Bloomberg Line Corp. outlined an ambitious artificial-intelligence strategy that promises to transform Japan’s most popular messaging service while pitting it against Google, Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. The company is launching a suite of AI software tools to power an online digital assistant capable of conversing in Japanese and Korean, Line said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. ...

  NEW YORK / AP Twitter is adding more tools to curb abuse on its service as part of its ongoing effort to protect users from hate and harassment. Among other things, the service will attempt to identify offenders on its own, even if no one has reported them first. It is the second time in three weeks the company ...

  Bloomberg Niantic Inc., a San Francisco startup, will unveil three new updates to Pokemon Go this year, plus a new version of its original game Ingress, seeking to build on the success of its augmented reality offerings. The developer is also busy working on new augmented reality games, Niantic Chief Executive Officer John Hanke said at a session at ...