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As Facebook is putting more resources behind its video content, the company announced today that it is 'acquihiring' a small Utah startup that specializes in adding social features to video. Vidpresso, headquartered in O...

I have a problem when I play Dead Cells, the excellent roguelike action adventure with Metroid-style exploration that is out now on PC and consoles. I often hold myself back from “playing it wrong,” and that has made...

As Fortnite‘s popularity continues to rise, some players are trying to get ahead by hiring coaches. Varsity Tutors, a service and platform that offers remote teaching, has seen a swell of demand for Epic Games’ battl...

Syncron, an industrial analytics company, is using artificial intelligence to predict parts breakdowns before they occur.

The debut trailer for the latest defender character in Rainbow Six: Siege leaked over the weekend, and now Ubisoft has revealed some of the character’s history in a blog post. Her name is Morowa “Clash” Evans, and ...

OPINION: World of Warcraft’s seventh expansion, Battle for Azeroth, launches later today. I’m excited, but I’m also feeling a bit retrospective and even sad. This marks the end of Legion, the previous expansion, wh...

Unity Technologies has been known among developers as the maker of a “game engine” since the tool debuted in 2005. But these days, “creation engine” might be a better name for it. That’s because experiences cre...

Researchers at Amazon have developed sophisticated voice recognition models that work offline, without the need for an internet connection.

Apple invited a group of app developers to a secret April 2017 meeting in New York's Tribeca district, asking them to move from selling apps at low prices to renting app access through subscriptions.

Developer Nomada Studio and publisher Devolver Digital revealed Gris today, a new narrative-based side-scroller that could become one of the Switch‘s most gorgeous games. Gris is coming out in December, and it will als...

An AI system created by Google's DeepMind Health, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology can correctly determine how to refer optometry patients in 94...

On paper, Motorola's new Moto Z3 has one of the most compelling Android phone pitches I've yet heard: Pay a reasonable price now for a modern 4G phone, then use a bespoke accessory to add next-generation Verizon 5G suppo...

Tesla’s Elon Musk disclosed today that his plan to take the company private was being driven by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. Facing growing controversy over his announcement of the plan last week via a series ...

Backpacks are joining the family of electronic wearables and accessories with startup Pix's announcement today of a “smart backpack” that allows you to put electronic images on the fabric to show off your personal st...

Samsung now says that its first 5G phone won't be the Galaxy S10, and confirms that it's planning multiple foldable phones, not just one model.

Netflix has announced that chief financial officer (CFO) David Wells is stepping down. Wells joined Netflix in 2004 as vice president for finance planning and analysis, before taking over as CFO in 2010. He replaced long...

Sony and Microsoft launched their video game consoles in China in 2014, but there wasn’t much to celebrate about the sales back then. But slowly, the console game software, console game hardware, and TV-based game soft...

Samsung lifted the lid on an upgraded and rebranded Wi-Fi mesh network system today. By way of a quick recap, the Korean technology giant first debuted its Samsung Connect Home mesh router and smart home hub in March las...

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EXCLUSIVE: SAP's Concur today released the most advanced Slack bot to date for booking flights, giving business travelers and teams the option to make travel arrangements without leaving their conversation. Made for busi...

(Reuters) — Samsung Electronics is considering suspending operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China due to slumping sales and rising labor costs, the Electronic Times reported on Monday. Samsu...

Motion capture company Vicon unveiled its Origin line of location-based virtual reality hardware at the computer graphics conference SIGGRAPH in Vancouver. The product suite includes cameras, trackers, and a wireless rel...