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Mortgage Interest Rates Today for July 13, 2023: Rates Move Upward

[ad_1] A variety of notable mortgage rates inched up over the last seven days. The average interest rates for both 15-year fixed and 30-year fixed mortgages both increased. For variable rates, the 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage also inched up. After hiking interest rates 10 times since March 2022, the Federal Reserve pumped the brakes during its …

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Unity launches Safe Voice, a toxicity detection solution for voice chat

[ad_1] Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. Unity announced today that it’s launching Safe Voice in beta. Safe Voice is a new toxicity detection solution that uses machine learning to analyze voice-based player interactions. According to Unity, it can be used …

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What enterprises can learn about data infrastructure from Cruise driverless cars

[ad_1] Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Developing safe driverless car technology is a highly specialized, complex and multifaceted undertaking — I know this firsthand, having recently worked for one of the small number of companies active in the sector. Despite that, there are many lessons …

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Current Refinance Rates on July 13, 2023: Rate Moves Higher

[ad_1] The average rate nationwide for a 15-year fixed refinance shrank this week, while 30-year fixed-rate refinances saw growth. The average rate on 10-year fixed refinance declined. On the heels of cooling inflation, the Federal Reserve opted to pause its current rate-hiking cycle. During its June meeting, the central bank decided to hold its benchmark …

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Meta could soon make its AI model available for commercial projects | Engadget

[ad_1] One question is constant in the race to create AI: Should code be held privately or made available to everyone as “open-source”? OpenAI has kept data for projects like GPT-4 close to its chest, while Meta has allowed researchers and academics to access its language model, LLaMA. Now, Meta is allegedly set to “imminently” …

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The Morning After: Researchers find evidence of organic matter on Mars | Engadget

[ad_1] The Perseverance Rover has found evidence of organic compounds in the Jezero Crater on Mars. Don’t get too excited: These compounds could have also developed in nonbiological ways. But even if it’s not proof of organic life on Mars, the results hint at complex organic conditions for the “key building blocks for life.” Organic …

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Sony plans to boost game R&D spending this year as competition ramps up | Engadget

[ad_1] Sony plans to boost R&D spending in gaming and focus that extra money on Fortnite-style live service games and mixed reality, Nikkei has reported. It will invest $2.13 billion for the segment in fiscal 2023, accounting for about 40 percent of R&D spending company wide — over double what it spent in 2020. The …

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StatusPro partners with Bidstack on virtual stadiums in NFL Pro Era

[ad_1] Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don’t worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here. StatusPro announced today it’s partnering with Bidstack Sports and the Washington Commanders on a new form of in-game advertising in its licensed VR title NFL Pro Era. Bidstack’s new tech will allow NFL franchises …

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Apple Tap to Pay expands to the UK, letting iPhone users accept contactless payments | Engadget

[ad_1] Apple has expanded Tap to Pay’s availability and is giving businesses and merchants across the United Kingdom the option to accept contactless payments using just their iPhones. The tech giant initially released the feature in the US in mid-2022 before making it available in Taiwan and Australia. Like in those regions, merchants in the …

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