Artificial Intelligence Newswire

Photo by Quinn Harris / Getty Images One of the biggest names in streaming is heading to YouTube. Today, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins started streaming on Google’s platform, finding a new home after the surprise closure of Microsoft’s Mixer. Ninja teased the stream earlier today in a tweet, and started his new YouTube venture with a Fortnite stream alongside … Continue reading Ninja starts streaming on YouTube after Microsoft shuts down Mixer Continue Reading →

Coming soon to TBS: a reality TV show where the best Sims players in the world compete to show off their creations. Today, EA announced a new series called The Sims Spark’d, which follows a fairly traditional reality format: contestants are given a particular goal, and a panel of three experts will judge their creations, with $100,000 in … Continue reading The Sims 4’s new reality show has players compete to tell the best stories Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today marks the release of Android 11’s second public beta, the latest test version of the operating system that’s officially due to release in the third quarter of this year. With this latest update, Google says it has achieved its new “Platform Stability” milestone — meaning, from the … Continue reading Android 11’s latest beta is all about stability. Continue Reading →

Microsoft is introducing some big updates to Microsoft Teams today. The software giant has been working on a new “Together Mode” for Teams ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and it’s designed to create a virtual live avatar of yourself that’s supposed to help you better engage with meetings. Microsoft is using AI to segment … Continue reading Microsoft Teams’ new Together Mode is designed for pandemic-era meetings Continue Reading →

Image: Farworks Gary Larson just released new comics for The Far Side, the first strips since January 1995. While Larson cautions that this is “not a resurrection of The Far Sidedaily cartoons,” after 25 years of rereading our favorites, we’re so excited for new work that we’ll take anything he wants to share. Larson started to bring his comics … Continue reading The Far Side returns after 25 years, and it’s all digital Continue Reading →

Intel has announced the details for its upcoming Thunderbolt 4 connection standard, which will be built on top of the also forthcoming USB4 specification. The new spec isn’t technically faster from a maximum speed perspective — like Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4 will support a maximum speed of up to 40 Gbps. But Intel is making other improvements … Continue reading Intel’s Thunderbolt 4 standard looks to raise the bar for USB-C devices. Continue Reading →

Despite over a decade of very serious cinematic universes, it helps to remember that superhero fiction is, in fact, quite silly. This is an empirical fact: it doesn’t matter who wears the batsuit, the mystique all falls away the second they have to do something mundane. This is not limiting, but freeing: You can learn all … Continue reading Harley Quinn shows superheroes are better when you don’t take them so seriously Continue Reading →

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will start publicly listing the names and addresses of US-based third-party sellers on its Marketplace platform as a measure to fight counterfeiters, according to a report from Business Insider. The change was announced in a note sent to sellers on Wednesday, and the change goes into effect on September … Continue reading Amazon will start listing names and addresses of Marketplace sellers to combat counterfeiting. Continue Reading →

Nurses assess a COVID-19 patient in New York. | Photo by Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images But they still don’t have good tools to help people who aren’t severely ill In early March, most doctors in the United States had never seen a person sick with COVID-19. Four months later, nearly every emergency room and intensive … Continue reading Doctors are better at treating COVID-19 patients now than they were in March Continue Reading →

Smart home platform Wink has announced that it’ll finally roll out its controversial new $4.99-per-month subscription on July 27th, following months of delays. The subscription will put many of the service’s previously free features behind a paywall, including crucial aspects of the service like the ability to update firmware or add new devices. “Please know that we have adjusted … Continue reading Smart home platform Wink is finally rolling out its controversial subscription program on July 27th. Continue Reading →