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Blockchain

Crypto crash spreads: Mining firms shut down as bitcoin continues to plummet

By Duncan Riley Nov 22, 2018

The impacts of a massive drop in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is spreading, as crypto mining companies began shutting down operations and declaring bankruptcy Thursday. Cryptocurrency mining is a process that…

Security

Adult website for furries hacked and member data leaked online

By Duncan Riley Nov 22, 2018

High Tail Hall, an adult website for furries, has been hacked, leaking member data online. Furries, for those unfamiliar with the term, are people who like to dress up and pretend to be animals. High Tail…

Apps

Challenging Apple, Amazon Pay reportedly coming to physical stores

By Maria Deutscher Nov 22, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. reportedly wants to take on Apple Inc. in the mobile payments market. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the company plans to bring its Amazon Pay digital wallet into physical…

Emerging Tech

Israeli startup grabs $5.5M in seed funding to build a full ‘quantum stack’

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2018

Israeli startup Quantum Machines Co. has joined the race to build the infrastructure necessary to support quantum computing. The company, which is based in Tel Aviv, said today it has raised $5.5 million in a…

Apps

Facebook comes clean about hiring Definers PR firm to investigate George Soros

By James Farrell Nov 21, 2018

Facebook Inc. admitted Wednesday that it hired a right-wing-oriented public relations firm to investigate billionaire George Soros and some of the company’s competitors, following an expose that said as much published by the New York…

Infra

‘Hyperscale’ data center firms take infrastructure spending to new levels

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2018

Hyperscale data center operators spent a combined $26 billion on new infrastructure in the last quarter, up more than 53 percent from the third quarter of 2017. The data comes from Synergy Research Group’s…

Blockchain

As crypto circus plays on, both forked versions of Bitcoin Cash run into problems

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2018

Just when the damaging infighting between rival Bitcoin Cash factions couldn’t get any worse, both forked versions of the bitcoin spinoff have suffered from various technical issues. The first act in what is starting to…

Emerging Tech

BMW to launch China ride-hailing business in December

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2018

German auto manufacturer BMW AG is expanding its nascent ride-hailing business to China with plans to start offering services in the Middle Kingdom from December. The first global automaker to obtain a ride-hailing license in China,…

Apps

As iPhone sales falter, Apple supplier Foxconn to reduce operations costs by $3B

By Mike Wheatley Nov 21, 2018

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, apparently is planning to cut operational costs by about 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) following what it said was a “very difficult and…

Security

USPS exposes 60M customer records via a leaky API

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2018

The U.S. Postal Service has patched a security vulnerability that exposed the data of some 60 million customers to anyone who was logged into the USPS.com website. Made public Sunday by security researcher Brian Krebs,…

the latest

Crypto crash spreads: Mining firms shut down as bitcoin continues to plummet

Adult website for furries hacked and member data leaked online

Challenging Apple, Amazon Pay reportedly coming to physical stores

Israeli startup grabs $5.5M in seed funding to build a full ‘quantum stack’

Facebook comes clean about hiring Definers PR firm to investigate George Soros

As crypto circus plays on, both forked versions of Bitcoin Cash run into problems

BMW to launch China ride-hailing business in December

As iPhone sales falter, Apple supplier Foxconn to reduce operations costs by $3B

USPS exposes 60M customer records via a leaky API

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