Hearthstone devs are happy to finally bring dragons to the Year of the Dragon
Canalys: Amazon shipped 10.4 million smart speakers in Q3 2019, almost tripling Google
Epic Games’ Battle Breakers launches for PC and mobile
Ad-blocking browser Brave launches out of beta
Google Maps gets text-to-speech translations for place names and addresses in 50 languages
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Wappier raises $4 million to power data visualization for apps and games
App Annie: 5 predictions for mobile app and gaming success in 2020
DroneDeploy raises $35 million for drone management and logistics tools
Fitbit OS 4.1 arrives in December, and it might be the last
Apple will release 2019 Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR in December
Apple debuts MacBook Pro with 16-inch screen, new keys, and pro audio
Facebook Pay unites payment service across Facebook’s apps
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There’s serious potential in serious games
WordPress 5.3 arrives with block editor improvements, new theme, and automatic image rotation
Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 November 2019 Update
Boston Dynamics CEO on the company’s top 3 robots, AI, and viral videos
Disney+ launches with massive video library, laggy apps, and surprises
Google now lets businesses customize CallJoy, the automated telephone customer service agent
Whoop raises $55 million to improve athletic performance with wearables and analytics
Evercoin launches next version of mobile cryptocurrency hardware wallet
Diablo: Immortal won’t stand in Diablo IV’s shadow
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Apple delaying AR glasses until 2022 would be bad for XR, but no shock
Google wants Chrome to offer instantaneous and native app-like experiences
Twitter proposes flagging deepfakes, but would only remove content that threatens harm
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TabTale changes its name to Crazy Labs with focus on hyper-casual mobile games
AI ethics is all about power
Voi raises $85 million to make escooter sharing profitable
Litesprite’s game for managing depression gets an endorsement from Bayer’s startup accelerator
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AR and VR will make spatial journalism the future of reporting
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PlayStation leads October’s game industry ad spend, but NFL TV networks are the big winners
Flavourworks raises $3.8 million to make interactive games with live-action video
Lenovo pilots VR as an alternative to general anesthesia for kids
Roku launches Apple Watch app with voice controls and a remote locator
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