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PREVIEW: Face Your Fears 2 is one of the titles coming for the Oculus Quest wireless virtual reality headset in the spring. And it checks off the box for a horror game with a lot of jump scares. The sequel to the 2016 Oc...

A single device that can perform a slew of tests on a prick of blood was the promise of Theranos, a diagnostics startup that was found to have misled investors about its tech’s capabilities and whose founders were rece...

John Carmack had an apt opening line in his Oculus Connect 5 keynote speech today in San Jose, California. “A long-term vision can be a rug you sweep your current shortcomings under,” said the chief technology office...

The Bowsette thirst is real. Over the last week, the new Nintendo-fan creation has destroyed our perception of reality. And now people have taken to Pornhub and YouPorn in search of mature content related to the mashup o...

During a freewheeling day two keynote speech at Oculus Connect 5, Oculus CTO John Carmack spoke about a number of technical and design challenges the company confronted with Oculus Go, as well as new features that will c...

Those on the hunt for a bargain smartphone will often turn to eBay for a secondhand device or unwanted present that someone is selling at a knockdown price. Now, eBay wants you to buy a prepaid wireless plan at the same ...

Yesterday was the first day of Facebook’s annual Oculus Connect developers event, and it delivered on quite a few hardware and software announcements: Oculus Quest and Oculus Go updates, plus new software announcements...

It’s not a coincidence that PlayStation Now began enabling players to download PS4 and PS2 games last week. Microsoft’s competing Game Pass service has turned into a marquee feature that makes the Xbox One look like ...

Linden Lab created the memorable virtual world Second Life in 2003, and it’s still going today. But even as Linden Lab tries to create its Sansar virtual spaces for VR, another rival has emerged to compete to be the pl...

The malware analysis service VirusTotal is getting “the most significant upgrade” in its 14-year history. Alphabet’s Chronicle today announced the launch of VirusTotal Enterprise, which includes three big features:...

Of this there can be no doubt: Driving is dangerous. Every year, more than 1.25 million people are killed in automobile accidents on public roads, with as many as 50 million more suffering nonfatal injuries or incurring ...

Google hasn’t always had the best of relationships with photographers, but today it announced a small measure that should go some way toward appeasing image rightsholders. The internet giant has revealed that it will n...

In the first 21 weeks of 2018 alone, there were more than 23 school shootings that resulted in death or injury in the U.S. Gun violence across the country might be on the decline, but when it does occur, the results are ...

Razer is known for riding the, uh, razor’s edge when it comes to products for gamers. And the Razer Nari Ultimate wireless gaming headset fits right in with that image. The Razer Nari Ultimate comes with Razer HyperSen...

Dead & Buried was one of the finest multiplayer games on the Oculus Rift when it debuted in 2016. But the Wild West gunslinger shooter game was mobility limited, with only two players squaring off against another two in ...

Apple doesn’t generally let its employees blog, but its Machine Learning Journal is an exception, spotlighting the quiet labors and current projects of its ML research teams. The latest entry previews potential future ...

It started out as a way to pay friends back for small loans or split restaurant bills. But Venmo has come of age, according to a study of over 10 million payments. A social spending technology that distributes advertisin...

Ever meet someone at a party whose name you can’t remember? LinkedIn or Facebook can lend a helping hand in such situations, but they’re not exactly tailor-made for people searching — at least, not unless you’ve ...

Amazon’s $200 million Alexa Fund for the promotion of voice-powered products and conversational computing today announced investment in new early-stage startups Bamboo Learning, Endel, and Aiva. Bamboo Learning is expl...

Apple’s business and scholastic device management service, the Device Enrollment Program (DEP), suffers from a significant security hole that could impact organizations yet has remained unpatched for months after its d...

EXCLUSIVE: NGD Studios has been making games in Argentina for 16 years. Now it wants to help a fellow Argentinian gamemaker bring their debut effort to the market. Today, NGD announced it’s publishing Saibot Studios fi...

Zynga said that it is launching customizable game board tiles for Words With Friends 2. The Tile Styles are the first customizable game-board feature introduced to the word game, and Zynga will let players swap out its y...