Search giant Google, Inc. stands accused of manipulating its search results in favor of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a new report published Thursday. SourceFed, a YouTube channel with 1.7 million followers and with no obvious political affiliation (it primarily publishes a mix of news, pop culture, and explanatory videos) makes the ...

Philippine Bitcoin fintech startup Satoshi Citadel Industries has raised a seed round from K Venture Group (KVG), the investment arm of South Korea internet company Kakao Corporation. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Founded in 2014 with the aim of becoming the ecosystem for Bitcoin in the Philippines, Satoshi Citadel operates a number ...

Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. will now support 360-degree photographs, the company announced Thursday. The new feature will allow users to upload panorama shots as well as proper 360 degree photographs, which will then be viewable by friends on their timeline complete with the ability to browse the entire image; this is different to the ...

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 ...