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Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory detailed a system that can work with human experts to arrive at a conclusion. https://bit.ly/2Xe768u

In Q2 2020, Amazon Web Services revenue slowed to 29%, Microsoft Azure revenue slowed to 47%, and Google Cloud revenue slowed to 43%. Blame the pandemic. https://bit.ly/3hWdysJ

Thatgamecompany said its Sky: Children of the Light mobile game has topped 35 million downloads, and the company is selling Sky's digital soundtrack now. https://bit.ly/33e4kUs

Huawei is now the world's biggest smartphone maker in terms of shipments, according to Canalys, but the Chinese tech giant is unlikely to keep that title. https://bit.ly/3jQfuF3

LinkedIn detailed Qualified Applicant (QA), an algorithm that identifies jobs for which candidates have the best chances. https://bit.ly/2Pc0X8l

The AI Foundation, a startup developing technology that powers digital personas, has raised $17 million in venture capital. https://bit.ly/3gfrw8L

In a preprint paper, researchers propose using AI algorithms to predict which college students are at risk of failing physics classes. https://bit.ly/39Ekw2v

Private Division, a publishing label under Take-Two, announced deals today with three independent developers, including Moon Studios. https://bit.ly/2CSLcAW

Polyarc, creator of the virtual reality game Moss, has raised $9 million as it expands beyond VR to augmented reality games. https://bit.ly/2BJogn4

Social media platform Discord is launching noise suppression for mobile audio calls. That means no one will notice if you're taking a walk in a windy park. https://bit.ly/3hNqcKm

LinkedIn released DeText, a framework for natural language processing tasks like process-related ranking, classification, and language generation. https://bit.ly/2Enklgt

Chorus.ai, a startup developing an AI and machine learning platform that analyzes sales calls, has raised $45 million in venture capital. https://bit.ly/2BA90bU

GamesBeat Decides is back with an exploration of the Xbox Games Showcase and how it both succeeded and failed. Also, Crash Bandicoot 4 impressions. https://bit.ly/32ZGhIN

Researchers at MIT CSAIL designed a system that can identify optimal vaccine designs for a large swath of the population. https://bit.ly/2BAnMiV

Starting in the third quarter, some Android phones will recharge using standard USB-C cables at extremely high speeds, challenging Qi wireless chargers. https://bit.ly/3jDMgcp

Sweden's EQT Ventures embraced AI by creating Motherbrain to identify startups. Development hasn't been easy, but the firm is starting to reap the benefits. https://bit.ly/2Ddr9g3

From mid-June to mid-July, the gaming industry — largely propelled by PlayStation — had a modest 5.05% increase in TV ad impressions over 30 days. https://bit.ly/3jFKfwc

Innovation is top of mind for many large organizations. However, most "innovation recipes" are created for smaller companies. https://bit.ly/3g6WaB2

Making games can be challenging and confusing. What all game production needs, but often entirely lacks, is a proper product vision. https://bit.ly/32TLIJm

In a preprint study, researchers find evidence of bias in data sets often used to train AI that classifies a person's facial expression. https://bit.ly/3fTzSCJ

For the most part, Microsoft's eight-minute demo of Halo Infinite convinced me that Master Chief is back in the hands of good storytellers. https://bit.ly/2BsPEp8

More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others. https://bit.ly/3jFXH32

Microsoft showed Halo Infinite gameplay today that has the Spartan warrior fighting against The Banished and its Brute fighters in an open world. https://bit.ly/2ZSDJu8

Amazon launched Contact Lens, its AI- and machine learning-powered contact center solution, in general availability. https://bit.ly/2E6n5ia

Regardless of what industry you're in, more important than current market share and products, is the ability to pivot and change. https://bit.ly/2EfD3H1

Researchers created an AI system that can predict the most likely position within sheet music that matches an audio recording. https://bit.ly/2WLNyIw

Sentons has teamed up with Lenovo, Asus, and Tencent to create gaming smartphones with virtual buttons, which can be used as virtual controllers. https://bit.ly/32LMCra

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Rocket League is going free-to-play. This means it is leaving Steam for new players, but you can still download it and get updates if you already own it. https://bit.ly/3fQRf7h

Stanford researchers developed a framework -- FrugalML -- that switches between cloud APIs to improve image classification performance while reducing costs. https://bit.ly/3hmSyeh

During its Inspire 2020 conference, Microsoft unveiled new retail- and fraud-focused services to address pandemic-related issues and other challenges. https://bit.ly/2CDN00e

Uber drivers are suing the company to access more of the personal profile data Uber collects on them and determine how it affects their livelihoods. https://bit.ly/3fL3ja8

Mobileye and Ford are expanding their longstanding partnership. The former will provide chips and software to power Ford cars' driver-assist features. https://bit.ly/2E32R9c

Twitter disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a DMCA copyright complaint. https://bit.ly/39ftK5b

Content is at the peak of unbundled, and there doesn't seem to be any solution in sight. Why can’t there be a platform that everyone likes? https://bit.ly/3fKabUV

It’s well known that most data science transformations end in failure, wasting huge amounts of time and money and causing long-term damage to businesses. https://bit.ly/3jilbv3

Automation can be a game-changer during this critical time of accelerated digital transformation, but it's not the answer for everything. https://bit.ly/2ZLi0EC

Many companies outside the major VC hubs bootstrap for years prior to receiving a Series A. This creates a much lower risk investment profile. https://bit.ly/398cyyo

Schell Games is releasing HistoryMaker VR on Steam just in time for the new school year that’ll let players embody a range of historical figures. https://bit.ly/32vAyKz

Pixar's machine learning concept called "deep learned super resolution" relies on generative adversarial networks to streamline rendering. https://bit.ly/39fVMNZ

NextNav has figured out how to use barometric pressure sensors to figure out what floor of a building a person is on when they're calling from a skyscraper. https://bit.ly/3eCN6ST

While "edge AI" has become a buzzword in recent years, the actual value of nearby, cloud-like servers has been somewhat amorphous. Nvidia has answers. https://bit.ly/3fFGTHc

Executives leading Alexa and Google Assistant teams say multimodal experiences and unsupervised learning are notable trends for AI assistants. https://bit.ly/3fKc5Fq

It turns out if you're a data company with modern data architectures at the ready, you have a head start building out internal conversational AI. https://bit.ly/3exCswR

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is Microsoft key to its gaming future, and it's combining that service with its cloud-streaming technology. https://bit.ly/3eILjMl

In a conversation at Transform 2020, Yelp head of data science Justin Norman detailed Bunsen, the company's internal product experimentation platform. https://bit.ly/390YYNe

Chase's chief data and analytics officer Sandra Nudelman outlines some of the ways the bank is harnessing AI and ML across its business. https://bit.ly/30hYZIZ

App developers will increasingly have to adopt an "AI-first" mindset by default, according to Intuit chief technology officer Marianna Tessel. https://bit.ly/2B1uzSu

A European appeals court ruled that Apple does not have to pay Ireland a $15 billion tax bill levied by the European Commission. https://bit.ly/2WobBgl

Google Stadia could represent the next generation of browser games, and that might end uplooking a lot like Splash Damage's Outcasters. https://bit.ly/3j0JTjr