300 of Intel's Shooting Star drones were used for a choreographed light show for Super Bowl halftime show, which was taped last week because of FAA regulations
The best Super Bowl halftime shows leave indelible memories, be it a notorious wardrobe malfunction, that goofy Left Shark …
97 companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Uber, Twitter, and Netflix file amicus brief voicing opposition to Trump's immigration ban
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies filed an amicus brief tonight voicing opposition to President Trump's executive order …
Google, Facebook to help French newsrooms combat “fake news” ahead of presidential election
Google and Facebook are to help a host of French news organizations combat the growing scourge of fake news ahead of the upcoming French presidential election campaign.
Interview with former FCC head Tom Wheeler on the new FCC chairman, Trump administration's talk of “modernizing” the FCC, municipal broadband, and more
Obama's FCC head Tom Wheeler talks candidly about the open internet—and why, in Trumpworld, four companies could lock it up.
Cloud infrastructure company Stratoscale acquires database-as-a-service provider Tesora, also rolls out a fully-managed AWS-compatible RDS
Database services are becoming an increasingly important feature for Stratoscale customers who want to build an Amazon-compatible cloud environment.
AMD files ITC patent infringement complaint against LG, MediaTek, Sigma Designs, and Vizio over graphics processing technologies
Late last month, AMD filed a legal complaint against a number of companies accusing them of infringing its patents covering graphics processing technologies.
Intel's UAV segment GM Anil Nanduri talks about RealSense cameras, why Intel got into drone business, their product roadmap, and where the industry is headed
Intel is flooding the skies with drones, doing everything from sending them out to inspect massive solar arrays in the Mojave Desert …
Dark net markets like Hansa Marketplace start offering bug bounty programs
From the Pentagon to some of the biggest companies in the world, bug bounty programs are de rigueur: Big companies pay big money hackers to tell them how to fix their cybersecurity problems rather tha...
Nextdoor acquires assets of Streetlife, a UK neighborhood social network with 1.5M registered users
In what is being billed as a “multi-million pound” acquisition, San Francisco-headquartered Nextdoor is purchasing the “assets” of U.K. local social network Streetlife.
Early build of Windows 10 Cloud leaks; the lightweight OS can only run UWP apps from Windows Store, could lead to cheaper devices to compete with Chromebooks
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US Judge orders Google to comply with warrants seeking user emails stored outside the US, diverging from decision in similar Microsoft case; Google plans appeal
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10 years after iPhone, ubiquitous LTE and 1B high-end smartphones are ushering in “Mobile 2.0”, similar to how broadband and new browser tech ushered in Web 2.0
In 2004, ten years after Netscape launched, Tim O'Reilly launched the ‘Web 2.0’ conference, proposing (or branding) a generational shift in how the web worked.
Sources: One97's spin-off Paytm E-Commerce is raising $200M at $1B+ valuation; Alibaba will own 50%+ of Indian e-commerce venture after the round closes
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Interview with the hacker who says he took down Freedom Hosting II, a service reportedly hosting 15-20% of dark web sites
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Google security engineer recounts how the company brought KrebsOnSecurity into Project Shield and defended the site against massive DDoS attacks
Behind the scenes defending KrebsOnSecurity against record-setting DDoS attacks. — OAKLAND, Calif.—In September, KrebsOnSecurity … Tweets: @mariachong , @jesperjurcenoks , and @brianweeden Tweets: M...
Jay Fulcher, a former CEO of Ooyala Inc. and Agile Software Corp., is Zenefits' new CEO
Zenefits chose software executive Jay Fulcher as its new chief executive, the third person to lead the embattled health-benefits broker since early 2016.
How ISIS operatives anonymously and remotely direct attacks in other countries over the internet using apps like Twitter, Telegram, and ChatSecure
HYDERABAD, India — When the Islamic State identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India's major tech hubs … Tweets: @rcallimachi , @libyaliberty , @dhume , @emily...
Iran-focused app developer IranCubator debuts RadiTo, an Android podcast app that evades Iran's censors, giving Iranians and foreign pubs a broadcast platform
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Inside Austin-based startup Ketra, which builds $100 smart LED lightbulbs to fill trendy tech offices with fine-tuned “natural light”
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Inside the 20-year quest to build bots to beat pro poker players, and how recent breakthroughs in AI research could threaten the online gambling industry
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Sources: Snap, Google discussed search deal to help identify objects captured by users' cameras, but it didn't materialize; Snap's building its own search tools
Bloomberg : Tweets: @kantrowitz , @mhbergen , @alistairmbarr , and @ericnewcomer Tweets: Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : The Google frenemies list is long. Many in tech both rely on it and compete wi...
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.