Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, today announced it will delist Bitcoin SV, a cryptocurrency founded by controversial investor Craig Wright in what may be the final chapter of a saga that started over a split in Bitcoin Cash last year. That saga started when a proposed fork of the cryptocurrency saw two separate groups ...

Artificial intelligence-enabled insights platform startup Amenity Analytics Ltd. has raised $18 million in new funding to expand hiring and product development. The Series B round, announced today, was led by Starr Companies and included Allstate, Intel Capital and State of Mind Ventures. Intel Capital had previously invested in the company in October 2017. Founded in 2015, Amenity ...

In a bizarre story of a joke that has gone away, hidden messages that were originally meant for Oculus pre-production units have found their way into general production in what appears to have been a supply chain failure. The messages, which included “Big Brother is Watching,” The Masons Were Here,” “This Space For Rent” and ...

An unknown number of Microsoft Corp. email account users, including those using Outlook and Hotmail, may have had details of emails stolen in a hack that lasted from Jan. 1 to March 28. A hacker or group of hackers gained access to a customer support account for Microsoft, from which they then got access to information ...

A vulnerability in a popular related-sites WordPress plugin is being actively exploited, with security researchers urgently warning users to take action. The plugin, Yuzo Related Posts, contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows hackers to inject malicious code into a WordPress-based website using it, redirecting visitors to malicious website instead. One prominent victim of the ...

The next generation of Wi-Fi security launched in June 2018 with a claim to be the safest, most secure iteration of WiFi, but now two security researchers have found it’s hackable after all. The find comes from Mathy Vanhoef of New York University Abu Dhabi and Eyal Ronen of Tel Aviv University, who disclosed Wednesday that they ...

After years of speculation, it’s finally official: Uber Technologies Inc. is going public as the ride-hailing giant filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. In what will be one of the biggest initial public offerings of all time, Uber said it’s seeking to sell about $10 billion in stock on a valuation of ...

A little-known blockchain-based livestreaming service has received a massive boost, signing YouTube star PewDiePie in an exclusive streaming partnership. The company, DLive Inc., comes from the same people behind Lino, which raised $20 million in February 2018 and not surprisingly operates on Lino’s own custom blockchain. Pitched as empowering “creators and viewers through a revolutionary ...

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new and sophisticated advanced persistent threat framework that was likely developed by a nation-state. Dubbed “TajMahal,” the APT framework contains 80 malicious modules that can be used to attack and steal data from an intended victim. Described by Kaspersky researchers today as one of the most complex ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new attempted hack using Triton malware, which targets industrial equipment in an effort to cause physical damage to its targets. Triton was first detected in 2017 when it was used to target the operations of a critical-infrastructure organization in the Middle East. A later report, which attributed Triton to Russia, noted ...