AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years
The pioneering chat app that taught us to text is pulling the plug. On December 15th, AOL Instant Messenger will shut down after running since 1997. AIM dominated online chat in North America at the...
Comment hosting service Disqus says hackers stole email addresses and other data for 17.5M users in a 2012 breach; stolen passwords were hashed and salted
Yesterday, on October 5th, we were alerted to a security breach that impacted a database from 2012.
Apple's decision to not let users fully disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center is bad UI design and compromises user security
Turning off your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios when you're not using them is good security practice (not to mention good for your battery usage).
Cortana adds smart home integrations for Wink, Insteon, Nest, SmartThings, and Hue on Windows 10 for PC and mobile
If you've got a house full of smart home devices, Cortana just got a whole lot handier. — Microsoft has steadily been adding to the ways in which Cortana …
As part of Time Warner merger, FCC forced AOL to open AIM social graph to competitors in 2001; government should impose similar requirements on Facebook today
One of the former most popular and influential instant messaging apps in the world, AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM, is shutting down on December 15, AOL announced on Friday.
Former Facebook, Google, Twitter employees on how they fear the unintended and negative consequences of the attention economy-driven tech they helped develop
Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster
Search Engine Land founder Danny Sullivan is joining Google to serve as a public liaison for search
When I retired from search journalism in June, I had no idea what I would be doing next. I just knew I was ready for a break and something different from what I had been doing for so long.
In email to advertisers, Facebook says it'll manually review ads that target users based on politics, religion, ethnicity, or social issues before they go live
Facebook is going to require ads that are targeted to people based on “politics, religion, ethnicity or social issues” …
Apple reveals new emoji coming in iOS 11.1, including a giraffe, a zebra, a hedgehog, a scarf, a trenchcoat, a baseball cap, and gloves
iOS 11.1 adds new emojis from Apple …
California state regulators decide not to force ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft to fingerprint drivers
In a win for Uber and Lyft, state regulators late Wednesday said they don't want to force the ride-hailing companies to fingerprint their drivers — rejecting the idea that the added screening would ma...
YouTube content head Susanne Daniels and CEO Susan Wojcicki on company's strategy for original programming to take on streaming video giants
With a veteran television exec, talent like Demi Lovato and Google's $86 billion in cash, the platform known for skateboarding videos …
SEC filing shows Docker has raised more than $61M of a $75M funding round
Docker, a Silicon Valley software maker, has raised more than $61 million of a $75 million round, according to an SEC filing . In August, Bloomberg reported that the company was fundraising …
Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell will retire later this year, will be replaced by Katherine Adams, former general counsel of Honeywell
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Las Vegas-based Data center operator Switch closes at $20.73, up ~22% on its first day of trading on the NYSE, after raising $531M in its IPO
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Despite sanctions, a growing number of Iranian tech startups are thriving due to government support, some foreign investment, and lack of foreign competition
LONDON (Reuters) - Low on cash but high on hope, Iran's technology entrepreneurs are learning to live with revived hostility …
US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology sets hearing on Kaspersky Lab for Oct. 25
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Filing: Jessica Alba's Honest Company is raising $75M at a valuation below $1B, 57% lower than Series D
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UK luxury travel deals site Secret Escapes raises $111M Series D led by Singapore's Temasek
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Freight logistics startup Flexport raises $110M Series C led by DST Global, plans to offer freight financing, buy more warehouses
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European Commission says some banks may be breaching antitrust rules by preventing non-bank competitors from gaining online access to customer account info
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Power Ledger, an Australian blockchain startup specializing in energy trading applications, raises $34M in an ICO
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Sourcegraph raises $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures along with Goldcrest Capital for its semantic code search and cross-reference engine
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Former Zenefits and Yammer CEO David Sacks raising a VC fund, according to SEC filing
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