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A group of bitcoin companies has joined together to launch the Bitcoin Development Grant, a $1.2 million grant fund for bitcoin protocol development. The fund will be used to support teams working on bitcoin protocol development, foster greater diversity of innovation and, according …
Google security engineer slams antivirus software, cites better security methods
Google Inc. senior security engineer Darren Bilby isn’t a fan of antivirus software, telling a conference in New Zealand that more time should be spent on more meaningful defenses such as whitelisting applications. Speaking at the Kiwicon hacking conference, Bilby said that …
Watch Australian eagles attack and take down $10,000 drones
There has been talk about training eagles to take down drones on purpose, but in at least one place, eagles are taking down drones all of their own volition. Near Kambalda, a remote gold mining town in Western Australia, gold miner Gold Fields Ltd. …
PoisonTap’s $5 device can hijack locked computers in a minute
How easy is it to break into a sleeping personal computer? All you need is a tiny $5 Raspberry Pi computer and freely available software, according to a disclosure from hacker Samy Kamkar. Called PoisonTap, the hack works by tricking a locked …
Samsung acquires Rich Communication Services for chat technology
Fresh from its acquisition of audio and connected car device maker Harman International Industries Inc. for $8 billion, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has made another acquisition in the form of NewNet Communication Technologies (Canada) Inc., a division of NewNet Communication Technologies BV that …
Report: Snap has filed the paperwork for its IPO
Snap Inc. has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, according to a report published Tuesday. Reuters quotes sources familiar with the situation as saying that along with the confidential IPO filing, Snap could go public as soon as March on a …
Cloud project management firm Mavenlink raises $39m
Project management Software as a Service company Mavenlink Inc. has raised $39 million in a Series D round led by Goldman Sachs. Founded in 2008, Mavenlink offers software and services for advanced project management, task collaboration, resource allocation, work management and professional …
Samsung snaps up audio and connected car firm Harman for $8 billion
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has acquired car audio and electronics maker Harman International Industries Inc. for $8 billion. Founded in 1980, Harman is best known as a maker of car radio and music players. Over the last few years, it has shifted …
Report: Apple weighs expansion into augmented reality glasses
Apple Inc. could be the next company to field an augmented reality device, according to one report Monday. Bloomberg claims that the tech giant is weighing an expansion into digital glasses. Although Apple is said to be still in an exploration phase, …
Will the Trump presidency be good or bad for bitcoin?
Will Donald J. Trump, the next President of the United States, be good for bitcoin? That’s a question many in the cryptocurrency space are currently grappling with. Many do believe that a Trump presidency will be good for the bitcoin market — …