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Today's Tax Geek Tuesday topic was born out of necessity; in recent years, I have seen a depressing amount of late partnership tax returns because the tax advisor failed to recognize that the partnership had actually ter...

LG has revealed both a software development kit (SDK) and a hardware development kit (HDK) to developers, with the goal of encouraging an ecosystem of modules to clip into the LG G5‘s so-called Magic Slot. The kits wil...

By Hugh MacArthur, Graham Elton, Dan Haas, Suvir Varma and Carl Evander

Rockstar Games is now defending itself in the public as well as in court. The Grand Theft Auto developer has responded to a lawsuit from the game’s former director Leslie Benzies by filing a countersuit of its own and ...

Grand Theft Auto V developer Rockstar Games is notoriously cagey about sharing the details of its operation, but a pair of lawsuits may force many of those secrets out into the open. For example, we now have an idea of h...

Nik Richie growing tired of being a "cubicle warrior" doing credit card processing had an inspiration. Noting the success of "reality TV", he thought that "reality internet" might be a thing.  So he started a gossip blo...

FEATURE: If you're an online gamer who's had to deal with mic-less teammates, AFKers, and Leeroy Jenkins wannabes, Beerock Studios feels your pain. And it wants to help.

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users visiting popular torrent site KickassTorrents (KAT) have been seeing a malware warning since yesterday, similar to the warning they received on the site back in October 2015. Navig...

The Grand Theft Auto games are some of the most popular pop-culture products in history, and that kind of success can often lead to “deception” and betrayal. Leslie Benzies, who produced the Grand Theft Auto games as...

As promised, Facebook today opened up its Instant Articles offering to all publishers, allowing anyone to import their content into the social network and add it directly to a user’s News Feed. The company said that ad...

Dr. Strange's first movie poster markets to fanboys and casual viewers alike.

Shoes are a tricky fashion choice when you live in or travel to San Francisco. The city's 50-plus hills aren’t a short girl’s best friend when high heels are a wardrobe staple. You can put Tokyo, Rio, Seattle, and ma...

Former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies is suing Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two and developer Rockstar. In response, Take-Two has filed a countersuit that Benzies’ legal counsel is calling “sparse.” Ear...

An interview with three entrepreneurs who were forced to 'pivot' their initial business ideas in order to survive and thrive.

VB WEBINAR: How do you combat user acquisition scams that are increasingly slick and nearly undetectable? Find out from the front line how pros are successfully combating mobile fraud. Access the webinar on demand right ...

At its F8 developer conference in San Francisco, Facebook today announced the beta launch of Bot Engine, a tool for teaching chatbots what to say in specific types of situations. The technology — which developers can u...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twilio has extended its API support to Facebook Messenger, thereby offering its developers another medium from which to communicate with their users. The integration means that the cloud communications p...

Facebook has created a 360-degree camera to capture virtual reality imagery from its Oculus Rift headset. The Facebook Surround 360 camera solves a problem that few folks who have their own VR headsets experience. The co...

Whether or not we talk about money with our friends and family—and we probably don’t—we rarely touch on the subject at work. It’s embarrassing, even taboo, and it raises questions around self-worth and security. ...

Facebook announced today that it was opening up its Messenger platform in beta to let chatbots into the app. What this means is that you’re now able to interact with an AI-powered “representative” from a business w...

At its F8 developer conference in San Francisco today, Facebook is announcing a new way for users to clip quotes they like on the Web and then share them in a clean and neat way in the News Feed. For many years, people h...

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that virtual reality and augmented reality of the future will be accessible by a powerful gadget that looks like an ordinary pair of glasses. Zuckerberg made the announcement...