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Tech Microsoft Debuts AI Unit to Take on Tricky Questions Microsoft has created a unit within its broader artificial intelligence and research organization that will take on tough AI challenges, like how to use different AI technologies, to make software

Tech IBM Watson Boldly Goes Into VR With New Star Trek Game Star Trek fans (a.k.a. trekkies) who long to command their own starships while using handheld communicators will get that chance when a new virtual reality game rolls out later this year. Star Trek:

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Tech Twitter and Instagram Take Steps to Clean Up Their Sites Social networking companies used by millions of people face a dilemma. They want users to post content freely, but they are also under growing pressure to block objectionable material like

Tech Don’t Ask Einstein About Salesforce’s Latest Quarter Salesforce’s revenue got a big bump in its latest quarter, but that wasn’t enough to win over Wall Street. The business software company said Tuesday that its sales jumped 27% year-over-year in

Tech IBM and Visa Want to Turn Your Shoes Into a Mobile Payment System Millions of people already buy things through their phones using systems such as Apple Pay or PayPal every year. But soon you might be able to buy products and pay for services through all kinds of

Tech Microsoft Teams With Major Medical Center on Health Care Research Microsoft on Thursday is launching Healthcare NeXT, a new health care and medical research effort, with a partnership with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. UPMC is a pretty good buddy to

Tech H&R Block Is Enlisting IBM’s Watson To Help With Your Taxes H&R Block’s customers will soon be able to get tax advice from IBM’s artificial intelligence-powered seer Watson. The tax preparer’s workers will use IBM’s Watson data crunching

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Tech Tech Startup Darling Slack Says It’s Ready for the Biggest of Big Customers Slack, the workplace messaging software that has already gained an impressive following at many Fortune 500 companies, wants to further entrench itself in the world of big business with a new

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Tech The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Will Buy an Artificial Intelligence Startup The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is getting some help from artificial intelligence. The philanthropic organization, founded by Facebook fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan in 2015, will

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Tech IBM Just Bought This Startup to Boost Cybersecurity IBM’s security business is getting a little boost. The business technology giant said Monday that it would buy a small cyber security startup Agile 3 Solutions for an undisclosed price. The San

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