


BotBeat 2016: This year’s top bots stories

Y Combinator-backed Omniref is shutting down on January 31, 2017

What Ford is doing right with the Fusion Hybrid autonomous car

Slack loses another executive, head of platform products Jason Shellen

U.S. evicts Russians for spying, imposes sanctions after election hacks

How I became a Pirate Warrior scumbag in Hearthstone

Why AI will dominate the conversation at CES 2017

Super Mario Run for Android is coming soon — you can pre-register now on the Play Store

Netflix vs. Amazon in 2016: A big year for 2 video streaming giants

Review
15 interesting startups to watch in 2017

VB Live
CMOs under pressure: How real-time analytics demonstrates bottom-line results (VB Live)

Facebook open-sources Atom in Orbit, a web-based IDE

Accenture’s top 5 predictions for what will be hot at CES 2017

Mario Kart 64 drifts into Wii U’s Virtual Console store

Analysis
The unicorn: Tech’s dumbest trend may have finally died in 2016

Apple needs to fix its sticker problem or it risks losing big in the chat wars

CES 2017: 20,000 consumer electronics products will be launched despite ‘gadget apocalypse’

Intel Security CTO warns of dangers from escalating Russian cyberwar

After cutting 10,000 jobs in 5 years, Sprint announces ‘commitment’ to add 5,000 back

President Obama reportedly set to announce response to Russian election hacking

Rent the Runway raises $60 million to boost subscription service and add new retail locations

Researcher found security holes at smartphone-only bank N26

AWS’ WorkMail service now supports Apple Mail, Outlook 2016 for Mac, Thunderbird

Feature
GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s top 10 games of 2016

Windows 10 could get a ‘Game Mode’ that focuses your rig’s processing resources on gaming

VB Live
3 things that will help your app pay off from the start (VB Live)

What was the best new gaming universe in 2016? GamesBeat Decides

Twitter now lets you watch 360-degree Periscope streams

Guest
A robot is coming for your job

App performance management company AppDynamics files to raise $100 million in IPO

5 of the coolest cards from Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan

Blizzard will celebrate Diablo’s 20th anniversary with new goodies in its games

Guest
Why a ‘no fear’ approach to AI works best

Facebook Messenger for web now lets you search in conversations

PS Plus games January 2017: Day of the Tentacle, This War of Mine, and more

The 10 best iMessage apps of 2016

Exclusive
Chinese mobile games are spreading around the globe

Facebook acquires eye tracking company The Eye Tribe
