BMW announced the partnership with AirConsole. Agreement will see the integration of AirConsole's virtual gaming capabilities in BMW infotainment systems next year. Games will now be rapidly supplied over the air and controlled with smartphones according to AirConsole technology.
Amazon's annual hardware and service launch event just wrapped. #Amazon revealed the first Kindle with a writing surface. Meanwhile, Amazon unveiled a much-advanced Fire TV Cube, new Echo speakers etc.This unexpected new model for its Kindle e-readers will cost $340 with a pen.
As #Netflix steps into the gaming business, it just established its video game studio. Marko Lastikka, a former executive at Zynga and Electronic Arts, will serve as its CEO while based in Helsinki, Finland.
#DataHash#GameStudio#Onlinegame#videogame
RPT-02 SOL - a $230 pair of self-charging Bluetooth cans with Exeger’s Powerfoyle solar cells built right into the recycled plastic headband (via Engadget) was announced by Adidas on 16 August.
A chess-playing robot, apparently unsettled by the quick responses of a seven-year-old boy, unceremoniously grabbed and broke his finger during a match at the Moscow Open last week, according to to Russian media outlets.
The Meta-owned social media platform Instagram is testing a new function, asking users to upload video selfies for age verification. Despite video selfies, they are also using ways such as uploading ID and asking for mutual friends' age verification.
#Airbnb has been temporarily restricting parties and large events on their home-sharing properties for over two years, following the social-distancing policy during the pandemic. The company recently announces that they are going to permanently prohibiting “disruptive parties.
Playstation Lifestyle reported that there's a new job ad posted by Sony strongly hints that Sony is trying to hire an engineer to get its PS3 emulation sorted.
Elon Musk said on Friday that he has decided to walk away from his $44 Billion deal to buy #Twitter. It was reported that Twitter has hired a notable legal firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for a legal battle against Elon Musk, forcing him to continue the deal.
#Twitter has announced its partnership with Shopify - all #Shopify’s U.S. merchants will be able to access a sales channel app through its app store. Merchants can onboard themselves to Twitter’s Shopping Manager through this app - including access to product catalogue tools.
Blake Lemoine, an engineer for Google’s responsible AI organization described the system he has been working on is sentient. #Google suspended his work the company’s #LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications) #chatbot development system.
Sheryl Sandberg has resigned from Facebook-parent #Meta on June 1st, where she served as #Facebook's Chief Operating Officer for 14 years.
#SherylSandberg
EU lawmakers have reached a deal on one common charger for all devices. With the agreement that will force all future #smartphones sold in the EU — including #Apple’s iPhone — to be equipped with the universal USB-C port for charging by fall 2024 with legislation.
#CommonCharger
#Tesla is only relying on Bluetooth connection for sound, which has limited its performance. Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, commented on a tweet that he is open for discussion about adding Apple's #AirPlay to Tesla vehicles to enhance the audio quality.
#Instagram is adding an AMBER Alert feature on its platform to notify users of missing children in their area. The alert feature will be available in the United States and more than 24 countries.
The #Oura Smart Ring, is a smart device that can read heart rate, temperature, and respiratory rate. It was first released in 2015, with a starting price of approximately US$300. Now there’s a luxurious version of this ring - the #Gucci x #Oura Ring which costs US$950.🤑
Russia has launched #NashStore, in response to the western sanctions and the withdrawal of service from tech companies like #Google.
The NashStore, translated as “Our Store”, offers over 1000 applications and is available only on Android devices.
#WeWork's founder, Adam Neumann, recently launched a start-up named #Flowcarbon, to sell tokenized carbon credits on the blockchain. Companies which are looking to reduce their carbon footprints can purchase these credits (Goddess Nature Token (GNT)) on crypto exchanges.
#Meta just launched a new #AI platform named #MyoSuite. It allows running realistic musculoskeletal simulations 4,000 times faster. Besides, it can simulate complicated movements like pen-twirling, which can help doctors develop better #prosthetics.
Elon Musk praised Tencent’s WeChat as “really an excellent app” at an event in Miami. Previously, Elon Musk announced he is buying Twitter for $44 billion USD, but the problems with spambots and messages are holding him back from the purchase.
#ElonMuskBuyTwitter#wechat