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Google’s DeepMind Can Support, Defeat Humans in Quake III Arena
Google’s DeepMind Can Support, Defeat Humans in Quake III Arena

Google has trained its DeepMind AI to compete in a team environment in order to calculate winning strategies that can both defeat and support human players in Quake III Arena.

AWE 2019: AR Is Alive and Well, but Not for Everyone Yet
AWE 2019: AR Is Alive and Well, but Not for Everyone Yet

When Google and Apple put AR front and center at their annual conferences, it was easy to think we'd all be using it every day. That hasn't happened, but the industry is getting on with solving hundreds of real-world problems. At the show, we saw what's possible now, and in the future.

NASA Reveals Commercial Partners for New Moon Landings
NASA Reveals Commercial Partners for New Moon Landings

These US companies will help NASA deliver cargo and scientific instruments to the lunar surface in the next few years with the aim of supporting human landings and habitation by the mid-2020s.

Intel Claims AMD Misrepresented 7nm Epyc Performance vs. Xeon
Intel Claims AMD Misrepresented 7nm Epyc Performance vs. Xeon

Intel is arguing that AMD misrepresented Xeon performance. Does the argument hold up?

A Million PCs May Be Vulnerable to BlueKeep Malware, Microsoft Urges Users to Patch
A Million PCs May Be Vulnerable to BlueKeep Malware, Microsoft Urges Users to Patch

The update has been available for weeks, but many systems remain unpatched, and Microsoft is confident exploits for the "BlueKeep" flaw now exist in the wild.

Future Chrome Changes May Make Normal Ad Blocking an Enterprise-Only Feature
Future Chrome Changes May Make Normal Ad Blocking an Enterprise-Only Feature

Google may be moving ahead with plans to limit the types of ad blocking available to non-enterprise users.

Sprint Rolls Out its 5G Network in Four Cities
Sprint Rolls Out its 5G Network in Four Cities

While Sprint is late to the game compared to Verizon and AT&T, its 5G network already covers more people than the other carriers combined.

The Entire Semiconductor Market Just Suffered the Worst Downturn in a Decade
The Entire Semiconductor Market Just Suffered the Worst Downturn in a Decade

The worldwide semiconductor market fell by the largest amount in a decade last quarter. Q2 isn't expected to improve things.

Researchers Use Supersonic Fluid to Test Hawking’s Black Hole Theories
Researchers Use Supersonic Fluid to Test Hawking’s Black Hole Theories

Using quantum superfluid, the researchers may have found evidence that so-called "Hawking radiation" is a real phenomenon of black holes.

ARM Announces New Cortex-A77 CPU Architecture
ARM Announces New Cortex-A77 CPU Architecture

ARM announced the latest Cortex-A77 CPU this week, with improvements in overall performance, particularly FPU code.

Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass for PC
Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass for PC

The new PC version of Game Pass will bring more than 100 games to PC on a subscription basis.

Upcoming AI Traffic Systems Can Improve Pedestrian Safety Without Sacrificing Privacy
Upcoming AI Traffic Systems Can Improve Pedestrian Safety Without Sacrificing Privacy

New traffic systems are employing artificial intelligence to track pedestrian behavior to create safer and more efficient walking paths. A new approach destined for Vienna takes privacy into account as well.