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Mobile games now generate more revenue than their counterparts on PC and console, but discoverability on the Apple App Store and Google Play is as tricky as ever. To help apps stand out, mobile game publisher Tilting Poi...

Amazon will offer HTC Viveport titles through its online store, and open VR kiosks in 10 locations across India -- the latter to promote Prime Day.

Trion Worlds has launched Defiance 2050, a reimagined third-person shooter in a massively multiplayer online sci-fi world. The game is a reboot of Defiance, one of the most ambitious online games ever attempted by a game...

Sony's London Studio lead developer Michael Hampden offered predictions for the next 5, 10, and 25 years of virtual reality, saying that VR will soon become more compelling -- then ubiquitous.

A former Apple employee allegedly stole trade secrets from the company with the intent to bring them to a new employer, The Mercury News reports today. The materials notably involved autonomous vehicle technology — a b...

WhatsApp is the latest technology platform to up its fake news-fighting game, as the Facebook-owned messaging app today posted ads in local Indian newspapers informing users how to spot fake news on the service. The move...

The electric carmaker envisions a Shanghai region plant to build 500,000 vehicles a year, as well as the batteries and motors they'll need, without laying out a plan to cover a price tag that could reach $5 billion.

Researchers at Stanford developed an AI system called Decagon that can predict side effects caused by drug-drug interactions.

For ShadowBox, foot traffic and traditional press served as a one-two punch for business. "It was a mix of good location and good timing in the wellness space because a lot of badass women were looking to try new things ...

Cloud storage provider Box today announced it has acquired Butter.ai, a contextual search service powered by machine learning. Specific terms of the deal were not immediately made available, but the Butter.ai team will j...

Dead Cells is dodge-rolling out of Early Access on Steam and into its full release as well as onto consoles. Developer Motion Twin, which is an anarcho-syndical workers cooperative, is launching the game for PC, Nintendo...

Ubisoft announced Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars today, a new downloadable adventure that takes the series to the red planet. Far Cry 5, which launched on March 27 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, is the fastest-selling ins...

Want to reach powerful women? Listen to what matters to them.

Researchers at the University of Southern California and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid developed a system that uses motion sensor data and machine learning algorithms to predict developmental disabilities in infa...

John Mackay amassed a fortune comparable to his peers, Carnegie and Rockefeller. The reason you've never heard of him might surprise you.

Google today announced a new suite of machine learning tools aimed at helping marketers create more effective ads. The tools were unveiled at a Google Marketing Live event. In a blog post, Google exec Jerry Dischler expl...

Airlango has unveiled a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Mystic, its $500 AI-powered drone. In doing so, the company hopes to play a part in ushering in a new era of autonomous robots that serve users’ needs throu...

SpotHero announced that more than 500 of its connected parking garages in Chicago have been adapted to accommodate autonomous cars, trucks, and SUVs.

SPONSORED: Newer commercial payment services include Braintree, Square, and Stripe, all of whom have built their infrastructures on top of public cloud services. The advantage of these newer services include enhanced sec...

Words alone will not impress an audience. And the bad news: a simple gesture can derail your message.

Facebook announced today that it is now testing augmented reality ads in News Feed, as part of a push to get more advertisers to adopt innovations in video ads. Facebook exec Ty Ahmad-Taylor made the announcement at an e...

A chemistry lab might mean certain doom in Schell Games’ spy-themed virtual reality game I Expect You to Die — but it’s a learning opportunity in the studio’s newest title, HoloLAB Champions. The educational VR g...