GCHQ's “HACIENDA” program completed full port scans targeting 27 countries
NSA/GCHQ: The HACIENDA Program for Internet Colonization — Translations of this article are available in German, French, Italian and Spanish. — Since the early days of TCP …
Ex-employee defends Yahoo: Mayer is ignoring legacy ad business to focus on potential growth
A Former Yahoo Employee Defends Marissa Mayer From Her Biggest Critic — Eric Jackson has had a lot to say about Marissa Mayer and Yahoo lately. He's a smart guy, I read his column and think he's ge...
After first original TV series fall flat, Amazon leans away from data-driven creative approach
For Its New Shows, Amazon Adds Art to Its Data — LOS ANGELES — Joe Lewis, a television executive at Amazon, lies on his stomach on a rumpled bed. Jill Soloway, the Emmy-nominated writer and directo...
Surgeon uses synchronized GoPros to record surgery, Oculus Rift to play it back for students
Virtual surgery gets real — What the Oculus Rift could mean for the future of medecine — Technological innovation takes time : virtual reality has been a thing in the medical field …
Germany recorded John Kerry, Hillary Clinton phone calls ‘by accident’
Secretary of State John Kerry and his predecessor, Hilary Clinton, were both caught up in German spy efforts, says a new report. According to German weekly Der Spiegel, the country's foreign intellig...
Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifeld raises $4.3M for education software company FreshGrade
FreshGrade Raises $4.3M to Connect Teachers, Students and Parents … Club Penguin founder Lane Merrifeld sold his kid-safe, massively multiplayer online gaming community to Walt Disney Co. in 2007 in w...
Farewell ‘Pure’ Exact Match, AdWords Will Soon Require All Campaigns To Use Close Variants
Today Google has announced that in late September, AdWords advertisers will no longer have the ability to de-select close variants. All campaigns will now include these variants, something that adver...
Uber To Test Moving Services In Atlanta, Nashville
Earlier this summer, we saw Uber experiment with UberRUSH, a courier service in New York City. The car service seems to be testing the waters for another service, announcing it will move Atlanta coll...
Medium adds public follower and following lists to profile pages, catching users off guard
In Exposing Followers, Medium Fails Readers — If Medium wants to turn itself into a respectable publisher, it probably shouldn't behave like a social network.
Chrome drops Microsoft's “Pointer Events” touch input spec in favor of Apple's “Touch Events”
Google to drop Microsoft-designed touch Web spec, stick with Apple tech — Developers on the Blink browser engine, the core component that powers both Google's Chrome browser …