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On Feb. 19, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler wrote an epic, 3,000-word blog post documenting the toxic nature of the ride-sharing company's culture. Given what's ensued, she might deserve a Pulitzer Prize for her writin...

Meet 5 Egyptian multi-millionaires you have never heard of

I share the huge mistake you're probably making if you've got a unique Brand with a clear niche & offer but no clients. I also share a few things you can do in the interim while you fix it to close clients immediately.

People steal. Not all people mind you, but there are more than enough who do to make security one of the most important aspects of your ecommerce business. Another reality is thieves can be rather sophisticated. This mea...

GUEST: First Amazon announced plans to fully automate its new brick and mortar store with robots. Then we learned that Foxconn plans to automate 30 percent of its factory workforce by 2018. And recently, Wendy’s announ...

PREVIEW: Nintendo’s Super Mario Odyssey for the Switch is the hottest game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the influential game-industry show taking place this week in Los Angeles. Demos for the 3D platforme...

GUEST: Note: This article is the second in a series examining the lessons that have been learned through enterprise IoT projects in other industries and applying them to the connected car industry. To read the first arti...

The new Assassin’s Creed is one of the bigger games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles, and we braved the hordes of the E3 floor to bring you gameplay from upcoming adventure running in 4K o...

Zoho's Sridhar Vembu teaches high-school age Indian students coding and hires them. The end result is a rarity: a highly trained and loyal workforce with attrition rates lower than his Silicon Valley peers.

In our hyper-connected society, niche interests have become an important driver of the gig economy.

As a founder, I've realized that it's necessary to force yourself to try things you know nothing about. And before you know it, you'll start to become the expert.

Google is helping smartphones better recognize images without requiring massive power consumption, thanks to a new set of models the company released today. Called MobileNets, the pre-trained image recognition models let...

VB EVENT: Here’s the thing about AI: It’s pretty much the only tech breakthrough in the past decade, maybe even longer, that demonstrates touchable, tasteable, real-life, concrete, measurable ROI. And the measurable ...

Alcon Entertainment and publisher Next Games are partnering to create a mobile game for Blade Runner 2049. Ridley Scott, director of the original Blade Runner film, is executive producer on a sequel to the science fictio...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles is nearly over, and it’s clear that Nintendo is having a strong E3 showing thanks to Super Mario Odyssey, the Nintendo Switch, and … the Rabbids? Sony, Micr...

The 2 x 2 approach to business takes a look at two aspects--in this case, management and leadership. In business, leaders and managers have different roles to play. What if one or both are missing from the mix?

Zen leadership is more than a fad. It's a sustainable management style that anyone can master. Here's how.

Last week, Microsoft confirmed plans to acquire Hexadite in a deal rumored to be valued at around $100 million. But on the same day, the cybersecurity startup laid off nearly all of its U.S.-based workforce, according to...

Facebook AI researchers are developing techniques to teach bots how to carry out negotiations with humans and others bots. Results of initial work in this area will be open-sourced today, and initial results will be subm...

Negative reviews on an Internet review site such as Yelp, Trip Advisor or Healthgrades can quickly damage your or your business' reputation. Even more problematic is when the review is defamatory.

Nokia today debuted its FP4 silicon, a new chipset six times faster than currently available processors. With the ability to move 2.4 terabits per second, the company says FP4 is the world’s first multi-terabit network...

OK, it feels like we’re halfway there on GamesBeat’s march through the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). I’ve broken out the Motrin for the first time, and I almost nodded off in one of the presentations today. B...