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Susan Olesek is revolutionizing human potential, self-compassion, self-awareness and emotional well-being in the global prison system. She has grown her nonprofit, Enneagram Prison Project, to change systems that often f...

Google's DeepMind today shared the results of training multiple AI systems to play Capture the Flag on Quake III Arena, a multiplayer first-person shooter game. The AI played nearly 450,000 games to gain its dominance ov...

GUEST: PitchBook recently identified three critical factors present in a robust VC ecosystem: density, resources, and talent. Based on my experience, there are a few factors that too many overlook when thinking about wha...

At the executive level, the job search process comes with its own unique set of challenges, and over the years, I've observed many executives make similar mistakes. I will share five new mistakes you should be aware of a...

Nyamakop’s jiggly platformer Semblance has been bouncing around the festival circuit, picking up the Excellence in Game Design Award at BitSummit in Japan and several nominations at Brazil’s Independent Games Festiva...

There are many kinds of angels. Some stay angels. Some morph into sharks. It may help to know the difference.

EXCLUSIVE: Smart speakers and stereos aren’t the only way to get a party started. AmpMe has an app that makes it possible to sync and play music through smartphones or Bluetooth speakers. Today AmpMe announced it will ...

Sega announced today that the Shenmue I & II remasters will be available on August 21 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Both games come together in the collection. The original Shenmue came out for the Dreamcast in 19...

AMLO's landslide victory goes to show that that myth of Modern Mexico doesn't stand up to reality. Voters are fed up.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a lot of money to be made in safeguarding the future. To do so effectively, the insurance industry is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to nail down premiums and provide you and your businesses...

Amazon acquires internet startup PillPack for $1 billion last week.

Funko, the company behind all of those miniature character figures via its Pop brand, is making cereals (Funko’s) based on Mega Man and Cuphead. Funko has long created figures based on video game characters. The compan...

Chinese startup Makeblock sells do-it-yourself robotics kits in over 140 countries with over 5 million users in more than 20,000 schools worldwide, including AltSchool, a Silicon Valley education start-up backed by Mark ...

Independent developer Aklar_45 used Unreal Engine 4 to recreate some of The Legend of Zelda's most memorable boss battles. The results are jaw-dropping.

Disdainful of the hummus in American grocery stores, Manal Kahi, 32, began whipping up her own, based on what she grew up eating in Lebanon. She and her brother, Wissam, 44, then started Eat Offbeat, a New York catering ...

European venture capital (VC) firm Earlybird has closed a fresh €175 million ($204 million) fund focused on early-stage “deep tech” startups across Europe. The fund, dubbed “Digital West,” was announced back in...

EXCLUSIVE: One of the more attractive uses of blockchain technology is the creation of new tokens to hold real assets. While we’ve seen a number of such tokens, regulatory compliance in the real world is still an issue...

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LeBron James's new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers will expire in 2022 -- the same year that his basketball phenom son, LeBron James Jr., is anticipated to graduate from high school. The chances of the two pairing u...

IRS amnesty for offshore accounts is ending. Here's what you need to do to get in before it does.

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Here are the top four advantages of offering health, ancillary and wellness benefits to employees.