Though 5G is now largely associated with smartphones, Verizon originally launched the next-generation cellular technology as a high-speed broadband solution, promising cable modem-like 300Mbps average and 1Gbps peak data rates using millimeter wave 5G modems. Unfortunately, network buildout and local installation challenges limited Verizon’s footprint, so the company is addressing one of those pain points […]
Star Wars Squadrons Debuts New Gameplay Trailer At Gamescom
As part of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, EA revealed a new single-player gameplay trailer for Star Wars Squadrons. You can watch the trailer below. After a brief Rebel propaganda film, we got a firsthand look at an Imperial mission. The cockpit view of the TIE Fighter was brief, but it showed some dogfighting action, […]
March Gaming Fund debuts with $60 million for game startups
March Capital has launched its March Gaming Fund with $60 million to invest in game startups. The fund is headed by managing director Gregory Milken, who has been responsible for most of March Capital’s investments in game companies since the fund originally started in 2014. Santa Monica, California-based March Gaming Fund will focus on startups […]
OpenAI debuts gigantic GPT-3 language model with 175 billion parameters
A team of more than 30 OpenAI researchers have released a paper about GPT-3, a language model capable of achieving state-of-the-art results on a range of benchmark and unique natural language processing tasks that range from language translation to generating news articles to answering SAT questions. GPT-3 is a whopping 175 billion parameter model. By […]
Glu Mobile debuts Disney Sorcerer’s Arena mobile game
Publisher Glu Mobile has launched its Disney Sorcerer’s Arena mobile game on iOS and Android. Hopefully this will keep more people occupied while dealing with stay-at-home rules around the world. Sorcerer’s Arena features Disney and Pixar characters in a kind of battle not unlike Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, another Disney-based hit in the $86 […]
Facebook debuts lighter, ‘more responsive’ Messenger app for iOS
Facebook is rolling out a new version of Messenger for iOS from today, built with speed and responsiveness firmly in mind. The upgraded app, built on a new code base, also lays the foundation for Facebook’s previously stated goal to unite all its apps and make it possible for people to message between Facebook, Messenger, […]