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John Cottongim, automation director at Mars, shared his Robotic Process Automation (RPA) wish list at Transform 2019 in San Francisco.

Exyn Technologies, a startup developing an autonomous drone navigation and mapping platform, has raised $16 million in venture capital.

It may not be realistic, or even your preference, to completely disconnect on your vacation. But with these three steps, you can relish the time away--and your re-entry.

At Transform 2019, Facebook VP Jérôme Pesenti said more software optimization will be required for artificial intelligence to keep growing.

Rokit, the maker of smartphones, launched a $50 million game development fund for mobile and console indie game developers.

The PC market rebounded slightly in Q2 2019, up 1.5%, similarly to Q2 2018. Lenovo and HP led the pack, and Dell was third.

The long-awaited merger of T-Mobile and Sprint is being held up by continued negotiations over how their divested assets will be handled by Dish Network.

What does it mean to be happy? And can you find happiness at work? Searching for an answer, ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed the concept of eudaimonia. It means to live well or flourish as a human being.

At the third and final showcase at VentureBeat's Transform 2019 AI event, five more companies showed the crowd their latest innovations and products.

Microsoft Teams has 13 million daily active users and 19 million weekly active users, more than Google's Hangouts Chat, Facebook's Workplace, and Slack.

At Inspire 2019 in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced a new service -- Azure Data Share -- designed to make sharing big data "easier" and "safer."

Microsoft's latest AI for Good initiative -- AI for Cultural Heritage -- aims to preserve and celebrate people, places, and historical artifacts.

At Microsoft's Inspire 2019 conference, the company launched Azure Lighthouse in general availability alongside Azure Migration Program enhancements.

Huawei's innovative folding Mate X was delayed from its original June ship date, leaving the more conventional Mate 20 X 5G to become its first 5G phone.

Sabotage today released the Picnic Panic downloadable content update for its retro sidescroller The Messenger. The DLC is free.

Ride-sharing startup Via will launch a driverless shuttle program in New South Wales, Australia, in partnership with local bus operator Busyways.

Facebook AI and Carnegie Mellon University made an AI named Pluribus that beat more than a dozen human Texas Hold'em million-dollar champions.

Certain positions in particular industries have poor reputations for empathy and communication. Customer service/patient Experience consultant Micah Solomon interviews an exception, a unique surgeon, Chirag A. Shah, M.D....

Valve Software is launching Steam Labs. This is website where Steam customers can test out prototype new features to help discover games.

At Transform 2019 in San Francisco, CenturyLink and UiPath talked about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and the problems with scaling bots.

Hypergiant cofounder and chief strategy officer John Fremont spoke at Venturebeat's Transform 2019 conference about the company's work and industry trends.

Fortnite, Apex Legends, and PUBG are three of the biggest games in the world, but they are all succeeding by building their own audiences.