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Wondering what it looks like when AMD and Nvidia video cards are sitting in the same computer, running a program together? Here’s what it looks like — and how it changes performance for the graphics-intensive real-ti...

Former Apple chief executive John Sculley believes that his old company is doing an excellent job in the debate with the U.S. government over helping it decrypt San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. Scull...

Storefront has shut down. The company, which specializes in making it easier for anyone to find and rent short-term retail space, announced on its site that as of March 17, it was no longer in operations. It didn’t pro...

We’re investigating the nature of these Innovation Engines in a series of What To Think podcasts, sponsored by Pivotal Tracker, and columns by VentureBeat editor at large Dylan Tweney. Tune in here to learn the secrets...

Remember Rosie, the robot-with-an-attitude that served the family on the Jetsons? Now, Hilton Hotels has launched their answer to Rosie.  “She’s” named Connie and is currently being tested at the Hilton McLean Vir...

Managed by Q, an office cleaning and management startup, announced today that starting July 1 — and over the next 5 years — it will set aside 5 percent of the company for its on-demand employees. It’s not unusual f...

Most people wouldn’t think that there are any parallels between algorithms and bra fittings, but entrepreneur Michelle Lam took her “numbers geek” knowledge and applied it to the often confusing exercise of finding...

Once again, major browsers fell at the two-day security contest Pwn2Own. Security flaws in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari were all successfully exploited. A total of $460,000 was awarded for 21 vulnerabi...

We’ve had a busy time here at GamesBeat! We’ve been covering the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco all week, and you can find all of our coverage on all the news and virtual reality experiences from the sho...

VB WEBINAR: It's a tidal wave: Every day over 2.5 million Facebook posts, 277,000 Tweets and 216,000 Instagram photos are shared. If your social media strategy isn't on point, your content is getting lost at sea. Find ou...

EXCLUSIVE: API.ai, an intelligent speech interface company for apps, devices, and the Web, is announcing an integration with Slack that could be a major stepping stone in deepening Slack’s usefulness in the enterprise ...

For years, industry watchers speculated that Nintendo could rule mobile if it would only make games for smartphones and tablets. And based on how well Miitomo has done in its first week in Japan, we know have proof that ...

Just 3 out of every 1,000 people who die would be subject to estate tax under the Democrats' proposals.

Creating a virtual reality experience isn’t like making other video games because you have to consider so many other details … like the sound R2-D2 makes when you slap him. Industrial Light & Magic, the Hollywood spe...

Top 10 Outperforming, Undiscovered Danish Startups

The rumor that Twitter will scrap its 140-character limit for tweets just won’t die. In an interview with NBC this morning, CEO Jack Dorsey has gone on record to say that the limit is staying. In September 2015, we fir...

ABC says it doesn't rank the show's success stories, so we combed through clips, reached out to the six main sharks and interviewed more than 25 contestants, who track fellow alumni. We looked for businesses with substan...

President Obama is scheduled to make an historic visit to Cuba next week, marking the first time in 88 years that a U.S. head of state has journeyed to the island nation. Congressional leaders and other politicians will ...

Microsoft today unveiled its latest partnership around its HoloLens augmented reality headset. Lowe’s, a company with a chain of home improvement stores, will bring HoloLens into some stores in the Seattle area — tha...

FEATURE: More than four years after Steve Jobs’ death, his widow is on track to win approval from town officials in Woodside to build a luxurious new homestead on land that was previously the site of the historic Jackl...

I spent the past week fully immersed in the 30th annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Along with at least 26,000 attendees, I searched for interesting people and events that could tell me about the future ...

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