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Mixed Reality 2019: Why the Year Ahead Will be Huge for Enterprise AR/VR (ZDNet)

The mixed reality landscape is still taking shape, but here's why enterprise training will embrace AR/VR next year. Enterprise virtual reality training could generate more than $6 ... More

Tencent to Check All Gamers’ IDs by 2019 in Unprecedented Move (Bloomberg)

Tencent will expand its age-verification system to encompass its entire games line-up, an unprecedented undertaking in response to growing criticism it encourages addiction among y... More

Facebook Just Opened Pop-Up Retail Shops in Time for the Holidays (Fast Company)

The company announced in a blog post that it has opened pop-up retail shops in nine Macy’s department stores across the country. But the pop-ups won’t be selling Facebook’s O... More

IBM’s Watson is Now Offering Career Coaching to Hourly Employees (Quartz)

Hourly work rarely comes with benefits. But the baristas, waiters, and retail workers of the world might soon have access to a benefit formerly reserved for the C-suite.... More

Video Games are Following TV, Music to the Cloud (ETtech)

Video games are following television and music into the cloud, with console-quality play on its way to being a streaming service as easy to access as Netflix or Spotify. Computing ... More

Adobe’s Tom Hogarty Talks AI, Software, Innovation (Capture)

On Machine Learning crossing paths with creativity: "I definitely agree with most of the comments that have been made this week pertaining to the idea that humans cannot be replace... More

IBM Patents Blockchain System to Create ‘Trust’ Between AR Game Players, Real World Locations (Cointelegraph)

IBM has applied for another blockchain patent, this time aiming to deter augmented reality (AR) game players from intruding on undesirable locations. The tech firm’s latest paten... More

Five Ways for Facebook to Help its Next Billion Users (Techonomy)

After a great rise, gravity may have caught up with Facebook. Despite sizzling growth and 2.5 billion users, it has recently had to grapple with concerns about misinformation, the ... More

RFU Enlist IBM Watson for AI Fan Engagement Boost (SportsPro Media)

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body of the sport in England, has signed a four-year extension to its partnership with IBM in a bid to improve fan engagement and play... More

Apple Makes Another Play for Hardcore Gamers with Latest iPads (Forbes)

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Apple is using its latest spec-busting hardware to appeal to hard-core gamers who actually care about such things. Except the world's most ... More

Facebook Open-Sources its Horizon AI Platform (Engadget)

If you could crack open Facebook and see the gears turning under the social network's face, you'd find a surprising amount of artificial intelligence being applied in all sorts of ... More

Adobe, Dungeons & Dragons Dream Up a Monstrous Promotion (AdAge)

At Wizards of the Coast, the team behind the classic tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons uses Adobe Creative Cloud to paint and manipulate slavering beasts and powerful e... More

ESPN Player Aims to Hit Big With NCAA Basketball Coverage (Rapid TV News)

ESPN Player mobile apps on iOS and Android will enable viewers to watch games on the go and stream content to a big screen via Google Chromecast and to Apple TV devices via AirPlay... More

Why the Intersection of Music and eSports Is Bigger Business Than Ever (Forbes)

Why are music and esports merging and gaining more momentum now than ever before? It’s a two-way exchange: on one hand, esports leagues and game developers are blooming into full... More

ThinkAnalytics, Massive Partner for AI-Powered UX Solution (MESA)

ThinkAnalytics and Massive have partnered on the launch of a new AI-powered UX solution for pay-TV operators and OTT providers. The solution pairs ThinkAnalytics’ leading AI and ... More

Successful AI Implementation in 3 Steps – According to Cognizant (IA)

Focus on bringing business value at scale and speed: It is easy to test AI in small batches. But, quickly scaling and deploying the technology will require a strategic approach tha... More

IBM’s New Partnership With Travelport Will Bring Major Changes to Blockchain Technology, Travel (Forbes)

Travelport and its strategic technology partner, IBM, have announced an industry-first artificial intelligence platform designed to help businesses manage corporate travel spend. T... More

IBM Wants to Make AI Fair, Transparent with AI OpenScale (Forbes)

When it comes to adopting AI for business use, there are multiple concerns among enterprise customers. Lack of visibility of the model, unwanted bias, interoperability among tools ... More

Christie’s to Auction Art Created by AI (PCMag)

Christie's New York will be the first major auction house to sell a piece of art generated by artificial intelligence. The algorithm is made up of two components: the Generator, wh... More

How AI is Blurring the Lines Between Martech, Adtech (MTA)

Artificial Intelligence has multiple applications in MarTech. It has also revolutionized the world of digital advertising. Although AdTech is believed by some to be different than ... More

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