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GUEST: Artificial intelligence came alive in the 80s with many startups, governments, and large enterprises deploying new systems that executed tasks typically performed by human experts. These were largely rule-based sy...

GUEST: Mobile payments, digital wallets, and other forms of financial technology (fintech) have seen widespread adoption in the West, but fintech has a whole new meaning for the developing world. Because of the largely u...

Everything in business has gone digital: the workplace, leadership, management, product strategy, and HR. And AI and robotics make it happen faster. How can you adapt to keep up?

Microsoft is looking to unify manufacturers around using Windows to power mixed reality headsets, with a plan to support HMDs featuring a wide range of specifications. Next year, Microsoft plans to support headsets from ...

Qualcomm Technologies is bullish on virtual reality and augmented reality, but it isn’t satisfied with the technology yet. The company is crafting its latest mobile processors and other technology so that VR and AR can...

GUEST: As an early stage entrepreneur, you'll rarely be short of people offering their (often unsolicited) advice, and many of them will tell you that you can't succeed as a startup without doing X, Y, and Z. Don't liste...

Postmates will be getting a new executive tasked with boosting the on-demand delivery service’s product design. The company has hired serial entrepreneur Matt Galligan as its new vice president of product design. Previ...

GUEST: Recently, Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc., made news with an announcement that it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO). As expected, news about the company's potential on the public m...

Uber has launched another activation campaign to get people to sign-up for the service, but this time it’s joined the Dark Side. The company has teamed with Disney for a special promotion for the upcoming release of �...

GUEST: It was speculated 2016 would see even more cybersecurity activity than 2015, and it did not disappoint. Consider the $81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank, the 500 million accounts swiped from Yahoo, or the 19,0...

GUEST: Last month, LinkedIn released the results of a survey of its members, gathering the opinions of more than 600 startup investors and founders on the current state of diversity in the venture capital industry. The r...

Google’s search algorithm has been changed over the last year to increasingly reward search results based on how likely you are to click on them, multiple sources tell Business Insider. As a result, fake news now often...

(Reuters) – Twenty-First Century Fox’s plan to buy the remaining stake in Sky further insulates the Murdoch family-owned media company from a U.S. television advertising market roiled by sagging ratings, experts said...

Last week, UploadVR let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. Now that the Touch controllers have officially released into the world, we decided to tackle the topic in a...

GUEST: Chatbots are all the rage these days. And it's no surprise, as they offer a method of frictionless, natural conversation between a brand and its customers, as well as the ability to improve the customer service ex...