Tencent has agreed to buy video game maker Sumo Group for $1.27B
Venture Beast
JULY 19, 2021
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has agreed to buy Britis video game company Sumo Group for $1.27 Read More.
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Venture Beast
JULY 19, 2021
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has agreed to buy Britis video game company Sumo Group for $1.27 Read More.
The Verge
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Group video calls are rolling out now. Encrypted messaging app Signal has added support for group video calls for up to five people, the company has announced. Group calls can be started by tapping the video call button at the top of a supported group chat. Image: Signal. Image: Signal.
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Forrester IT
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Online video offers marketers and media firms an immersive and interactive form of communication with targeted user groups. Three Chinese digital giants — Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) — are investing aggressively on their online video platforms, namely Baidu’s iQiyi, […].
The Verge
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Group calling on an Echo Show. Amazon is launching a new group video or audio calling feature for Echo devices today, just in time for the holidays. Amazon is launching its group calling feature today in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the US, and the UK.
Kitaboo
MARCH 19, 2024
Traditional classroom lectures are giving way to a preference for videos as the primary medium for expediting comprehension, knowledge retention, and skill enhancement among learners. Technology plays an important role in creating and delivering videos as training material. Video Training Content: A Brief II. billion in 2023.
The Verge
JUNE 26, 2021
Messaging chat app Telegram has added group video chat to its mobile and desktop apps at last, something it promised was coming back in April 2020. Voice chats in any group on the platform can be turned into video calls by tapping the camera icon to turn on your device’s video.
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The victim, an employee at the Hong Kong branch of an unnamed multinational firm, was duped into taking part in a video conference call in which they were the only real person – the rest of the group were fake representations of real people, writes SCMP. Read Entire Article
The Verge
JUNE 27, 2021
YouTube took down several videos from a human rights organization’s channel, which was attempting to document human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang province, for violating its anti-harassment policy, Reuters reported. That apparently broke YouTube’s rule against displaying personal information, which led to the videos’ removal.
The Verge
JULY 31, 2021
Video is the focus this time around. After launching group video calls last month , those sessions are now able to tally up to 1,000 viewers. Video messages will also now come through at a higher resolution, and you can tap them for a larger view of the clip.
The Accidental Successful CIO
APRIL 12, 2023
It turns out that video can have an impact on spoken communication Image Credit: Librarianboy Perhaps more than anyone else in the office, CIOs understand that how we go about doing work has changed forever. Video conferencing used to be a unique thing that was used by only a few people.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Signal, the encrypted messaging app beloved by tech privacy enthusiasts around the world (including Edward Snowden ), is taking on the world of group video calls. The company rolled out a new video-based group chatting feature on Monday alongside its latest app update, promising these chats will have the same end to… Read more.
Gizmodo
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Video calls have become clutch this year, and just in time for the holidays, Amazon is launching the ability to do group video and audio calls via Amazon Echo devices. Read more.
The Verge
APRIL 28, 2021
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced today that the iOS version of Telegram will be updated to support group video calls in May ( via Yahoo Finance ). The company originally planned to add the video call feature to its messaging service at some point in 2020 , but the feature never materialized.
Venture Beast
MAY 6, 2021
Sendbird has launched a new API that allows developers to enable group voice and video calls in their own applications. Read More.
SecureWorld News
AUGUST 28, 2023
These arrests have finally shed some much-needed light on the nefarious activities of this group that had sent shockwaves through the technology industry, leaving even the most well-defended organizations vulnerable and concerned. The group's activities extended from 2021 to 2022 and involved individuals from both the U.K. and Brazil.
The Verge
JULY 13, 2021
Google has brought an end to its effectively “unlimited” group video calls in Meet for free Gmail accounts, according to support pages spotted by 9to5Google. Now users with free accounts logging on to Meet will have group calls capped at an hour rather than the previous 24-hour meeting duration. a month after January 2022).
The Verge
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
In January, South Korean a cappella group Maytree wowed us with their spot-on vocal interpretations of Windows sound effects, and on Friday, the group released a video of their next impressive showcase: interpretations of sounds from iPhones. I think it’s even better than their iPhone video. Image: Maytree.
CTOvision
MAY 28, 2019
Google AI researchers today said they used 2,000 “mannequin challenge” YouTube videos as a training data set to create an AI model capable of depth prediction from videos in motion. Applications of such an understanding could help developers craft augmented reality experiences in scenes shot with hand-held cameras and 3D video.
Gizmodo
JUNE 27, 2021
The day that Telegram gets into group video calling has finally arrived. In case you forgot, that’s OK. It has been more than a year since the company announced it was working on the feature. But hey, better late than never, right? Read more.
GeekWire
APRIL 21, 2021
Seattle-based enterprise video platform Panopto has acquired Syracuse, N.Y.-based based Ensemble Video , which also operates a platform to help customers manage and publish video content. Ensemble launched in 2005 after a group of Syracuse University employees came up with a new way to manage video content for the institution.
Dataconomy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Interestingly, even the German Tesla autopilot hacker group was surprised at how easy it was to complete the hack ( Image Credit ) The Tesla autopilot hacker group found it surprisingly easy Instead of using complicated computer code, the Tesla autopilot hacker group found a way to trick the computer inside a Tesla car.
The Verge
JUNE 7, 2020
Facebook has removed almost 200 accounts connected to white supremacist groups that were trying to rally supporters to attend protests over police violence against black people, the Associated Press reported. The accounts in question were linked to two hate groups Facebook had already banned , the Proud Boys and the American Guard.
Vox
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
These are among a series of demo videos of OpenAI’s Sora, revealed last week, which can turn a short text prompt into up to a minute of video. The artificial intelligence model is not yet open to the public, but OpenAI has released the videos, along with the prompts that generated them. It’s not there yet. That’s diffusion.
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
If you are fascinated by AI-powered video generation then you must know how to use OpenAI Sora AI, OpenAI’s latest video generation wonder. Sam Altman Sora, the influential CEO of OpenAI, who said last month that they were working on a ChatGPT video feature , dropped a bombshell today with Sora.
TechSpot
MAY 19, 2023
In a video titled I'm Stepping Down., Linus said his decision to step down as CEO of Linus Media Group, which runs not only the YouTube channels but also Floatplane media, LTT Labs, and Creator Warehouse, is because he lacks the attention to detail and temperament to run an organization. Read Entire Article
Venture Beast
JUNE 29, 2020
Short, mobile device-friendly videos are all the rage -- and now they could be the solution to tedious corporate conference calls. Read More.
TechSpot
JANUARY 24, 2021
Video game retailer GameStop's stock rose by nearly 70 percent on Friday causing a halt in trading. The price spike in the company’s market value was attributed in part to a group of day traders on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, which led to a scramble by investment firms to capitalize on.
The Verge
JUNE 8, 2020
Google’s Duo video calling platform now has invite links on mobile, making it even more of a viable competitor to Zoom and other videoconferencing apps, according to Android Police. Now, if you want to create a Duo call and add more people to it, you can do so through a dedicated invite link once the group call has been created.
GeekWire
MARCH 25, 2024
Screenshot from TrueMedia) TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos and audio, aiming to combat political disinformation in the leadup to the 2024 elections. The Seattle-based group is backed by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp through his Camp.org nonprofit foundation.
The Verge
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Telegram is adding a new group voice chats feature that’s similar to an always-on Discord room. Telegram is supporting “a few thousand participants,” so even bigger groups for things like live events will include voice chats.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
(Bungie Image) 2023 has been one of the best years in recent memory if you’re a fan of video games. The flip side, however, is that it’s been an absolutely brutal year for the people who make video games. What’s worse is that they aren’t particularly unusual, either for this year or for the video game industry in general.
The Verge
AUGUST 15, 2020
Secure messaging app Telegram has launched an alpha version of one-on-one video calls on both its Android and iOS apps, the company announced , saying 2020 had “highlighted the need for face-to-face communication.”. In April, Telegram announced it would launch group video calls later this year.
Gizmodo
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Timothy Wilks, a 20-year-old YouTuber, was shot and killed in Nashville on Friday night while trying to film a robbery “prank” video. Wilks and at least one friend reportedly approached a group of people in the parking lot of Urban Air, a trampoline business, while holding butcher knives, according to the Nashville … Read more.
TechSpot
MAY 14, 2023
Fusus is designed to provide law enforcement organizations (LEO) and other public safety institutions access to accurate, relevant information via a cloud-based network of authorized video monitoring assets.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Live streaming video infrastructure startup Videon raised a $9 million round, following up on a separate $7.3 Investors include Seattle VC firms Voyager Capital, Cercano Management (formerly Vulcan Capital), and Forston VC (formerly Arnold Venture Group). million round in July. The State College, Pa.
The Verge
MARCH 4, 2021
WhatsApp’s desktop app for Mac and PC is getting voice and video calling today, the company announced, offering end-to-end encrypted calls to other WhatsApp users on both computers and mobile devices. The biggest missing feature is that, at least to start, the desktop app will only support one-to-one calling, not group calls.
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
A student team working on tech to extract information from videos took home the 15 th annual Madrona Prize Tuesday at the 2022 Annual Research Showcase at the Paul G. VOCAL (video organization and interactive compositional analytics) enables users to organize their data, build models for specific purposes, and search for events.
Computer Weekly
APRIL 27, 2017
Mark Lockton-Goddard, former interim CIO, Drax Group, speaks to Computer Weekly about cloud maturity
TechSpot
AUGUST 22, 2022
Market research group NPD's report on US consumer spending on video game content reveals that sales for hardware and accessories fell to $12.35 billion in the second quarter, a 13 percent decline year-over-year.
GeekWire
APRIL 29, 2021
based Engage Technologies Group closed a $15 million Series A funding round for its mobile patient platform targeted for the cosmetic, optometry, dental, and orthopedic industries. Founded in 2016, Engage Technologies’ platform allows patients to access educational video content about routine procedures and care.
TechSpot
OCTOBER 20, 2023
As reported by The Warzone, members of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command's (MAGTFC) Tactical Training and Exercise Control group (TTECG), based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms in California, tested the robot dog in September. Read Entire Article
Dataconomy
OCTOBER 12, 2023
unveiled “Character Group Chat,” a feature that allows subscribers to c.ai+ to embark on a one-of-a-kind journey into the world of AI-assisted group conversations. What is Character Group Chat? Character Group Chat is an innovative and interactive feature introduced by Character.AI, a leading AI chatbot startup.
The Verge
MARCH 23, 2022
In recent weeks, the Lapsus$ hacking group has taken credit for accessing company data from Nvidia , Samsung , Ubisoft , Okta , and even Microsoft , and according to a new Bloomberg report , an England-based teenager might be the person heading up the operation. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
Dataconomy
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Pika Lip Sync feature has been launched for the platform’s subscribers, allowing the integration of spoken dialogue into videos. This allows users the flexibility to script or record desired dialogues for their AI-created video characters within Pika, offering the ability to also customize the voice’s style.
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