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Microsoft’s Azure PlayFab and Xbox divisions have joined together to offer game developers matchmaking and multiplayer parties at no cost when used by an Xbox network authenticated player. The offer extends to all plat...

Two years after rumors of an Apple AR headset began to circulate, Valve is claimed to be involved with the hardware, which may or may not make sense.

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Microsoft wants Cortana to be an AI assistant for the workplace and really wants people to believe in the idea of a multi-assistant world.

In a paper, researchers at Carnegie Mellon propose a system of descriptors to prevent AI and machine learning systems component mismatches.

U.S. regulators have now officially signed off on merging the number three and four mobile carriers, thanks to pledges to rapidly offer 5G service to users.

Supercell is closing down Rush Wars. The developer posted a blog today that explains the decision -- fans just weren't into the game.

Facebook is disingenous when it talks up the open-standards of email to benefit its arguments on Libra. Its entire business is built on proprietary.

New betas of Apple's operating systems are out and likely to introduce enhanced parental controls, among other improvements touted at WWDC 2019.

This Montana couple - with five kids in tow - paid cash for their house and managed to retire at the ripe old age of 32. They think you can too.

Adobe's annual conference for creatives in Los Angeles showed augmented reality taking steps towards becoming something people will actually care about.

Meet Kindred founder Laura Wilson Phelan who's supporting school communities by focusing on parents and families.

Researchers publish a paper outlining a machine learning approach to the problem of distinguishing between fake news and satire.

Journaling is a useful practice for writers, artists, musicians and anyone engaged in creative work. It encourages capturing ideas and self-reflection, both key skills for creatives. It's also a useful skill for entrepre...

Facebook detailed wav2vec, a novel AI system that leverages raw audio to substantially improve speech recognition accuracy.

Mobileye announced during an investor summit that it's partnering with Chinese automaker NIO to develop self-driving vehicles.

Owl Labs unveiled the Meeting Owl Pro, which shoots video in 1080p and captures meeting audio with an eight-microphone array.

In Minnesota, a makeup artist doesn't need a license to work on bridal photoshoots or a reality TV show about bridesmaids. But without a license, it's illegal to do a bride's hair and makeup before her real-life wedding.

Google announced OpenTitan, a set of design and integration guidelines it describes as "the first open source silicon root of trust (RoT) project."

RedMarlin, a startup leveraging AI and machine learning to detect and remediate counterfeiting, has raised $10 million in venture capital.

Toronto-based Untether AI has raised a $20 million series A round to develop highly custom machine learning inferencing hardware.

HomeLight, which uses AI and machine learning to match home buyers with top-performing real estate agents, has raised $109 million in venture capital.