The United States Government may  get tougher on Chinese companies that benefit from State sponsored cyber-espionage, with the Administration said to be planning to announce unprecedented sanctions. According to reports, what form the sanctions will take has yet to be decided, but “a final call is expected soon—perhaps even within the next two weeks,” according ...

British financial services company Barclays Bank PLC is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon with news that it will start facilitating Bitcoin payments. According to The Sunday Times (paywall) Barclays has a announced that it will start supporting the use of Bitcoin for payments to charities as an alternative way for those non-profits to raise funds. ...

The 4th generation of Apple, Inc.’s Apple TV will be getting a price hike along with a serious boost under the hood, a report claimed over the weekend. 9to5Mac claims that the new Apple TV will retail for “below $200” before further noting that it will go on sale for either $149 or $199, significantly ...

Square is no longer hip if you’re a keen Instagram user with the Facebook, Inc. division announcing Thursday long overdue support for uploading photos in more standard photography shapes. While not doing anything as extreme as going into odd shapes, the app maker did formally announce that users will be able to upload pictures via ...

A new report released by International Data Corporation (IDC) has confirmed that the Apple Watch has turned out to be a flop for Apple, Inc., despite the spin from various sycophants in the tech media saying otherwise. The report covering second quarter sales shows Apple shipped 3.6 million units after going on sale April 12, ...

Apple, Inc.’s forthcoming new iPhone may finally up the megapixels with a new camera, according to a report Thursday. According to 9to5Mac “sources” the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will come with a 12 megapixel camera, the first increase in an iPhone camera since the range moved to 8 megapixels with the iPhone ...

Dark Web marketplace Agora has temporarily ceased trading due to a vulnerability in the Tor protocol which could result in the IP addresses of users being exposed. The site made the announcement Tuesday, noting that they believe they may have a solution to the problem, but it will take some time to implement. “Recently research ...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) customer communications platform provider Intercom, Inc. has raised $35 million Series C in a round led by ICONIQ Capital that included previous investors The Social + Capital Partnership and Bessemer Venture Partners. Founded in 2011, Intercom offers a customer communications platform that it claims is a fundamentally new way for internet businesses to ...

On-demand hybrid cloud software startup Velostrata, Inc. has raised $14 million Series A in a round led by Norwest Venture Partners and Greylock IL Partners (83North). Founded in 2014, Volostrata is offering what it calls the industry’s first real-time hybrid cloud solution that streams production workloads to and from the cloud in minutes. The company’s ...

A new video doing the rounds allegedly shows the form factor of the new iPhone 6s, along with some expected changes with its internals. Originating from Macrumors the video reveals an iPhone 6s logic board and display assembly paired with a number of iPhone 6 components such as the rear shell and battery to deliver ...