New Facebook and Messenger apps launched for Windows 10; Instagram comes to Windows 10 Mobile, with video support  —  Introducing Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Windows Apps  —  There are many people using Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on Windows, so today we're excited …

HP announces ultra-thin Chromebook 13, the first with an Intel Core M processor, starting at $499  —  HP today unveiled its all-new Chromebook at an event in New York.  —  The new HP Chromebook 13 sports a 13.3-inch screen and comes replete with a QHD+ (3200 x 1800) resolution display …

Steam is now accepting Bitcoin payments through processing service BitPay  —  Gaming Platform Steam Now Accepting Bitcoin  —  Confirming a long-rumored move, gaming and digital media platform Steam is now accepting bitcoin payments through processing service BitPay.

Comcast to Buy DreamWorks for $3.8 Billion  —  DreamWorks shareholders to get $41 in cash for each share they own  —  Comcast Corp. on Thursday said it agreed to buy DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. for about $3.8 billion, in a deal that could make the cable giant a rival to Walt Disney Co. in the lucrative family-entertainment business.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman's OpenAI releases Gym, a toolkit for developers to test reinforcement learning algorithms  —  Elon Musk's Artificial Intelligence Group Opens A ‘Gym’ To Train A.I.  —  In any scientific arena, good research is able to be replicated.

The first Apple CareKit health apps are out, and CareKit becomes available on GitHub today  —  Apple's First CareKit Apps Are Here  —  Developers can use CareKit to build apps that track patients' health between doctor's visits.  —  How often do you visit your doctor's office?  Three, four times per year?

Source: Alphabet in late-stage talks with Fiat Chrysler on self-driving car technology partnership  —  Fiat Chrysler, Alphabet in Partnership Talks  —  Alphabet has been seeking auto-industry partnerships, offering to sell self-driving car technology under development for several years

Samsung reports Q1 net profit of $4.6B, reversing 40% dip in previous quarter, helped by early release of Galaxy S7  —  Samsung Profit Beats Estimates as Early S7 Smartphone Release Pays Off  —  Latest smartphone model fuels gains in net income, sales  —  Common, preferred share repurchase of 2.03 trillion won

Priceline CEO Darren Huston resigns due to relationship with employee, gets replaced temporarily by Chairman and former CEO Jeffery Boyd  —  Priceline CEO Resigns After Relationship With Employee  —  Huston was CEO of both Priceline Group and Booking.com  —  Chairman Jeffery Boyd replaces Huston as interim CEO

Sources: Snapchat hits 10B daily video views, up from 8B in February; over a third of daily users create Stories  —  Snapchat User Content Fuels Jump to 10 Billion Daily Video Views  —  More than a third of daily users said to create snap stories  —  Daily video views increase from 8 billion in February

Oracle buys Textura for $663 million, eyes engineering, construction cloud services  —  The move highlights how it's becoming increasingly important to target cloud services at specific industries.  —  Oracle said it will buy Textura, which provides contract and payment cloud services …

Oculus releases a version of Minecraft for Gear VR headsets in the Oculus Store for $6.99  —  Minecraft enters virtual reality on Samsung's Gear VR headset  —  It's time to move beyond the smartphone screen and into the world of Minecraft.  —  Microsoft has launched Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on the Oculus Store for $7.

Facebook announces it will add a new class of non-voting stock for the company that will help keep Zuckerberg in control  —  Facebook is adding a new class of stock that will help keep Zuckerberg in control  —  Facebook today, as part of its earnings release, said it would add a new class …