EXCLUSIVE: Chatbots are coming to the last frontier of the travel industry. Booking.com plans to bring artificial intelligence and conversational interfaces to a realm of hospitality that was thought to be the sole domain of humans with local knowledge: destination experiences. T … | Continue reading
Samsung just mailed out invitations for its Samsung Unpacked 2016 event where it’s expected to unveil its latest Note smartphone. The event is taking place August 2 and 11AM EST, and will be live-streamed on samsung.com. The device is likely going to be called the Note 7, somethi … | Continue reading
Zotac unveiled its GeForce GTX 1060 series today, which includes two options for the 1060: a Mini version that's 6.85-inches long and an AMP Edition that's 8.27-inches long. The Mini comes with a 90mm fan that directly touches the GPU and an aluminum heatsink. The AMP comes with … | Continue reading
Speedrunning festival for charity, Games Done Quick, has wrapped up its summer event on Saturday after raising $1,296,061 for Doctors Without Borders.The six-day event saw dozens of games sped through by the industry's top players at a lightning pace. Here are some highlights:Cas … | Continue reading
Google has made another small acquisition to help it continue building out its latest efforts in social apps. The search and Android giant has acquired Kifi, a startup that was building extensions to collect and search links shared in social apps, as well as provide recommendatio … | Continue reading
The Oculus Rift launch has been a rocky one that hasn’t exactly left fans of the highly influential consumer VR platform very happy. Today, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe announced a few things (we’re pretty sure it was him this time). He clued us into the fact that after three-and-a-h … | Continue reading
Always with his finger on the pulse, Senator Al Franken today sent an official request to Niantic asking about particulars of the Pokémon GO privacy policy. “I am concerned about the extent to which Niantic may be unnecessarily collecting, using, and sharing a wide range of users … | Continue reading
Josh, Joe and Jonathan take a moment to chat Pokemon GO and Final Fantasy VII before getting into the topic of beauty mode for Selfies. Enjoy AA Podcast 071 | Continue reading
Samsung will give us all the juicy details on the Galaxy Note 7 on Aug. 2.The Korean electronics company will once again hold an "Unpacked" event to announce the Android smartphone.SEE ALSO: Leak reveals Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in all of its gloryThe official invitation, which you … | Continue reading
Samsung has today revealed plans for an event on August 2nd in New York City where it will officially announce the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The Note 7, which has been rumored for months, is expected to have a dual curved display, much like the existing Galaxy S7 Edge.Of note, th … | Continue reading
When Boon Sheridan decided to convert an old church into his new home, he didn’t think he would end up fending off dozens of would-be pokémon trainers. But that’s exactly what happened when Niantic, the augmented reality gaming company behind Pokémon Go, marked Sheridan’s home as … | Continue reading
Syros Summer House is a vacation home designed by Greek studio Block722. Situated in the island of Syros, this summer house hosts a family ... | Continue reading
A bot that automates communication with the customers of one of Japan’s largest delivery companies was debuted by PandoraBots at MobileBeat today. Created by VentureBeat, MobileBeat is a two-day gathering of artificial intelligence and chatbot industry leaders. In January, Yamato … | Continue reading
When I completed the first stage of Gordon Ramsay Dash, I was rewarded by a little cartoon of Gordon Ramsay smiling at me, my phone playing a clip of his voice telling me I did a great job, and a dopamine squirt in my brain. The latter guaranteed I'd be spending actual American d … | Continue reading
If it seems like EVs are everywhere, you’re closer to being right this year than ever before. Navigant Research expects the EV market to grow 62% year over year in 2016, which adds up to nearly 200,000 EVs being sold this year.Navigant points to long-range battery electric vehicl … | Continue reading
TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Indiebio’s Demo Day this Thursday, July 14th from San Francisco. Backed by SOSV, Indiebio is the largest life sciences accelerator to date. Indiebio provides each startup in the accelerator with $250,000, lab space, and expert mentors including … | Continue reading
Freewallet’s Ethereum wallet is now available for Apple (NASDAQ : AAPL) iPhone users. The company known for its mobile first cryptocurrency wallet had its Ethereum wallet available only on Google (NASDAQ : GOOG — listed as Alphabet Inc.) Play Store for Android-powered mobile phon … | Continue reading
Pokemon GO [Free] has only been out for a few days, but we've already seen numerous highly creative attempts at cheating the system and becoming a Pokemon master, through the traditional technique of living a sedentary lifestyle from the comfort of your sofa. We've seen record pl … | Continue reading
Domino’s has some new competition when it comes to artificial intelligence and pizza cravings. Pizza Hut — the largest pizza chain in the world, based on orders and deliveries — today announced a new chatbot that works within Facebook Messenger and on Twitter. It’s part of a mass … | Continue reading
When you’re using a customer relationship management (CRM) product, it’s not exactly the most lively, is it? It’s just a bunch of data and fields that you have to fill out in a manner that doesn’t really match up with the conversational way work is starting to become. Troops want … | Continue reading
Flora Farms Culinary Cottages is a project completed by Dorman Associates in Baja California, Mexico. Organic Farm Community | Continue reading
The Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department is considering a plan to use Uber to transport low priority 911 callers, according to NBC Washington. It’s a horrible idea.Washington’s plan is to hire a team of nurses who could evaluate a caller’s condition over the phone and direct t … | Continue reading
One of the striking things about the Juno probe, I remarked to one of its creators, is its simple and streamlined design — compared to other spacecraft, at least. The engineers had a hell of a time packing everything in there, but it helps when critical sensors have shrunk in siz … | Continue reading
With many Evernote users feeling disgruntled by recent subscription changes, Zoho Notebook is angling to be the next go-to note-taking app. | Continue reading
Earlier this year, Ken Wong — an artist and game designer best known for his work on the mobile hit Monument Valley — left his post at studio Ustwo games. After years abroad, working in places like London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong he wanted to head back home to Australia. This wee … | Continue reading
In early June, we scoped out a wacky trailer for an upcoming third-person shooter from Flange Studio called Gun Glory: Anarchy [Free], and today the game has just gone live in the App Store. So what made the trailer so wacky? Two words: Bunny hats. Gun Glory goes beyond the tired … | Continue reading
PostGhost was a service that stored and displayed the deleted Tweets of celebrities and politicians. Created as a way to keep public discourse honest, Twitter shut it down with a cease and desist warning citing a failure to comply with API rules. The resulting brouhaha led me to … | Continue reading
Zayn Malik knows the game. To launch his solo career post-One Direction he moved to Los Angeles, started dating a supermodel (and noted BFF of Taylor Swift), dyed his hair blonde then pink then... | Continue reading
After users and press noticed that Pokémon Go on iOS requested “full access” to a user’s Google account when signing up, Niantic promised an update to modify the permissions required. Now, less than 24 hours after Niantic made that promise, the update is live, and limits asked-fo … | Continue reading
A controversial law that authorizes the government’s bulk collection of internet data is being tested in a federal appeals court, giving anti-surveillance advocates hope that reform might be on the horizon. The 9th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments last week ab … | Continue reading
"Elena of Avalor", featuring Disney's first Latina princess, debuts July 22 on the Disney Channel. "Elena of Avalor" creator Craig Gerber and head writer Silvia Olivas join Tanya Rivero to discuss the making of "Elena of Avalor." Photo: Disney Channel | Continue reading
I hate deals. I always feel like I’m being tricked into doing something I had no intention of doing previously. If I really needed that toy or gadget or vacation, I would’ve paid for it at full price, right?Do you like deals? I’m not going to tell you you’re wrong. In fact, we ha … | Continue reading
Hyperloop One, the LA-based startup focused on futuristic, super-fast transportation, was supposed to be racing toward the future. But after Brogan BamBrogan, the former co-founder, filed an explosive new lawsuit today, the company appears headed toward implosion.In the complaint … | Continue reading
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) vented during his Q&A with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, saying he believed her decision to not pursue charges against Hillary Clinton showed that the politically connected were treated differently. Photo: AP | Continue reading
The new Nice Way Hostel Porto located in a old building on Avenida dos Aliados, it's includes 32 rooms with eclectic center of Porto views. | Continue reading
Tamarama House is a beach residence completed by Sydney-based Deco Interiors and Porebski Architects. Decus Interiors created a residence ... | Continue reading
AFS Lomas Country house is a Residence located in Lomas Country Golf Club, about 20 minutes away from Mexico City | Continue reading
Hearthstone's [Free] latest update is a big one, and while it doesn't change much about the game, it does add some interesting new features. We are getting a new Shaman hero, Morgl the Oracle, which can be earned by referring a friend and having them reach a total of 20 levels ac … | Continue reading
Recently departed Hyperloop One co-founder Brogan BamBrogan has filed a restraining order and a lawsuit against his former partner Shervin Pishevar. Hyperloop One, the brainchild of Elon Musk to transport people and goods across the country at 700 mph in a vacuum tube, has raised … | Continue reading
It’s amazing what a visit to the local car wash can do to gussy-up the 2017 Chevy Volt. The red "extended-range electric" — industry-speak for a gas hybrid that can drive a ways on electric power alone — pulled off the conveyor belt next to a Ford Fusion Energi, another plug-in h … | Continue reading
To some extent, this story feels a little inevitable. The beauty of Pokemon Go [Free] is how it turns real-world landmarks and other locations into gameplay elements. Niantic's other game, Ingress [Free] did the same thing, with largely the same points, but never even came close … | Continue reading
Turns out there are other games being released onto the App Store this week that don't involve throwing capsules at critters. Lanota [$1.99], which really impressed us when we looked at it for the first time last week, has circumvented the usual Thursday midnight rush of releases … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago Circuit Breaker told you about Waves Audio and its Nx head tracker, which the company says can bring 3D audio to your standard headphones. Well the Waves Nx is still on Kickstarter, but if you want to give 3D audio a try now, 3D Sound Labs has created its ow … | Continue reading
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing an ambitious experiment aimed at discerning if a financial market can be built on a blockchain. | Continue reading
For someone who’s never heard of Pokemon, the idea of seeing millions of people running around waving phones in the air to catch virtual pockets monsters is absurd as it looks in actuality. But when everyone is doing it, suddenly it’s kind of normal. So while no one is embarrasse … | Continue reading
Good news to the Game Lovers. Recently Pokemon Go game is launched by Niantic Labs and Nintendo. Everything you wanted to know about Pokemon Go game at here. | Continue reading
The venerable 3.5mm audio jack is in danger of being phased out. Let’s take a look at the good, the bad, and the future of what USB Type-C audio is going to mean for smartphone and music enthusiasts. | Continue reading
You don’t have to worry about Pokémon Go reading your email because, of course, the app never really could access that data. But developer Niantic has updated the game on iOS to ensure that it is clear it is only asking for the data it needs. Niantic just pushed out an update for … | Continue reading