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Detroit grew rich and fat on the one-person, one-car ethos of the American Dream. But new technologies for driving won’t just change how we get from A to B — they’ll also change how we pay for transportation. At le...

Snapchat is showing a very different playbook compared to other social technologies and history. Here's why that is important ahead of their IPO and what to expect next.

I was sitting down at a meeting the other day with someone who works in the cyber security space. And as we were discussing the industry, he informed me that there was so much information and hyperbole in the messaging a...

Two recent Stanford University graduates are aiming to simplify the $1.7 billion life insurance settlement market in 2017, when their company launches an exchange that will directly connect policyholders and investors.

(Reuters) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) said it has teamed up with U.S. internet giant Amazon to start selling cars online offering an additional discount. Initially only Italian buyers will be able to purchase the...

GUEST: The transformative power of technology is stunning. Fifty years ago, if you told someone you needed to search for a piece of information, they would think that you were headed over to a wall of encyclopedias at th...

Wake up, Hideo. It’s time to celebrate your career — and this time, no one can stop you. Metal Gear creator and renowned industry auteur Hideo Kojima was supposed to win a lifetime-achievement prize at The Game Award...

Divinity Matovu is rolling out the pilot program for her childcare startup called Watotolly. To say that she's good at time management would be an understatement--Matovu is also pursuing an MBA at the University of Penns...

Uber, The Refinery and the Kauffman Foundation teamed up for a multi-city event giving hundreds of women founders of tech companies a chance to pitch to investors.

Nintendo announced today that it has shipped 10 million copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon for the 3DS, the newest installments in the company’s hit monster-collecting and fighting series. This is a new record for the por...

Capitalizing on being named to a prestigious publication's list is a great tool in the public relations arsenal.

"Little Free Libraries" have sprung up all over America. Neighbors share their reading habits, reach out, build community, and the world gets a little smaller. Next: "Little Free Pharmacies!" Cartoon by Kirk Anderson.

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Google today announced that it will bring new “Custom Cloud” Intel Skylake Xeon chips to its Google Compute Engine public cloud infrastructure service in early 2017. Those chips form the basis of the virtual machines...

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we check out Pokémon Sun and Moon, Star Wars gets a new mobile game, and Battlefield 1 sells well. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The...

Esports events can fill a big stadium of fans who watch video game pros play for $20 million in prizes. But compared to traditional sports, esports still have a long way to go. One telling statistic: Traditional sports l...

Meet Nikolaj Astrup, the 30-year-old founder of Refuga who is bridging the gap between networking and adventure for entrepreneurs around the world.

Facebook on Friday announced that it will be “winding down” its Atlas ad server because the company believes advertisers are more interested in metrics and insights. No specific timeline for the closure has been reve...

The media's failures show it can't figure out how to cover Donald Trump. One suggestion: check your outrage at the door.

I was tempted to stay in Canada, but alas I just returned from a whirlwind trip that left me a little more in touch with the pulse of game development. For the second year in a row, I attended the Montreal International ...

In an excellent article Mona Shah, a prominent New York immigration attorney, recently commented on whether the U.S. EB-5 investor immigration program is likely to be renewed in December of this year when it is scheduled...