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Let the battle begin: Anonymous declares war on ISIS over Paris terrorist attacks
Members of the hacking collective Anonymous have responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris by openly declaring war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). The declaration of war came by a video posted to YouTube and includes a man wearing the synonymous Guy Fawkes mask reading a statement in French calling ...
Rdio gives up the ghost, files for bankruptcy and sells core assets to Pandora for $75m
Streaming music company Rdio, Inc. is no longer with the company Monday both filing for bankruptcy and announcing it had sold its core assets to Pandora, Inc. The deal will see Pandora pick up technology and intellectual property from the failed music streaming service for $75 million The Verge reported, with “many employees” from Rdio ...
Group claims Bitcoin may have been used to fund Paris terrorist attacks
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) may have channeled funds used to set up Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris by using Bitcoin according to a group monitoring the organization. The report comes from the Ghost Security Group, an offshoot of Anonymous who describes themselves as a counterterrorism network that combats extremism ...
Facebook sides with terrorists against group who wanted to report ISIS accounts
Social media giant Facebook, Inc.’s commitment to being against terrorism after the horrific attacks that occurred in Paris Friday has been called into doubt, with the company apparently taking sides with ISIS instead of the voice of those opposed to the group. Facebook stands accused of banning a Facebook group called “Report ISIS accounts” which, as ...
Miracle in Paris as Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge saves man from suicide bomber
Is the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge so good it can save a life? It turns out the answer to that question is yes, with one man crediting his life to Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.’s flagship device during the horror which was the Islamic terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night. According to a French media ...
VC redux: the born-again Digg raises $4m Series A… Yes, that Digg
The born-again version of once great social sharing site Digg, Inc. has taken the venture capital path with the company taking $4 million Series A (apparently you start again when you’re reborn) in a round from DG Incubation, the Tokyo-based investment subsidiary of Digital Garage. As part of the deal, Digg itself is spinning off ...
Visa and Epiphyte team for Blockchain proof-of-concept testing for fintech payments
Visa, Inc. wants a part of the future in fintech payment solutions with an announcement it is working on a proof-of-concept for a Blockchain-based remittance service. Working with distributed ledger specialist Epiphyte Ltd. through its Visa Europe Collab innovation hub, the project is looking to use the Blockchain to power an improved remittance service for ...
Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly, manages to avoid getting a ticket
One of Google’s cute, little self-driving cars had a run-in with the law Thursday, with a test vehicle being pulled over by an Officer in Mountain View. While the notion of a self-driving car being pulled over for a traffic infringement it both amusing and ethically interesting at the same time, the vehicle was actually ...









