Flying cars have long been a dream of many, an idea best personified in the 1960’s cartoon The Jetsons, but despite the best intentions over the years, no successful flying car has every really come to market. But what if that was to change? Google Co-Founder Larry Page is betting it will and has invested ...

The Internet of Things has started to change many aspects of our lives, but not so much in the bath tub … until now. Meet Edwin the Smart Duck, a rubber duckie which does just a touch more than float around a bath tub for a child’s enjoyment. Described by the company as “a smart ...

Millions of Twitter access credentials have made their way to the dark web and are currently being offered for sale, according to reports Wednesday. How many accounts have been compromised is not clear; ZDNet reports that the Russian hacker, who goes by the name Tessa88, is claiming to have 379 million records, but a later ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) come crowdsourced labor machine learning startup CrowdFlower, Inc. has raised $10 million Series D in a round that included Canvas Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Microsoft Corp. Founded in 2007, CrowdFlower offers what they describe as the essential human-in-the-loop platform for data science teams. The company’s product focuses on making data useful by ...

Process Mining startup Celonis GmbH has raised $27.5 million Series A in a round led by Accel and 83North. Founded in 2011, Celonis offers a Process Mining big data platform that automatically analyses enterprise event data to bring end-to-end transparency and efficiency to business-critical processes. The technology is said to provide full insight into how ...

A vulnerability has been discovered in Facebook’s Messenger application that could allow attackers to manipulate a conservation in the app in secret, a security firm has discovered. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. discovered the man-in-the-middle flaw in the app, saying that utilizing it makes it possible to modify or remove any sent message, ...

Network security firm Fortinet, Inc. has acquired network security monitoring and analytics solutions provider AccelOps, Inc. Although the price was not officially disclosed Reuters puts the deal at $28 million in cash, with an additional $4 million in cash subject to future performance. Founded in 2007, AccelOps offers an operations analytics platform for data centers ...

Newer versions of Google, Inc.’s Android smartphone operating system are finally coming to the fore, including its latest 6.0 Marshmallow version finally hitting double figures, according to new figures published by the search giant. According to the Google Platform Versions page, which collected the numbers by counting any Android device that accessed the Google Play ...

Victims of failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox are being targeted by scammers pretending to represent Kraken, Inc., the Bitcoin firm tasked with recovering funds from the company. The discovery was made by the security group Cyren, who according to The Register discovered that Mt. Gox users were being targeted by emails that directed them to ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may be bringing bendable smartphones to market as soon as 2017, according to one report Monday. Bloomberg, referencing “people familiar with the matter,” wrote that one model is said to fold in half, while another has a 5-inch display that “unfurls” into a tablet-sized 8-inch panel. Both phones could debut at the ...