FBI acknowledges it ran a website distributing more than 23,000 child porn images for 13 days in 2015 as part of a sting operation
FBI ran website sharing thousands of child porn images — WASHINGTON — For nearly two weeks last year, the FBI operated what it described …
Sources: Apple veteran overseeing Project Titan electric-car initiative, Steve Zadesky, leaving company
Apple Veteran Overseeing Electric-Car Project Leaving Company — Steve Zadesky said to be leaving for personal reasons — The Apple Inc. veteran tasked with spearheading …
Child Porn Sting Goes Global: FBI Hacked Computers in Denmark, Greece, Chile
In early 2015, the FBI carried out an unprecedented hacking campaign, deploying malware on at least one thousand computers that had been used to visit a certain child pornography site.
iPad Pro Review: great display, A9X chip has no real competition in the ARM SoC space, Apple Pencil is the best tablet stylus but Smart Keyboard is a letdown
The Apple iPad Pro Review — At this point it probably isn't a secret that tablet sales have leveled off, and in some cases they have declined.
Smartwatches need more smart, phone-independent functions: fitness tracking and easy notification access aren't enough
Mossberg: Smartwatches Need to Get Smarter — Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg …
Google and RailTel launch free WiFi at Mumbai Central railway station, plan to eventually offer access points at 400 Indian rail stations
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Obama administration says a newly-created agency will conduct federal background checks, and DOD will store records, after internal review following OPM breach
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Skype helps users avoid harassment by hiding IP addresses
better late than never Rich Edmonds / Windows Central : Microsoft now hides your IP address by default in Skype Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Skype Will Now Hide IP Addresses By Default Hammad Saleem / WinB...
Samsung to open VR movie studio in New York: ‘We love stories’
The company behind the Gear VR virtual-reality headset partners with the Sundance film festival to foster new immersive experiences.
How Larry Page's interests in robots, nuclear fusion, and more are shaping Google's shift to Alphabet
How Larry Page's Obsessions Became Google's Business — Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch …
Inside Facebook's Ambitious Plan to Connect the Whole World
The stern woman behind the press desk at the United Nations is certain I've made a mistake about the person I'm here to see. “Mr. Mark Zuckerberg?” she says. “Who's he?” ¶ He's an Internet executi...
Online payday loan provider LendUp raises $150M Series B, launches its own credit card and a companion app that can be used to halt or monitor purchases
LendUp Scores $150M For A Credit Card That Won't Screw You Over — Banks are so greedy that LendUp can undercut them, help people avoid debt …
Fitbit Charge HR and Surge heart rate sensors retested in light of new class-action lawsuit, pass tests handily
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Floundering tech stocks raise questions about the IPO process, cause problems for IPO-bound unicorns
Silicon Valley's $585 Billion Problem — VCs have pumped up the value of the “unicorn” startups. Now tech IPOs are in trouble. Good luck getting out. Tweets: @mims , @ellenhuet and @katiefehren Twe...
2015 Tech IPOs Underwhelm to the Tune of 30% From Their First Day Close
tl;dr 2015 tech IPOs aren't performing well. Their decline could limit 2016 IPOs, and dampen valuations for growing private tech companies. — The 2015 technology IPO market was lackluster. Tweets: ...
Amazon brings personalized sports updates, movie theater details to Echo
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Google reaches settlement with UK to pay £130M in back taxes and higher taxes in future, after multiyear audit by UK tax agency showed a decade of underpayment
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Interviews reveal the unique way Myanmar's Facebook-loving farmers use the Internet on Chinese smartphones thanks to newly affordable SIM cards and 3G data
The Facebook-Loving Farmers of Myanmar — For six weeks last October and November, just before Myanmar held its landmark elections … Tweets: @justinpickard , @alicemazzy , @alexstamos , @ryngonzalez ...
Months after release of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, issues like Intel display driver crashes, power management bugs, and boot problems linger
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According to SEC filings, mutual fund manager T. Rowe Price marked down its Dropbox stake by 51% ; MongoDB, 44%; Evernote, 20%
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Yahoo accelerated its stock options to try to retain employees
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Some who invested in failing payments startup Clinkle asked for their money back
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