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In the past few years, artificial intelligence has come into its own, and lots of companies are grafting it onto their core businesses, marrying AI with search, ecommerce, social networking, cybersecurity — you name it...

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GUEST: Advances in deep learning and other machine learning algorithms are currently causing a tectonic shift in the technology landscape. Technology behemoths like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Salesforce are ...

Disney unveiled the first Marvel virtual reality game: Marvel Powers United VR. The new game from Marvel Entertainment is being built for the Oculus Rift + Touch VR headset and hand controls. You can play as various Marv...

Disney unveiled its own augmented reality headset for Star Wars fans. Made by Lenovo and Lucasfilm, the AR headset blends the real world with animated overlays, allowing you to experience the Star Wars universe and swing...

Electronic Arts and Disney revealed more details about the single-player campaign for Star Wars Battlefront II, the next game in EA’s Star Wars video game series. Janina Gavankar, the actress behind Commander Iden Vers...

GUEST: The latest oversimplification of the story around initial coin offerings, or ICOs, is that the venture capital industry might eventually find itself replaced by this hot new form of cryptocurrency-based fundraisin...

GUEST: Digital banks are one of the hottest investment sectors in fintech right now, as Revolut's recent $66 million series B shows. The chart below illustrates this trend well: Across Europe the 10 largest digital bank ...

Richard Bartle became famous in game circles in the 1990s when he identified the four basic players in online games: killers, socializers, achievers, and explorers. Those categories held up extraordinarily well, and it h...

ANALYSIS: As the dust settles from the momentous merger news that will eventually see Uber and Yandex form a new ride-sharing company covering six Eastern European markets, it’s worth taking a moment to dig down into t...

Mechanical keyboards are flooding the market now that the PC gaming audience has shown it’s willing to spend the money for higher-quality peripherals. This has also created an opportunity for mechanical switch manufact...

OPINION: Since the bombshell price drop earlier this week by Facebook's Oculus, a number of theories have emerged regarding the Rift's temporary $400 price. Is Oculus preparing a second generation and hoping to clear sto...

Peer Feedback EdTech Startup, PeerGrade Selected For Y-Combinator PeerGrade is probably the most popular edtech startup coming out of Copenhagen. The company believes that one of the best ways for students to prosper is ...

This week, Tech.eu tracked 6 technology M&A transactions and 74 tech funding deals totaling about €450 million (about $516 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news ...

Uber’s shareholders and its board, led by venture capital firm Benchmark, have discussed selling some of their shares to Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group and other potential investors, Bloomberg reported, citing people...

VB LIVE: The first VR-exclusive game hit #1 on Steam's Global Top Sellers list because the devs know how to turn data into actionable insights. Register now for this interactive VB Live event for their insights into inte...

GUEST: NBC Sports announced recently that it will spend millions to broadcast Rocket League this summer, a vehicular soccer game developed and published by Psyonix, making NBCUniversal the latest big brand to find its wa...

GUEST: As I was heading from Atlanta to San Francisco to talk about investing in artificial intelligence at MB 2017, it struck me how artificial intelligence may be the buzzword of this year. Every startup seems to need ...