Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange Coin Republic (Rapid Net Profits Lte.) is reported to be in acquisition talks, according to one report local time Monday. Deal Street Asia claims “an executive familiar with the cryptocurrency sector” is saying that the company is in talks to be acquired by a non-Singaporean company. The site, to its credit, followed ...

Microsoft Corp. is reported to have acquired Software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud cybersecurity company Adallom, Inc. for $320 million. Founded in 2012 by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak and Roy Reznik, former members of the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ Unit 8200, Adallom offers a cloud access security platform which delivers visibility, governance and protection for cloud applications. Available as ...

In a defining, end of an era move, Japanese telco giant SoftBank Group Corp. is said to be winding down its Venture Capital arm, an arm that has funded an amazing variety of startups. According to reports, new SoftBank Chief Executive Officer Nikesh Arora has said that the company is moving away “from making a bunch ...

Bitcoin Blockchain investment company Coinsilium Ltd. is going public, with the company announcing an initial public offering scheduled for August. Founded in 2014 by the founders of Bitcoin and Blockchain incubator Seedcoin, Coinsilium describes itself as an investment company that facilitates “the creation and mainstream implementation of Blockchain technology products and services from our headquarters in ...

Global law enforcement agencies have shut down the notorious cybercrime forum Darkode after a prolonged investigation into its members. Reports are conflicting on how many people have been arrested in relation to the site, with numbers ranging from a dozen through to as many as 60, although there is some suggestion that authorities are pursing ...

Cybersecurity firm FireEye, Inc. would be feeling rather embarrassed today with news that they had employed an intern who turned out to be one of the world’s top Android hackers. 20-year-old Morgan Culbertson, according to reports, was arrested Wednesday and stands accused of being the mastermind behind Dendroid, malware that infects Android phones and can ...

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s latest Android-powered smartphones may be not far off, with an unconfirmed report Tuesday suggesting that they’ll be announced in August. According to Samsung dedicated site Sammobile, Samsung will announce the Galaxy Note 5, along with the Galaxy S6 Plus and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus on August 12, with all three ...

Notorious spyware vendor Hacking Team may have set the cat among the pigeons in the Bitcoin space with news that it has found a way to track Bitcoin transactions. According to Ars Technica, among the 400GB of files released as part of a massive hack, the company developed a piece of software called Money Module ...

Legendary computer brand Commodore is back from the dead, of sorts, at least in name, in the form of an Android-powered smartphone. The Commodore-branded phone is reported to come from a pair of Italian entrepreneurs who somehow ended up with the company name (and branding) and is called the PET; if that means as much ...

The ultimate (back in the day) fan-boi Web 2.0 dating site PlentyOfFish, Inc. just went the same way as some of the sites did from that period (in a positive sense, most went tits up) and sold out, and in this case, for a staggering $575 million. According to reports, the buyer was the Match ...