Eighty-four percent of app developers support an antitrust bill aimed at curtailing the market power of Apple’s and Google’s app stores, according to a poll (PDF) from the Coalition for App Fairness released Monday. The industry group for app developers is pushing Congress to pass the Open App Markets Act, Read more…
Three research scientists at DeepMind Technologies teamed up with former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to “explore what variations of chess would look like at superhuman level,” according to their new article in Communications of the ACM. Their paper argues that using neural networks and advanced reinforcement learning algorithms can Read more…
A venture capital-backed battle is raging in New York City in the burgeoning field of instant delivery. At least six startups, including Gorillas, Jokr SARL, Getir Perakende Lojistik and Buyk, are vying to win the chance to ferry groceries to customers within 10 to 20 minutes of their order placement Read more…
Sony Group is purchasing Bungie, the U.S. video game developer behind the popular Destiny franchise, for $3.6 billion to bolster its stable of game-making studios. The deal announced on Monday is the third significant video-game acquisition announced this month, following Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard for $69 billion two weeks Read more…
Citrix, a cloud computing and virtualization company used by companies including Microsoft, Google, and SAP, has revealed plans to be acquired by affiliates of global investment firm Vista Equity Partners, and an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management called Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation. The all-cash deal is valued at $16.5 billion, Read more…
Ohio promised Intel roughly $2 billion in tax breaks and incentives to attract its $20 billion chip-making factory to the state, according to the Associated Press. The state’s development director tells them it may be the biggest economic development deal in history. Intel’s hoping it creates a powerful new technology Read more…
“The law commisions of England and Wales and of Scotland (statutory bodies which keep the laws in those countries under review) are recommending a shift in accident liability away from ‘drivers’ when autonomous cars become a reality.” Human drivers should not be legally accountable for road safety in the era Read more…