International delivery firm DPD is updating its AI-powered chatbot after it gave some unexpected responses during an exchange with a disgruntled customer. Musician Ashley Beauchamp recently turned to DPD’s customer-service chatbot in a bid to track down a missing package. After making little progress with the chatbot, he decided to have some fun by asking […]
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Turing Award Goes to Creators of Computer Programming Building Blocks
Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho developed many of the fundamental concepts that researchers use when they build new software. When Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman met while waiting in the registration line on their first day of graduate school at Princeton University in 1963, computer science was still a strange new world. Using a computer […]
Cloudflare goes deep on API abuse detection
From TikTok to Instagram, how’s your creative working for you? In digital marketing, there’s no one-size-fits-all. Learn how data can make or break the performance of creative across all platforms. Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. APIs (application programming interfaces) have emerged as the […]
Roblox goes public at $41.9 billion valuation in direct listing
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, went public today in a direct listing, where employees and investors finally get a chance to sell shares on the market. The initial price was far higher than the reference price of $ […]
Hello Neighbor indie publisher TinyBuild goes public with $474M valuation
GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. Hosted Online April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Indie games publisher TinyBuild, known for its Hello Neighbor games, went public on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, with a valuation of $ 474 million. The Seattle-based company raised $ 49 […]
Discord bans WallStreetBets as subreddit briefly goes private
Enlarge / Investors in GameStop and AMC briefly saw red as the WallStreetBets subreddit went private… StockSnap The WallStreetBets subreddit (WSB), widely credited with kickstarting GameStop’s epic stock run in recent weeks, was briefly taken private by moderators Wednesday night amid a tsunami of “so many comments and submissions that we can’t possibly even read […]
Mobile game maker Playtika goes public at $11 billion valuation
Driving Game Growth & Into the Metaverse Register today to connect with the games industry, join private networking sessions, and hear the latest on driving game growth and the metaverse. January 26-28, 2021 Register for free Playtika went public today in an initial public offering at $ 27 a share, giving the mobile game publisher […]
Lidar startup Innoviz goes public via $1.4 billion SPAC merger
The cutting-edge computer architecture that’s changing the AI game Learn about the next-gen architecture needed to unlock the true capabilities of AI and machine learning. Register here Israeli lidar startup Innoviz Technologies today announced that it will become publicly listed through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, where a “blank check” shell corporation — Collective […]
Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
SEATTLE — Amazon has embarked on an extraordinary hiring binge this year, vacuuming up an average of 1,400 new workers a day and solidifying its power as online shopping becomes more entrenched in the coronavirus pandemic. The hiring has taken place at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, at its hundreds of warehouses in rural communities and […]
The new Polaroid goes digital with the Bluetooth-enabled Polaroid Hi-Print
Polaroid’s iconic rainbow design is coming to instant printers after a merger kept the brand from fizzling out. On Monday, August 24, Polaroid launched the Hi-Print, a mobile printer that sports a classic color scheme, but spits out modern prints from a smartphone. The Polaroid Hi-Print is the company’s first digital product to launch after […]
Clearview A.I.’s privacy complaint , UAE goes to Mars | Digital Trends Live
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler breaks down the top trending stories in tech, including Clearview A.I.’s privacy complaint, Katy Perry and the Tomorrowland festival, Nissan’s e-SUV, a wearable glucose reader, the United Arab Emirates’ Mars mission, and more. Aedan Macdonald Aedan Macdonald, founder and program manager of Justice Through Code […]
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition goes free to download for limited time
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition, originally released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U in 2013, is free to download for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC for a limited time. Injustice: Gods Among Us, which features characters from the DC Universe, was developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by […]
Digital Trends Live: Uber goes hourly, EA renews Madden, Galaxy Buds review
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, host Greg Nibler discusses the top-trending tech topics of the day, including an update on President Trump’s fight with social media, Uber’s “hourly” function, EA’s renewal of Madden, the SpaceX launch attempt set for tomorrow, a Galaxy Buds review, and more. Cathy Hackl We then speak with technology […]
EA Play Live goes digital on June 11
Electronic Arts announced today that its EA Play Live digital event will broadcast on June 11 at 4 p.m. Pacific. EA Play was an event that the publisher has held concurrent to the Electronic Entertainment Expo that takes place in Los Angeles each June. EA dropped out of that show starting in 2016, but it […]
League of Legends auto-battler Teamfight Tactics goes mobile on Android, iOS
Teamfight Tactics, Riot Games’ auto-battler set in the League of Legends universe, has finally arrived on mobile devices with Android and iOS versions now available for downloads in their respective app stores. Teamfight Tactics for mobile may be linked to players’ Riot Accounts on the PC to carry over purchases, ranks, experience, and inventory between […]