The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is advertising for a business to assist it in building a secure messaging app using distributed ledger (Blockchain) technology for the Department of Defense (DoD). An advertisement for the role appeared on the Defense Business portal and states that there is a “critical DoD need to ...

Apple Inc.’s attempt to build its own car may have faced a setback with a report claiming that negotiations with a number of German car makers have ended unsuccessfully. According to German publication Handlesblatt, Apple had held talks with both BMW AG and Daimler AG but failed due to a disagreement over who controlled what ...

A report Thursday revealed that Super PAC aligned with the Hillary Clinton campaign has spent $1 million to “correct” critics on social media sites including Facebook and Reddit. The trolling campaign (for that is what it is) is being run by a Super PAC called “Correct the Record” and goes by the name of “Barrier ...

Digital advertising revenue hit a record $59.6 billion in the United States in 2015, according to the new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The number was up a full 20 percent versus the $49.5 billion in revenue in 2014. Within the numbers mobile advertising continues to soar, growing to $20.7 billion for the ...

Blogging platform provider Medium (A Medium Corporation) has raised $50 million Series C in a round led by Spark Capital that included Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. According to Re/Code the round was raised on a $600 million valuation, up from the $400 million valuation it had when it raised a $57 million Series B ...

A Tinder-style, dating-come-social app for pot users has been exposed as having “student level security” that could be easily accessed by law enforcement or hackers. The HighThere! app was first made widely available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play in April 2015 and matches users based on several factors, including how marijuana affects ...

A new original scripted series from Sony Corp.-owned Crackle is set to combine an interesting mix of subjects: gangs, drama, and an altcoin startup. The series, titled The Startup, revolves around a startup that is pitching an altcoin by the name of GenCoin, and stars English actor Martin Freeman and The OC’s Adam Brody. According ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) decision to host a child pornography site in 2015 in an effort to catch users of the site has backfired, with a judge ruling that a warrant used in the operation was invalid. If you’ve missed the story previously, the FBI seized “Playpen”, a site described as one of ...

Verizon Communications, Inc. owned AOL has acquired virtual reality and 360-degree video company RYOT Corp. The price of the acquisition was not officially disclosed but is reported to be between $10-$15 million. Founded in 2012, RYOT describes itself as a vertically-integrated, for-purpose media company and news platform that “engages and activates millennials” (whatever that means) ...

The European Union (EU) has sent Google a formal “Statement of Objections” that outlines a case that they believe the search giant has breached EU antitrust law over the way they distribute the Android mobile operating system. In the complaint, the European Commission (the executive body of the EU) claims that Google is abusing its ...