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Edison noted that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. I read this as one percent innovation and 99 percent competence. Today innovation is the hot topic. Competence should be. Great entrepreneu...

Sonja Perkins, managing director of The Perkins Fund and founder of Project Glimmer, joins Kara Goldin, founder and CEO of Hint, for a conversation about how young people can learn the essential skills of entrepreneurshi...

Google launched today a venture capital fund, named Gradient Ventures, that will focus on early-stage AI startups. Gradient’s site says the new fund aims to “invest in and connect startups with Google’s resources, ...

Kayak is letting customers of its popular travel search site book hotel rooms directly from Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant, thanks to a new integration launched today. The latest version of the Kayak Alexa skill will...

AI is becoming a way of life for many of us. We check on flights using a chatbot like Mezi, we benefit from the AI within the booking engine used at Hopper’s website, and we are sending messages to businesses easier th...

Facebook Messenger bot Epytom Stylist is now able to answer specific fashion requests in a conversational manner. Epytom Stylist is hands-down one of the bots most recommended by Facebook Messenger staff, one of only 30 ...

Emily Maynard, the designer behind jewelry line Elva Fields, had to make tough business choices as she went through a divorce. In this interview, Maynard reflects on redesigning her business and rearranging her personal ...

The vast majority of language exchanged between people isn’t with words — it’s nonverbal. That’s why the newly formed startup Expressive is making stylized avatars that mimic body language and human emotion. The ...

After a major life change this entrepreneur is redefining himself and view on life by traveling the world for 55 days.

When we recently asked 150 minority millennials "Which physical work environment would you prefer?" over 50% noted a collaborative open-office. This was the top answer and far surpassed wanting to work from home, in thei...

Donald Trump's son Junior met with a Russian lawyer who claimed to have dirt on Hillary Clinton in June 2016. But why bother to dig up dirt on Hillary when her own record was the dirtiest possible? Cartoon by Ted Rall.

Podcasts are more popular than ever. What's responsible for this massive and steady growth? The answer can be found in these main factors.

Six active operators from tech leaders including Dropbox, Google and Slack are joining forces in a first-of-its-kind angel investing experiment backed by First Round called the 'Product Co-op.'

In his 2016 book But What If We’re Wrong?, writer Chuck Klosterman makes the somewhat obvious declaration that we’re usually wrong about the future. Considering that many of us have a hard time predicting what we’l...

Take-Two Interactive is bringing games to the Switch, so the GamesBeat Decides podcast wants to talk about third-party support for Nintendo’s latest system. Are more publishers going to consider the hybrid console? We ...

The analysis of the words people use in chat environments can help businesses make money and improve the customer service experience for consumers. At Bark.us, however, analysis of 500 million messages has so far helped ...

Visabot, which began by helping people apply for the kinds of visas startup founders typically seek, can now help you apply for a green card, COO Andrey Zinoviev announced today. The service will be offered for $150 and ...

Old dogs can always learn new tricks, provided they are smart enough and have the right tools. Founded in 1962 — a generation or so before ecommerce giants like Amazon — Walmart has 11,700 stores and 140 million week...

I’m playing way more PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds than is good for me, but it keeps delivering one memorable moment after another with every match. Over the past couple of days, I’ve come away with enough clips in...

PRESS RELEASE: Velan Studios today announced it has completed its Series A financing with $7 million in new capital. It is one of the largest investments of its kind for experimental games and was led by Velan Ventures a...

FEATURE: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a great PlayStation 4 remaster of a classic PlayStation 2 role-playing game. But it can be intimidating to new players. Even if you have experience with a lot of Japanese rol...

Facebook Messenger’s intelligent assistant M can now serve up recipe suggestions from the Food Network. This means if you’re in a conversation with a friend and someone mentions a recipe, M might suggest Find Recipes...