Gabe Newell says Valve is working on 3 “full” VR games and is inspired by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto to design hardware at same time as software
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Valve's Steam Direct to replace Steam Greenlight, will charge developers a fixed fee to submit a game instead of relying on users to vet submissions
Valve wants to take itself out of the equation when it comes to the Steam PC gaming marketplace, and that means it is ending …
Tim Cook says fake news is “killing people's minds”, calls for a PSA campaign, school education, and new tools from tech companies to battle it
Tim Cook, the boss of Apple, is calling for governments to launch a public information campaign to fight the scourge of fake news, which is “killing people's minds”.
Prince's Warner Music catalog returning Sunday to subscription-streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, and iHeartRadio
Songs of late music legend Prince will again be available on multiple streaming-music services on Sunday, in releases timed for the 59th Grammy Awards.
Ford says it will invest $1B into Argo AI over 5 years and take a majority stake in the startup; Argo AI will work on autonomous driving tech for Ford's cars
The automaker will take a majority stake in Argo AI, founded by two top engineers from Google and Uber.
Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’
Like TV, AR is becoming an Apple passion project — It's no secret that Apple's culture of secrecy forbids even the most powerful at the company from spilling details about upcoming products.
Intel reveals 8th Generation Core microarchitecture will remain on the 14nm process node, making it the fourth generation 14nm chip
A quick news piece on information coming out of Intel's annual Investor Day in California. As confirmed to Ashraf Eassa by Intel at the event …
Restricted spyware from government cyberarms dealer NSO Group found on the phones of advocates for Mexico's 2014 soda tax
SAN FRANCISCO — Last summer, Dr. Simón Barquera's phone started buzzing with a series of disturbing text messages from unknown numbers. One said his daughter had been in a serious accident.
Image of Magic Leap rig from January leaks, showing a bulky backpack containing a visible circuit board; CEO says it was a test rig to collect room data
Magic Leap, the $4.5 billion startup backed by Google building technology that “augments” human vision with digital imagery …
As Twitter gained just 2M monthly active users in the quarter of the US election, Facebook gained 72M
The U.S. election spectacle didn't drive an uptick in Twitter signups — growth actually slowed. — The spectacle of the U.S. presidential election — and Donald Trump mania …
Oracle appeals May 2016 ruling that Google's use of Java APIs in Android was fair use, continuing the companies' seven-year legal battle
Oracle filed an appeal brief on Friday night reviving its copyright and patent claim lawsuit against Google over a dispute regarding the company's Android mobile operating system.
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Algorithms are instructions for solving a problem or completing a task. Recipes are algorithms, as are math equations. Computer code is algorithmic.
Instant Tethering, which lets Google devices seamlessly share cellular data connections, is now officially available to select Pixel and Nexus devices
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Samsung Chromebook Pro review: solid design, good performance and battery life, but Chrome OS and Android integration isn't perfect yet
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Facebook opens itself to measurement audit by Media Rating Council, gives brands more control over video ad buys
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Sub-Saharan African nations like Cameroon, Gambia, and the Republic of Congo increasingly use internet blackouts to stem protests
DAKAR, Senegal — Julius Ikena's trade business is at a standstill because he cannot make electronic payments to his partners. Tweets: @kenroth , @greatfirechina , @smith_jeffreyt , @aaronross6 , @albe...
Amazon releases an OTA software update for Amazon Tap with support for hands-free mode, letting users activate Alexa without a button press
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WSJ: Xiaomi is working on its own smartphone processor, aims to release it within a month
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FCC says wireless spectrum auction bidding has ended at $19.6B for 84 MHz, a significantly lower price than many analysts forecasted
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Chorus.ai raises $16M Series A led by Redpoint for its sales calls analysis software
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Quora to clamp down on anonymity starting March 20, will review all anonymous content before it's published, restrict actions like upvoting, comments, more
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Sources: enterprise AR company Daqri, which has raised $132M, is laying off about 25% of its nearly 400-person workforce
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