Ahead of IPO, mobile messaging giant Line introduces end-to-end encryption by default
Pebble’s third Kickstarter ends with $12.8M raised, $7.5M less than last year
Netflix continues to eye China amid slowing U.S. growth
VR venture capital alliance forms $10 billion investment fund
VB Live
Personalization works: It’s how Walmart.com increased sales by billions (VB Live)
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius is out now for iOS and Android
66% of people have used a messaging app to communicate with businesses
AMD’s HiAlgo acquisition brings gamer-friendly tools to Radeon Software experience
Fallout 4 mods delayed for PlayStation 4
GitHub releases data on 2.8 million open source repositories through Google BigQuery
Last wave of preorders for PlayStation VR open up on June 30
Review
AMD’s Radeon RX 480 deserves the attention of the GPU mass market
July 2016 PlayStation Plus free games: Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, early Paragon, and more
PlayStation’s Vue cord-cutting TV service is coming to Android
Guest
The inside story of Chris Messina’s new chatbot
AWS expands SNS messaging service beyond U.S., now works in 200 countries
Hearthstone pro player hits legend in 3 days on a free-to-play account
How mobile studios can use game influencers to overcome overcrowded app stores
VB Event
SF, New York, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, and Melbourne: VB’s Botathon is coming to your town!
Opinion
Rise of the chatbots, and why you should care
Sales data startup LeadiD raises $10 million, becomes Jornaya
Neverwinter brings PlayStation 4 its first D&D game on July 19
Battlefield 1, Horizon: Zero Dawn bag multiple E3 game critic nominations
Box launches Shuttle to help big companies move more data to the cloud
DoorDash will now deliver alcoholic drinks with your meal, starting in California
Partner Content
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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End multiplayer gets a new leveling system, map, and more
Amazon sells cheap Android phones to Prime members in exchange for lockscreen ads and offers
Inaugural Crowd Invest Summit to Kick Off in Los Angeles
Facebook tweaks its News Feed to surface more posts from your friends and family
Investors worry that Germany’s Rocket Internet is plunging back to Earth
What3words raises $8.5M for global addressing system that assigns 3 random words to every location
Sweden’s Fast Travel Games raises seed round for VR games
Showbox launches video platform so brands can drive engagement
Gordon Ramsay puts a dash of attitude into Glu Mobile game
AMD’s $200 Radeon RX 480 graphics cards make VR work on a budget
Windows 10 is now on over 350 million devices, free Anniversary Update coming on August 2
Atari cofounder’s son takes video games beyond the couch
