Amazon sweetens $1.3 billion Zoox acquisition with $100 million in stock to keep workers

On top of the $1.3 billion that Amazon has offered to acquire autonomous vehicle company Zoox, the company is paying a high cost to retain the talent.Read More

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Diversity continues to grow at Transform 2020 

Transform's diversity program featuring the Women in AI Breakfast, Women in AI Awards and the Diversity and Inclusion Breakfast.Read More

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PC shipments grew 3-11% in Q2 2020 despite coronavirus

PC shipments in Q2 2020 grew, according to Gartner and IDC. In fact, Gartner estimates PC shipments were up 2.8% and IDC estimates they were up 11.2%.Read More

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Amazon launches monitoring service AWS IoT SiteWise in general availability

Amazon this week announced the general availability of AWS IoT SiteWise, a managed monitoring service for industrial customers.Read More

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Newzoo: Esports revenue forecast drops despite huge interest and viewership

In April, Newzoo was pretty timid about knocking down its esports forecast for 2020. But the company revised its forecast a second time today.Read More

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Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games

Sony has invested $250 million for a minority stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games, the companies announced today. Epic's games will stay cross-platform.Read More

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Apple debuts iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 14 public betas, macOS 11 and watchOS 7 ‘soon’

The new Apple operating systems for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV are out for public beta testing today, with Mac and Apple Watch betas to follow soon.Read More

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AI researchers create testing tool to find bugs in NLP from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

A testing tool called CheckList found mistakes in commercially available AI from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft; CheckList won Best Paper award at ACL.Read More

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The Future Society, UNESCO, and others partner on pandemic decision-making platform

The Collective and Augmented Intelligence Against COVID-19 (CAIAC) aims to provide decision makers with a platform to inform their choices.Read More

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AI at the Edge is enabling the push toward defect-free factories

On-floor factory edge computing is enabing manufacturers to identify 99.6% of errors before a product ever leaves the line.Read More

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