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Google Assistant is now able to read your SMS messages back to you. SMS-enabled Facebook Messenger or Hangouts messages may also be read by the intelligent assistant. Say “Do I have any messages?” or “Show me my la...

The Venture Reality Fund reported that the landscape of companies it tracks in the virtual reality market grew more than 40 percent in 2016. The largest area of growth was in content companies that create apps for head-m...

Repeated attacks by President Donald Trump and his administration on what they call the “dishonest media” appear to have had an unexpected--and very welcome--side effect for some media companies, which have seen reco...

#IWD2017 has focused minds on the global progression of women in business. But research just out from Grant Thornton finds that while globally progress is inching forward, in the U.K. women are in decline in senior repre...

Gree International Entertainment confirmed that it laid off an unspecified number of employees today in its San Francisco office. Gree International is the overseas division of Gree, Japan’s big mobile game publisher. ...

Everybody loves a robot with a heart gold. Well, expect the guys who try to shoot them. But they’re jerks. Blizzard has released Binary, a new Overwatch digital comic. Overwatch is a team-based shooter that came out in...

I’m at a point with Zelda where I’ve played through most of the big story arcs, and in between the smaller side missions I’ve started making my own fun. Most recently, that has included waiting for thunderstorms to...

One of the best 1980s-era side-scrollers you probably never played is getting a beautiful remake that’s coming out soon. DotEmu announced today that Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap will come out for PlayStation 4, Xbox...

At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced that it has acquired Kaggle, a startup whose website has hosted competitions in which data scientists solve challenges that other companies pro...

Pinterest announced that it has acquired Jelly, the question and answer service produced by Twitter cofounder Biz Stone. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Stone will become a “special advisor” to Pi...

At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced the launch of a Cloud Video Intelligence application programming interface (API) for figuring out what videos are about and detecting objects w...

At the 2017 Open Compute Project (OCP) summit today in Santa Clara, California, Facebook is unveiling four new types of hardware for use in its data centers. The designs will be available for other companies to use throu...

At its Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco today, Google announced Engineering Support, a new subscription model for providing organizations with commercial support for its Google Cloud Platform public cloud of...

"I think traditionally, and even now, when men are ambitious it's celebrated," fashion mogul Tory Burch said. "When women are ambitious, it's almost crass or distasteful. It's a perceived negative."

With Europe remaining a vital market for the future of Airbnb, the company is emphasizing its willingness to take a flexible and conciliatory approach with governments concerned about its impact. During a visit to Paris ...

The first Destiny isn’t done yet. Bungie revealed details on the next Destiny live event, Age of Triumph, for its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One online shooter. It will launch on March 28. The free update will be the last ...

The Series D round reportedly values Instacart above $3 billion.

Yes, the Republican bill repeals Obamacare's taxes and mandates, but leaves most of its insurance rules intact.

Facebook has been placing more emphasis on videos and virtual reality, including 360-degree media. Since adding support in 2015, more than 1 million 360 videos and 25 million 360 photos have been published on the social ...

IBM Research scientists have stored a single bit of data on the world’s smallest magnet, which consists of a single atom. The scientists used an IBM-invented, Nobel prize-winning scanning tunneling microscope to demons...

With the growth of bot and artificial intelligence industries, questions of gender representation and sexism have arisen. None of the major intelligent assistants except Siri even have a male voice option, and artificial...

PRESS RELEASE: Tradeshift and Capgemini have entered into an agreement under which Tradeshift will acquire Capgemini's IBX Business Network. The combination of Tradeshift and IBX will create the world's largest business ...