Engineers at Facebook have created a Minecraft assistant to help you with some of the menial tasks involved in the sandbox builder. The helper, which spawns and works alongside you in the game, can be ...

The virtual-reality version of Microsoft's immensely popular video game is here. Microsoft says it will feel like a new game even for Minecraft experts. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

Minecraft is more than just a game, according to Facebook, it also makes an ideal training ground for sophisticated artificial intelligence. The company says it will use Minecraft, a popular ...

In context: When it comes to the artificial intelligence industry, tech companies leave no stone unturned in their quest for the best way to train various AIs. Many companies will feed their machine ...

Markus “Notch” Persson and Jens “Jeb” Bergensten pose with the Oculus Rift DK1. After initially speaking out against Facebook’s purchase of Oculus VR back in March, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” ...