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(Reuters) — A former Amazon.com Inc financial analyst pleaded guilty on Thursday to insider trading for tipping a former college fraternity brother about the retailer's quarterly results before they were made public. A...

GUEST: Because voice assistants represent essentially the pinnacle of consumer-grade machine learning, keeping an eye on Siri, Cortana, and Alexa as they evolve should prove fascinating. They’re already changing the wa...

After a year running a business as a personal trainer, this writer shares the five things she did that other entrepreneurs should do, too.

A recap of what took place this past week in the credit card and payment industries

I started biking on a regular basis last summer. On almost every business trip, I’ve arranged to use a bike as a way to stay in shape or to commute around a city. And I’ve taken countless bike-camping trips, most of ...

Follain Founder Tara Foley and Together Founder Jennifer Rudolph Walsh break down the process of launching something new into concrete frameworks to structure your path from idea to launch and make the decisions you need...

Malaysia temporarily banned Steam across its territory today allegedly in response to one game that violates its religious-and-racial-unity laws. That ban has ended, but some of the nation’s internet service providers ...

You don’t have to spend any money in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to get the full gameplay experience after purchasing it for its $30 price on Steam, but I’ve had a good time doing so. I’ve also had fun making s...

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off unseating Apple as the second-largest smartphone OEM, Huawei is gearing up for the launch of its annual Mate flagship smartphone lineup — the large-screen handsets that once occupied the now-defunc...

OPINION: Samsung really has outdone itself. Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, or Galaxy Note8, I don’t care. When it comes to the screen, Samsung wins. Samsung has, of course, made beautiful screens for years. It is widely consid...

Every organization faces PR and business risk due to employee actions. Here's how to keep the situation in check.

As Uber execs work to steer the ride-hail leader in a new direction, the FBI has added an extra stop on the company's road to redemption.

PRESS RELEASE: Nimble, the award-winning pioneer of Social Sales and Marketing CRM, today launched a freemium add-in for Microsoft Outlook on Android. The Nimble Contacts add-in delivers people and company business insig...

Conventional approaches to wildlife management in Africa have failed, as witnessed by the dramatic declines in wildlife populations. But, the cost of establishing property rights and reducing the problems associated with...

Startup Trilogy Education Services has a twist on the coding bootcamp concept: teaming up with universities and colleges.

PREVIEW: Not every game I saw at Gamescom was a cartoon platformer. I also got a good preview of Descenders, a new free-riding bike game from Dutch studio RageSquid and the new Manchester, England-based publisher No More...

EXCLUSIVE: Collecting customer opinions, market research data, and feedback is fairly easy online. You install one of a dozen widgets and set some questions, then wait for the responses. But getting a multichannel view o...

Hello, and welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Blizzard is nerfing some of Hearthstone’s strongest card, we pick our favorite Mario spinoffs, and Knack 2 is surprisingly good! Enjoy, and have a grea...

Google is rolling out a refreshed privacy and account data dashboard, “redesigned from the ground up” with a specific focus on touchscreen devices. To recap, the Google Dashboard was born in 2009, serving as a centra...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is a mystery for most entrepreneurs. But when you spend some time understanding the concepts and industry, you'll realize just how much opportunity there is.

The City of Atlanta is about to have to make some important decisions — voting on a new mayor and city council. The new mayor and other civic leaders will play a large role in nurturing and supporting Atlanta’s start...

Don't let someone's snarky comments bring out the worst in you. Here's how mentally strong people respond.