Bitcoin exchange Harborly, Inc. has ceased trading ostensively due to the owners seeking greener pastures with a new project. Founded in 2014, Harborly pitched itself as a team of experienced entrepreneurs, financial professionals and legal advisors committed to a global vision of digital currency. The service itself was sold as a global, easy to use ...

Messaging app firm Kik Interactive, Inc. has raised $50 million Series D in a round funded solely by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings, Inc. According to reports the new round values the company at a unicorn valuation of “north of $1 billion.” Founded in 2009, Kik offers a chat app that lets users share content, ...

The hackers behind the notorious hack of extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison have been good to their word and have release nearly 10gb of user data covering tens of millions of members after the owners of the site failed to comply with demands that they cease trading. According to reports the data released by the ...

Cybersecurity legend John McAfee has today launched BlackCert, Inc., a division of his FutureTense Central company offering digital Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates that utilize the highest level of encryption technology in the industry along with highly competitive pricing. The SSL certificates operate in accordance with the Certificate Authority Security Council, the Certificate Authority/Browser Forum, ...

Google officially revealed Monday that its next version of Android (version 6.0) will be known as Android Marshmallow. As we’ve covered previously, the new version is includes native fingerprint support (fingerprint support on Android devices is currently offered by third party software), as well as the new “Doze” power saving mode and a new permissions model ...

A hack into the computer systems of the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) in May was far larger than initially reported, the agency said on Monday. New figures released indicate that the records of some 330,000 tax paying American citizens were compromised in the hack, with attempts to access a further 280,000 records thwarted by the ...

Music streaming service Deezer (Blogmusik S.A.) is said to be looking to raise funds on a €$1 billion ($1.1 billion) valuation, a report claimed Monday. Bloomberg Business quoted sources that the fund raising, still in its early stages, could involve a new venture capital round, or even the French-based music site going public with an ...

Apple, Inc.’s newest incarnation of its Apple TV box will be running a version of Apple’s mobile operating system, complete with goodies previously only available on Apple’s range of mobile devices, a report claimed Monday. Apple ubersite 9to5Mac quotes sources that claim that the new Apple TV will run a television optimized version of iOS ...

Fugitive former NSA contractor and accused traitor Edward Snowden has an opinion on the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, and while some of it is positive, his views aren’t all a bed of roses either. Speaking in an interview with The Internet Engineering Task Force 93, Snowden noted when asked about Bitcoin that the popular cryptocurrency itself is ...

While most eyes were drawn to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s launch of new phones Thursday, the company also announced to less fanfare a possibly far more import new product: the world’s largest hard drive. The unexcitedly named PM1633a is reported to offer a staggering 16 terabytes into a 2.5 inch package, compared to the largest ...