GameStop on Thursday reported first-quarter same-store sales that missed analysts’ estimates due to a drop in sales of video game hardware and software at its outlets. Shares of the world’s largest video game retailer fell 4 percent to $12.65 in extended trading. GameStop said its comparable store sales fell 5.3 percent in the latest quarter […]
Read moreGoogle has blamed “vandalism” on Wikipedia for a search result that linked the California Republican Party to Nazism. House Majority Leader and California GOP Representative Kevin McCarthy had criticized Google on Thursday for including a “Nazism” tag under the Wikipedia definition of the state party. McCarthy called it a “disgrace” on Twitter. Tweet In response, […]
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Google Assistant is getting smarter, which led one artist to program his Google Home to fire a gun remotely and share a video about it. He said it wasn’t a jab at Google, and that he could have used any AI platform such as Alexa or Siri, but he said he created the video to […]
Read moreMicrosoft has researchers working to determine how brain implants can augment a person’s intelligence, one of the many ways the company is trying to make technology more accessible to people with various disabilities. It’s a topic that CEO Satya Nadella was eager to discuss on Thursday at Microsoft’s eighth Ability Summit in Redmond, Washington. “In […]
Read moreFacebook feels confident it can address San Francisco‘s high-priced housing problem — and chief policy officer Elliot Schrage says it has to “if we’re going to remain a company in Silicon Valley for the long term.” “Our position is that Silicon Valley has been this extraordinary engine of economic opportunity and if we can’t solve […]
Read moreBox fell more than 7 percent on Thursday after a weaker-than-anticipated second quarteroutlook sparked fears the company’s growth would slow. But CEO Aaron Levie says the enterprise cloud storage company stands to benefit from cloud migration, and may even be in the market for some small acquisitions as growth picks up. “Wall Street had pretty […]
Read moreProtesters in San Francisco blockaded several tech commuter buses with a pile of electric scooters on Thursday morning, according to local news reports. Bearing signs that read “sweep tech, not tents,” and “Techsploitation is toxic,” about 50 people gathered in a popular intersection in the Mission District, blocking the route of several buses, including at […]
Read moreThousands of lottery players in South Carolina thought Christmas was their lucky day. Starting at 5:51 p.m. last Dec. 25, gas stations and convenience stores across the state dispensed a steady stream of what appeared to be winning tickets. Some customers caught on to the anomaly and bought as many as they could. Nicole Coggins, […]
Read moreA Cayman Islands start-up has raised $4 billion as of Thursday, eclipsing the world’s biggest initial public offerings on stock exchanges this year. But its flagship product is not even live yet. Block.one is funding its blockchain platform called eos.ios through a process known as an initial coin offering, or ICO. Its multi-billion dollar fundraising […]
Read moreNext Monday during its developer conference Apple will introduce a new feature for iPhones and iPads called “Digital Health,” Bloomberg said on Thursday. Digital Health — said to launch as part of Apple’s new iOS 12 operating system — will reportedly help users manage how much time they spend on their iPhones and iPads with […]
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