Logitech's G810 Orion Spectrum gaming keyboard aims for pure performance

Logitech's new G810 Orion Spectrum, a full-size RGB mechanical gaming keyboard designed by and for gamers. Featuring some industry-leading technology and quality of construction in a uniquely crafted design to deliver peak performance for a pure gaming experience.

The Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard features Logitech’s exclusive Romer-G mechanical switches, offering 25 percent faster actuation than standard mechanical keyboards, as well as customizable RGB lighting and dedicated media controls.

“We met with dozens of gamers over the last year and a half and asked them what they wanted in a gaming keyboard,” said Ujesh Desai, vice president and general manager of gaming at Logitech. “The result is the G810 Orion Spectrum, a clean, sophisticated design that’s focused on delivering pure performance.”

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Taylor Swift to lend her star power for a new mobile game

Taylor Swift is entering yet another venture that will most likely have her raking in more money. The pop superstar is said to be developing a game with Glu Mobile. Glu has worked with other big stars like Kim Kardashian and supposed rival Katy Perry to out Kim Kardashian Hollywood and Katy Perry Pop, respectively. No details yet about the title or type of game will be made with Taylor Swift's name attached to it. According to Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi, "We realize that Taylor and her global fan base expect a new and highly differentiated mobile gaming experience."

What that difference is, we don't know yet. But with her massive social media following (70.4 million on Twitter and 64.8 million on Instagram), we're sure she will be earning some serious money here. Kardashian's game reportedly took in US$43 million in its first three months.

Source: TV Guide

YouTube to livestream match between 'Go' world champion and AlphaGo AI

We've seen artificial intelligence systems take on different champions of various fields. This time, the AlphaGo AI system wants to take on the highest ranked player of the ancient Chinese board game Go to a match. The system will be challenging Lee Sedol for a US$1 million prize. And you'll get to see this play out on a YouTube livestream. The matches will take place on March 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15.

The game has millions of possible combinations for its pieces, which make developing a system to get to play this well particularly challenging. Previous robots built to play Go couldn't leave past the amateur level. AlphaGo has already defeated the European champion Fan Hui five times in a row. This AI has been trained to use 30 million moves off of games played by experts and it has even learned its own moves. 

Source: The Next Web

Apple overtakes Alphabet again as world's biggest company

Google's parent company Alphabet didn't last long as the world's biggest company. Apple has managed to take the throne back as the company's shares have risen since Monday. They are now trading up US$0.55 at $96.38, while Alphabet's share have slid down. This puts Apple's market capitalization (or the value of all its shares together) at $534 billion compared to Alphabet's $508 billion.

Richard Windsor, an independent analyst at Radio Free Mobile, told Independent that Apple is at a better position as Google has an increasing dependence on Apple for revenue while Apple is taking steps away from Google. They're developing Apple Maps to combat reliance on Google Maps and have allowed ad-blockers on its browsers to keep Google from making money on ads. If Apple will become successful in "booting" Google out, Google could lose $13 billion in annual revenue as well as a "collapse in its valuation."

Source: Independent