5 bots to try this week: Christian Grey, ChatterOn, Messenger Match, Christopher Bot, and Echo

VB Staff February 20, 2017 9:44 PM

Double Fine dives into VR with Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin

Dean Takahashi February 20, 2017 9:01 PM

Uber hires former U.S. Attorney General Holder to probe sexual harassment

Reuters February 20, 2017 8:21 PM

Google adds fingerprint scanning to Chrome OS

Jordan Novet February 20, 2017 5:56 PM

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Dear President Trump: Those jobs aren’t coming back, and why would we want them to?

Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School February 20, 2017 4:12 PM

Uber will release its first diversity report in the next few months

Jordan Novet February 20, 2017 4:06 PM

Apple will reportedly unveil new iPad Pros and a 128GB iPhone SE next month

Jordan Novet February 20, 2017 3:45 PM

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Outsource your boring back office paperwork to AI

Marlene Jia, Topbots February 20, 2017 2:10 PM

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5 freaky humanoids in London Science Museum’s new Robots exhibition

Paul Sawers February 20, 2017 12:30 PM

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The hidden new business opportunity in autonomous cars

Aiden Livingston, Casting.AI February 20, 2017 12:10 PM

Xiaomi courts U.S. interest while flirting with expansion

Ken Yeung February 20, 2017 9:35 AM

WhatsApp now lets you post status updates that disappear within 24 hours

Khari Johnson February 20, 2017 9:00 AM

Snap’s connected Spectacles can now be bought online for $130

Paul Sawers February 20, 2017 5:54 AM

Scottish startup TVSquared raises $6.5 million to help brands optimize their TV ad spending

Paul Sawers February 20, 2017 5:17 AM

Snap bets on hardware as Facebook threat looms

Reuters February 20, 2017 4:30 AM

Microsoft nabs Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart for Azure as cloud wars heat up

Paul Sawers February 20, 2017 3:10 AM

Amazon promises 15,000 new full-time jobs in Europe amid regulatory scrutiny

Chris O'Brien February 20, 2017 2:23 AM

New Zealand court: Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom can be extradited to U.S. over fraud charges

Reuters February 19, 2017 10:19 PM

Guest

Forget ‘user-friendly’ bots and focus on advanced usefulness

Toby Barnes, AKQA February 19, 2017 8:01 PM

Former Uber engineer details sexism nightmare, CEO orders investigation

Ken Yeung February 19, 2017 6:15 PM

Guest

The impact of voice-activated virtual assistants on retail

Kyle Fugere, Dunnhumby Ventures February 19, 2017 6:10 PM

Guest

How to pick a platform for your financial sector chatbot

Ludan Stoecklé, Addventa February 19, 2017 4:54 PM

Guest

Customers vs. users: Why word choice matters

Alex Fishman, Bugsee February 19, 2017 2:33 PM

Guest

The state of today’s autonomous vehicle market

S. Somasegar, Madrona Venture GroupDaniel Li, Madrona Venture Group February 19, 2017 12:10 PM

Ransomware has exploded thanks to Bitcoin’s anonymity

Dean Takahashi February 19, 2017 11:35 AM

EPA employees go rogue on Twitter to protest Trump and Pruitt

Blaise Zerega February 19, 2017 9:52 AM

SpaceX rocket lifts off from historic NASA launch pad, completes relanding

Reuters February 19, 2017 7:32 AM

NBA All-Star Weekend gets highlights in virtual reality

Charles Singletary, UploadVR February 19, 2017 3:34 AM

Bill Gates says robots should be taxed like workers

David Z. Morris, Fortune February 18, 2017 10:14 PM

Guest

Everything you need to know about bots at SXSW 2017

Liz Winkler, Message.io February 18, 2017 9:00 PM

U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes

Reuters February 18, 2017 7:11 PM

Congressman calls for investigation of Trump’s insecure Android phone

David Z. Morris, Fortune February 18, 2017 5:22 PM

Guest

How AI is helping detect fraud and fight criminals

Catherine Lu, DataVisor February 18, 2017 5:00 PM

Valve unveils a ‘cheaper, smaller, lighter’ VR base station prototype

Jamie Feltham, Upload VR February 18, 2017 4:41 PM

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The one critical skill many data scientists are missing

Emma Walker, Qriously February 18, 2017 2:33 PM

Guest

Ready for ads on Alexa and Google Home?

Phil Nadel, Forefront Venture Partners February 18, 2017 12:10 PM

Guest

6 considerations for building enterprise bots

Amir Shevat, Slack February 18, 2017 10:25 AM

5 Alexa skills to try this week – 2/18/2017

Khari Johnson February 18, 2017 7:21 AM

How to watch today’s SpaceX launch (updated)

Blaise Zerega February 18, 2017 6:38 AM

IBM Watson joins Indiegogo to back a crowdfund-to-production service for entrepreneurs

Khari Johnson February 18, 2017 6:00 AM