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(Reuters) — Diners at a KFC store in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou will have a new way to pay for their meal. Just smile. Customers will be able to use a "Smile to Pay" facial recognition system at the tech-heav...

Canada has hit its stride in video games, with more than 20,400 direct and an additional 16,000 indirect jobs in the game industry. It has 472 companies, including hundreds of independent game studios. And as the U.S. cr...

GUEST: Have you ever yelled at a customer service agent over the phone? How about an AI-powered virtual customer service agent? If you answered yes to the latter, then thanks, you've made a significant contribution to th...

PREVIEW: "Endgame" is typically a design element that we associate with massively multiplayer online role-playing games like Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and World of Warcraft. Endgame content preoccupies a...

Rocket League was the setting for a civil war of sorts last weekend. Players from NRG met across the digital car-soccer field as DapG took on SizzleUrCob to see who represent North America against the predominantly Europ...

Since we first laid eyes on it just over a year ago, Mindshow has remained one of our most anticipated VR projects. From today, you can finally try it out for yourself. Mindshow is releasing today in Early Access on Stea...

Ricoh is unveiling its latest 360-degree camera this morning. Dubbed the Ricoh Theta V, the $430 4K camera is the latest in the line which launched in 2013 with the Ricoh Theta. Available for pre-order now, and shipping ...

Hidetaka Suehiro, aka the artist known as Swery, is back and ready to get weird. Today at PAX West, he let the cat out of the bag about his new game, The Good Life. His studio White Owls is running a campaign to rustle u...