Tag: Business

UPDATE 1-US to finalize revised EV mileage rating rule in win for automakers, sources say

(Adds details, background, comments in paragraphs 4-14) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) on Tuesday will unveil final rules that will significantly soften its proposal that would have slashed electric vehicles’ (EV) mileage ratings to meet government fuel economy requirements in 2027, sources said. The decision first reported […]

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RPT-EXPLAINER-Who are the BOJ’s doves and hawks?

(Repeats item that ran March 18 with no change to text) By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is on the verge of ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, as historical wage hikes heighten prospects for inflation to sustainably hit its 2% target. But its nine-member board likely […]

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Nvidia shows off Project GR00T, a multimodal AI to power humanoids of the future

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Nvidia is pushing the bar on robotics with the introduction of Project GR00T, a multimodal AI to power humanoids of the future with advanced foundation AI. Demonstrated today during the GTC conference at the San […]

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Nvidia enables high-res Omniverse Cloud imagery on Apple Vision Pro

Nvidia showed off its Omniverse digital twin technology, viewed through the new prism of the Apple Vision Pro headset. Nvidia engineers have enabled the Omniverse Cloud application programming interface (API) to stream interactive, industrial digital twins into the Apple Vision Pro. I did the demo, and I could see the cloud-based imagery streaming at a […]

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Nvidia announces Earth-2 digital twin to forecast planet’s climate change

Nvidia unveiled Earth-2 Cloud Platform for predicting climate change across the entire planet, using simulation by AI supercomputers. In a bid to combat the increasing economic losses due to extreme weather patterns caused by climate change, Nvidia has introduced Earth-2, a revolutionary climate digital twin cloud platform. Revealed at GTC, Earth-2 offers groundbreaking APIs designed […]

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Nvidia unveils next-gen Blackwell GPUs with 25X lower costs and energy consumption

Nvidia unveiled its next-generation Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs), which have 25 times better energy consumption and lower costs for tasks for AI processing. The Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip — meaning it consists of multiple chips in the same package — promises exceptional performance gains, providing up to 30 times performance increase for LLM […]

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Convai teams up with Unity on AI NPC games

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  Convai has teamed up with Unity to expand its AI-based non-player characters (NPCs) for games. Convai is showing off various demos of games with AI NPCs at this year’s Game Developers Conference […]

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Housing costs: the root of US economic malaise?

What happened “You have to marvel at America’s economy,” which defied recession predictions and “enjoyed one of the boomier years of the century,” The Economist said. But a lot of voters “feel down on the economy,” The Associated Press said, and a “major reason” is the “housing affordability crisis.” Who said what “The bottom line […]

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Chris Paulson joins Skybound Games to run game publishing

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  Skybound Games, a division of The Walking Dead company Skybound Entertainment, has appointed former Activision Blizzard executive Chris Paulson as EVP and general manager of games publishing. Los Angeles-based Skybound Games has […]

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Game studios show resilience amid shifting market | Unity

Game engine maker Unity published a report today that sheds light on the gaming industry’s response to economic challenges, highlighting resilience and adaptation among game studios in the face of adversity. The report also gets into the response of game developers to tech advances and evolving player preferences. Coincidentally, resilience and adaptation is the theme […]

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Xreal shows AR game demos and Xreal Hub accessory

Xreal‘s mission is to bring augmented reality (AR) to everyone, and now it is introducing Xreal Hub, an accessory for its AR glasses. It’s also showing off AR game demos at the Game Developers Conference this week. Using Xreal glasses and charging your device at the same time has been a highly requested feature from […]

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Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to life

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can generate lifelike videos of people speaking, gesturing and moving — from just a single still photo. The technology, called VLOGGER, relies on advanced machine […]

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Google Cloud expects live services to evolve into AI-based living games | Jack Buser

Live services have helped games continue to generate revenue for a long time. But Jack Buser, director of game industry solutions at Google Cloud, believes that AI advances will lead us to something better: Living games. Living games expand the live service model to include the game itself as an active participant, Buser said in an interview […]

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Musk’s Grok AI goes open source

Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. True to his word, billionaire multi-company leader Elon Musk’s startup xAI today made its first large language model (LLM) Grok open source. The move, which Musk had previously proclaimed would happen this week, now enables […]

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Swiss bank UBS targets US deals, says chairman

ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss banking giant UBS will look for merger and acquisitions opportunities in the United States in the next few years, its chairman told the NZZ newspaper on Sunday. UBS, which took over former rival Credit Suisse last June, wants to expand its U.S. wealth-management business through potential M&A in the next three […]

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HoYoverse’s Zenless Zone Zero beta test offers enhanced combat and Hollow exploration

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here.  HoYoverse has opened sign-ups for a closed beta test for Zenless Zone Zero, an urban fantasy action role-playing game. The ARPG from HoYo verse is the next game from the company that […]

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Sainsbury’s and some Tesco deliveries cancelled over technical issues

A woman walks past a Sainsbury’s van Sainsbury’s said technical issues left it unable to fulfil the “vast majority” of online deliveries on Saturday, with contactless payments also affected. The supermarket apologised, saying an overnight software update was to blame. Tesco also apologised after unrelated technical issues forced it to cancel some deliveries. Both companies […]

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