Amazon workers face ‘increased risk of mental illness’
A BBC investigation into a UK-based Amazon warehouse has found conditions that a stress expert said could cause “mental and physical illness”. — Professor Michael Marmot was shown secret filming of ...
Shaken NSA Grapples With an Overhaul
Agency's Director Offered to Resign Last Summer in Wake of Snowden Leaks — WASHINGTON—Shortly after former government contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself in June as the source of leaked Natio...
ZTE Jumps On Smartwatch Bandwagon
When Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Gear launch in early September created a hype around the potential market for smartwatches, it was certain that we would soon see cheaper versions from Chinese co...
Spies worry over “doomsday” cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden
(Reuters) - British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a “doomsday” cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contract...
Mayer Confirms Hire of News Star Couric as “Global Anchor,” Calling Her the “Face of Yahoo News”
As AllThingsD had reported it would today, Yahoo said it has hired well-known TV news star Katie Couric for a high-profile job to do interviews and more on its homepage, with the decidedly lofty title...
Uber Strikes Deal To Lower The Cost Of Car Ownership For Drivers
On-demand transportation service Uber is trying to get new drivers on the road, while also improving the experience for those who are already on its platform. To do that, it's partnered with a couple...
Apple is collaborating with GN Store Nord on a “Made for iPhone” hearing aid
Denmark targets iPhone generation to keep edge in hearing aids — (Reuters) - Tiny Denmark, with fewer than 6 million people, supplies half the world's hearing aids, and local makers aim to advance …
Julian Assange unlikely to face U.S. charges over publishing classified documents
The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so...
Newegg trial: Crypto legend takes the stand, goes for knockout patent punch
Whitfield Diffie and Newegg lawyer Alan Albright, outside the federal courthouse in Marshall, Texas. — MARSHALL, TX—Newegg's courtroom face-off with patent-licensing giant TQP Development is nearing...
Google confirms RAW photo support and burst mode coming to Android
Click! Google rebuilds Android camera base for better photos — Want a better camera on your Android device? Google does, too. — For that reason, the company has overhauled the mobile OS's plumbi...
Intel Said Asking $500 Million for Streaming Pay-TV Unit
Intel Corp. (INTC) is asking about $500 million for OnCue, the online pay-TV service that the world's largest chipmaker developed before dialing back its ambitions, according to people with knowledge ...
Microsoft is fixing Skype messaging, ‘fun things’ planned for Windows Phone 8.1
Ever since Microsoft started forcing Windows Live Messenger users over to Skype earlier this year, instant messaging on Windows has been somewhat painful. If you're a frequent Skype user then you'll ...
Microsoft's device chief sees a future without three versions of Windows
Microsoft currently ships Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Phone software on a variety of devices, but it's heading towards a future where just a single version of Windows will exist.
FDA Tells 23andMe to Stop Marketing DNA Kits; 23andMe Says It's Sorry for Being Slow
23andMe's $99 DNA kits can't be advertised for their abilities to detect diseases and conditions without permission from the FDA, the FDA formally told the company on Nov. 22, as reported today by Blo...
FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe to Halt DNA Test Service
23andMe Inc., the Google Inc.-backed DNA analysis company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, was told by U.S. regulators to halt sales of its main product because it's being sold without “marketing clearanc...
Microsoft Confirms That “Excessive Profanity” In Xbox Upload Studio Videos Can Cost You Account Privileges
Reports have surfaced over the past 24 hours that Xbox users are losing their Xbox Live account privileges after uploading profanity-laced videos. Xbox One customers complained …
OneNote for Windows 8.1 now uses optical character recognition to search scanned images
It's been about four months since the OneNote app for Windows received a significant update. Today, though, Microsoft is adding several key features, with the biggest being the ability to scan images...
Western Digital Releases Black^2: 120GB SSD + 1TB HD Dual-Drive in 2.5" Form Factor
To date all the hybrid storage solutions we have seen have been rather limited. Seagate got the idea right with the Momentus XT but having only 8GB of NAND (4GB in the first generation) limited the g...
Paul Carr's news site NSFW Corp joins with Silicon Valley-backed PandoDaily
After NSFW's financial failure, the tech journalist joins the tech site PandoDaily - ‘the site of record for Silicon Valley’ — Tech journalist and entrepreneur Paul Carr's last venture was surprisin...
Samsung unveils the 5.25-inch Galaxy Grand 2, featuring a quad-core 1.2GHz processor and 1.5GB RAM
Samsung has just taken the wraps off its Galaxy Grand 2, yet another large-screen smartphone typically known as a phablet. — The Galaxy Grand 2′s screen size has been upped a notch …
BlackBerry ousts COO and CMO, replaces CFO
The high-level shakeups aren't over at BlackBerry just because the company has a new CEO. The company has just let go of Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear (pictured at left) and Chief Marketing O...
Internet backbone giant Level 3 suspected of giving NSA access to Google and Yahoo users' data
N.S.A. May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links — SAN FRANCISCO — The recent revelation that the National Security Agency was able to eavesdrop on the communications of Google …
Exclusive: Flipboard raising another $50 million
Flipboard said in September that it had raised $50 million. That was only half the story. — By Dan Primack and Jessi Hempel — FORTUNE — Social news app Flipboard is in final negotiations to raise...
TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It
The TV business is having its worst year ever. — Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable T...
Bitcoin Payment Processor BIPS Attacked, Over $1m Stolen
Europe's primary bitcoin payment processor for merchants and free online wallet service, BIPS, was the target of a major DDoS attack and subsequent theft in the past few days that saw 1,295 BTC (just ...
Android KitKat begins rolling out to Google Play editions of Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One
Google has announced that from today onwards, the Google Play editions of Samsung's Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are getting updated to Android 4.4, as noted by Android Police.
QuizUp Sends Personal User Info To Strangers, Company Says Bug Contributed To Weakened Security
It's only been two-and-a-half weeks since hit mobile trivia app QuizUp began to take the world by storm. It's fun, and it's addictive*... but if you haven't started playing yet …
After acquiring the online reservation startup, Yelp adds option to book SeatMe reservations from its listings
Yelp today introduced a new feature that lets users book SeatMe reservations directly from its service's restaurant and nightlife venue listings. The integration is now available on Yelp's Web, Andro...
Google Opens Glass Mirror API To All Developers Even If They Don't Have Glass
In the early days of Google Glass, everybody who picked up their unit would also be whitelisted for access to the Mirror API, as Google only wanted developers with access to the actual hardware to dev...