New research from cybersecurity firm Rapid7, Inc. has discovered that two popular devices aimed at children have shipped with security vulnerabilities that would allow the devices to be accessed by nefarious third parties. The research found that both the Fischer-Price Smart Toy and hereO GPS had an issue with the platform’s web service (API) authorization. In ...

In what could be one of the more interesting buys in recent times, Microsoft Corp. is reported to have acquired SwiftKey (TouchType Ltd.) the maker of a predictive keyboard for iOS and Android devices. The Financial Times quotes the proverbial “people familiar with the deal” as saying the price of the acquisition was around $250 ...

New releases across Apple, Inc.’s range of devices could be coming sooner than expected with a report Tuesday that a launch event is currently scheduled for March 15. 9to5mac claims that the event will see Apple launch a new 4-inch the iPhone, a new iPad Air 3, and new Apple Watch band. Rumors of a ...

Proving the old saying that “some people never learn”, the former Secret Service agent who was arrested for stealing Bitcoin during the investigation into notorious dark web marketplace Silk Road has been re-arrested following an apparent attempt to flee the country. Agent Shaun W. Bridges, who had previously spent time as a member of the ...

Bitcoin exchange Kraken (Payward, Inc.) has announced a new investment from leading Japanese venture capital firm SBI Investment. The amount of the investment was not disclosed and was only named as “multi-million”, and will form part of a Series B round Kraken is currently raising. SBI Investments’ parent company the SBI Holding has interests in ...

Not only will Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. be launching its new flagship Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones in Barcelona later this month, they will also be launching a new 360 degree virtual reality (VR) camera, at least according to one report Monday. SamMobile claims exclusively that the South Korean chaebol will be launching the ...

Could the “U” in the Sesame Street segment “letter of the day” soon stand for “unicorn,” with another segment asking viewers to count to “Series A”? Those questions may actually not seem all that absurd given news Monday that Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization that produces Sesame Street, has launched a venture capital arm. Seriously. ...

Alphabet, Inc., the company previously known as Google, has reported another quarter of stellar results off the back of continued advertising growth from its core Google business. Beating market expectations, Alphabet reported revenue $21.3 billion on $8.67 earnings per share, versus the average Wall Street prediction of $20.8 billion on $8.10. Of those figures, the ...

Arthur Budovsky, the founder of the now defunct notorious cryptocurrency service Liberty Reserve, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to run a money laundering service. The guilty plea before the U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote of the Southern District of New York occurred Friday and followed Budovsky’s arrest in Spain back in ...

As expected, Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s latest flagship smartphone the Galaxy S7 is coming in February. But now we finally have a confirmed date and time. Samsung has sent out invites to a new “Unpacked” event scheduled for Sunday, February 21st at 7 pm Central European Time (1 pm EST) in Barcelona in Spain, and ...