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Facebook continues to struggle with keeping user info private after years of encouraging developers and marketers to scrape large amounts of data, as a new report shows. CNBC found that third parties could still get sens...

Members of the Google Brain team today announced that they have crafted computer vision for the identification of protein crystallization, claiming accuracy rates around 94 percent. Protein crystallization determines the...

Tencent’s mobile multiplayer online battle arena Honor of Kings is a massive hit particularly in its home turf: China. It has had a slower start in the U.S., where it launched in December with a revamped roster and a n...

If you’ve spent enough time consuming content from the “gaming YouTube” subculture, you’ve probably heard a commentator or two lament the tragedy of “asset flip” games on Steam. That’s a catch-all term for ...

Ahead of its Inspire developer conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Microsoft today announced enhancements to two of its productivity insights products, Workplace Analytics for teamwork and MyAnalytics, designed to "put indi...

EXCLUSIVE: Alma Campus, a new social networking startup created by two Stanford University students, announced today that it has raised a $1 million seed round, led by Norwest Venture Partners. Felicis Ventures is also p...

PlayStation Network is having some connectivity problems, according to numerous complaints on social media. Sony Interactive Entertainment has not confirmed the outage on its PSN status website, but players on the PS4 an...

Microsoft has made the Microsoft Whiteboard app broadly available to Windows 10 users, and announced that an iOS, Android, and web apps will launch in the future.

Intel doesn’t have a permanent CEO right now, but that isn’t stopping it from doing deals. The world’s biggest chip maker announced today that it has acquired eASIC, a designer of programmable chips that can be cus...

Microsoft has launched a free version of Microsoft Teams, its chat-based collaboration tool that's part of Office 365 and competes with Google's Hangouts Chat, Facebook's Workplace, and Slack. Available worldwide in 40 l...

Microsoft 365 can now host live events, and the new service comes equipped with AI-powered features such as facial recognition of attendees and autonomous speech-to-text conversion so participants can search video transc...

Yesterday, Twitter announced that it is changing the way it calculates followers, no longer counting accounts that have been locked due to sudden changes in behavior. Right now, the account that seems to have experienced...

Google subsidiary Waymo earlier this year announced a strategic partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to develop autonomous versions of the automaker's Jaguar I-Pace SUVs, and it recently took the wraps off the fruits of it...

EXCLUSIVE: Invention analysis platform Loci has announced today the launch of its blockchain-powered solution that helps you determine whether your invention is unique or whether it has already been thought of.

Researchers at Unlearn, a startup that designs software tools for clinical research, have developed a system that predicts the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Zebra Medical, which makes a deep learning image analytics platform for the medical industry, has announced today that it has gained FDA 510(k) clearance for its coronary calcium scoring algorithm. That's a significant s...

Fortnite’s fifth season starts today, and it proves that Epic Games has found a strong formula to keep its hit battle royale game fresh. Fortnite has been a huge hit since adding its Battle Royale mode in September. Yo...

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Uber already lets riders pay by credit card, PayPal, and — in some markets — cash. Now, the ride-hailing giant is adding Venmo to the mix, both in its main transport app and in the Uber Eats app. Available only in th...

Intel is launching new Xeon E processors for entry-level workstations, and the company said it can process applications up to 1.45 times faster than 2017 chips in applications such as financial services, 3D modeling, and...

GitHub has announced that enterprise customers will for the first time be able to connect to public repositories. "Now, if you have GitHub Business Cloud in addition to your Enterprise instance, you can tap into everythi...

Apple frequently uses the launch of new products to overshadow the discontinuation of old ones, so it’s no surprise that today’s introduction of new 2018 MacBook Pro laptops coincided with the sunsetting of older mod...