Steam PC gaming service is down
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Screw the Turing test — chatbots don’t need to act human
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Google sells Terra Bella satellite unit to startup Planet Labs
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5 ways to use social insights to give consumers what they really want
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How Russia’s new ‘Google tax law’ is impacting Uber
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Oculus owes ZeniMax $500 million, and Fire Emblem’s mobile debut
The DeanBeat: Announcing GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic
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Snap: Everything we learned ahead of the most-anticipated tech IPO of 2017
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OpenSponsorship automates matchmaking for brands and athletes
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1 Hour with Horizon Zero Dawn: A total noob’s perspective
EA partners with ESPN for FIFA esports broadcasts
Apple reportedly to begin iPhone production in India by end of April 2017
Facebook adds warning about impact of fake news in latest annual report
Google removes restrictions from free version of Data Studio, its tool for creating customized reports
Meet ProText Mobility: The company that used ‘sexting’ in an S-1 before Snap
15% of Facebook employees are vulnerable to Trump’s likely changes for H-1B visas
BotBeat: This week’s top bots news
Trump likely to face questions from Musk and other CEOs over travel ban in Friday meeting
The art of Fallout 4 gets its own print collection
One thing holding back Snap in China? Google
Devolver Digital will bring in games to GDC from devs who face Trump U.S. travel ban
Punch A Nazi is a game that lets you wail on Richard Spencer, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Adolf Hitler
How a seemingly minor app in this SUV changed my driving style
Hearthstone boss: Balance changes could be coming
Uber CEO quits Trump’s advisory council after immigration outcry
Snap pledges up to 13 million Class A shares to new foundation for arts, education, and kids
Here’s how much Snap paid for Bitstrips, Looksery, and Vurb
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What Snap has learned from Facebook about revenue
Snapchat by the numbers: 161 million daily users in Q4 2016, users visit 18 times a day
Snap wants to ‘significantly broaden the distribution of Spectacles’ in 2017
Evan Spiegel controls 44.3% of Snap
Fire Emblem: Heroes launches on iOS and Android as Nintendo unsheathes its free-to-play sword
Snap files to raise $3 billion in much-hyped IPO
Amazon grew sales 22% last quarter, but investors aren’t impressed: stock falls 4%
AWS posts $3.53 billion in revenue in Q4 2016, up 47% from last year
Oculus’ John Carmack vents about $500 million ZeniMax jury verdict
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