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Automated routing and dispatch software company Wise Systems has raised $7 million, with Google's Gradient Ventures leading the round.

GUEST: Two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg donned a VR headset at Mobile World Congress against a backdrop that read "the next platform." It sparked fervor and big investment in the VR space. But in the past year, many critic...

Danger Zone is Counter-Strike's new tiny battle royale mode. Valve is launching this and making the game free at the same time.

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WordPress.org has launched WordPress 5.0 with a new block-based editor, new Twenty Nineteen theme, and developer features.

Qualcomm says that the Snapdragon 8cx will maintain a "connected standby" status that leads to "instant on" connectivity, yet excellent battery life.

Red Dead Online's economy is frustrating players, so Rockstar Games is pushing out a patch directed at balancing that experience.

Stock car racing institution Nascar is steering its way into esports. Nascar, Race Team Alliance and 704Games are collaborating on the first-ever Nascar esports league on game consoles. The eNascar Heat Pro League will f...

Google is pleased with Microsoft embracing Chromium for Edge while Mozilla is not happy and points to Firefox as the only independent choice.

DeepMind's AlphaZero, a game-playing AI that can best human world champions and state-of-the-art engines at chess, shogi, and Go, has completed peer review.

Google is taking steps to eliminate perceied gender bias in Google Translate and other predicitve products, the company announced.

Facebook is bringing political ad transparency tools to India, after offering users a disclaimer on political ads first in the U.S., Brazil, and the U.K.

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Microsoft Edge is switching to Google's Chromium open source project, plus is coming to all supported versions of Windows and to macOS.

Firefly, a San Francisco startup that works with rideshare drivers to install digital ads on cars, has raised $21.5 million in seed funding.

Amazon today launched Alexa Answers so selected users can help the intelligent assistant answer tough or nuanced questions.

Funcom is going to announce a new Conan game on December 8 during the Kinda Funny Games Showcase.

Esports viewership is on the rise, but not all of big events are benefiting equally. Market researcher Newzoo said that tournaments for the West’s four-largest esports events generated 190.1 million hours of live viewe...

Xprize, a nonprofit aiming to solve societal grand challenges, has revealed wildcard winners in IBM Watson AI Xprize competition.

This week’s Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit has thus far been a decidedly mixed bag for followers of 5G cellular developments, thanks largely to confusing carrier announcements and chunky early devices. Unfortunately, ...

Alexa's musical tastes are improving, thanks to a dialogue-driven playlist feature and better tune-matching algorithms on Amazon Music.

At an event in New York City, Apple announced the general availability of the Apple Watch Series 4's ECG feature in the U.S.