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I started playing No Man’s Sky yesterday after years of anticipation and hype, and while I’ve only scraped the crust of this universe-sized enigma, it has its hooks into me. Developer Hello Games’ impossibly large ...

If you've ever binge-watched YouTube makeup tutorials, then you probably know South Korean beauty brand and distributer Memebox thanks to its peeling masks. K-Beauty favorite Memebox — think Sephora for South Korean pr...

GUEST: Since the launch of the Facebook Messenger API, developers have flocked to chatbot development. Developers are now offering chatbot development services and creating chatbot builders. At Botsify, I have been worki...

I know. You hate Pokémon Go’s broken tracker, but it looks like the developer has some crucial changes coming soon. Developer Niantic is sending out updates to Pokémon Go for certain players that changes the way the ...

Twitter can be one of the most challenging marketing platforms to learn and scale.

Chipmaker Intel today announced that it has acquired Nervana, a startup that has been developing artificial intelligence software and hardware. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but a source familiar with the matter...

GUEST: Nearly a month since its release, and Pokémon Go is still going strong. We now know how to expand our Pokédex with rare Pokémon, but here's what we don't yet know: How can Pokémon Go avoid being just another m...

Almost two weeks ago, news broke that there had a been an overnight shooting in San Diego. As the information began to filter through, it became clear this was not a global terrorist event, but the shooting of two San Di...

Companies are still learning how to overcome challenges associated with big-data management, such as security and privacy, not to mention the shortage of deep analytical talent. It is critical that they learn fast or ris...

Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMPs) are expanding to more organic search results. What is this change going to do, and how is it going to affect your SEO strategy?

Parse cofounder and Y Combinator partner Ilya Sukhar announced today that he has joined Matrix Partners as a general partner where he’ll be investing in a variety of companies, but perhaps moreso startups with an engin...

One of the best Xbox Live Arcade standouts is getting its official sequel in just a few weeks. Publisher Bandai Namco revealed that Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 will launch September 13 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and ...

Cindy Gallop, founder of MakeLoveNotPorn, talks about power, money, sex, owning the future, why every woman needs a champion (who may be a man), and managing your own mind. Are you ready?

South Korea’s online beauty retailer Memebox today announced it has raised a substantial $66 million in funding, led by previous investors, Formation 8, Goodwater Capital and Pejman Mar Ventures.

Google has shared more details of its plan to replace Flash with HTML5 by default in Chrome. In September 2016, Chrome will block Flash content that loads behind the scenes, which the company estimates accounts for more ...

Cashiers across the country are ringing up back-to-school sales, the second-biggest shopping season of the year next to the December holidays. Back-to-school and back-to-college spending is projected to top almost $76 bi...

Veridis is a novel twist to the job-oriented social networking: A platform built especially for two-year students to showcase their skills and qualifications to local employers who are hiring. The goal is to match "skill...

A decade ago, Warner Bros. embarked on an ambitious plan to become a big player in video games by acquiring studios that would internally produce titles based on Warner’s big properties. Now the company has one of the ...

Google today is announcing price cuts for one flavor of virtual machines (VMs) that it offers through the Google Cloud Platform cloud infrastructure business. Preemptible VMs — which are cheaper than standard VMs to st...

Democrats and their allies in the corporate media keep emphasizing that Donald Trump is an existential threat to American democracy who is so dangerous that he must be stopped at all costs. Whether or not you think they ...

I have consistently been vocal about the need for diversity and inclusion in our workforce. Whether hiring (and fairly paying) more females or underrepresented minorities, Apple has stepped up to the plate and shown some...

In this week’s episode of VB Engage, we chat with Shira Abel about mobile apps and mobile marketing. Stewart and Travis also talk Instagram Stories, because, frankly, that’s the one big thing that happened this week....