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Demiplane is a new way to play tabletop RPGs online, offering more tools for communication, presentation, and safety. https://bit.ly/34CJk9s

Asapp, a research-driven customer experience company, released a dataset designed to help train automated call center systems. https://bit.ly/2S2dhwW

Hand geometry takes into account the shape of the entire hand, along with features like ridges, finger size, and much more. https://bit.ly/2S1Nu89

igital transformation CMOs can drive an analytics-first culture that re-imagines the role of data to increase revenue and grow the business. https://bit.ly/3yIDD7M

As privacy laws start to limit companies' data sets, synthetic data could be key to continuing to leverage AI. https://bit.ly/3p28KqD

Blockchain and nonfungible tokens are going from curiousity to mainstream, and this could change how the game industry makes games. https://bit.ly/3fXpD1j

Adversarial attacks present a growing threat to commercial AI and machine learning systems. Fortunately, some solutions exist. https://bit.ly/3p9J1fR

Password breach database Have I Been Pwned is now entirely open source, making good on a promise from its creator Troy Hunt last year. https://bit.ly/2Sxoshc

Google's Core Web Vitals, can impact search engine rankings as the use of cookies to track users and generate ad revenue decline. https://bit.ly/2SAtp99

BMW, Daimler and Ford have set up local data centers to store data generated by all the vehicles they sell in China to meet new regulatios. https://bit.ly/3p0858T

Databricks unveils tools and platforms to unify data science and engineering practices and accelerate development of AI models. https://bit.ly/3frD3Uj

At its Wave Summit deep learning conference, Baidu announced updates to its PaddlePaddle machine learning framework and more. https://bit.ly/3oUhIWK

Docker is launching a Verified Publisher program to create greater trust and security for developers using its tools. https://bit.ly/2RU0dcW

The Museum of Crypto Art (MOCA) will raise money through sales of cryptocurrency tokens to help cryptocurrency artists. https://bit.ly/3wA1ODt

Epic Games launched the early access version of Unreal Engine 5, which can create massive 3D scenes for video games. https://bit.ly/2Szw1nK

DataDome, which provides a bot protection platform for ecommerce customers, has raised $35 million in venture capital. https://bit.ly/34kZqoa

At Build, Microsoft launched Azure Applied AI Services, a suite of AI tools designed specifically for enterprise scenarios. https://bit.ly/2QQPSy1

Microsoft is adding data sources to the Windows search bar for personalized results from tools by Salesforce and other enterprises. https://bit.ly/3yDaZFi

The Green Software Foundation, of which Microsoft is a member, will aim to promote sustainable app development across the tech industry. https://bit.ly/3yBFs6s

Fireflies.ai, an AI-powered videoconference note-taking tool, has raised $14 million in a series A funding round. https://bit.ly/3fia5q8

(Reuters) — Ireland’s data regulator has given Facebook six weeks to respond to an investigation that may trigger a ban on the social media giant’s transatlantic data transfers following a High Court ruling that the probe could resume. The case stems from European Union concerns that U.S. government surveillance may not respect the privacy rights of EU […] https://bit.ly/34bQBga

IBM’s AI group released CodeNet, a 14-million-sample dataset for training machine learning models to help software developers be productive. https://bit.ly/3bQlAmx

Google can have the only store, or it can ban a category of legitimate businesses, but it can’t do both without hurting users. https://bit.ly/3hMVR1X

Chinese fund managers grappling with mountains of trade data and a long list of publicly-traded stock rely on AI and ML to boost efficiency. https://bit.ly/3fdfGO6

Malevolent threat actors have discovered their own digital transformation strategies, Verizon’s Data Breach Report 2021 reveals. https://bit.ly/2Td2PTL

Getting full visibility into your process from end to end will allow you to spot your biggest pain points. https://bit.ly/3f7CRcO

When NFTs of art and other digital objects are sold, the copyright stays with the original owner and does not get transferred to the buyer. https://bit.ly/3hLVTY4

AT&T's spinout of Warner and its games division to Discovery raises the question of attentive management overseeing a huge games business. https://bit.ly/3wuDG5n

Facebook claims to have developed an AI model that learns to recognize speech without the need for annotations. https://bit.ly/3bKBmPI

Adapdix’s EdgeOps DataMesh puts AI on the factory floor. Semiconductor manufactuers are both backers and customers. https://bit.ly/344NHdm

Forte raises $185 million at a $1 billion valuation for blockchain game platform in a deal led by game VC Griffin Gaming Partners. https://bit.ly/341JoiR

Pearl Certification has raised $9.5 million to expand third-party energy efficiency and sustainability ratings for homeowners. https://bit.ly/3bItLkB

As more big names invest in blockchain and NFTs, it's up to the entire ecosystem, not celebs, to keep up the momentum. https://bit.ly/3udbUZH

Qualcomm unveiled its new Snapdragon 778G5G mobile processor platform to power high-end smartphones coming in the second quarter. https://bit.ly/3fuOVDN

Asapp, a machine learning-driven call center automation company, has raised $120 million in equity venture capital. https://bit.ly/2QxeWKp

Video game golf has a number of notable entries thanks to PGA Tour games from EA and 2K as well as a Mario Golf release from Nintendo. https://bit.ly/2S9vHvn

ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity startup protecting endpoints, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Elephant. https://bit.ly/3tZIYE0

AI Redefined (AIR) appoints new CEO as it seeks to drive adoption of its human-centered Cogment framework for training AI agents. https://bit.ly/2RqvwMg

France said its state and corporate data can be stored on Google and Microsoft's cloud services which have been licensed to French companies. https://bit.ly/2QrBMD1

APIs make the modern digital world go round, powering the shift from monolithic on-premises software to the cloud and microservices. https://bit.ly/2QoGH7I

Boréas Technologies has unveiled a new sensing technology that will give you touch feedback for new smartphones and gaming phones. https://bit.ly/2RsTl66

Blockchain can give marketplace partners the confidence to operate in an ecosystem without fear of unethical operators. https://bit.ly/3uT2hAs

Big game companies could probably use a manual for acquiring game companies at a time when such acquisitions have reached an all-time record. In the first quarter, the money for acquisitions, public offerings, and investments hit $39 billion, more than the $33 billion for all of last year, according to InvestGame. So it seems timely […] https://bit.ly/2SK8mRl

Abbyy announced investment from Marlin Equity Partners that could help drive Abbyy's continued expansion in a growing IPA market. https://bit.ly/3tROBnN

In a work-from-home world, enterprises need the cloud to speed up productivity, enhance work-life balance, and save costs. https://bit.ly/3bvftUm

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker debuted its second new job class today during the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Fest today. https://bit.ly/3uR4mgd

Customer experience (CX) and digital transformation (DX) are not synonymous, and they are both crucial to merchant success. https://bit.ly/3uRr7k1

AI can transform BI into a tool that drives data-driven decision-making, but incorporating AI into existing BI environments is difficult. https://bit.ly/3boiuWs

GitHub has officially launched support for videos, with developers able to upload .mp4 or .mov files in pull requests, discussions, and more. https://bit.ly/3btbszH

Language models struggle to understand analogies, according to a new study from researchers at Cardiff University. https://bit.ly/2SDD0vF