Gaming service Steam has changed its content policy to allow publishers to add anything to its store — but with some exceptions. Valve Corporation, the parent company of the games distributor, said in a blog post Wednesday that it would “allow everything” on the Steam Store, apart from games that it described as “illegal, or […]

The world’s biggest truck-maker has unveiled two new battery-powered models, as it looks to protect its market dominance. Daimler, the German firm best known for its Mercedes brand, said Wednesday that it wanted to have an all-electric big rig called Freightliner eCascadia ready for commercial sale by 2021. A smaller medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106 is […]

Two of Wall Street’s harshest bitcoin critics say investors should remain wary of the cryptocurrency. “I don’t want to be a bitcoin spokesman,” J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in a rare joint interview with Warren Buffett that aired Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Just beware,“ he said. Dimon called bitcoin a “fraud” in […]

There is a global epidemic of sexual violence against women that persists despite significant progress in gender equality for health, education and legal rights. The #MeToo movement in the United States launched last October and has kickstarted a movement to tackle this troubling issue after it was revealed that even the most prominent women in […]

Financial technology firm Revolut now has 2 million users signed up to its platform and is planning to launch a commission-free trading service. The London-based start-up said Thursday that its trading platform, called “Wealth,” would let users invest in a range of firms listed publicly in the U.K. and the U.S., in addition to other […]

Technology plays a crucial role in modern life. But, for many, obtaining access to cutting-edge devices in order to develop skills and knowledge is no easy task. British charity the Raspberry Pi Foundation is looking to broaden access to computers and, in doing so, enlarge the programing know-how of those using them. “The original mission […]

The host of fears and uncertainty about the future of artificial intelligence is groundless, Salesforce’s chief scientist said this week. While well-known names like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, have warned that AI technology poses a “fundamental risk to human civilization,” Salesforce’s Richard Socher explicitly disagreed. “What some folks like Elon Musk are […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has made it clear that ICOs are securities by its standards and that exchanges trading those assets need to register with the agency. Yet one director said he is surprised by the lack of self-reporting. “We’re underwhelmed by the enthusiasm for coming within the regulatory structure right now,” Brett Redfearn, […]

Surprise! Millennials are not the be-all, end-all for the stock market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer declared on Wednesday. “Just because millennials love it, doesn’t mean you should buy it,” the “Mad Money” host said. “In the last year, for example, I’ve heard this from CEOs of cruise lines, timeshare companies, recreational vehicle plays and budget hotels. […]

Uncertainty around whether Broadcom could buy Qualcomm — an event that would have been the largest technology takeover ever — wasn’t the only thing weighing on negotiations, Qualcomm’s CEO told CNBC on Wednesday. “I think it was a situation where there were some questions about deal certainty, which clearly became the case, but I think […]