Pokemon Go: Gyms, candy, pokeballs and everything else you need to know and other top stories.

• Pokemon Go: Gyms, candy, pokeballs and everything else you need to know

  

  Pokemon has made its way onto iOS and Android, but this time, it's different. Pokemon Go is nothing like the Gameboy game you remember -- it's a free mobile game that lets you see Pokemon through the window of your phone as if they existed in the real world. Then, you can catch them. ("Gotta catch 'em all!")It's also wildly popular: Pokemon Go was just released Tuesday and it's already the No. 1 free app in the US iTunes App Store. If you're an absolute Pokemon beginner, here's everything you ..

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• NTSB to scrutinize driver automation with probe of Tesla crash

  

  WASHINGTON -- For years, U.S. investigators have been calling for more automation on motor vehicles, such as sensors that slam on the brakes to prevent a crash. At the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, in its probes of transportation mishaps, has warned that such devices may also have a down side: the technology can confuse operators if it's poorly designed or lead to complacency that breeds its own hazards. Now, for the first time in a highway accident, those two potentially..

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• Skype's bot invasion continues with group chats

  

  Want to have a group trivia contest on Skype? Microsoft announced updates to the bot functionality in Skype on Friday that let digital quizmasters and other automated participants take part in group text conversations. Developers that use the functionality can open their robotic conversation partners to groups of friends and coworkers, similar to what Slack offers today. Skype also now supports visual cards that let users see pictures, receipts and more, similar to what Facebook offers bot make..

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• Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate

  

  At the poles of Ceres, scientists have found craters that are permanently in shadow (indicated by blue markings). Such craters are called "cold traps" if they remain below about minus 240 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 151 degrees Celsius). Credit: ...

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• Gather your 'Red Dead Redemption' posse to ride on Xbox One

  

  Need a break from Overwatch, or, if you're lucky, the Battlefield 1 alpha? Well, if you're an Xbox One owner, you should definitely check out the newly backwards-compatible Red Dead Redemption. If you still have your Xbox 360 disc hanging around, simply pop it in and download the update and you're good to go. Folks who own the game digitally can simply download it from the "my games and apps" section. Same with the Undead Nightmare story expansion pack.

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• Facebook Live's Big Moment Raises Questions About Content and Consequences

  

  Until this week, the most-buzzed-about Facebook Live videos were a BuzzFeed experiment to blow up a watermelon with rubber bands and a Texas woman’s hysterical reaction to a Chewbacca mask. Now, though, it is serving as home to citizen journalism like we have never seen before. On Wednesday, Diamond Reynolds went live on Facebook with nothing but a cell phone camera after her fiancé, Philando Castile, was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop near Minneapolis — and captured the attenti..

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• Kerbal Space Program Confirmed for July 12 Launch on PS4, New Trailer Shows Off Gameplay

  

  Kerbal Space Program Confirmed for July 12 Launch on PS4, New Trailer Shows Off GameplayVIDEODeveloper Squad has confirmed that Kerbal Space Program will be available on July 12 in North America for PlayStation 4. “If you’re into space travel, flight simulators, or sandbox games, there’s no way you can miss this,” CEO Ezequiel Ayarza said. “Our physics-based space flight simulator is recognized for its realism and attention to detail, while keeping the gameplay experience fun and rewarding.”With..

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• Not using Facebook Messenger for your chatbot? You may have a distribution problem

  

  Chatbots are one of the most interesting emerging business models in mobile tech. At their core, they represent an entirely new way of communicating with other individuals, businesses, and services — some of these customers using chatbots themselves. Social media networks are a natural place for these transactions to exist: a digital location pre-populated with each user’s personal contacts and preferences, designed specifically to track each user’s interaction. It’s no surprise then that in Ap..

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• Experience tragedy above Earth in 'Adr1ft' next week on PS4

  

  It's a bit odd that Xbox One is getting this game last, though. Considering that if it weren't for developer Adam Orth's Twitter freakout over the console's always-on design (he was creative director for Microsoft's gaming division then), the game would've never happened in the first place. At E3 last year, he told me that the game was therapeutic for him. "I don't really think of it as a cathartic experience, but as more of a creative experience simply because about a week after the thing with..

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