Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi today confirmed that the ride-hailing giant is on track to go public in 2019, confirming a commitment he made in August 2017. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Khosrowshahi (pictured) said the company is well-placed going into an initial public offering, saying that “we’re in a good position in ...

Google Inc. is planning to launch a new flagship model with a notch like the iPhone X’s, according to the latest set of reports. The word comes a little over four months ahead of when the search giant will likely launch its latest phone and tablet models. The Alphabet Inc.-owned company traditionally launches the latest incarnation ...

Security researchers at IBM X-Force have uncovered a new form of banking malware that leverages a remote Microsoft SQL Server to communicate with infected machines. Dubbed MnuBot, the trojan came to the attention of the researchers because unlike typical malware that directly communicates with a command-and-control server through services such as internet relay chat or ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency order halting a fraudulent initial coin offering but only after those behind it had already managed to raise $21 million. Called “Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services” (TBIS or Titanium for short), the ICO was selling tokens to develop a “shock-proof, decentralized blockchain” platform in what has to ...

Uber Technologies Inc. today launched a new panic button for its app in response to concerns about rider safety. The new feature, now available in the U.S., allows Uber passengers to connect to 911 in the event of an emergency, be it one caused by a recalcitrant Uber driver or an external issue. The button, ...

Apple Inc. today released iOS 11.4, the latest update to its mobile operating system with a range of new features, with support for AirPlay 2 and Messages on iCloud leading the list. The AirPlay 2 update delivers multispeaker and multiroom support for Apple’s struggling HomePod smart home speakers that allows the devices to be used in stereo ...

After setting a record initial coin offering of $185 million in July 2017, decentralized blockchain platform startup Block.one has done it again with a new ICO that’s now approaching $4 billion in token sales. Based in Hong Kong, Block.One is building a blockchain platform called EOS.IO that aims to “decentralize everything.” Described by the company ...

In a sign of the times, a hospital in Scotland has launched what is believed to be a world first: a residential treatment course for “crypto addicts,” those addicted to cryptocurrency trading. The course, to be run at the West Linton facility of the Castle Craig Hospital, will use techniques found to be successful in treating gambling addictions in an ...

A cryptocurrency trading assistant startup that recently completed an initial coin offering has been hacked, with around $1.35 million in Ethereum tokens stolen. The hack targeted a company called Taylor that raised Ethereum in a recent ICO in return for 10 million “TAY” tokens that would be the core of a cryptocurrency trading platform. That platform was ...

Two Canadian banks have been targeted by hackers, with financial information relating to about 90,000 customers stolen in what is likely an attempted case of blackmail. The first of the two banks and Canada’s fourth-largest lender, the Bank of Montreal, said in a statement Monday that fraudsters had contacted it on Sunday claiming that they were in ...