With the coronavirus (COVID-19) affecting communities, families, and people around the world, this is a difficult time for all of us. Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected, directly or indirectly. At Autodesk, our priority remains the health and wellbeing of our employees, customers, and partners. Beyond the health and[…..] […]
Epic Games announced on 13th that it’s buying Cubic Motion, a computer vision startup that’s been building out a platform for capturing more realistic facial animations with a complex camera rig and software platform. The game studio behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine has already done plenty of work with the UK-based startup, creating a number[…..] […]
The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have set up a new COVID-19 emergency relief fund for the Film and TV industry with a £1M donation made by Netflix. The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create a new industry-backed Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund to help support[…..] […]
Kathy Baxter, the architect of the ethical AI practice at Salesforce, is helping her team and clients create more responsible technology. To do so, she supports employee education, the inclusion of safeguards in Salesforce technology, and collaboration with other companies to improve ethical AI across industries. Baxter spoke with AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about[…..] […]
Episode 2 of Ghost Recon Breakpoint is here, and when Splinter Cell’s Sam Fisher shows up in your game, you know things are about to get serious. Titled Deep State, Episode 2 features a new eight-mission adventure, Operation Checkmate, and two new Ghost classes. The update also features the Ghost Experience, a new set of[…..] […]
One of the Defense Department’s most powerful supercomputer centers, located at the U.S. Navy Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, will more than triple its computing power. The additions to the Navy DSRC will be based on a Cray Shasta platform that will have 290,304 AMD EPYC 7002-series processor cores,[…..] […]
If building a luxuriant palace has been on your to-do list, Anno 1800’s Seat of Power DLC gives you the means to do so virtually. After reaching the unlock conditions, which includes having at least one investor living on the island, building a palace will not only give players a physical edifice to be proud[…..] […]
Game Developers Conference organizers are excited to announce that the insightful talks delivered by game industry experts during GDC 2020 last week are now available to watch on the GDC Vault! The unique challenges presented by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic demanded some quick thinking on the part of GDC presenters, and this year organizers were[…..] […]
On the heels of AMD’s financial analyst conference last week, Microsoft and Sony have released details on their two forthcoming game consoles built on AMD parts, among things. We have detailed stories in TechWatch and offer a summary of the two devices here. PS5 Xbox Series X CPU Custom AMD Ryzen Zen 2, 8[…..] […]
Users, product evaluators, and the press have, at one time or another wanted to compare a PC GPU against a smartphone GPU. Not because they would make a purchase decision of one over the other, but because they were curious. And maybe, it might set their expectations for what to expect from either device. Basemark[…..] […]
