The first potential technical problem with Apple, Inc.’s new iPhone 7 has emerged, with some users reporting that the phone will make a hissing sound under heavy usage. According to 512Pixels, which seemed to be the first site to write about it, the sound appears when the phone is under load and comes from the back ...

In an election season where neo-McCarthyism is now acceptable nothing should really come as a surprise but this might: the Democrats believe that Wikileaks is hacking them. In a memo sent by the Association of State Democratic Chairs to members on Wednesday, the group warned those receiving the email to not visit and search the ...

A United States District Court Judge has ruled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) use of malware without a warrant to capture details of those viewing child pornography in the infamous “Playpen” case was unconstitutional. Judge David Alan Ezra ruled that the use of malware was considered search under the fourth amendment which is ...

Despite ongoing competition from Apple Inc., Spotify AB continues to thrive with the company announcing Wednesday that it had hit 40 million paying subscribers. The figure is up a full 10 million from when Spotify announced it had hit 30 million paying subscribers in late March, slightly less than 6 months ago. Interestingly, that follows an ...

The future is now, with Uber Technologies, Inc.’s delayed self-driving car trial finally getting under way in Pittsburgh Wednesday. Despite previous reports that the trial would include a fleet of modified Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles, Uber instead went with a fleet of modified Ford Fusions that were outfitted with an array of cameras, lasers, radar ...

SAP SE-owned enterprise travel and business expense management firm Concur Technologies has acquired online travel startup Hipmunk Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Hipmunk offers a travel search site that aims to help people book travel faster and more efficiently in differentiating itself by delivering results not just by price but also key ...

The born-again version of the once great social sharing site Digg Inc. has raised a Series C round from Gannett Co. Inc., the parent company of USA Today. Although the amount of the round was not disclosed, Politico reports that it was a seven-figure sum. Digg itself became a standalone company (again) when it spun off ...

Google-owned video hosting site YouTube has entered the social networking space with a new product called YouTube Community. The new service is being pitched as a way to help “strengthen the bond” between creators and viewers by allowing YouTube content creators to engage with their viewers between video uploads by allowing them to share text, ...

Verizon Communications Inc. has acquired smart lighting startup Sensity Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Sensity offers a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN) that is designed to help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as delivering business processes that go ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may be planning to brick its Note7 smartphones that have not been returned following the recall of the device earlier this month. The source of the potential decision is unclear, with some sites attributing it to a subsequently deleted thread on Reddit that claimed at the very least, Samsung was planning to remotely ...