Retired former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson is expanding his presence in the Bitcoin space with an announcement Monday that he is now lending his name to Bitcoin wallets. The offering, run by Bitcoin Direct, LLC, a subsidiary of Connexus Corp., is said to bring consumers the first celebrity-endorsed mainstream digital wallet that allows the ...

While many companies are looking at ways to make us live longer, and perhaps even forever, one startup has a different approach to immortality: turning people into cyborgs instead. Humai, Inc. is developing technology that will allow human brains to be transplanted into a bionic body. The company claims that the “Humai” (the name of ...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 rumor mill keeps on turning, with the latest report on Monday being good news for fans who weren’t fond of the Galaxy S6 with the return of some old favorites. According to a person briefed on the company’s plans who spoke to VentureBeat, both the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge will ship ...

Gaming powerhouse Activision Blizzard, Inc. has acquired eSports network Major League Gaming, Inc. (MLG) for $46 million. News of a possible acquisition first emerged January 1. Founded in 2002, MLG runs a digital network that promotes eSports globally through premier competitions with an aim of delivering premium gaming content to viewers anytime, anywhere through its ...

Among the phones, televisions and other devices expected to be shown by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week are a number of devices from the company’s Creative Lab. The list includes a more mundane hand-motion control device for virtual reality headsets, mundane at least in comparison ...

Microsoft Corp. may be preparing to take the good fight to Apple later this year with a new Xbox Lite model that would compete directly with the Apple TV. News of the possible device first emerged at Petri IT Knowledgebase, where Brian Sams noted just before New Years Eve that he has heard from internal ...

What was your wish for 2016? Perhaps it was to build a successful startup, quit smoking, get fit, or one of any number of regulars, but did your list include building an Artificially Intelligent (AI) butler? If you answered no to that question, that would be because you’re not Mark Zuckerberg, who has as his ...

It has been a big year in tech in 2015, and if you’re not heading out this evening, what better way to celebrate than to watch New Year’s Eve live online. There are live streams covering multiple locations across the globe, and if you can’t get enough News Year’s Eve goodness, you can always celebrate ...

Enterprise Blockchain platform provider Chain, Inc. made history Wednesday when it became the first company to successfully complete and record a private securities transaction on the Nasdaq stock exchange using Blockchain technology. The transaction took place using Nasdaq’s Linq Blockchain implementation and saw the stock exchange enabling Chain to digitally represent a record of ownership ...

Apple’s range of smartphones may be getting a much-needed upgrade in 2016, with a report Wednesday claiming the company is planning to use Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screens in new iPhone models. According to Reuters , LG Display Co., Ltd. and the panel-making unit of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. have been tapped by the tech giant to ...