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Backup and recovery solutions provider Acronis has raised $147 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs, valuing the company at $1 billion.

Google Assistant is gaining new voices generated by WaveNet, an AI system pioneered by Alphabet's DeepMind, across multiple languages.

HP introduced the HP Elite Dragonfly, an ultralight laptop that weighs less than 2.2 pounds and offers a 24.5-hour battery life.

Popular podcasting app Pocket Casts is switching to a subscription-based freemium business model, with users able to pay $10 / year for extra features.

Glassdoor has put together its list of the top 25 highest-paying U.S. jobs for 2019, and 14 them are in the tech industry.

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Thousands of data scientists will converge on New York next week for the year’s main data industry event, Strata. Here's what they'll be focused on.

The popular glasses maker is said to be working with Facebook on a wearable AR headset that will ship between 2023 and 2025, if development proceeds apace.

Uber announced that it'll begin mapping public roads in downtown Dallas this November to support the development of its self-driving cars.

New design and packaging innovations enable new varieties of lighter, low-power, customized processors ideal for Big Data and AI applications.

Amazon today released a data set -- the Topical Chat data set -- intended to help support high-quality research in the field of dialogue systems.

Steam has launched its revamped library into beta, which you can opt into here. Valve’s digital store has a giant library, but it can be difficult to navigate. This updated version is supposed to make it easier to find your games. “A good library…

Google's new Key Moments feature surfaces shortcuts to pivotal footage in lengthy video clips. It's now available for English-language YouTube videos.

Mobile games on iOS and Android will earn $68.5 billion in 2019, according to a new report from market research firm Newzoo.

Facebook revealed in a blog post that its automated systems helped to identify and ban 200 white supremecist groups from its platform.

Surprise! Rockstar Games now has its own PC launcher, appropriately (if a bit blandly) called the Rockstar Games Launcher.

GamesBeat interviewed three Hearthstone developers to talk about how they designed the new solo adventure, Tombs of Terror.

By the end of 2019, 43 states will have completely changed the rules around collecting/remitting taxes for out-of-state sellers. Learn where the risks are.

Activision unveiled the details on its first-ever crossplay for a Call of Duty game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will let players fight across platforms.

Google has announced a new unlimited Google Fi plan that gives subscribers unfettered access to SMS, calls, and data for a set monthly fee. 

Signify is unveiling a new Philips Hue smart lighting product that brings a light show to your TV or any other HDMI-connected device.

Researchers at OpenAI describe in a paper an AI system that teaches itself sophisticated hide-and-seek strategies through teamwork.

Starform, a new Seattle-based game studio formed by King and Z2Live veterans, has raised $1.25 million and announced plans to make online games.

For a 10-year-old game, League of Legends is doing well. Riot Games said today that the game hits about 8 million peak concurrent players daily.

Oracle's AI assistant is now supported by Microsoft Teams, responds to voice commands, and comes with NLP that grasps terms specific to enterprise users.

Learn how intelligent digital workspaces and desktop-as-a-service can simplify your tech, lower costs and make your users more productive.

Japan's top carriers appear to be moving up their 5G rollout timetables, with an eye to more quickly increasing coverage throughout the island nation.

Eligible Telstra customers can now place phone calls to mobile phones via Google Nest devices using a prepaid or postpaid service plan.