Bitcoin mining firm Genesis Mining, Inc. has announced the launch of what is claimed to be the world’s first Bitcoin mining fund. The Logos Fund will cater to high net worth individuals, investment funds, and accredited investors looking to take part in the rapidly growing Bitcoin ecosystem, and will operate as a Securities and Exchange ...

Police in Brazil have released a Senior Facebook Executive arrested over a dispute regarding a court order to produce data from its WhatsApp messaging service. Facebook Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan was released following a Sergipe State court decision by judge Ruy Pinheiro, who considered the detention of Diego Dzodan in Sao Paulo ...

Enterprise messaging platform provider Slack Technologies, Inc.is said to be looking to raise a new round on a $4 billion valuation, according to multiple reports Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is looking to raise $150 million, however, Bloomberg Business says that they are looking for between $150 million to $300 million. ...

Alphabet, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt is going to Washington to chair a new advisory group for the Department of Defense (DoD). Called the “Defense Innovation Advisory Board,” the new board is said to be an effort to enhance DoD’s culture, organization, and processes by tapping innovators from the private sector, in Silicon Valley ...

Cloud-based email management firm Mimecast Ltd. is set to preview an email security cloud service designed to protect customers from the growing threat from spear-phishing email attack where company officers are impersonated, also known by names including CEO Fraud, Business Email Compromise or whaling. The new service, going by the name of the Impersonation Protect, ...

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new security system for enterprises using its Windows 10 operating system that is claimed to be able to stop attacks as soon as they happen. Called “Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection,” the system monitors computer systems within an enterprise and looks for signs that an attack is occurring, and ...

Police in Brazil have arrested a senior executive from social networking giant Facebook, Inc. over a dispute regarding a court order to produce data from its WhatsApp messaging service. Facebook Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan was arrested by Brazilian Federal Police in Sao Paulo state following a ruling from a judge in Sergipe ...

The latest contender into the burgeoning virtual reality space is one no one in their right minds expected, and that’s the McDonald’s Happy Meal. Happy Goggles (we promise we’re not making this up) comes from McDonald’s Sweden as part of a limited time only promotion, and allows those buying a Happy Goggles Happy Meal to ...

Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing startup BitFury Group Ltd. has announced that it has invested in Kenyan Bitcoin exchange BitPesa. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Founded in November 2013, the Nairobi-based startup pitches itself as an easy way to send money to Africa, although it primarily has an East African focus, ...

Management consulting services giant Accenture PLC has entered the cyber intelligence space with the launch of its new Accenture Cyber Intelligence Platform Monday. The platform, an addition to Accenture’s existing Managed Security offerings, is said to marry advances in chip processor technology with a proprietary combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning and streaming analytics to ...