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Meet us-east-2, the new AWS data center region in Ohio
Sexual assault reporting site Callisto expands to more college campuses
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Hearthstone’s Heroic Tavern Brawl ditches wacky rules for competitive play and insane rewards (update)
You can now buy Samsung’s Gear 360 VR camera at most major U.S. carriers and Best Buy
Skype’s WebRTC Linux app remains in alpha, but it now has video calling
Google now tells you when to book cheap flights and hotel rooms
CoreOS acquires tiny startup Redspread, will add technology to Kubernetes and Tectonic
Seven Bridges Joins Cancer Moonshot Initiative with Cloud Platform to Speed Blood Profiling Research
Rockstar Games teases a second Red Dead announcement
Vimeo now lets creators spruce up their profile pages with looping cover videos
ZTE opens U.S. preorders for its $300 Axon 7 Mini smartphone, will ship from October 27
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Mafia III has a gripping tale about racism in 1968, but bugs and weak gameplay hold it back
SyncThink gets a patent for eye tracking in virtual reality
Google launches Firebase Cloud Messaging for the web
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How the Philadelphia 76ers plan to grow esports with Team Dignitas
Battlefield 1 impressions: World War I’s Battle of Cambrai has intense tank combat
App Annie study shows U.S. retail leads the way in mobile disruption
Peter Thiel’s $1.25 million Trump donation draws Y Combinator into bitter Silicon Valley feud
MediaGamma Launches Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Product Set to Reshape the Ad Tech Market
Biden and Pence increase rhetoric on Russian email hacks tied to U.S. election
Actors group could start strike against video game publishers on October 21
Germany asks Tesla to stop using ‘Autopilot’ in advertising
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Why buying Krux, but not Twitter, makes sense for Salesforce
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10 keys to writing stellar bot conversations
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Finding the right balance between human and machine
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Customer service chatbots miss the big picture
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How to make ChatOps work at enterprise scale
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4 ways founders can avoid an investor coup
Quill lets you create 3D illustrations in virtual reality
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Brain belts: The many innovation centers that will take on Silicon Valley
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