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Activision Blizzard - the company behind Call Of Duty, World Of Warcraft and other popular games - allegedly fosters a "frat boy" culture, according to the lawsuit, saying that men working there have harassed women with jokes about rape.
Gopuff, the startup that’s helped kickstart a new category of food delivery in the U.S. — “instant” delivery of essential groceries and other home goods for a flat fee of $1.95
Late last year, Amazon launched support for two-way calling that worked with its Fire TV Cube devices. The feature allowed consumers to make and receive calls from their connected TV to any other Alex
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventu
Globally, 225 million people are estimated to suffer from moderate or severe visual impairments, and 49.1 million are blind, according to 2020 data from the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Scie
One of the world’s biggest video game companies is reeling after a state discrimination and sexual harassment suit kicked off a firestorm of controversy within the company. California’s Department of
When it comes to user-interface design, 911 is about as good as it gets. It’s the “most recognized number in the United States,” Steve Souder, a prominent 911 leader, points out. Simple, fast, and it
With Microsoft now being an investor in OpenAI the field now more open for new insurgents into the open-source AI arena. Now a German company hopes to take on the next AI mantle and produce something
People who had been hospitalised and put on a ventilator saw the biggest deficit in the Great British Intelligence Test - equivalent to a seven-point drop in IQ.
As the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet subsided, CGTN Think Tank has released an analytical report on the global situation of the COVID-19 pandemic.This report looks into public op
It is quite a feat for a bird to grasp a bin lid with its beak, pry it open, then shuffle far enough along the bin's edge that the lid falls backwards - revealing edible treasures inside.
Cameron Smith of Australia holds aloft the trophy after winning the Rugby League World Cup final between Australia and England at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, December 2, 2017. /CFP
Cameron Smith of Australia holds aloft the trophy after winning the Rugby League World Cup final between Australia and England at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, December 2, 2017. /CFP
Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is testing a new feature called “Limits,” which would give users the ability to temporary lock down their accounts when they’re bein
Getty Editor's note: Jim O'Neill, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is chair of Chatham House and a member of the Pan-European Commission o
03:00 "Best day ever!" Those were the words of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as he touched down in the West Texas desert on Tuesday.On this 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a
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