Sony and Honda might stick a PS5 in their upcoming autonomous electric car

Sony’s Vision-S concept on display at CES 2020. | Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Sony and Honda are mulling cramming a PS5 into their upcoming entertainment-focused electric vehicle as they set up to challenge Tesla (via Eurogamer). Speaking to the Financial Times, Izumi Kawanishi, the joint venture’s president, said that it’s “technologically possible” … Read more

Identify key insights from text documents through fine-tuning and HPO with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Organizations across industries such as retail, banking, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and lending often have to deal with vast amounts of unstructured text documents coming from various sources, such as news, blogs, product reviews, customer support channels, and social media. These documents contain critical information that’s key to making important business decisions. As an organization grows, … Read more

Holmes’ sentencing sends a clear message that the startup ecosystem must be built on good faith

Let’s start with the supposition that the venture-founder compact is built almost entirely on trust, especially early on. Sure, due diligence matters in the investment process, but lying about your capabilities can undercut the founder-investor relationship — and in extreme cases, to the detriment of the larger, global startup market. In the wake of Elizabeth … Read more

Ubisoft is back to releasing games on Steam, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Key art for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. | Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft is bringing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800, and Roller Champions to Steam, arguably its first major releases on Valve’s PC distribution platform since 2019. “We’re constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through … Read more