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Spotify Pre-Saves Give Labels Troubling Data, Control

Hypebot: "Pre-saving an album on Spotify can give record labels and others access to personal data including email addresses and playlists, according to a...

Media Union Launches Survey On Games Industry Working Conditions

gamesindustry.biz reports: "Britain's largest entertainment sector union has launched a survey on working conditions in the games industry, ahead of its scheduled appearance in...

Riot Games gets Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competitions

VentureBeat reports: "Riot Games has tapped Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competition so sponsors know the impact of their advertising dollars. The...

Comscore raises $20M with an option to bump it to $50M,...

TechCrunch reports: "Comscore’s name is usually in the news because of its widely-cited research and stats around media traffic and other analysis charting digital consumer behavior. More...

Facebook launches robotics framework PyRobot

VentureBeat reports: "Facebook’s AI team has been extra thirsty for robotics lately. Over the course of the past year, Facebook has expanded its robotics operations...

Facebook open-sources AI Habitat to help robots navigate realistic environments

VentureBeat reports: "Facebook AI Research is today making available AI Habitat, a simulator that can train AI agents that embody things like a home robot...

Facebook is experimenting with robots to push its AI research forward

The Verge reports: "Facebook is certainly a high-tech company, but it’s not one you would necessarily associate with robots. However, as the firm revealed today,...

Newzoo: More than one billion women are active gamers

gamesindustry.biz reports: "Newzoo has released new research that shows women make up almost half of all gamers, as well as offering some insight into...

Mobile VR game Sea Hero Quest generates 1,700 hours of research...

gamesindustry.biz reports: "A new study has shown that a virtual reality game designed to identify those genetically at higher risk of Alzheimer's is producing...

New data will give insight into Facebook’s influence on elections

The Verge reports: "On Monday, Facebook announced a new set of research projects that will look into social media’s impact on democracy. The projects will give...