The price of bitcoin continues to defy skeptics in the lead up to Christmas as some experts predict it may return to its highs last seen in 2017. As of 9:15 p.m. EST Sunday, bitcoin had hit $4,158.02 and appeared to be on track to pass $4,200, its highest level in nearly a month as part ...

Facebook Inc. is looking at entering the cryptocurrency market with its own stablecoin, according to a new report. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, claimed the Facebook is designing the stablecoin for use with its WhatsApp messaging app, focusing first on the remittances market in India. Stablecoins offer the benefits of a cryptocurrency, including ...

The price of bitcoin today broke through $4,000 as the so-called “Santa Claus rally” that started on Dec. 17 continues to gather steam. After a horrific year that saw its price drop from a high of nearly $20,000, bitcoin hit its bottom of $3,139.96 on Dec. 15. On Dec. 17, bitcoin rose from $3,236.84 to $3,503.20 while ...

Two weeks after it was reported to be laying off around 13 percent of its workforce, Ethereum blockchain startup and venture capital firm ConsenSys is cutting even more workers in an apparent sign that it may be in serious trouble. Problems at the company, formally called Consensus Systems Inc., were first detailed in an article Dec. 5 that ...

One of the U.K.’s largest airports remains closed after rogue drones were seen near its main runway on Wednesday and Thursday. After the first drone sighting, Gatwick Airport, one of a number of airports in the greater London area and the second-busiest in the country behind Heathrow, ceased all inbound and outbound flights at 9:10 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice today indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in a hacking group that allegedly broke into and stole data from 45 U.S. tech companies and government agencies. The two men are Zhu Hua, known online as Afwar, CVNX, Alayos and Godkiller, and Zhang Shilong, also known as Baobeilong, Zhang Jianguo ...

Microsoft Corp. today issued a rare standalone security update for Internet Explorer after the discovery of an actively exploited vulnerability. Discovered by Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group, it’s described as a vulnerability in the way in which the Internet Explorer scripting engine handles objects in memory. “The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way ...

Adding to a growing list of big tech companies ready to test the public markets, photo sharing site Pinterest is reported to be preparing for an initial public offering in 2019. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the company’s plans, today said Pinterest could go public as soon as April on a valuation ...

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has admitted in an internal memo that employee information was stolen in a hack that occurred in October. The memo, first reported Tuesday by Spaceref.com, states that on Oct. 23 NASA cybersecurity personnel “began investigating a possible compromise of NASA servers where personally identifiable information was stored. “After initial analysis, ...

Apple Inc. was once highly respected for quality control in relation to its high-priced, premium hardware but for a number of years, it seems to have fallen short. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, however, it turns out iPad Pros have bends in them. Worse yet, the company Steve Jobs founded is claiming that bended iPad ...