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FireEye President Kevin Mandia promoted to CEO

The former Air Force cyber warrior is a CEO again.

Sony earnings show PlayStation performing well as Xperia drags

Sony just posted its earnings for the 2015 financial year.

Sony Mobile U.S. Quietly Replaced Chief, Cut Jobs and Moved to Silicon Valley

The company, which was once a sizable smartphone player here, has been a virtual nonentity in recent years.

Sony Says 4K Movies Will Cost a Whopping $30 When Streaming Service Launches in April

If you already own "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" but want to upgrade, that's less expensive.

Two Years Later: Facebook's Oculus Acquisition Has Changed Virtual Reality Forever

Mark Zuckerberg's $2 billion bet on VR changed an industry.

The Emerging Virtual-Reality Product Parade

It’s too early to call winners and losers for this market -- most of these products aren’t even in consumers’ hands yet.

Sony's PlayStation VR Will Cost $399, Debut in October

The game lineup includes an exclusive VR version of Star Wars: Battlefront.

Bringing Makers to Business

Consumer electronics-focused companies are reaching a point in their evolutionary cycle when a crisis of innovation is at hand.

How the Internet Made 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul'

"If ‘Breaking Bad' had aired five years earlier, it might not have made it past season one."

The Making of PlayStation VR

The five-year effort to create Sony's virtual reality headset and the people behind it.

The End of Standardized Platforms

The pie has gotten much larger, but the landscape has also changed.

Life After a Hack: Sony Entertainment Boss Lynton's Newfound Love for His Fax Machine (Video)

This is one way to "slow things down."

Tapping the Brakes on the Virtual-Reality Hype Machine

It’s not hard to see why Hollywood, burned by 3-D, is taking a more cautious approach to virtual reality -- you can’t just port old content and expect a good experience.

Warner Music Says It Will Share Its (Theoretical) Spotify Payday With Its Artists

More money for Coldplay if Spotify IPOs.

Strong PlayStation Sales Boost Sony

The most significant negative, unusually, was Sony's Devices division, which covers components including image sensors.

More Awesome Code/Media Speakers? Okay: Cosmo, BuzzFeed and the New York Times Are Coming, Too.

Three of the most interesting people in publishing -- Alex MacCallum, Dao Nguyen and Joanna Coles -- are joining us next month. You should, too.

ESPN Boss John Skipper Is Coming to Code/Media

The future of Disney's sports giant has been the biggest media story of the last six months. Time to hear what the man in charge has to say.

Consumer Electronics Competition Is Shifting to the High End

While Microsoft pursues the same “premium product at a premium price” strategy as Apple, Amazon goes the other way.

Sony's Michael Lynton, Machine Zone's Gabe Leydon and Chartbeat's Tony Haile Are Coming to Code/Media 2016

Deep insight into movies, music, TV, games and Web publishing: All onstage in February. You should be there, too.

Sony Buys Toshiba's Image Sensor Business for $155 Million

The facilities will operate under Sony's new wholly owned subsidiary, the Sony Semiconductor Corporation.

Sony's Web TV Service Signs Disney and ESPN. Who Caved?

Sony's Vue is going to sell subscribers ESPN, whether they like it or not.

Sony's Kaz Hirai Talks Autonomous Cars (But No Sony Robot Vehicle -- Yet)

The company is exploring bringing its images sensors to the next generation of vehicles.

Ericsson CEO on the Rise of 5G Internet, Mobile Payments and More at Code/Mobile (Full Video)

Hans Vestberg also talked about traveling to four or five countries a week.

Sony Acquires SoftKinetic, Which Can Track Hands for Virtual Reality

It's sort of like having a baby-sized Kinect mounted on your face.

Sony and Verizon Cancel Launch of Xperia Z4v Smartphone

A significant blow to Sony's already-weak presence in the U.S. smartphone market.

Sony's Xperia Z5 Premium Has an Absurd 4K Display

The Z5 Premium looks undeniably luxurious, but it's not clear if it has more to show beyond a rich, glossy finish.

Yee-Haw? VR Is the 'Wild West' and Taming It Will Be Tough.

The good, the bad and the nausea-inducing.

IFA 2015 Preview: Android Wear Takes Over Berlin

The new gear expected from Samsung, Asus, Motorola, Sony and more.

A Radical Plan to Save the Big Music Labels: Shrink the Big Music Labels

Dave Goldberg's prescription for Sony Music called for a complete overhaul.

Sony Books Highest Q1 Profit Since 2006 on Strong Sensor Sales

The company also nudged up its full-year forecast for its gaming division due to strong PlayStation 4 sales.

Choose Your Reality: Virtual, Augmented or Mixed

There are differences! Big ones.

Could Social AR/VR Be Nintendo's Next 'Blue Ocean'?

We might have figured out what Nintendo's NX could be.