In an age of constant data breaches and hacking, many security experts encourage the use of online password managers. But as it turns out, the password managers themselves have vulnerabilities that can expose data on devices. A disturbing report Tuesday from Independent Security Evaluators found that the leading online password managers — 1Password, Dashlane, KeePass and LastPass ...

On-demand goods storage startup Clutter Inc. today said it has raised $200 million in new funding to allow it to expand into new markets. The Series D round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund and included Sequoia Capital, Atomico, GV, Fifth Wall and Four Rivers. Founded in 2013 and often described as the “Uber of storage,” Clutter offers a service ...

Lyft Inc. is heading toward its initial public offering possibly as soon as the end of March, according to multiple reports today. The Wall Street Journal claimed that Lyft is preparing to list its shares on Nasdaq around the end of March, but Reuters said it’s planning to launch an IPO roadshow March 18, suggesting a possible later IPO date such ...

Leading Chinese cryptocurrency hardware maker and miner Bitmain Technologies Inc. reported a $500 million loss in the third quarter as the price of bitcoin continued to drop. The figure comes from Coindesk, which claimed today that the loss was confidentially reported in an update of financial results to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as part of a review into Bitmain’s ...

Amazon.com Inc. maintained its lead in the smart home speaker market in the fourth quarter as sales of the devices hit record highs over the holiday season. The numbers come from a new report out today from Strategy Analytics, which found that in the fourth quarter, sales of the devices hit 38.5 million, up 70 percent ...

Both Uber Technologies Inc. and Cruise, the autonomous vehicle division of General Motors Co. have open-sourced their visualization software as both attempt to make the technologies a standard. Uber has open-sourced its Autonomous Visualization System, a standard for describing and visualizing autonomous vehicle perception, motion and planning data. It’s claimed to offer a powerful web-based toolkit ...

Coinbase Inc. has acquired blockchain tracking startup Neutrino srl for an undisclosed price to expand its blockchain intelligence services. Founded in 2016, Neutrino offers a platform for analyzing, tracking and investigating blockchain and other virtual currencies. The company pitches its products to law enforcement and financial companies that wish to track and trace cryptocurrency transactions. Neutrino’s XFlow ...

The price of bitcoin rallied Monday to break the $4,000 mark at least temporarily, its highest level since briefly touching the same level in early January and before that in early December. The latest price surge had cryptocurrency investors highly enthusiastic, particularly given that it occurred on Presidents Day, a U.S. public holiday where there was ...

There’s both good and bad news for cryptocurrency investors who lost around $190 million from Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX. Earlier in the month, it was reported that $190 million in customer funds consisting of both cryptocurrency and regular money had disappeared from QuadrigaCX following the alleged death of its founder Gerald Cotten of Crohn’s disease while in India. The company claimed that ...

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is set to expand support for cryptocurrencies, possibly including cryptocurrency exchange services, via an upgrade to an existing mobile app coming March 18. The news cames in the company’s financial results published Feb. 12. The Rakuten Pay app will provide support for bitcoin and possibly other cryptocurrencies. The exact details ...