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Leveling up: Embracer's acquisition spree takes it to top of European games business By Supantha Mukherjee Reuters KARLSTAD, Sweden (Reuters) - In a quiet corner of the town of Karlstad, 300 kilometres from Stockholm, a Swedish entrepreneur has built Europe's largest gaming company by market value - although most gamers have never likely heard of it. Working out of an unassuming apartment building, Lars Wingefors' Embracer Group, with a team of fewer than 20, has grown by acquisition. Its catalogue already includes games as diverse as survival game Valheim, racing game MX vs ATV, and Goat...

EXCLUSIVE-Why a U.S. hospital and oil company turned to facial recognition Reuters 1 hr ago By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Popular Searches April 20 (Reuters) - Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage. The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service. Organizations in other industries ar...

9 Min Read (Reuters) - Several U.S. banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cameras are seen on the exterior of a Chase Bank branch in New York City U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Previously unreported trials at City National Bank of Florida and JPMorgan Chase & Co as well as earlier rollouts at banks such as Wells Fargo ...

6 Min Read (Reuters) - Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage. FILE PHOTO: An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service. Organizations in other industries are chas...

'Simple Photoshop': how a Pakistani counterfeiter may have aided Russian trolls Reuters 2 hrs ago By Raphael Satter © Reuters/Kacper Pempel FILE PHOTO: Man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid the cascade of U.S. sanctions imposed Thursday on Russian cybersecurity companies and officials alleged to be operating on behalf of the Kremlin's intelligence services, one company stood out: the Fresh Air Farm House in Karachi, Pakistan. The Farm House, whose Facebook page shows a water...