Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee struck a deal to establish joint fundraising committees, which allow donors to write bigger checks ahead of the general election. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains how the joint effort works. Photo: Getty Images | Continue reading
Rockstar Games has shipped more than 65 million units of Grand Theft Auto V worldwide, according to an announcement by Take-Two Interactive today. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said during the company’s analyst call that GTA V had set yet another record, with the 65 mi … | Continue reading
A new study reinforced the effectiveness of new 'immunotherapy' drugs in extending the lives of people diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Former President Jimmy Carter announced in 2015 he was cleared of cancer after being treated with the immune-boosting … | Continue reading
Chinese tech juggernaut Xiaomi may be best known for making high-quality smartphones like the new Mi 5 and selling them at low prices, but the company has made it very clear it wants to become a household electronics giant that can rumble with the likes of Samsung and Apple on a … | Continue reading
Samsung Pay users have been missing out on one key feature, which is finally being added today. The application now supports membership and loyalty cards. | Continue reading
The Pico Neo, requires no smartphone or computer and targets a middle market between low-end devices like Cardboard and high end ones like Oculus Rift. | Continue reading
Today's announcement of Google Home is likely to be the most exciting "living room" news that comes out of the company's annual developers conference, but that doesn't mean TV has been completely forgotten. Google today announced a bunch of new hardware partners for Android TV an … | Continue reading
The British are coming … to Google’s new Daydream virtual reality platform for mobile. U.K.-based developer/publisher nDreams said today that it’s working on two original, unannounced games for Daydream, which Google teased at its I/O event in Mountain View, California. Billing i … | Continue reading
Like a number of other bits and bobs announced at Google I/O thus far, there are still some important questions left unanswered about the Mi Box, but here’s what we do know about Xiaomi’s forthcoming set top box. It’s sleek, it’s small, and it’s apparently won the Chinese phone m … | Continue reading
Are you struggling with lackluster rank in Google’s search results? Here are steps you can take to identify your biggest SEO issue. | Continue reading
Disrupt NY 2016 was full of fascinating panels on everything from dating apps to cybersecurity. Weren’t able to catch every second? The TechCrunch social media team has compiled the best of the best from the event. Enjoy! Read More | Continue reading
Google Play is making it easier than ever to find open beta apps, as well simplifying the ability to send back feedback to developers. | Continue reading
Xiaomi has taken it to Facebook to share more about their upcoming Mi Box. Want to learn more about this powerful 4K-capable device? | Continue reading
The Android spec race is back on. With the announcement of a far-reaching Daydream VR initiative, Google effectively rebooted the quest for the biggest and baddest spec sheet among Android manufacturers. While some blinkered companies never let go of that competition, for the pas … | Continue reading
A look at some of the notable support and criticism from community members about TheDAO, the organization that has raised nearly $150m in funding. | Continue reading
Tesla — with a significant chunk contributed by Elon Musk — is selling around $2 billion worth of stock in an equity offering in order to accelerate production of the Model 3, according to a regulatory filing filed today. The company is selling 6.8 million shares in the stock off … | Continue reading
It might finally be time for use to dig out our virtual saddles and gun holsters. In its financial report for fiscal 2016, publisher Take-Two noted that developer Rockstar Games is working on “exciting future projects that will be revealed soon.” The company is behind some of the … | Continue reading
Tesla will raise at least $1.4 billion through a secondary stock offering, the company announced in SEC filings today, and an additional 5.5 million shares will be purchased by CEO Elon Musk via a stock option exercise. The funds will be used to "accelerate the production ramp of … | Continue reading
Developer Spunge Games has been great about updating their ultra enjoyable endless driving game Faily Brakes [Free] since its original launch in late February, like a bunch of new cars and an Android version in March and a new playable character and a sweet coin doubler car in Ap … | Continue reading
Google has announced that you'll soon be able to use Android Auto on your phone, no in-car touchscreen required. | Continue reading
I just got finished spending some time in the plush leather seats of a Maserati Ghibli, but I wasn't there for the luxury or the speed. I was taking a look at a concept of how Android N could be combined with Android Auto to power more of the car than you've probably seen before. … | Continue reading
Israel’s military successfully tested a naval version of its land-based Iron Dome system and would begin deploying it on its newest frigates. The Israeli Defense Force released video of what it is calling "the Iron Dome of the sea" on Wednesday. Photo: Tel Aviv | Continue reading
Trezor, the hardware Bitcoin wallet from SatoshiLabs will soon allow users to store ether in it as well. The latest news snippet is making rounds on the internet communities. The claims about Trezor extending support to ether is also backed by the respective source code for the h … | Continue reading
Beam Suntory luxury cognac brand Courvoisier has celebrated its Parisian heritage and the launch of its Artisan Edition collection by recreating a virtual impression of the Eiffel Tower. | Continue reading
At Google I/O on Wednesday, Google previewed a new feature that will soon let users use Android apps without having to have the apps installed.There are millions of Android apps but most users don't want to have to install each app, especially if they only use an app every once i … | Continue reading
Grand Theft Auto V hasn’t run out of gas yet. Take-Two released its financial results for the fiscal year 2016 today, posting a GAAP (generally accepted accounting practices) net revenue of $1.414 billion, up 31 percent from the previous year. The fourth quarter was at $377.2 mil … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: Social channels are one of the most effective ways to drive app downloads, but they’re often a missed opportunity. Join our VB Live event to learn how social ads and social sharing mechanisms can boost UA efforts exponentially. Register here for free. With the mobile ma … | Continue reading
One of Electronic Art’s oldest employees is no longer with the publisher. EA confirmed to GamesBeat that Rich Hilleman, who was serving as chief creative director, has left the company. Hilleman joined EA back in 1982. He was instrumental in the creation of the Madden series of f … | Continue reading
Now that the Playoff Final Four has begun, we can focus all of our attention to what comes next in these two clashes of titans in the Eastern and Western Conferences. The champion Golden State Warriors have their hands full with the Oklahoma City Thunder, meanwhile the Cleveland … | Continue reading
Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. First spotted by 9to5Google in the session ‘Bring your Android App to Chrome’ officially discuss the merger of mobile and desktop: Today we announced that we’re adding the best mobile app experiences in the world, Android apps and the Google … | Continue reading
Google is taking public submissions to help name Android N, after realizing that there just weren't that many "N" desserts to choose from. While it seems like Nutella would be the obvious answer, it's possible that the good people of Ferrero just weren't interested in a brand par … | Continue reading
Strike one name from the list of potential Rockets head coaching candidates. Jeff Van Gundy is no longer a candidate for the job, according Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. Sources: Jeff Van Gundy is no longer a candidate for the Rockets job. Though JVG had interest in reunion … | Continue reading
As the co-founder of a “142-proof” software development agency in the Silicon Valley catering to pre- and post-money companies, I’ve observed quite a bit of variance when it comes to the development process. The capabilities range wildly, from hack-and-slash “oh shit commits” all … | Continue reading
One of the surprise announcements from Google's keynote session at I/O this year was Android Wear 2.0. Wear 2.0 is a major update to the platform — the biggest update yet, according to the company — and is designed to make Android Wear devices more functional and independent than … | Continue reading
NetEase is one of the first major game companies to commit support for Google’s new virtual reality initiative. The Chinese publisher and developer announced that it is making a game for Daydream, Google’s new mobile VR platform that it talked about at Google I/O event today. The … | Continue reading
What’s worse than asking the Internet at large to name your product? Telling them it has to start with N. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate the stupefying magnitude of Google’s naivete here. Read More | Continue reading
What would any conference be without those sweet, sweet numbers and statistics companies love boasting? Let's go through Google's. | Continue reading
Developers confirmed that Android N will have a quick switch shortcut, a cap on recent apps, and a clear all button for your recent app lists. | Continue reading
The most popular thing on Reddit this afternoon was this gif of rocks sliding in Uncharted 4. Look at 'em go!People are losing their collective s*** over this incredibly detailed physics simulation. So what's going on here? We asked our Digital Foundry expert John Linneman to she … | Continue reading
Android apps and the Play Store will soon work on Chrome OS. Though it wasn't mentioned on stage during I/O's kickoff keynote, 9to5Google spotted a note on Google's website that mentions it'll be discussing how Chrome OS and Android will come together during a session for develop … | Continue reading
Entertainment veterans from DreamWorks Animation have started their own virtual reality startup with $3 million in funding. The Santa Monica, California-based Spaces is headed by chief executive Shiraz Akmal and chief technology officer Brad Herman, two veterans who worked on Dre … | Continue reading
In seemingly bizarre news out of the porn industry, PornHub is launching a new fitness system (wearable + workout videos) called BangFit. As its name suggests, it helps you bang to get fit. Here’s how it works: Users can join the game at this website, which will allow users to th … | Continue reading
Tesla continues to push back on a story reporting that it used underpaid foreign labor to build an automotive paint shop at its Fremont, CA factory. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a letter from its primary contractor, Eisenmann, stating that Tesla paid ISM Vuzem, the subcontractor a … | Continue reading
Google took a big step into virtual reality with its Android-powered VR platform Daydream, and while we have to wait until fall for "Daydream-ready" phones, we did get a brief glimpse of the reference design for its headset and motion controller, which is also coming this fall fr … | Continue reading
At I/O this year, Google displayed its vision for a more ubiquitous and conversational way of interacting with technology. Its Assistant is chattier, answering natural language queries with a more human voice, and it’s found its way into several new Google products: the messenger … | Continue reading
The much-awaited Amazon Echo competitor from Google is finally here – while we heard a lot about its features and its rumored name, we were all pretty clueless on what the device would look like. And well, it seems the internet is still confused. Anyone else think @google Home lo … | Continue reading
Google Home is a response to Amazon's Echo, a home speaker and digital personal assistant operated by voice commands. The Echo looks like a generic Bluetooth speaker, which is to say it resembles a stack of hockey pucks or a very large tube of Pillsbury croissant dough. Google Ho … | Continue reading
Acura, not one to be left out of the tech arms race, just doubled down on autonomy.SEE ALSO: Really, you don't want a steering wheel in your self-driving carJapanese luxury carmaker Acura unveiled its second-generation autonomous development vehicle on Wednesday morning. The comp … | Continue reading