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Microsoft today announced it has acquired Semantic Machines to bolster its conversational AI offerings like Cortana, the Azure Bot Service, and Microsoft Cognitive Services. Semantic Machines works in areas like speech s...

GUEST: On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect across the EU, requiring sweeping changes to how organizations handle personal data. And GDPR standards have real teeth: For most vi...

OPINION: This weekend, a highly questionable rumor from China’s Sina claimed that Apple will release a lower-priced HomePod under the Beats brand. The rumor said that Apple is working on the new device with MediaTek, a...

The future of cybersecurity, like many other things in technology, rest on the implementation of blockchain. UK company Uncloak is hoping that by merging these two technologies, the online world will be a safer place.

No one could’ve predicted this, but it sure seems like Battlefield V is going back to World War II. Electronic Arts confirmed the Battlefield V name last week, and now it is using quick snippets from the upcoming milit...

"Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says it can't be done," Eleanor Roosevelt said. Listening between the lines to the awardees at two recent nonprofit galas, it is clear that having the moxie to do things ...

Alexa Can Be Your Extra Pair Of Hands In The Classroom We’ve all seen how Alexa is improving the lives of people everywhere. The smart assistant can do everything from unlocking your doors to telling you when to flip t...

The amount of content on leadership available today is mind-boggling. From books, article, professional publications and TED talks the topic has certainly been thoroughly covered. What is astounding however is how little...

Most of us are acting out job descriptions based on what people taught us when we were young, what we saw our mothers do, what we see in advertisements...Without clarity about what matters most to us, it's difficult to c...

VIPKID Is Using American Teachers To Teach Kids In Other Countries English, On Their Own Schedule VIPKID is a unique online platform that is helping students in China learn to speak English. Teachers from America use the...

Epic Games had $100 million burning a hole in its proverbial pocket, and the company has decided to use that cash to begin building up the esports scene for its megapopular battle royale shooter Fortnite. This is an astr...

AP Lazer Is Bringing Laser Cutting and Engraving Into The Classroom While 3D printers are making strong headway in classrooms across the country the next generation of maker is already turning to laser cutting and engrav...

MIT researchers have developed a technique to train fast-moving autonomous AI drones using VR-enhanced environments, reducing crashes and thereby the need for repairs or replacements. Known as “Flight Goggles,” the s...

Running a business isn't easy. It takes a hard work and effort, time and determination, perseverance -- just like being a professional athlete. It's up to you to make your business succeed -- if you don't love what you'r...

Microsoft today unveiled its latest vision for a mixed reality (MR) world with the launch of SharePoint Spaces, a feature that allows companies to create immersive worlds for viewing data and documents within SharePoint....

Turner's Adult Swim announced today the acquisition of United Kingdom game developer Big Pixel Studios for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is part of the entertainment network's increased investment in gaming and o...

Nearpod Brings The Future To Students, Today It seems that everywhere you turn there is talk of VR, MR and AR in the classroom. It seems like you can just start a company, hack together some VR goggles and be into the VR...

It's building up an expertise in machine learning to match graduates with employers, and hitting a conversion rate as high as 10%.

PREVIEW: Dreams is the new project from LittleBigPlanet studio Media Molecule, and I had a chance to try the ambitious game-maker last week at a pre-E3 event in Santa Monic, California. Like with LittleBigPlanet, this Pl...

The Zubi Flyer From Fuzeplay Is Fun For Students, Inside and Outside It’s not often that you find a fun, incredible, programmable STEM/STEAM toy that’s perfect for the home or the classroom and fun both inside and ou...

Tynker Is A Coding World That Kids Absolutely Love We’ve been wondering for the last six months what kind of kids we are going to be raising now that “Toys R Us” kid isn’t going to be a thing anymore. If our inst...

University College London Hospitals (UCLH), one of the largest hospitals in London, announced today that it will recruit artificial intelligence to carry out some tasks currently undertaken by doctors and nurses, with th...