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GUEST: Google, Alibaba, Facebook, Baidu, and other tech giants are leading the charge in developing and acquiring AI companies and talent. Many observers have expressed concern that the big players are dominating what will be one of the most important fields in technology. Unlike past waves of technological development, the AI boom could shut out startups and entrepreneurs. I’ve written about the potential for AI to create a stratified society, but I am optimistic about the ability of smar

 There’s a shortage of women, non-binary people and men of color in the venture capital world. That’s why Pipeline Angels, an angel investing bootcamp for underrepresented people in tech, has launched a VC-in-Residence program to help people from diverse backgrounds become managing or general partners at VC firms. While there are some people of color in the VC world, it can be hard… Read More

GUEST: In two weeks a nonprofit less than a year old is going to raise tens of millions of dollars to help homeless people. Alongside its more established partner nonprofits, it will fight the opioid crisis, house LGBT teens that are homeless, and give away technology and training to those below the poverty line.
Cryptocurrencies — or to name them more accurately, crypto assets — are the only reason this can happen.
Last year crypto assets had a total market value of about

Bike-sharing is popular in Asia and Europe. But the U.S. has been notoriously wed to its cars. To make the transition to its bikes easier, LimeBike created dockless bike-sharing, which means you don’t have to bring the bike back to a particular dock after you ride it.
The company launched in the U.S. in Greensboro, North Carolina, home to the University of North Carolina. It has expanded to Imperial Beach, California; South San Francisco; Dallas; Seattle; Key Bisca

Tea. Mankind has been brewing and drinking it for hundreds, if not thousands of years, and while the varieties of tea, techniques of preparation, and methods of brewing havechanged as cultures and times have changed, at its core, it all boils down to steeping leaves in water.
But, as is often the case with technology, someone thinks they’ve got a gadget that can do it better. Specifically, Teamosa, a smart tea brewing set currently looking for backing on Kickstarter that claims to not only

I usually spend about $1,300 on a new computer, and I usually expect it to stay in good shape for about four years — if not more. So if I’m spending over $1,000 on an iPhone, how long should I expect to use it for?
Smartphones have never had the longevity that modern computers have, often staying current for only two or so years. There are a good number of reasons why: For one, smartphones are historically cheaper, so it makes sense that companies would expect them to be replaced a b

A couple of weeks ago, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hit a milestone: it overtook Dota 2 for the most players playing at the same time on Steam. Yesterday, the game broke another record: the highest peak player count on the system — ever.The game’s official Twitter account made the announcement, saying that it had 1,342,857 players online at the same time, beating out Dota 2 for the honor.Highest peak player count on @steam_games! A sincere thank you to all our players & th

Earlier this week, news went viral that two white giraffes were spotted in Kenya — a completely white female and her baby giraffe, which had barely visible spots on its skin. Although bright white giraffes aren’t very common, there have been sightings before — and every time a candid white animal is immortalized in a photo, people freak out.It’s not too hard to imagine why: these creatures look straight from a fairly tale. It's like someone drew them on the landscape and

GUEST: In today’s digital economy, we see a constant rotation of new, innovative technology emerging on the market. While some platforms are built exclusively for consumers, others are designed with an enterprise purpose in mind. The most powerful pieces of technology, however, do both. And augmented reality (AR) is the perfect example.
Some of the biggest companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, have been making hefty investments in AR in recent years. The newest framew

Today is the last day of the A Maze festival in Johannesburg, a celebration of the international indie developer scene along with games by homegrown designers from all over Africa. This year is its sixth year, and it ran from September 13 to September 17.
Thorsten Wiedemann started A Maze in Berlin in 2008. The name is a riff on the words “amazing” and “labyrinth,” a combination that’s meant to be playful. His path to indie games has been an unorthodox one

Sometimes it's hard to tell exactly how fast technology is moving. "We put a man on the moon using the computing power of a handheld calculator," as Richard Hendricks reminds us in Silicon Valley. In 2017, I use my pocket supercomputer of a phone to tweet with brands.
But Apple's iPhone X provides a nice little illustration of how sensor and processing technology has evolved in the past decade. In June 2009, Microsoft unveiled this:In September 2017, Apple put all that tech in this:Well, minus t

ANALYSIS: People who watch technology closely — especially those optimistic about VR and AR — are scratching their heads this week trying to understand how Apple “undersold” those features so significantly.
At the Apple September Keynote, there was no mention of VR at all despite the iPhone X being the first device from Apple to use an OLED screen that would likely be ideal for completely immersive virtual worlds. And with AR, Apple showed its most advanced iPhone making

The 69th annual Emmy Awards take place tonight at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. Stephen Colbert is hosting for the first time ever, but there’s a lot more to know than just the venue and the host (this isn’t a dinner party, and you don’t need to bring a dish).
Read on for everything you need to know before tuning in tonight.
What are the Emmys?
Hello! The Emmys, also known as the Primetime Emmy Awards,are held each year to recognize members of the TV industr

(Reuters) —Equifax said on Friday that it made changes in its top management as part of its review of a massive data breach, with two technology and security executives leaving the company “effective immediately.”
The credit-monitoring company announced the changes in a press release that gave its most detailed public response to date of the discovery of the data breach on July 29 and the actions it has since taken.
The statement came on a day when Equifax’s share price c

A few months ago it looked like VR support had been all but confirmed for DICE and Criterion Games’ Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Sadly, it’s now looking like there won’t be any integration after all.
Criterion’s Matt Webster and John Stanley confirmed as much in a recent interview with Metro. When asked if there would be any VR options in the game, Webster simply replied: “There is no VR.”
Stanley followed up by saying that VR was “very important&rdquo

GUEST: Whether you’re training to run a marathon or gearing up for a marathon of binge-watching TV, both athletes and casual sports fans can benefit from advances in sports video. Due to its widespread appeal, high demand, and abundance of related data, sports video is a prime candidate for innovation. Cognitive technology is teed up to enhance the viewer experience and maximize advertising revenue. What’s more, AI technology can disrupt the game itself. Here are the three main playe

GUEST: The following excerpt comes from Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution by David L. Craddock, available in hardcover from Schiffer Publishing. The book chronicles the making of over a dozen groundbreaking PC games, featuring interviews with their developers and details how they went on to influence the games of today. In chapter, “Virtuous Quest – Moral Dilemmas in Ultima,“ Richard “Lord British” Garriott and his family come t