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World of Warcraft’s newest expansion, Battle for Azeroth, is finally out. That means the race is on to reach the new level cap of 120! But the world Blizzard has me questing in is so beautiful that I feel more like tak...

Over the past week, there’s been an uptick in users reporting on Reddit and Twitter that their Instagram accounts have been hacked, with the contact information associated with the account being changed. After Mashable...

Researchers have developed an artificially intelligent system that matches patients with compatible primary care doctors.

NASA's crowdsourced robotics program is coming to a head. The agency has announced the first few winners who'll see their contributions launch into orbit in 2019.

We’ve known since May that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will have a battle royale mode similar to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite, and now developer Treyarch has confirmed when the prerelease beta test will g...

VentureBeat is seeking a Director of Events Content to report directly to the CEO. The role will oversee speaker recruitment for VentureBeat’s portfolio of events (Transform, VB Summit, GamesBeat, and BLUEPRINT). You w...

After launching for Samsung Galaxy phones with the debut of the Note 9, Epic Games is now bringing its popular last-player-standing shooter Fortnite to other Android devices. The developer is sending invites out to peopl...

GUEST: Cisco’s announcement this month that it intends to acquire Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity startup Duo Security for a whopping $2.35 billion shines a light on the Midwest’s increasing strength in the cybersecuri...

REVIEW: Among the many vectors for talking to Alexa today, there are differences both glaring and subtle. Alexa in personal computers comes with advantages and drawbacks. Here's a closer look at what Alexa can and cannot...

Pandora has announced that Premium subscribers can now access on-demand music through Google Home and other Google Assistant-powered smart speakers. It’s worth noting here that Pandora has in fact been available throug...

EXCLUSIVE: Spatial is launching a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a new kind of mixed reality device that uses holographic projection to overlay animations on top of tabletop gaming. The Spatial mobile device acces...

Of all the locations you would expect a secure, encrypted email service to emerge from, a Colombian prison is possibly the most bizarre. Today a startup called Criptext has announced the public beta launch of its secure ...

Bandai Namco announced today that Dark Souls: Remastered will release for Nintendo Switch on October 19. Dark Souls: Remastered released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 25, but Bandai Namco delayed the Switch ...

Dash cam maker Owl Cameras announced a fresh $10 million in funding, taking its total financing to $28 million. While the companion app has hitherto only supported iPhones, the company launched an Android app. The app ha...

Hi-Rez Studios announced today that it is forming three development studios. Each one will focus on a single Hi-Rez game. Titan Forge Games will work on the MOBA Smite, Evil Mojo Games covers the team-based shooter Palad...

Electronic Arts announced today that Patrick Söderlund is leaving the company. Söderlund was EA’s chief design officer. Söderlund was once the chief executive officer of DICE, the studio that created the Battlefield...

Visor has raised $4.7 million for its artificial intelligence system that analyzes Overwatch gameplay in real-time and offers instant advice on how gamers can do better. Visor is unveiling an open beta version of the pla...

SPONSORED: Outward is an ambitious, open-world RPG designed by a team that's a third of the size you'd expect. It's dynamic, systems-heavy, and you can play the whole thing cooperatively and in splitscreen. Only 10 peopl...

Exabeam, a cybersecurity startup that leverages big data, machine learning, and analytics to detect and respond to cyber threats, has raised $50 million in a series D round of funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, ...

Trulia Neighborhoods helps homebuyers find the community of their dreams by surfacing useful safety, public transit, and venue information -- plus aerial drone footage.

EXCLUSIVE: U.K-based health care startup BioBeats, which aims to combat stress with apps and physical devices, has raised $3 million from Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), White Cloud, and IQ Capital.

eBay made a handful of developer-focused announcements today, as the ecommerce giant looks to open up third-party access to its own back-end technology. Over the past year, eBay has added a bunch of new computer vision f...