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EA seeks fresh blood for Apex Legends in mobile market

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by on May 8, 2019 at 7:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Executives from Electronic Arts have implied they’d like to bring their battle royale Apex Legends to mobile devices, mimicking the success of its competitors, Fortnite and PUBG. It might be a path to success, but mobile is no longer the untapped market it used to be, given the aforementioned battles royale got there first. During this week’s quarterly earnings call, EA revealed it was in “advanced negotiations” to bring Apex Legends to mobile and China, says Polygon, meaning it’s highly likely we’ll see the Titanfall-based battle royale in both places shortly. It’s making the leap to mobile much faster than its competition, meaning in months instead…

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Too Good To Go is Europe’s ‘hottest startup,’ wins Tech5 competition 2019

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by on May 8, 2019 at 6:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Tech5


Just in: Danish startup Too Good To Go is this year’s “most promising startup” of regions Europe and Israel. Today was Founders’ Day, a special part of startup competition Tech5, where investors, influencers and experts have chosen the hottest young technology companies from Europe and Israel to come together for a networking and sharing event which as Patrick de Laive, TNW Founder, says “sparks new ideas, new collaborations, and new innovations.”   While Too Good To Go walked away with the first prize, the two runners up were awarded on stage as well. Below, we highlight the top three tech…

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Logitech makes its G502 gaming mouse all but perfect with lighter wireless design

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by on May 8, 2019 at 5:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Logitech’s G502 is one of the best-selling mice of all time, and the most popular gaming mouse on the market, according to the company. But since it’s release in 2014, the G502 has been technologically overshadowed by its brethren with gaming-ready wireless connectivity and. I’ve enjoyed some of these mice greatly, but none had the G502’s shape and button arrangement I so loved. That changes today. Logitech has announced the $150 G502 Lightspeed, which adopts the fantastic wireless connectivity introduced with the G900 and the wireless charging support introduced in 2017. I’ve been able to play with the mouse for…

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Who are the creators of AI-generated art — programmers or machines?

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by on May 8, 2019 at 4:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


Two years ago, engineers released DeepBach, a neural network that generates Baroque anthems almost indistinguishable from Bach’s, but still nobody can decide if it’s really music.  DeepBach is so skilled at replicating Bach that more than half of those surveyed had attributed its computer-generated melodies to the man himself — despite music students and professionals making up 25 percent of respondents. Critics generally deride tunes made by artificial intelligence by claiming these systems aren’t capable of generating art through creativity – be it text, music, or imagery. Enter MuseNet: a machine-learning algorithm developed by OpenAI that creates weird-and-wonderful music by predicting which sounds should follow user-inputted notes.…

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The Internet is wrong about Liquid Death, the controversial ‘punk rock’ canned water

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by on May 8, 2019 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion


I have an opinion I wish to share that you almost certainly won’t agree with. (Not like that’s stopped me in the past) Mike Cessario, a former creative director at Netflix, recently raised $1.6 million from a swathe of top-tier investors, including Twitter founder Biz Stone, to launch a canned water company. The water, called Liquid Death, is sourced from Austria. Cans come plastered with an edgy, punk-style design and cost $1.83 per unit. Its slogan is “Murder your Thirst.” The product came to global prominence after Business Insider profiled its founder. Of course, the Twitterverse didn’t waste any time…

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