Machine learning researchers have achieved remarkable success with language model pretraining, which uses self-supervision, a training technique that doesn’t require labeled data. Pretraining refers to training a model with one task to help it recognize patterns that can be applied to a range of other tasks. In this way, pretraining imitates the way human beings […]
Google shuts down internal Stadia game studio
Google is shutting down its internal game development studios tasked with making video games for Stadia, the company’s game-streaming platform. Stadia GM and vice president Phil Harrison announced the closure of Stadia Games and Entertainment on Monday on the Stadia blog. “Creating best-in-class games from the ground up takes many years and significant investment, and […]
Apex Legends: Complete Mirage Guide
Bam-to-the-boozle. Mirage is one of the most experienced legends that roam the Apex Games, and his set of abilities have been in flux since the very beginning. Originally Mirage seemed, sadly, pointless, with a weak assortment of tricks that could easily be seen through, but with each subsequent update giving him a tiny adjustment that […]
Rapid7 acquires Alcide for $50 million to meet growing cloud security demand
With enterprises embracing the cloud for its speed and flexibility, they are turning to tools like Kubernetes to help deploy and manage their applications. But while such cloud-native approaches are increasingly popular, their relative youth has created a strong market for companies that can address new security issues. That’s why Rapid7 today announced it has […]
Win A Free PS5 During The Red Bull Capture Point Contest
Getting your hands on a PS5 is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. No matter how often you click that refresh button, most retailers sell out within minutes of a restock. However, PlayStation and Red Bull are giving fans another way to pick up the elusive console – all you have to […]
Valve being sued for keeping game prices high on other platforms
Five individuals have filed a lawsuit against Valve, accusing the company of abusing Steam’s market power and hindering innovation. Last month, Valve came under fire from the EU Commission for geo-blocking games on its Steam platform and now the company is facing a second lawsuit for allegedly making developers and publishers enter a Most Favoured […]
Best Hidden Quests In Immortals Fenyx Rising
Immortals Fenyx Rising is full of secrets and hidden areas to find, as long as you’re willing to look. One of the best things about the game is the many hidden quests scattered throughout the map. These don’t appear in Far Sight and will only appear when triggered, usually by visiting or interacting with a […]
Busting the constraints of the metaverse economy with on- and off-platform currencies
“I believe the economy of the metaverse has been constrained by the companies, the players, the users of this environment,” said John Burris, chief strategy officer and chief blockchain officer at Together Labs, during his presentation, “The Economy of the Metaverse,” part of GamesBeat’s Into the Metaverse event. The first issue is that a majority […]
Confidence, uncertainty, and trust in AI affect how humans make decisions
In 2019, as the Department of Defense considered adopting AI ethics principles, the Defense Innovation Unit held a series of meetings across the U.S. to gather opinions from experts and the public. At one such meeting in Silicon Valley, Stanford University professor Herb Lin argued that he was concerned about people trusting AI too easily […]
Telemedicine and chatbots are using data to transform health care
Among the many transformations accelerated by COVID-19, health care ranks at the top of the list. An industry that had been changing at a plodding pace before 2020 has been forced to rapidly embrace advances like telemedicine and health chatbots on a far greater scale to navigate the crisis. As health care providers adopt these […]