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Opera buys YoYo Games and creates gaming division

The game development platform GameMaker and the gaming browser Opera GX will form the cornerstones of Opera’s new gaming division in the future. GameMaker’s own script language (GML) can be used to develop 2D games for all common consoles, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux and HTML5. According to YoyYo Games, the development platform is aimed… Read more

AI Hub, the new piece of Microsoft's Ambition Italy plan

The Italian Ambition Plan from 1, 5 billion is enriched with a new initiative, Microsoft AI Hub, which aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and train professionals capable of spreading this type of skills by Alberto Falchi , Vittorio Manti published on 21 January 2021 , at 17: 17 in the Cloud channel… Read more

Is this the end of valued smartphones from LG? The Korean company is considering a withdrawal from the market

Each of us has our favorite or hated companies. This applies to every aspect of our lives – food, clothes, games, cars, computer components and consumer electronics. In each of these market branches, however, there are companies that have been present in stores for many years and it is difficult not to associate them. In… Read more

Elastic: Now comes the fork

Logz.io is promising new distributions for Elasticsearch and Kibana, which, in contrast to Elastics’ future direction, should appear completely as free software. The developers do not use the word fork, but due to the new licenses, the future project is left with less than a split from the original provider. This is exactly what CEO… Read more

Bioinspiration: Learning from dragonflies and bees

Bio-inspiration, i.e. imitating what nature shows, is not new to humans. The vast field that many researchers plow ranges from camouflage to the lotus effect to walking robots. Researchers from Germany and the Netherlands are now showing their work, which is about learning from bees and dragonflies. Scientists at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) have… Read more

Adafruit To Add ‘Pi Silicon’ To Their Boards

Home News (Image credit: Adafruit) In a flurry of Raspberry Pi Pico news, Adafruit are the latest company to announce their support of the latest Raspberry Pi board with two boards featuring the RP2040 SoC and a port of their popular CircuitPython language. Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Adafruit) Image 2 of 2 (Image… Read more

Robots in the throat

Hardly any industrialized country carried out fewer PCR tests than Japan during the pandemic. One reason for this is that the capacity of public health centers is limited. This gave the industrial robot manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) an idea: Why not just automate the test and laboratory work like a production line in a… Read more

LG is considering withdrawing from the smartphone market

In an internal communication to the employees, LG boss Kwon Bong-seok indicated major changes in his smartphone department. LG’s mobile phone division has been losing money for more than four years, making a withdrawal from the smartphone market more and more likely. LG confirms such considerations, but all possible measures are examined and nothing has… Read more

The Golden Age of Graphics? The Number of GPU Developers Skyrockets in 2020

Home News (Image credit: AMD) The number of graphics processing units (GPU) developers grew to 19 last year as multiple companies are preparing for looming artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and edge computing megatrends, according to an observation by GraphicSpeak, a Jon Peddie Research (JPR) publication. The question is, how many of the started GPU projects will… Read more

Among Us developers explain why new features are taking a while

Among Us was one of the smash hits of 2020 — it reportedly had nearly half a billion players in November — and there are some exciting updates announced for the game, including a new airship map and an account system. In a blog posted yesterday, developer Innersloth discussed how it has adapted in response… Read more

Nursing apps & Co .: Federal government is driving digital healthcare forward

More “digital helpers” are to be used in care in the future. The federal cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday “for the digital modernization of care and nursing”. Human attention is the basis for good care, explained Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU). However, useful apps could help those in need of care to cope… Read more

How to create successful content? The Feltrinelli creative photography and videomaking courses

In collaboration with Feltrinelli Education by Editorial Staff, published on 20 January 2021, at 14: 41 ?? With training proposals suitable for everyone Feltrinelli Education offers several live communication, photography and video courses, with which to attend lessons held by the best professionals in the sector even at home, thanks to the live webinar mode… Read more

Data science for a better world

data.org, a US nonprofit, has announced the winners of its “Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge”. The funding of 10 million US dollars will go to eight projects that use data science to improve people’s lives. One of the selected projects is an app from the non-profit Swiss foundation BASE, which gives Indian smallholders access to… Read more

Volkswagen expects strong growth in China despite the lack of chips

With the recovery of the Chinese economy, Volkswagen 2021 expects “significant growth” in its key market. China boss Stephan Wöllenstein expects the market share to increase. “There are good reasons that the Volkswagen Group can develop better than the overall market,” said Wöllenstein on Wednesday (20. Jan. 2021) in front of journalists in Beijing. “We… Read more

Qualcomm prepares an alternative to Apple's M1 chip: ARM for everyone

A new Qualcomm chip for Windows systems on ARM, Snapdragon SC model 8280, confirms the general interest of the sector towards solutions that are based on ARM architecture to better balance power and consumption by Paolo Corsini published 20 January 2021 , at 10: 21 in the Processors channel Apple MacBook Qualcomm Snapdragon Windows Intel… Read more