News that the United States Government is demanding that Apple, Inc. build a backdoor into the iPhone has prompted an unprecedented response, including the first of many rallies to come from concerned iPhone users and civil liberties supporters. The original news came via a message to customers from Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, who ...

It’s well known that Yahoo, Inc.’s glory days are long behind it but one little-known fact is that its core products, search, mail, and its home page, have remained relatively strong… that is until now. According to internal data obtained by The Information, Yahoo’s core products may have entered a death spiral, with traffic down across ...

New research from cloud-based email management firm Mimecast, Inc. has found that a majority of global businesses are ill-equipped to defend against email-based cyberattacks. The study: Mimecast Business Email Threat Report 2016, Email Security Uncovered, surveyed 600 IT security professionals and found that while 64 percent consider email a serious security threat to businesses, some ...

Google Ideas, a think tank and lab that was perhaps best known for products such as ProjectShield and uProxy, has been spun off as Jigsaw and will now operate as a standalone entity under Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc. Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt made the announcement by a post on Medium (Blogger doesn’t cut ...

Another day, another doozy of a leak around Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s Galaxy S7, and this one is a good one: an actual promotion video out of Indonesia. News of the video comes via Phone Probe, which discovered a promotion page for the new Galaxy phones available on Samsung’s Indonesian site titled “Galaxy Launch Pack;” ...

Animated GIF search engine Giphy, Inc. has raised $55 million Series C in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that included General Catalyst Partners, RRE, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA and other unnamed existing investors. According to reports, the round was raised on a $300 million valuation. Founded in 2013, Giphy’s primary offering includes ...

How low can a ransomware attacker go? The answer to that question is apparently a hospital, with news that computers at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center have been taken offline following a ransomware attack. According to reports, the people behind the hack have demanded 9,000 Bitcoin ($3.6 million) to return access to internal systems, which ...

It seems like not that long ago that 3D printing was something futuristic and cutting edge, but in a sign that the technology is now old school bog standard kids toy maker Mattel, Inc. has entered the space with a printer that allows kids to print their own toys. Called the ThingMaker 3D printer, Mattel ...

With the launch of Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s new flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge less than a week away the buzz around both phones has continued to intensify, complete with newly leaked pictures, and an even wilder report: that the phones will ship with a free Gear VR headset. The latest leak pics ...

As the launch of the Galaxy S7 grows closer, those who own Samsung Electronic. Co. Ltd.’s current flagship models, the Galaxy S6, and Galaxy S6 Edge, will not be entirely forgotten with the company announcing a rollout of Android Marshmallow 6.01. The rollout, which is usually dependent on a Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge ...