Hackers post 9.7GB of data from Ashley Madison breach to dark web, including e-mails, profiles, and credit card transactions
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data — Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear …
Multiple sources report finding their personal info in Ashley Madison data dump despite former CTO's claims that some of the leaked data is not genuine
Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked? — Many news sites and blogs are reporting that the data stolen last month from 37 million users …
Apple to simplify retail stores by demoting iPods to shelves, dropping iPad Smart Signs
Apple is preparing to make significant changes to its stores to simplify the experience by relocating iPod stock to accessory shelves and removing iPad-based Smart Signs, according to several Apple Re...
Internal Ashley Madison documents found in a 10GB file with information about 30M+ users, confirms at least some of the data is real
Ashley Madison hack is not only real, it's worse than we thought — Intimate data for more then 30 million accounts, keys to Windows domain published.
KGI: Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro to feature optional Force Touch compatible stylus, 2015 shipments in the 4-5.5M range
According to respected and generally reliable analyst Ming Chi-Kuo from KGI Securities, Apple's long-awaited 12.9-inch iPad Pro will feature Force Touch stylus support …
Parallels 11 brings Microsoft's Cortana to Macs before Siri
The latest version of Parallels, the popular Windows virtualization tool for Mac OS X, almost feels like it's trolling Apple. One of Parallels 11's key features, alongside full Windows 10 support, is...
Microsoft issues emergency patch for vulnerability allowing attackers to hijack Windows machines via IE
IE Under Attack! Microsoft Releases Emergency Out-of-Band Patch — If Microsoft calls a vulnerability “critical,” warns that it affects all versions of Windows …
Intel Skylake CPU details revealed: These faster, more power-efficient chips can even drive three 4K monitors
Skylake-based laptops should offer a nice boost over today's Broadwell laptops, and here's why. — After weeks of teasing us, Intel finally lifted the kilt to show us details of its 6th generation CP...
GrabTaxi Lands $350M From China's Top Uber Rival Didi Kuaidi And Others
GrabTaxi, the taxi-hailing app that rivals Uber in Southeast Asia, is getting some big name support from China after it announced a $350 million Series E round from a range of investors that — most in...
Humin's Knock Knock group chat app for college students uses Bluetooth beacon technology to connect, exchange contact and social media profile info
Knock twice for friendship with this app — Say you've just met someone at a party. It turns out you guys go to the same school …
Apple CarPlay review: great text messaging integration, responsive Siri, and voice DJ control, but lags behind Google Now and Maps
Apple CarPlay Review: Siri's Finally on the Right Road — Apple's in-dash system for the iPhone sure beats anything that comes with your car but it needs more gas to take on Google.
The 50 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 1
Hardware took the spotlight at today's Y Combinator Demo Day, reflecting a major shift of the accelerator beyond the cliche mobile app startup. Out of the 50 companies from the Summer 2015 batch that...
Vaio will begin selling Z Canvas PCs in Microsoft Stores in US from October, prices start at $2,199
Vaio PCs Are Making a Comeback — Vaio, Sony's former unprofitable PC business, is attempting a comeback. Vaio Corp. plans to start selling laptops at Microsoft retail stores in the U.S. in October—...
PayPal acquires mobile commerce platform Modest, run by Obama's former campaign CTO
PayPal has made its first acquisition since it became a standalone public company. It announced today the purchase of the mobile commerce platform Modest, to bring in expertise in contextual commerce...
Android creator Andy Rubin invests $15M in CastAR to build augmented reality gaming glasses
Augmented reality gaming glasses startup CastAR has raised $15 million in funding from Android creator Andy Rubin. — The money from Rubin's Playground Global investment firm brings a variety of bene...
Silent Circle's privacy-focused Blackphone 2 available for preorder, will arrive in September
Silent Circle's Blackphone 2 Landing In September — Silent Circle showed off the second generation of its pro-privacy Android-hardened smartphone, the Blackphone, back in March …
Threat management platform AlienVault raises $52M as it looks to IPO
AlienVault Secures $52M Round With Eye Toward IPO — AlienVault, a company that delivers a hybrid threat management solutions combined with a crowd-sourced threat intelligence platform, announced a $...
Xiaomi announces MIUI 7, partners with Opera to add Max compression technology to Android ROM
Xiaomi Bakes Opera's Data Compression Tech Into Newest Version Of MIUI Android — Xiaomi may be best known for its competitively priced smartphones, which have soaked up marketshare in China …
OnePlus 2 review: solid build quality and performance make the smartphone, starting at $329 for the 16GB model, the best deal on the market
OnePlus 2 review — “Flagship killer.” That loaded term has been bandied about by virtually every smartphone maker since the iPhone took the scene by storm eight years ago.
Ex-Google exec Nikesh Arora spends $483 million to buy shares in his new company, Softbank
This is how you show confidence in your company. — Softbank president Nikesh Arora announced plans to buy 60 billion yen, or $483 million, worth of the company's shares. — He calls it a “personal ...
LinkedIn is launching a new app called ‘Lookup’ to help you quickly find and text coworkers
See Also — After failing to buy $50 billion Salesforce, Microsoft has suddenly become its hottest competitor — In April, LinkedIn got some interesting data about the way people used its service.
United States of Emoji: SwiftKey tells you the most popular emoji where you are
SwiftKey's keyboard for iOS got an update today that will show you the emojis you use the most. Yes, it has been keeping track of how many you send. — In July, people using the iPhone beta versi...
FCC fines Smart City $750K for blocking Wi-Fi hotspots after January notice that the practice is prohibited
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Tata Opportunities Fund to Invest up to $100 Million in Uber
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Fossil gives a glimpse of its first Android Wear smartwatch, a round-faced piece similar to the Moto 360 that's powered by Intel hardware
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Opera Max, Opera's data-saving proxy for Android, can now compress YouTube and Netflix videos
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Ephemeral, off-the-record messaging app Confide expands to desktop for Windows and Mac, available now for free; paid business version coming later this year
Confide brings ephemeral messaging to desktop, with Mac and Windows clients — When off-the-record messenger Confide launched …
Private cloud startup Platform9 raises $10m in Series B round led by Menlo Ventures
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Kik Takes $50 Million Investment From WeChat Parent Company Tencent, Hits $1 Billion Valuation
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Paul Maritz steps down as Pivotal CEO, to be succeeded by Rob Mee, co-founder of Pivotal Labs
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal :
Airbnb teams with Sequoia and China Broadband Capital to find a CEO for its China operations, with guest rentals from Chinese users up 700% in the past year
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Business :
Amazon set to launch new ‘Amazon Flex’ package pickup service with Prime Now in Seattle area
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire :
Seagate nabs storage maker Dot Hill Systems for $694 million
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Another serious exploit found in Android's mediaserver component, where Stagefright bugs were found; affects versions 2.3 to 5.1.1; Google's fixed latest build
Wish Wu / TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog :
Intel teams with Google to bring depth-sensing RealSense camera to Project Tango, Google's platform for 3D motion tracking on mobile devices
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Sources: Target to pay Visa up to $67M over 2013 data breach, is working with MasterCard on similar deal after earlier $19M settlement rejected
Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal :
SoftBank boosts its stake in Sprint to just over 80% with its new stock purchase of $73M
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Google OnHub will be the first Brillo device for the Google On smart home ecosystem, which will soon have its own app
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EShares, a startup that digitizes share certificates to make it easy to know who owns a company, raises $17M Series B at a post-money valuation of $77M
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