The meme based on that “crazy cat lady” may have some basis in truth, with a new study from Facebook, Inc. finding that cat people are more sad and lonely compared to people who own dogs. According to the study of 160,000 users, Facebook found that on average people who own dogs have 26 more friends than ...

A Russian, organized cyber crime group has breached hundreds of computer systems at Oracle Corp., according to an influential security blog. KrebsOnSecurity claims that the hackers have compromised the customer support portal for companies using Oracle’s MICROS unit, a division that manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services for the restaurant point of sale, hotel, hospitality, ...

Hulu, Inc. is discontinuing its free, ad-supported streaming service, and is instead offering some of its content for free on Yahoo, Inc., the company announced Monday. The move by Hulu to drop direct free streaming, despite the company being founded on that exact model back in 2007, did not come as a complete surprise given ...

The days of celebrities and influencers taking money for content and product placements without disclosure may be numbered, with news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is cracking down on the practice. The crackdown on paid posts will require celebrities and advertisers to be explicit in telling viewers that the content has been paid for ...

Online accommodation marketplace Airbnb, Inc. is raising a new round of $850 million on a $30 billion valuation, according to a filing the company made with the State of Delaware. According to Bloomberg, the filing did not indicate who made the investment, and Airbnb has declined to comment. The valuation figure on the round is ...

Apple, Inc. has made a serious play in the artificial intelligence (AI) space by acquiring machine learning startup Turi, Inc., a company previously known as both Dato and GraphLab. The acquisition price is believed to be $200 million according to Geekwire who broke the story. Founded in 2013, Turi offers a machine learning platform that ...

Two men in Houston, Texas have been arrested for stealing over 100 vehicles by using a laptop computer to hack into the cars to start them. Michael Arce, 24, and Jesse Zelaya, 22, were arrested last weekend after officers caught them stealing a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a laptop and then driving it to southwest ...

Facebook announced Thursday that it was changing the way its news feed selects stories by penalizing sites and stories that use clickbait headlines to attract traffic. The company explained the changes as being about making sure the news feed delivered “authentic communication” to users, who are said to like seeing authentic news stories the most. ...

Soon to be Microsoft Corp. owned business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn Corp. beat market expectations with revenue surging in its second quarter financials in what is to be its last report as an independent company. For the quarter ending June 30 the company reported revenue of $933 million, up 31 percent from the same quarter ...

Bitcoin merchant services provider Coinify ApS has raised $4 million Series A in a round led by SEB Venture Capital that included SEED Capital Denmark. Founded in 2014, Coinify offers a blockchain payment service platform with a focus on extending blockchain currency payment processing and trading services to merchants and consumers respectively. The company’s platform ...