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Paladins is now playable on PS4 and Xbox One
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 17:00
A PC gaming free-to-play success story is expanding its territory. Developer Hi-Rez Studios announced today that its team-based shooter Paladins in now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in open beta. The free-to-pl...
7 Witty Mother's Day Gifts Under $20 From 'Shark Tank'
Forbes - 3 May 2017 15:01
Here are seven gift ideas under $20 for Mother's Day 2017 that are not only budget friendly but also witty.
Bonsai raises $7.6 million to help companies build their own AI
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 06:01
AI startup Bonsai has raised $7.6 million to grow its platform that simplifies open source machine learning library Tensorflow to help businesses construct their own artificial intelligence models and incorporate AI into...
Chris Roberts: No pressure to make Star Citizen 'absolutely perfect'
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 23:20
In some ways, Star Citizen is the culmination of a 20-year-old dream. The last time Chris Roberts and Rich Hilleman worked together was back in 1993, when games were still transitioning from floppy disks to CD-ROMs. This...
Tesla Cutting It Close With Model 3 Preparations Ahead Of Production Start In July
Forbes - 3 May 2017 23:15
Quarterly revenue jumps, though the company's quarterly losses continue as it invests in vehicle development and production capacity ahead of major boost in manufacturing output next year.
Josh Feast's Cogito Provides Technology To Bring Charm Back To Customer Service
Forbes - 3 May 2017 23:14
Boston-based Cogito is an artificial intelligence software platform based on behavioral science born of years of research at MIT's Human Dynamic Lab, that "helps customer service representatives be more charming in conve...
The lane-keeping on this roadster provides plenty of options
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 23:10
Veering out of your lane is one of the leading causes of road fatalities. Combine that with using your phone while driving and we’re really asking for trouble. For now, the concept of the connected car mostly concerns ...
Facebook passes 1.94 billion monthly users, 1.28 billion that use it daily
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 22:17
Facebook ($FB) has released its first-quarter 2017 earnings and revealed that it’s inching ever so close to having 2 billion people worldwide use the social network. It now counts 1.94 billion monthly active users, an ...
Square reports $462 million in Q1 2017 revenue, gross payment volume of $13.6 billion
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 22:13
Square’s ($SQ) first quarter 2017 earnings are out, revealing that it generated total net revenue of $462 million, a 22 percent annual increase and an earnings per share loss of $0.04. It continues to see its gross pay...
Technology, Immigrant Entrepreneurship Fuel Growth Among Best Small Business Cities in America
Forbes - 3 May 2017 21:25
Immigrant entrepreneurial zeal and technology are fueling much of the small business growth in America.
Understanding Gravity In Your Business
Forbes - 3 May 2017 21:24
Keep grounded in your business, and stay focused on the unavoidable challenges you will face as an owner. Here are the crucial areas you have to cover in order to remain competitive and successful in your field.
AI tool generates 'DeepBeats' to challenge human rappers
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 21:10
GUEST: Rapping is no easy feat. In-demand artists like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay Z earned $735 million and $550 million respectively for their stylish flow. That kind of dough can buy you ~3,600,000 bottles at any h...
Doctor Who game bot launches on Skype
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 21:04
BBC Worldwide announced that it launched a Doctor Who Skype bot today. The bot invites people to join an interactive game called The Savior of Time. Fans accompanied by the virtual doctor in a virtual TARDIS must solve a...
Quake Champions isn't Overwatch, but it borrows the right ideas
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 20:30
Let me just admit this upfront: I haven’t played a lot of Quake in my life. During that time of the late 1990s, I focused on Nintendo 64 shooters like GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark. Please don’t flame me. So id Soft...
3 Valuable Management Tips That Will Make You A Better Leader
Forbes - 3 May 2017 20:16
Leadership is about effectively managing your time and delegating to a team you trust.
6 Trends Driving Small Business To Embrace Automation In 2017 (And Beyond)
Forbes - 3 May 2017 19:55
SMBs will need to grasp the opportunities that this development brings with it and change almost every aspect of today's more or less traditional ways of working to stay competitive.
Intel's top-ranking woman and data center chief Diane Bryant takes leave of absence
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 19:34
Diane Bryant, head of Intel’s Data Center Group, is taking a leave of absence for the next six to eight months to attend to a personal family matter. Bryant has been one of the most prominent female leaders at Intel as...
How Donald Trump's Understanding Of History Informed Steve Bannon's Business Decisions
Forbes - 3 May 2017 19:32
In an interview Donald Trump revealed that he didn't understand why the Civil War happened. Perhaps Steve Bannon's diversified business decisions - on the founding board of Breitbart, a financial stake in Seinfeld - offe...
Slack's updated search helps find the right team member to answer your question
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 19:00
Slack has launched a feature designed to elevate how you search for information in the team chat and productivity app. Instead of querying by messages, you can now look things up by people and channel, a capability devel...
Facebook to hire 3,000 workers to help remove inappropriate content
Venture Beat - 3 May 2017 18:45
(Reuters) — Facebook Inc will hire 3,000 more people over the next year to respond to reports of inappropriate material on the social media network and speed up the removal of videos showing murder, suicide and other v...
How Jerry Maguire Would Use Automation To Sell
Forbes - 3 May 2017 18:28
What's going to happen to Sales when their tasks are automated? Some claim they will go away, relegated to the history books. 3 trends every Sales leaders needs to know and new skills to be successful in the age of IoT, ...
ESPN's Big Layoff Was Painful; Seven Principles Will Help You Manage A Layoff
Forbes - 3 May 2017 18:26
Coverage of the ESPN layoffs make clear how painful and disruptive layoffs can be. How would you manage if you needed to implement a major, publicly-visible layoff in your company?