Google improves Translate with offline AI

Google isn't going to sit idly by while Microsoft brings AI-based offline translation to your phone. The company is rolling out internet-free neural machine translation to its Translate apps for Android and iOS, promising much more accurate language...

8K TVs are coming, but don’t buy the hype

By Rob Pegoraro If the 8,294,400 pixels of resolution on an Ultra High Definition television just don't seem to convey enough detail, fear not: The electronics industry has heard your cry. Even as UHD TVs, often called 4K TVs for their nearly 4,000...

The real story behind MoviePass’s location-tracking controversy

By David Pogue MoviePass, a company only seven months old, seems to be on fire. It's like Netflix (NFLX), but for movie theaters: You pay $10 a month, and go out to see all the movies you want. (3D and Imax not included.)

Pandora’s CEO is doubling down on podcasts

By JP Mangalindan Pandora CEO Roger Lynch wants to offer listeners an easier way to discover new podcasts as the company adds more podcasts to its service and beefs up advertising. Indeed, podcasts will become a more significant aspect in the month...

Richard Branson: Government regulation of Facebook ‘makes sense’

By JP Mangalindan Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is joining the growing chorus of top executives calling for government regulation to restrict Facebook (FB) and other companies' ability to use customer data.

‘Far Cry 5’ review: Destruction and doomsday in America

By Daniel Howley The Far Cry series is known for dropping players into huge, open-world settings and letting them sew chaos and destruction as they take on each title's menacing villain. But those settings and enemies have always been based in large...