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You cannot catch ’em all if you happen to live in Tehran. Iran blocked Pokémon Go for its people after the country’s High Council of Virtual Spaces expressed concerns about it posing a security risk, according to th...

What does pay have to do with CEO performance? Very little.

Which U.S. industries are the most lucrative? The answer depends on how it’s measured, but based on pre-tax net profit margin, the top money-makers include specialty service providers in accounting, law, health care an...

Nissan is in talks with Panasonic and overseas companies including Chinese firms over the possible sale of its controlling stake in a car battery manufacturing venture, sources said.

(Reuters) – The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon's Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into U.S. networks and ta...

GUEST: Loudie is a mobile concert ticket giveaway iOS app. You give us your location and from there we recommend concerts for you and notify you when there are free ticket giveaways in your area. We have given out thousa...

GUEST: The global success of Niantic Labs' Pokémon Go is officially a phenomenon, amassing more downloads, headlines, revenue and memes than anyone could have predicted — and creating a live case study for those looki...

GUEST: Salesforce announced its acquisition of office productivity app Quip earlier this week for $582 million ($750 million if you include cash incentives). That may seem like a staggering sum to pay for a 4-year-old 40...

VB LIVE: Much like the Nigerian proverb "It takes a whole village to raise a child," it takes a thriving community for a game to reach its full sales potential. Join VB’s own Dean Takahashi along with experts from Fres...

Cannabis customers receive recommendations, "Like Amazon gives"

Last week Mail.ru Group, a major, LSE-listed Russian Internet group, released Artisto, an app which allows users to edit short videos, processing them in the style of famous artworks or any other source image. Using a ne...

This week, Tech.eu tracked 15 technology M&A transactions, two IPOs and 56 funding deals (totalling €484 million, about $537 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel.Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news...

In a world connected by digital technology, power no longer lies at the top of hierarchies, but at the center of networks.

GUEST: Bots are all the rage. But the first generation of bots isn’t measuring up to expectations. People expect bots to have the intellect to do more than humans. This expectation is far from reality. Facebook bots ha...

This quarter’s funding year-over-year was marked by a higher total fundraising, but coming from a smaller number of deals. In the second quarter of 2016, 33 unicorns raised a total of $25.1 billion from 41 funding even...

Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car initiative, today announced that he is stepping down from his role at the company. “After leading our cars through the human equivalent of 150 years of driving and ...

Your next doctor visit might involve a chatbot. Your.MD is a new option that joins a few other existing chatbots like HealthJoy that help you diagnose common ailments. I tested out Your.MD with an actual health issue (no...

GUEST: At this writing, Pokémon Go has been downloaded 75 million times worldwide and had broken records on Apple's App Store and Google Play. It's safe to say that with Pokémon Go, augmented reality (AR) has gone main...

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Bots don’t always have to be super-intelligent. They often just need to be super-helpful. A new bot from IcelandAir, the iconic airline from Iceland that serves you fresh bread even in economy class, has a new bot that...

GUEST: Europeans look at the US, particularly Silicon Valley, and wonder why the same recipe for churning out successful global companies can't be repeated in Europe. Given that my company has a venture capital arm, I ha...

Beautycounter and like-minded NUDE Skincare are ironing out the details of their merger, with distribution as a top item.