Welcome to the SiliconANGLE live blog of Apple’s latest launch event this September 9. In the lead up to this event we’ve heard various rumors and alleged leaks in regards to product launches across Apple’s lineup, including a new iPhone 6S, Apple TV, and potentially a new 12.9 inch iPad called the iPad Pro. Starting ...

Cryptocurrency exchange service ShapeShift AG has raised seed funding of $1.6 million in a round led by Digital Currency Group and Roger Ver that included Bitfinex, Bitcoin Capital, Mardal Investments, along with Bruce Fenton, Trevor Koverko and Michael Terpin. Founded in August 2014, ShapeShift enables the immediate exchange of digital assets including Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, ...

Identity and mobility management company Okta, Inc. has raised $75 million Series F in a round that included existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital, along with Khosla Ventures, Altimeter, Glynn Capital and others. According to reports, the round was done on a $1.2 billion valuation, giving the company unicorn status for the ...

“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. Drugs, guns, hot chicks, conspiracy theories that don’t have anything to do with jet fuel and steel beams, international intrigue, more drugs, weird arrests, people trying ...

Australian Bitcoin mining company Bitcoin Group Ltd. is going public, with stock in the company due to be listed of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in November. The company is seeking to raise AU$20 million ($14 million) in the initial public offering of 100 million new shares at AU$0.20 (14 cents) a share with a ...

Owners of wireless hard drives made by Seagate Technologies PLC are at risk of being hacked after it was discovered that certain drives were shipped with a vulnerability that delivered hackers easy access. First discovered by Tangible Security, Inc. last week, the vulnerability is a strange one simply due to the absurd simplicity of it: ...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (Woz) has taken to Facebook to discuss the new Steve Jobs biopic by Aaron Sorkin and has had some interesting, potentially controversial things to say about the late man. Posting comments in response to Rackspace, Inc. Startup Liaison Officer Robert Scoble posting about the movie, and a recent documentary on Jobs’ ...

Apple’s gargantuan forthcoming mega-tablet the iPad Pro is expected to be revealed September 9, but as we get closer, more details about the device continue to leak. Described by 9to5Mac as coming with a “monster screen” still expected to come in at 12.9 inches, the iPad Pro is said to be launching with features fitting ...

Is Apple aiming to deliver the singularity? They might not quite be aiming that high in 2015, but the tech giant is currently beefing up its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning staff, according to a report Monday. Reuters claims that Apple is currently attempting to hire 86 people in the AI field, in particular ...

Bitcoin payment processor BitPay, Inc. thinks Bitcoin needs to better promoted, and they’ve got a proposal that they believe will do just that. Talking to the IBTimes last week, BitPay Chief Commercial Officer Sonny Singh floated the idea of the larger Bitcoin startups and firms coming together to form what he describes as a “Bitcoin ...