Bitcoin plunged below $11K for a while, down 40%+ from record high of ~$19.8K at the start of the week, amid a crash in all major cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin plunges more than 40 percent from its all-time high reached Sunday, according to Coinbase. — Stocks that have soared dramatically …
Facebook launches tool that shows if you followed or Liked Russia-linked US election related accounts on Facebook and Instagram between Jan. 2015 and Aug. 2017
Not all users who saw that content, however, can take advantage of a new tool out today. — Facebook has rolled out its new hub …
Wireless security camera startup Blink says it has been acquired by Amazon and will continue to operate; Blink raised ~$1M in a 2014 crowdfunding campaign
Amazon has acquired Blink, the wireless security camera company that launched back in 2014 and then subsequently closed a million-dollar Kickstarter campaign.
Coinbase says it has re-enabled cryptocurrency trading after suspending it for several hours due to “high traffic”
Resolved - This incident has been resolved. Frank Chaparro / Business Insider : Trading halted on Coinbase — the largest US crypto exchange — as bitcoin tanks Tweets: @techcrunch : Update: Coinbase up...
At least three lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against Apple for slowing down iPhones with old batteries
The plaintiffs in three separate suits contend that an Apple software tweak that slows down older iPhones was a ploy to spur upgrades to pricier models.
London Metropolitan Police's head of digital forensics says it will use AI to scan for child abuse images on suspects' devices within two or three years
Artificial intelligence will take on the gruelling task of scanning for images of child abuse on suspects' phones and computers …
CNN ends its daily Snapchat news show, The Update, launched just four months ago, saying it couldn't make enough money from advertising
CNN is ending its daily Snapchat news show, “The Update,” launched just four months ago — after concluding, at least for now, that it couldn't make money …
Snowden-backed Haven app for Android alerts users of “evil maid” and other physical attacks using a phone's accelerometers, cameras, microphones, light sensor
YOUR DIGITAL SECURITY, any sufficiently paranoid person will remind you, is only as good as your physical security.
Pixel 2 XL beats iPhone X, Galaxy Note8, HTC U11, and LG V30 as best camera, but iPhone X takes better selfies and Note8 is most versatile for video
iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. Note 8 vs. HTC U11 vs. LG V30 — Smartphone cameras get better every year, but this year more than ever truly felt like a leap.
A look at the “Coinbase effect”, the popular trading platform's power in influencing the nascent cryptocurrency markets with its 10M+ users
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed :
How Eric Schmidt, whose departure was planned for months according to a source, successfully worked alongside Google's founders for 16 years
ERIC SCHMIDT WOUND up at Google by compromise. In 1998, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had made a promise to the two venture-capital firms …
The infosec community has undergone a post-Weinstein cultural shift, as evidenced by the soul-searching following allegations against Morgan Marquis-Boire
In 2015 I noticed something odd on Twitter — without context or explanation, Andrea Shepard, a Tor developer, had posted a string of random letters and numbers.
Court sanctions Apple over failure to produce documents in FTC's lawsuit against Qualcomm, orders fine of $25K/day starting Dec. 16 until it turns over the docs
Bloomberg :
South Korea indicts over two dozen people for their involvement in an alleged $250M+ cryptocurrency mining pyramid scheme run by US registered firm Mining Max
Himanshu Goenka / International Business Times :
Experts question dire current and future Bitcoin energy use projections, most of which are based on a single source, Digiconomist, whose methodology is suspect
- Estimates of bitcoin's soaring energy use are likely overstating the electric power required to mine the cryptocurrency, top experts warn.
A look at why WhatsApp has become the de facto social network for older users in India, where the app has more than 200M users
My mother became addicted to WhatsApp when her mother passed away in the winter of 2013. She used it, she said, to “fill up a vacuum,” numbing her grief … Tweets: @mgsiegler , @memeghnad , @namitabha...
Belarus' president signs decree legalizing blockchain businesses and all digital tokens, exempting token-related profits and revenue from taxes until 2023
Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg :
Counterpoint Research data shows HMD Global, which makes Nokia-branded handsets, sold 2.8M smartphones and 13.5M feature phones in Q3 2017
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Sources: SEC is expected to approve Spotify's direct share listing on NYSE ahead of IPO, expected in March or April; SEC has until Feb. 15 to decide, per memo
Wall Street Journal :
Investigation finds Russia-linked Fancy Bear hacking group targeted 200+ journalists, publishers, and bloggers from mid-2014 until a few months ago
right from local bloggers up to NYTimes, WaPo, Daily Beast, etc https://apnews.com/... pic.twitter.com/sy0Z8kksqz The Hindu / @the_hindu : The list includes roughly 50 foreign correspondents, televis...
Baidu and Huawei announce partnership to build an open mobile AI ecosystem using Huawei's neural network and Baidu's deep learning framework
Corinne Reichert / ZDNet :
Profile of Fin, founded in mid-2015 with backing from Kleiner Perkins, which uses AI to do “digital chores” for $1/minute, opening to more customers today
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine . Thanks: @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Fin's personal assistant gets digital chores done...for a price. W...
AI-powered law for startups
Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!
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.