Consumer Reports test results find iPhone 6 and 6 Plus not as bendy as believed
We stress test Apple's new phones, plus comparable models from Samsung, LG, and HTC — Two days ago, the Internet erupted with photos of bent iPhone 6s, and a very-viral video of a guy creasing an iP...
Unpaid programmer who maintains Bash may have inadvertently introduced Shellshock bug in 1992
Security Experts Expect ‘Shellshock’ Software Bug in Bash to Be Significant — Long before the commercial success of the Internet, Brian J. Fox invented one of its most widely used tools.
Marc Andreessen says many startups with high cash burn rates will vaporize when market turns
Marc Andreessen Sounds Warning on Start-Ups Burning Cash — Fretting over a possible downturn in Silicon Valley is now a mainstream pursuit. — Marc Andreessen, the prominent venture capitalist …
How Airbnb, in just six years, grew to host 400k guests a night and set off a war in NYC
“The Dumbest Person in Your Building Is Passing Out Keys to Your Front Door!” — The war over Airbnb gets personal. — One morning a few months ago, New Yorkers opened their eyes to a city that …
iOS 8's MAC address randomization feature, intended to prevent location tracking, requires cellular data, location services off
More details on how iOS 8's MAC address randomization feature works (and when it doesn't) — A few days ago Apple published a new privacy page on its website …
Why dire predictions of the perils of Apple removing its backdoor to user data on iOS are misguided
Old Technopanic in New iBottles — Gather around young'uns: Back in the antediluvean early 90s, when the digital world was young, a motley group of technologists and privacy advocates fought …
US State Department fights ISIS social media propaganda with accounts like @ThinkAgain_DOS
Digital War Takes Shape on Websites Over ISIS — WASHINGTON — Along with its surprising military success, the Islamic State group has demonstrated a skill and sophistication with social media previou...
Secret launches Ping, an app that sends content notifications, says no ties to Secret app
Startup Behind Anonymous App Secret Unveils Another New App: ‘Ping’ — The startup behind anonymous posting app Secret has unveiled another new app, Ping. — Secret's latest creation appeared …
Ello plans to charge for features, like a one-time fee of $2 to manage two different accounts
An audacious plan to fix the Internet's original sin — The social networking site Ello is just five weeks old, but damn if it hasnt made an impression. In the past week …
Forget AOL — Activist Attack on Yahoo Is All About Forking Over Alibaba Cash
Activist Attack on Yahoo Is All About Forking Over Alibaba Cash — While the noisy late Friday afternoon attack on Yahoo by perennial shareholder attacker Starboard Value was designed to attract headl...