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Extensive New Poll Finds Most Americans Support Facial Recognition

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Time Stamp: October 6, 2020 8:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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“Americans, regardless of their background, consistently favor the use of facial recognition to enhance both safety and convenience in their daily lives.” SILVER SPRING, Md. (PRWEB) October 07, 2020 Leading independent polling firm Schoen Cooperman Research recently conducted a nationwide poll on Americans’ views of facial recognition technology. The survey of 1,000 adults found that most Americans support the use of facial recognition across a wide range of applications. “Americans, regardless of their background, consistently favor the use of facial recognition to enhance both safety and convenience in their daily

How has Corsair Gaming posted such impressive pre-IPO numbers?

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Time Stamp: September 22, 2020 10:36 AM - Modified On: September 22, 2020 - Published By:
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After the last few weeks of IPOs, you’d be forgiven if you missed Corsair Gaming’s own public offering. The company is not our usual fare. Here at TechCrunch, we care a lot of about startups, usually technology startups, which often collect capital from private sources on their way to either the bin, an IPO or a buyout. Corsair is some of those things. It is a private company that builds technology products and it has raised some money while private. But from there it’s a slim list. The company was founded in 1994,

Unity Raises $1.3B in Initial Public Offering, Surpasses Epic Games’ Valuation

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Video game development platform and technology firm Unity Software completed its initial public offering Friday and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Unity game engine developer raised $1.3B USD in the offering. The company sold 25M shares, which represent roughly 9.49% of the company’s total outstanding shares after the offering, at a price of $52 per share in the initial offering. The offering pricing put Unity Software’s market capitalization at $13.7B based on 263,366,733 outstanding shares. The pricing exceeded Unity’s initial price range marketed to potential investors.

Netflix Signs Prince Harry, Meghan Markle For New TV Shows And Movies

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Netflix continues to sign top talent to create new shows and movies for its platform. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, having left England and relocated to California, have reached a deal with the streaming network to create all types of content for the platform.Through a new production company, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows, and programming for children, according to The New York Times, which broke the news. Markle played a major character on the legal drama Suits, but the report said

Oculus Venues To Broadcast VRML Tournaments For Echo Arena, Onward

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VR esports tournament organizers VRML (VR Master League) announced the prize pools for the next seasons of their Onward, Echo Arena and Pavlov leagues, with prizes valued up to $12,000 USD across the three titles. Plus, select matches will be broadcast live in Oculus Venues each weekend. VRML has consistently organized tournament seasons for some of VR’s biggest competitive games, but this latest prize pool is the biggest cumulative pool yet. VRML says that the increase is thanks to more sponsors and partners, however it’s important to note that the

Sherwood Valley Casino Reopens June 26, 2020, Significant Protocols in…

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Time Stamp: June 26, 2020 8:00 PM - Modified On: June 26, 2020 - Published By:
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We have made some important changes as part of our enhanced health and safety plan. Past News ReleasesRSS WILLITS, Calif. (PRWEB) June 27, 2020 The “I”s have been dotted and the “T”s have been crossed on an extensive checklist of new precautions and protocols to protect the health and welfare of guests and employees of Sherwood Valley Casino. The Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians announced today that with great anticipation Sherwood Valley Casino re-opened to the public at 12 p.m. (Noon) on Friday, June 26th, 2020. According to Michael

David Beckham invests in London-based esports startup Guild

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The global esports market, which has enjoyed tremendous support in Asia and is now fast establishing itself as a mainstream entertainment globally, is currently valued at US$1.1bn and is projected to grow by 42% to US$1.56bn by 2023[1]. The number of esports fans is estimated to be around 495m and is largely comprised of millennials – this number is projected to hit 646m by 2023. Guild Esports (Guild), a new global esports business headquartered in London and co-owned by David Beckham, today announced its global launch amid a booming global

Playport Launches New Features at Lake of the Torches Resort Casino

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DALLAS (PRWEB) June 23, 2020 Playport has launched new features allowing players to earn loyalty reward points based on purchases of instant win games in the same way they earn points for slot play. Additionally, players can view their points balances on their mobile device and elect to purchase new instant win games with their loyalty points, previous winnings, or cash as their desired payment method. Once purchased, players can play their games anywhere. All purchases and redemptions take place at the casino property. Playport is changing how instant win

Kahoot raises $28M for its user-generated educational gaming platform, now valued at $1.4B

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As schools stay closed and summer camp seems more like a germscape than an escape, students are staying at home for the foreseeable future and have shifted learning to their living rooms. Now, Norwegian educational gaming company Kahoot — the popular platform with 1.3 billion active users and over 100 million games (most created by users themselves) — has raised a new round of funding of $28 million to keep up with demand. The Oslo-based startup, which started to list some of its shares on Oslo’s Merkur Market in October