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(Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Reserve’s cyber security practices after a Reuters report revealed more than 50 cyber breaches at the U.S. central bank betwee...

Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) The European Union came out in support of Airbnb, Uber and other sharing economy companies, encouraging member states not to ban their servi...

Razer wants to light up your keyboard, your mouse, and now your ears as well. The hardware company has jumped into the wireless audio-headset space with its new $170 Man O’War unit. This headset features 7.1 surround-s...

GUEST: "A developer's job is to build  --  build it fast and build it right." For a long time I bought into that mentality, and it served me quite well as a developer. I would build things fast, my code was well stru...

Recognizing how your emotions influence your thoughts and behavior is key to making better choices.

GUEST: Messaging is huge, so it's no wonder more brands are looking to join the conversation. Around 75% of the world's Internet users use messaging services. In markets like Asia, consumers not only chat with friends an...

Like many people who followed the news about Facebook’s embrace of chatbots, Van Chappell of Seattle immediately wondered about the potential for advertising on Messenger. Chappell, who runs a service for affiliate mar...

As we discussed earlier in the week, market participants are trained to be fixated on the monthly jobs data. That was evident in today's market reaction, as it always is. The payroll number—the number professional inve...

One of the coolest games to come out of Kickstarter is getting some more stuff to play in the near future. Shovel Knight, the throwback platforming adventure, is getting an update that will add two new characters to the ...

VB LIVE: The data is readily available. So why are only a minority of marketers and entrepreneurs using predictive analytics to anticipate customers’ needs — and increase conversions? Learn how to become one of them ...

GUEST: Have you tested the recent Alexa web prototype? It lets you to check Amazon Echo's virtual assistant without having to buy an Amazon Echo — right from your browser. It works great thanks to a rather new technolo...

San Francisco-based MuleSoft is among a select group of companies known as “unicorns,” privately-held, venture-funded companies valued at $1 billion or more. I interviewed Ross Mason, Mulesoft’s British-born founde...

GUEST: Over the last seven years, starting around the time I began hiring people in my company, I have been on a journey to continually improve our system for deciding what to do and then doing it (preferably quickly). T...

FEATURE: While construction crews work furiously to finish Apple's mammoth new headquarters in Cupertino this year, another critical piece of the campus' design is taking shape 100 miles to the east. In a cluster of East...

Brace yourself: The new Instagram algorithm is here. Instead of a reverse-chronological feed of content, Instagram is becoming more like Facebook's News Feed. If your Instagram feed doesn't already show photos and videos...

VB LIVE: Join noted growth-hacker Oliver Kern, chief commercial officer at Lockwood Publishing and Peggy Anne Salz, author of the VB Insight ASO Practitioner's Guide, as they explore the myths around App Store Optimizati...

Bethesda is once again struggling to get its game running well on consoles. And while it has a fix, the company probably cannot wait for that allegedly upgraded PlayStation 4 Neo. Far Harbor, the first big expansion for ...

Jade Raymond, a well-known game development executive who left Ubisoft to start a new game studio for Electronic Arts, posted that she has built a pretty big studio in Montreal and continues to hire for it. In a blog pos...