Microsoft is moving digital twins from the lab out to the streets. An important step: supporting ontologies for smart building simulation. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton
Seeqc: 67% IT leaders fear falling behind competitors in deep tech
Many enterprise IT leaders are investing in deep tech because they don’t want to be left behind by competitors, Seeqc said in a recent report. AR/VR – VentureBeat & VB Staff
Apply to join Transform’s annual Tech Showcase
VentureBeat’s annual Tech Showcase returns at Transform 2021: Accelerating Enterprise Transformation with AI and Data, hosted July 12-16. AR/VR – VentureBeat & VB Staff
In a year of major shifts, the self-driving car market is consolidating
Toyota and Lyft’s $550 million deal shows wealthy companies that can bear delayed return on investment dominate the autonomous vehicle market. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Ben Dickson
U.S. blacklists 7 more Chinese supercomputing entities
The U.S. Commerce Department blacklisted seven Chinese supercomputing entities for assisting Chinese military efforts. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Reuters
Catch NVIDIA GTC 21 live right here
Don’t miss the lateset breakthroughs in AI, autonomous vehicles, accelerated computing, health care, game development, and more here on VB. AR/VR – VentureBeat & VB Staff
Global chip shortage affects more than cars
The global chip shortage will impact more than the automotive industry as businesses and consumers grapple with an unprecedented shortage. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Reuters
Productiv, which develops software that helps enterprises manage SaaS apps, raises $45M
Productiv, a startup developing a platform to manage software-as-a-service apps, has raised $45 million in funding. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
Facebook’s new computer vision model achieves state-of-the-art performance by learning from random images
Facebook announced an AI model trained on a billion images that it claims achieves state-of-the-art results on a range of benchmarks. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
Russian mobile game publisher Nexters will go public via a SPAC at $1.9 billion value
Mobile game developer Nexters announced it will go public, raising money at a $1.9 billion enterprise value via a SPAC deal. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi