Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is a veteran technology journalist with over 25 years of experience covering games and the gaming industry. He currently serves as the lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat and has written for major publications such as the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. Takahashi is also an accomplished author, having penned two books on Xbox gaming systems. He organizes annual GamesBeat and GamesBeat Summit conferences and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Biography:  https://gbs24.venturebeat.com/speaker/dean-takahashi/

61%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

80%

Examples:

  • The author occasionally presents a biased perspective by selectively reporting information that supports a specific narrative.
  • The author sometimes uses language that implies exclusivity or priority for certain technologies or companies when it may not be entirely accurate.

Conflicts of Interest

52%

Examples:

  • The author occasionally discloses potential conflicts of interest, but not consistently or prominently.
  • The author sometimes reports on companies or products without disclosing their own financial ties to those subjects.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • The author occasionally reports conflicting information within the same article.
  • The author sometimes presents information that is later contradicted by subsequent articles.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • The author occasionally employs deceptive practices such as misleading headlines or selectively reporting information to create a specific impression.
  • The author sometimes presents information in a way that is intended to mislead or deceive the reader.

Recent Articles

Nvidia's ChatRTX Chatbot Gets an Upgrade: Supports Google Gemma, ChatGLM3, and OpenAI CLIP for Local Data Interaction with Voice Commands

Nvidia's ChatRTX Chatbot Gets an Upgrade: Supports Google Gemma, ChatGLM3, and OpenAI CLIP for Local Data Interaction with Voice Commands

Broke On: Wednesday, 01 May 2024 Nvidia's ChatRTX chatbot now supports Google's Gemma and ChatGLM3 models, OpenAI's CLIP model for image recognition, voice commands with Whisper, and multiple languages for queries and outputs. Users can search local photo data using natural language queries or voice commands, interact with images using words, terms, and phrases with CLIP neural network. The chatbot uses RAG technology, TensorRT-LLM software, and RTX acceleration for quick responses on Windows PC or workstation.
NVIDIA Showcases Automotive Tech and AI Models at GTC 2024, Brings Digital Characters to Life with Riva's ASR and TTS Capabilities

NVIDIA Showcases Automotive Tech and AI Models at GTC 2024, Brings Digital Characters to Life with Riva's ASR and TTS Capabilities

Broke On: Monday, 18 March 2024 NVIDIA is showcasing automotive tech and AI models from leading automakers and tech leaders at GTC 2024. The company's digital human technologies bring AI characters to life using Riva's automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities with the customizable Nemotron large language model (LLM). Developers can create dynamic narratives with NVIDIA ACE microservices and Inworld Engine, opening new possibilities for gamers. Microsoft is partnering with NVIDIA on a multiplatform toolset featuring an AI design copilot and character runtime engine.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80: Faster 5G Speeds and AI-Powered Dynamic Tuning for T-Mobile Customers with Samsung Galaxy S24

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X80: Faster 5G Speeds and AI-Powered Dynamic Tuning for T-Mobile Customers with Samsung Galaxy S24

Broke On: Tuesday, 27 February 2024 Qualcomm has released its latest 5G modem technology, the Snapdragon X80. The chip supports six-carrier aggregation on sub-6GHz frequencies and is an update to last year's Snapdragon X75. T-Mobile customers with a Samsung Galaxy S24 should already be experiencing faster speeds due to this feature. Additionally, the new AI tensor accelerator in the chip powers Qualcomm's 5G AI Suite Gen 3 and helps dynamically tune how a 5G modem works.
NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada: Low-Profile GPU for Modern Workflows with AI Capabilities

NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada: Low-Profile GPU for Modern Workflows with AI Capabilities

Broke On: Monday, 12 February 2024 NVIDIA has launched the RTX 2000 Ada, a low-profile GPU designed for modern multi-application workflows. It offers up to 1.5x performance improvement over its predecessor and supports AV1 encode/decode functionality. The card features an AD Lovelace architecture with 2816 CUDA cores, 88 Tensor cores, and 22 RT cores for AI capabilities. Suitable for video editing, animation production, AI inference, architects and urban planners who need to create stunning 3D environments or product designers who require high-resolution content reviews.
Intel Brings AI to Cars with New SDV System-on-Chips and EV Energy Management Capabilities

Intel Brings AI to Cars with New SDV System-on-Chips and EV Energy Management Capabilities

Broke On: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 Intel is revolutionizing the automotive industry with its new family of software-defined vehicle (SDV) system-on-chips. The company's acquisition of Silicon Mobility SAS will bring advanced EV energy management and AI capabilities to the car, while collaboration with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) aims to establish an industry standard for Electric Vehicle platform power management. Intel's SDV SoCs offer unparalleled performance in delivering power, scalability, and AI-driven functionality that automakers need.