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Our leaders must explore how energy resiliency and climate action can create a better "new normal." https://bit.ly/3mD1eQw

Video Game History Foundation co-directors Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin talk about the importance of source code preservation. https://bit.ly/37Zne3N

AI and machine learning technologies are accelerating space exploration during a chaotic year on planet Earth. https://bit.ly/35PLvqD

Tetris Effect: Connected is a wonderful multiplayer update to what was already a modern classic. It's coming https://bit.ly/3204A8a

Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat expectations as its Call of Duty franchise continued to outperform expectations. https://bit.ly/3mys0te

Google researchers developed an AI and machine learning system that converts webpages into videos automatically. https://bit.ly/2JkwUMe

Startup Arable raised $20 million for its data-driven approach to farming, which employs internet of things devices imbued with sensors and AI algorithms. https://bit.ly/3mymVRF

ScourgeBringer is a roguelike platformer that is out now for Switch, Xbox One, and PC. It's developer measure its budget with time. https://bit.ly/2J7icb9

Google researchers propose Transporter Networks, AI models that learn from few examples to complete robot grasping tasks. https://bit.ly/3oFErFm

Capacity, a platform that aims to automate knowledge aggregation and serving for enterprises, has raised $11 million. https://bit.ly/35GSu54

Microsoft reported fiscal Q1 2020 earnings, including revenue of $37.2 billion, net income of $13.9 billion, and earnings per share of $1.82. https://bit.ly/34AyO3B

MIT researchers have developed a new technique to fool text classifiers using a sentence-rewriting AI system. https://bit.ly/2TtnXlD

Uber has begun rolling out two new privacy features -- View as Driver and Profile Data Expiration -- in the U.S. and Canada. https://bit.ly/35BYSKM

Microsoft, which has largely evaded Washington's scrutiny of Big Tech companies, has emerged as a significant backer of the Biden campaign. https://bit.ly/35BubW9

PUBG is getting an update to run at an unlocked framerate on consoles, and that's great for Xbox Series X. https://bit.ly/34wWNk0

TechSee, a startup employing AI and computer vision to streamline field service work, raised $30 million to expand its reach. https://bit.ly/3mBXuyT

Retailers can use edge computing, fed by 5G-capable IoT endpoints, to give their customers a safer, more convenient shopping experience. https://bit.ly/3ouPyBd

Former Uber drivers have filed a legal challenge against the company in Europe, arguing that its "robo-firing" practices contravene GDPR. https://bit.ly/37Lgy9s

The latest VR haptics research from Microsoft — called “PIVOT” — could makes movements such as throwing balls appear more realistic. https://bit.ly/31HvJN9

Researchers developed an environment to test embodied AI agents on their ability to understand goals and help accomplish them. https://bit.ly/3ks0kpb

Keith Lee, CEO of Counterplay Games, described the journey from small indie game company to making a PlayStation 5 launch title, Godfall. https://bit.ly/31H8fYt

The latest jaw-dropping Half-Life: Alyx mod brings the iconic world of BioShock’s Rapture to VR for the first time. https://bit.ly/37Ee7p1

Nintendo announced this week that it is finally giving the original Fire Emblem. Yay! But I hope that Nintendo doesn't stop there. https://bit.ly/3kwEilu

Ethical hackers are searching for vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems amid political and legal efforts to block their work. https://bit.ly/31DAtTV

A California appeals court ruled against ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, saying they must reclassify their drivers as employees. https://bit.ly/34pqnrM

Scale isn't just a business plan but an approach that makes Big Tech and startups less effective at addressing systemic social issues. https://bit.ly/37ya7GL

Supporting the Smithsonian's Open Access initiative, Verizon is offering augmented reality museum experiences at home, with plans to do more. https://bit.ly/3jpkE9o

Dance is a new ebike subscription startup from SoundCloud's founders, and it has raised $17.8 million to launch its service globally. https://bit.ly/2IViNg9

The Last of Us Part II was a very contentious game of 2020, with gamers battling critics over review scores. But it isn't in the top 10 most divisive games. https://bit.ly/3mfm0VZ

Anyscale, the startup behind the open source project Ray, today closed a $40 million round to support its first commercial offering, a managed Ray platform. https://bit.ly/37sRGDb

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will build a supercomputer in Finland with a peak theoretical performance exceeding 500 petaflops. https://bit.ly/37rRp3x

Salesforce's Simulation Cards aim to bring transparency to historically black-box published AI and machine learning simulations. https://bit.ly/2HncbGu

Microsoft's T-ULRv2 model can translate between 94 different languages, falling just short of Facebook's recently announced M2M-100 model. https://bit.ly/34gQhO0

Drone maker Volansi is collaborating with drug maker Merck on a drone program to get 'cold-chain' medicines to people not in hospitals. https://bit.ly/3dIhfRN

Google Assistant has gained new features on smart displays, including support for multiple enterprise and personal accounts on a single device. https://bit.ly/3oaLllN

Google Cloud today unveiled Lending DocAI, a specialized solution for the mortgage industry. In partnership with Roostify, it's available in preview. https://bit.ly/2HcDvHO

Japan will join forces with the U.S and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said. https://bit.ly/3dGnOV8

Silent Eight, a startup leveraging AI to help detect and solve financial fraud, has raised $8.8 million to expand its reach. https://bit.ly/3m3wXdt

The multiplayer update for Beat Saber is available for PC VR and Oculus Quest. PSVR players will have to wait, as that platform's update has been delayed. https://bit.ly/31hZGDj

Businesses planning an enterprise strategy for after the pandemic should look for trends hiding in scattershot data points. https://bit.ly/2FD8a0d

Cybershoes, a VR peripheral that aims to simulate walking, is coming to Oculus Quest and Quest 2, with a Kickstarter to help fund support. https://bit.ly/2IG4Tyn

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft have not joined the nonpartisan "Time To Vote" movement that allocates time for employees to vote during the workday. https://bit.ly/351miZO

OpenRoaming is a federation service that enables seamless Wi-Fi onboarding, facilitating consistency as you roam between networks. https://bit.ly/343QtjK

Glasses-free 3D screens are becoming considerably more powerful in resolution and speed, enabling creators to display realistic holographic content. https://bit.ly/353jrPV

Whisper, a startup founded by former Facebook employees, raised $53 million to develop a pair of AI-powered hearing aids. https://bit.ly/342vSfL

The Xbox Series X runs hot, but not as hot as the PlayStation 4 Pro or Xbox One X. Microsoft has engineered a box that stays relatively quiet and cool. https://bit.ly/3lPYTBn

Twitter suffered cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world’s most famous people. https://bit.ly/341dNhS

Zoom has confirmed that it will begin rolling out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) next week, starting with a 30-day technical preview. https://bit.ly/3lIoWdu

Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University will use AI to search for electrocatalysts to enable scalable renewable energy storage. https://bit.ly/316soXG

Accurics, a company developing a cloud monitoring platform with 'self-healing' technology, has raised $20 million over the past six months. https://bit.ly/3ds7ck0