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BMW’s premium ride-hailing service is now live in China
BMW has joined a handful of automakers to compete with transportation upstart Didi Chuxing, which bought Uber’s Chinese business in…
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Until Dawn studio Supermassive delivers on vow to do better with Shattered State
Supermassive Games is bookending the year in VR in much better form than it started. The Until Dawn developer’s first…
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Virtual reality gaming and the pursuit of “flow state”
Maggie Lane Contributor Maggie Lane is a writer and producer of virtual reality experiences and covers the industry for various…
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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Mowgli’ offers a darker take on Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’
At first, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” might seem like an afterthought — or maybe a failed exercise in franchise-building.…
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Kano’s Harry Potter Coding Kit review: The art of programming without code
Conventional wisdom holds that it’s easier to learn something when you’re young, be that tennis, a new language, or, indeed,…
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HQ Trivia and Vine cofounder Colin Kroll dead at 34 (updated)
Colin Kroll, the cofounder of video looping app Vine and high-flying trivia game HQ Trivia, has died at the age…
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Drilling deep on how to monetize esports
Monetizing esports is still a work in progress. The idea of watching people get paid to play games seemed far-fetched…
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This $130 Nest Cam alternative is under $40 right now
There’s a reason why more and more Silicon Valley pros are putting small pieces of tape over the front-facing cameras…
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3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone
There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge.…
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