Less than a month after announcing the Lone Echo II release date Facebook’s Ready At Dawn opted to move it back to later this year, with no solid date attached. The sequel to 2017’s powerhouse single-player PC VR title was originally to release on August 24th — the date was announced just a few weeks […]
Tech giants unite to drive ‘transformational’ open source eBPF projects
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have teamed up to launch the eBPF Foundation, which is designed to accelerate a “transformational” technology that will “redefine” networking, security, tracing, and observability. The new foundation’s membership […]
NASCAR comes back to console video games, with the Unreal Engine
Stock car racing is coming back to consoles and PC this fall and, appropriately enough, there’s a new engine under the hood. NASCAR 21: Ignition, made in Unreal 4, will launch Oct. 28 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. It’s the second NASCAR title published by new label Motorsport Games, a subsidiary of […]
Netacea: Businesses lose up to $250M every year to unwanted bot attacks
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Bots are costing businesses, on average, 3.6% of their revenue, according to a new report from Netacea. On average, it takes enterprises three months to identify that a bot attack has occurred. This failure to detect and stop attacks is due, at least […]
Loop Hero is headed to Nintendo Switch
Developer Four Quarters’ Loop Hero will come to the Nintendo Switch this winter, the studio announced during Nintendo’s Indie World showcase on Wednesday. The game was originally released on Windows PC and Mac on March 4. Four Quarters did not announce an exact release date for Loop Hero on Nintendo Switch. Published by Devolver Digital, […]
AI datasets are prone to mismanagement, study finds
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Public datasets like Duke University’s DukeMTMC are often used to train, test, and fine-tune machine learning algorithms that make their way into production, sometimes with controversial results. It’s an open secret that biases in these datasets could negatively impact the predictions made by […]
Mindtickle raises $100M to gamify sales training
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Mindtickle, which provides a “sales readiness” platform for enterprises, today announced it has closed a $100 million series E funding round led by SoftBank, with participation from Chimera Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan, NewView Capital, and Qualcomm Ventures. The funds, which bring the […]
New 2K Game To Be Revealed This Month And More From Take Two's Earnings Report
Take Two released its Q1 earnings report alongside a conference call today, which revealed there’s a new IP coming from the company. Better yet, it’s going to be announced later this month. Along with this tease, we caught a glimpse at what releases are planned for the remainder of the 2022 fiscal year from Take […]
AI-driven HR seeks to balance ‘human’ and ‘resources’
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Human resources (HR) is an area that is ripe for automation, and in particular, the kind of automation made possible by artificial intelligence (AI). HR, after all, is a cost center at most organizations, which means organizations are always looking for ways to […]
How to approach AI more responsibly, according to a top AI ethicist
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Women in the AI field are making research breakthroughs, spearheading vital ethical discussions, and inspiring the next generation of AI professionals. We created the VentureBeat Women in AI Awards to emphasize the importance of their voices, work, and experience, and to shine a […]