Victor Chevalier is Tekken 8’s latest character to join the roster and the series’ first French fighter

Ahead of the release of Tekken 8, Bandai Namco has unveiled the latest fighter, Victor Chevalier. Victor Chevalier is the fighting series’ first French character and is described as a “living legend” who is descended from a lineage of distinguished knights. He followed in his father’s footsteps by enlisting in the French Navy before joining … Read more

Snowflake brings together developer and analyst needs in new GenAI tool

Companies use Snowflake to store their data in the cloud. With the ever growing interest in generative AI and large language models, customers are looking for ways to get started with the technology quickly. Today, the company announced Snowflake Cortex, a fully managed service designed to help both business users and developers work with AI-fueled … Read more

DeepMind’s latest AlphaFold model is more useful for drug discovery

Nearly five years ago, DeepMind, one of Google’s more prolific AI-centered research labs, debuted AlphaFold, an AI system that can accurately predict the structures of many proteins inside the human body. Since then, DeepMind has improved on the system, releasing an updated and more capable version of AlphaFold — AlphaFold 2 — in 2020. And … Read more

France’s plan to switch to 4K HDR TV broadcasts is what I want the US and UK to do

There’s nothing better than watching major sporting events in 4K ultra high definition (UHD) resolutions, and France’s authorities appears to agree. According to FlatpanelsHD, the country is set to broadcast the Summer Olympics in crisp 4K next year and plans to switch off its HD signal completely by 2029, with the goal of broadcasting exclusively … Read more

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai thinks it would be “difficult” to push the series “any further than we have”

The creator of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has released a video talking about the development of the fighting series’ latest installment, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, in which he admitted that the idea of trying to develop another game that would push the franchise any further than it’s already gone would be “difficult”. … Read more