June 2023

DeepMind repurposes game-playing AIs to optimize code and infrastructure

June 7, 2023

DeepMind’s Alpha series of AIs has provided a few world firsts, like AlphaGo beating the world champion at Go. Now these AIs originally trained around playing games have been put to work on other tasks, and are showing a surprising facility for them. Originally, AlphaGo was trained using human gameplay, then AlphaGo Zero learned only […]

DeepMind repurposes game-playing AIs to optimize code and infrastructure by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Minecraft is releasing a new version for Chromebooks

June 7, 2023

Minecraft is releasing an early access version of its game Minecraft: Bedrock Edition for Chromebooks for $19.99. The purchase will give users access to Minecraft Marketplace, the ability to play on Realms, and the Android version as well. Google said that Minecraft should be compatible with Chromebooks released in the last three years. Here are […]

Minecraft is releasing a new version for Chromebooks by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Meta Verified arrives in India, now honors ‘legacy’ verified badges

June 7, 2023

Meta Verified, the Facebook and Instagram owner’s recently launched paid verification system, is expanding to India, the company announced today via post from CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his Instagram Broadcasts channel. In addition to its recent expansion to the U.K. and elsewhere, after first arriving in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand earlier this year, […]

Meta Verified arrives in India, now honors ‘legacy’ verified badges by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok expands its ‘Series’ paywall feature to more creators

June 7, 2023

Previously only available to select content creators, TikTok’s Series feature is now available to users in 94 countries. The feature allows creators to lock a “series” of exclusive content behind a paywall. Series was first announced back in March, letting users earn up to $190 on their collection of videos. Creators can also make longer […]

TikTok expands its ‘Series’ paywall feature to more creators by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch