-seat passengers during car rides, today announced a $12 million funding round led by Terranet AB. The company provides an entertainment technology that syncs its entertainment to the movement of the car that the passenger is in. That means when the car moves, so ...
Immersive spatial video chat provider Kumospace raises $3M in seed funding
Kumospace, a provider of immersive spatial video chat, today announced that it has secured $3 million in seed funding led by Boldstart Ventures. With the recent increase in remote work, Kumospace is “saying goodbye to the boring grid of video conferences” by trying to provide a more immersive and fun environment for video chat. It ...
Apple unveils new M1-powered iMac, iPad Pro, Apple TV 4K and AirTags
Apple Inc. today announced a raft of new products during its “Spring Loaded” event, including a new M1-powered iMac, a new iPad Pro, a new Apple TV and AirTags. Two of the new products are powered by Apple’s powerhouse M1 chip. It features an eight-core CPU and is by far the highest-performance CPU Apple has ...
UAE launches Trade Connect blockchain-based trade-finance platform to combat fraud
The United Arab Emirates today launched a new blockchain-based platform called UAE Trade Connect that’s designed to prevent economic crimes such as under-invoicing, money laundering and fraud in trade finance. The distributed ledger blockchain network was developed by UAE-based telecommunications company Etisalat and a consortium of seven local banks led by the First Abu Dhabi ...
Facebook debuts AI tool to predict effective disease-fighting drug cocktails
Facebook AI and Helmholtz Zentrum München, the German Research Center for Environmental Health, announced today the introduction of a new machine learning tool aimed at helping accelerate the discovery of effective new drug combinations for fighting disease and cancers. Malignant tumors and complex diseases often require a combination of drugs, known as “drug cocktails,” that ...
Google pushes greater vaccine equity with grants and AI
Google LLC today announced a number of new initiatives focused on getting as many people as possible vaccinated in the U.S. and around the world. These initiatives include grants and direct funding for local communities to get vaccines where they’re needed most and a Google Cloud contact center artificial intelligence solution designed to help governments ...