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How’s this for improbable? Online gaming world enabler Improbable has raised $502 million in a second round of investors, including SoftBank. Improbable has created an operating system, SpatialOS, that marshals the pow...

Mobile game publisher Pocket Gems announced today that it has raised $90 million in new funding from Chinese Internet company Tencent, which is also the world’s largest game company. The funding amount is high in part ...

GUEST: Imagine the perfect personal assistant. This partner would understand your needs — often before you’ve even expressed them — and know exactly how to deliver what you’re asking for. They would make helpful ...

Life insurance is scary thing to think about but it is an essential part of financial planning. If you own a home, have debt, have kids, or own a business, you should seriously consider life insurance.

This year at Microsoft’s developer conference Build in Seattle, mixed reality, Skype video bots, and the Cortana Skills Kit all made headlines, but the work of a Cortana fanboy is getting a lot of attention far from th...

The Founding Moms Community is a central online hub where female entrepreneurs can find access to video courses, resources, a forum, and a directory to help them build better businesses with less stress. Founder Jill Sal...

ANALYSIS: Netmarble‘s $2.3 billion initial public offering is happening, and it values the company at $11 billion. It has made a billionaire out of founder Jun-hyuk Bang, and it could have big implications for the $46....

GUEST: At my firm, Wing, we recently completed a research report looking at the young companies pioneering AI-powered "data-first” applications, and there is a lot of important activity happening in this space. Collect...

Who needs cash? More transactions every day are steering away from the germ-ridden, costly form of payment.

Still haven't ordered your faraway mom's Mother's Day gift? Here are six ideas that can arrive just under the wire.

Michael Katchen, CEO and founder of Wealthsimple has been called an Industry Mover by the Financial Post, a Change Agent by Canadian Business Magazine, and one of Toronto's 50 most influential. I figured that's good timi...

Right after the Build 2017 Day 2 keynote finished, Microsoft released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is slated to arrive later this year (...

Some gamers may adamantly feel like Call of Duty games aren’t creative. But Michael Condrey and Glen Schofield, the founders of Sledgehammer Games, don’t agree with that sentiment at all, and they say they put all of...

Customer service is challenging to deliver in any industry. The challenges multiply in a life-and-death environment such as a hospital or other healthcare institution, where comparisons to external analogs such as hospit...

Cisco today announced plans to acquire AI startup MindMeld for $125 million. MindMeld can create AI-powered conversational interfaces. MindMeld tech and its 10 patents surrounding AI and deep learning will be used to imp...

The top independent production company in Finland, Rabbit Films, is now making its mark stateside with Jukka Hilden spearheading the U.S. arm. The company, known for its original shows and unique takes on popular America...

Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney spoke passionately about creativity and inspiration at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017 event. In a fireside chat with me, Mahoney said he wants the game industry to lose its “Hollywood envy.” ...

The Republican Congress -- backed by the business lobby -- overturned Labor Department guidance that would have made it easier for states to create programs to help employees save for retirement.

Last week at its education event, Microsoft announced Spotify and Office were coming to the Windows Store. At its Build 2017 developer conference, the company added to that momentum by saying iTunes and SAP Digital Board...

Nvidia has come across more than 1,300 AI startups in its Inception program, but the graphics and AI chip maker believes that there aren’t enough artificial intelligence startups out there. Jeff Herbst, vice president ...

There are so many options for online funding sources that you might find yourself totally overwhelmed with which direction to take. So let's break down the 7 most popular types of online funding options--including the pr...

Let’s all sing it now. “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…” Twitch is finally getting around to some really old stuff from my childhood. Amazon’s livestreaming platform will hold a marathon of Mister R...