iPhone SE security: What we still don’t know
Every time a new iPhone comes out, the Internet explodes with discussion over its new features, its upgrades, and whether or not the changes are really worth making (a common complaint, for instance, is…
Punch Club pirated over 1.5 million times since launch
By Eric David
After an incredibly successful Twitch Plays event, boxing tycoon sim Punch Club was this year’s first surprise indie hit, boasting over $1 million in revenue within weeks of its release. Any slightly popular game eventually…
Watch Blizzard’s first Overwatch animated short featuring Winston
By Eric David
Blizzard Entertainment has released the first in a series of animated shorts for its upcoming team-based shooter, Overwatch, and the studio is kicking things off with everyone’s favorite “super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla,” Winston. Fans were first…
Studio Ghibli animation software platform Toonz sees open source release
By Kyt Dotson
The Toonz animation software used by Studio Ghibli, maker of amazing movies by Hayao Miyazaki such as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, has been slated for release as free and open source software. This…
iPhone SE protects photos better with iOS 9.3 update for iMessage security flaw
With today’s release of iOS 9.3, Apple has patched up a bug in the iMessage encryption, protecting phones and their messages from a security hole that could compromise pictures and videos sent through the…
iPhone SE full specs and colors: New Apple Watch bands, iPad
Update: full details on products announced at today’s Apple Event can be found here. The rumors were right on point as Apple officially unveiled new devices at its Spring event. Fanboys awaiting this latest lineup…
TeamViewer users the latest victim of ransomware
The remote access tool from TeamViewer GmbH may be great for working together across computers, providing computer access for professionals and tech support that allows them to assist users or work together on a…
Oracle’s Q3 earnings described as “hypergrowth”
Oracle is entering a new stage of growth, with revenue from its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) in Q3 far exceeding expectations. With stock on the rise, renewal rates high, and growth exceeding that…
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Mattermark nabs $7.3M for its business-oriented search engine
There is no shortage of services for finding competitive intelligence on the web, but most come with some sort of drawback. Google is second to none at running generic queries yet falls short when…
Google, Microsoft and other tech giants team up to fix email security
The proportion of inbound messages that arrive in Gmail properly encrypted has jumped from 50 percent to nearly 70 percent over the past two years, a figure that Google Inc. expects will continue to…