Aaron Swartz commits suicide
Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City yesterday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment to The Tech. Swartz was 26. — “The tragic and heartbreaki...
Official Statement from the family and partner of Aaron Swartz
Our beloved brother, son, friend, and partner Aaron Swartz hanged himself on Friday in his Brooklyn apartment. We are in shock, and have not yet come to terms with his passing. — Aaron's insatiable...
Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw “shortly”
(Reuters) - Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in ...
The Verge Awards: the best of CES 2013
This is not about revenge. This is about justice. This is the best of CES 2013. — We came, we saw, we got lost in a virtual world. And now we're back. The show that was supposed to be the last o...
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Fights to Keep His Job
After Andrew Mason founded Groupon (GRPN) in 2008, companies like Google (GOOG) and LivingSocial rushed to imitate the daily deal business he created. Less than five years later, the allure of discou...
The Boy Who Cried Facebook Phone
In The Lord of the Rings, when Sauron's forces capture Gollum, they torture him in Mordor but are only able to get two things out of him: “Shire” and “Baggins”. Over the past few days, we've had simi...
Tencent Responds in Case of Apparent WeChat Censorship
The evidence. — Yesterday we broke the story of how WeChat, the world's biggest Whatsapp-style messaging app, was apparently censoring words that are deemed “sensitive” on the Chinese web right now.
The less expensive iPhone
Rumors of a less expensive iPhone, in one form or another, certainly aren't new. Rumors follow want. We want iPhones, the less expensive iPhones are the more of them we can have, and the more often ...
Microsoft declares Windows RT Jailbreak tool is safe, says it ‘appreciates the work of researchers’
On Thursday, the Windows RT Jailbreak tool was released, opening the door further for a Microsoft Surface homebrew community. We asked Microsoft to expand on its previous comments …