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
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15 interesting startups to watch in 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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