Toyota, Denso, and Softbank have announced that they’ll invest over $1 billion collectively in Uber’s self-driving division.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
We made Doc Ock look real — here’s how
We’ve been waiting for studios to realize that digital humans are achievable now. The pipeline and technology are already in place.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Amazon strikes at Spotify with new free streaming music with ads
Amazon is launching a free music service to compete with Spotify’s offering. It complements its existing Prime Music and Amazon Music Unlimited plans.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Pinterest shares rise 28% on first day of trading, worth $13 billion
Shares of Pinterest closed 28.58% higher than the IPO price on the first day of trading, giving the image-sharing site a $12.83 billion valuation.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Brown Dust tactical-RPG hits 2 million mobile downloads in first month
Brown Dust tasks players with assembling a team of fantastical mercenaries. It’s celebrating the new milestone by giving away a lot of in-game items.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Google will begin to block sign-ins from embedded browser frameworks in June
Google says it’ll begin to block sign-ins from from embedded browser frameworks like Chromium Embedded Framework starting in June.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Microsoft’s confusing facial recognition policy, from China to California
Microsoft is sending conflicting messages about its stances on facial recognition software, which raises larger questions about this tech in society.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Edublogs Explains How to Handle Student Blogs at the End of the Year
The end of the school year will be here before too long. For many of you it’s only about six weeks away. If you and your students have been blogging along this year, you might be wondering what you… Read
Microsoft’s SeeingVR tools help low-vision users view Unity VR apps
Microsoft researchers have been working on tools to make Unity VR content accessible to low-vision users, and will publicly demonstrate them in May.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat
Mozilla relaunches open source IoT platform Project Things as WebThings
Mozilla today announced that its Project Things is graduating from its experimental phase and relaunching as Mozilla WebThings.Read More >> Source: VentureBeat