Microsoft's lead in artificial intelligence along with a program to provide credits to early-stage companies is making Azure more popular among startups.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating complaints that Nvidia allegedly abused its market dominance in AI chips, The Information reported.

Not all chip firms are benefiting from the boom in artificial intelligence, earnings show, underscoring the complexities of the semiconductor supply chain.

Nintendo sold 2.1 million units of its flagship Switch consoles, down 46% from the 3.91 million units it sold in the year ago period.

A new featurette with some fun on-set b-roll included, plus breakdowns of the VFX. And yes, the cat.

This special issue of befores & afters magazine takes a new deep dive into Avatar: The Way of Water with Wt FX.Issue #20 of befores & afters magazine is a new deep dive into the visual effects of James Camerons Avatar: The Way of Water, with Wt FX. It goes beyond the stories about new approaches to on-set performance capture, water simulation, real-time depth compositing, the eyeline system used during filming, and facial capture and animation that were all previously featured in detailed online befores & afters coverage.Inside issue #20, youll find new pieces on: The making of the sea vessels for The Way of Water, including the practical Picador built for reference and filming, and the massive SeaDragon Managing 5,650 CG assets for the film, including a diverse array of sea creatures How the skimwing, ilu and tulkun creatures were built World building, plant simulation, rendering and compositing for the Pandoran jungle The art of combustion in The Way of Water how Wt FX mastered fire FX and simulation The animation of hands, and why animating hands with three fingers, crafting baby hands, and using hands to control throat microphones proved to be some of the hardest tasks Compositing: how new deep workflows and many other techniques were developed for the film Plus, a special tribute to Jon Landau from Wt FXs Joe Letteri.Find it at your local Amazon store:USA UK Canada Germany France Spain Italy Australia Japan Sweden Poland NetherlandsA big thanks toReallusionand Action VFX for sponsoring this issue!