Weebly hacked, 43 million credentials stolen

The web design platform Weebly was hacked in February, according to the data breach notification site LeakedSource. Usernames and passwords for more than 43 million accounts were taken in the breach, although the passwords are secured with the strong hashing algorithm bcrypt. Wee … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Customers are still waiting for their folding DJI drone

As GoPro took to the stage in Squaw Valley to show off its long-awaited Karma Drone, DJI’s Corporate Communication Director smirkingly tweeted, “I’m watching a competitor unveil a new product. I ain’t worried about a thing.” Within a matter of weeks, the company was showing off i … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Hearthstone gets new quests, and Murlocs are a bit different now

Tired of your mrggglrs accidentally mrggglrrlring your enemy’s mrrrglglgs? Then this mrgglgrrr news for you! A new patch for Blizzard’s digital card game has made some changes and added new daily quests. These are tasks that reward players with in-game gold, which they can use to … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Back to School Again: Awesome Advice for Adult Learners

Introduction Let’s begin this post with enthusiastic congratulations! Seriously, going back to school is a great decision. A degree or diploma, whether it’s your first one ever or the first one in a new field, can greatly improve your job prospects and further your career. As a m … | Continue reading


@inklyo.com | 8 years ago

Pistons exercise option on Stanley Johnson through 2017-18

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons have exercised their team option on forward Stanley Johnson through the 2017-18 season. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 8 years ago

XYZPrinting’s CEO still believes in 3D-printing ubiquity

Three years ago, the entire industry was bullish about the future of 3D printing. The future seemed astronomical, the possibilities limitless. The technology took over a floor at the Consumer Electronics Show and pundits were regularly discussing a future populated by 3D printers … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Tesla’s self-driving car hardware will run you $8,000

As of last week, all new Teslas include the hardware required for the cars to drive autonomously. That ability is likely years away, but the company wants its current cars to be able to drive themselves when the software is ready in 5-10 years. The company is even including the h … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

September 2016 NPD: NBA, NFL, FIFA, and NHL top the sales chart

Digital athletes were a bright spot for a shrinking industry. The U.S. gaming business generated $838.2 million last quarter, according to industry intelligence firm The NPD Group. That is down 23 percent from $1.09 billion during the same period in 2015. Hardware and software we … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

WikiLeaks reveals Barack Obama’s pre-presidential email address

R.I.P. Barack Obama’s inbox. Among the many secrets and not-so-secrets exposed by WikiLeaks in the dump of Clinton campaign head John Podesta’s emails is the president’s personal email address. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Coinsecure Launches Bitcoin App to Nearly 200 Million Smartphone Users

Bitcoin and digital currency are developing powerful reputations in India. Recently, UnoCoin took the world by storm when it completed a pre-series A funding round that garnered an impressive $1.5 million in funds, setting records within the cryptocurrency arena. Now, Indian bitc … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

When does white space matter in HTML?

As a web developer, you don’t often spend time thinking about white space, right? I mean, how often do they actually matter? Well, hopefully with this article, you’ll think of them more often, or at least will know when they do matter and know how to track them down! What is whit … | Continue reading


@patrickbrosset.com | 8 years ago

The dangers of Tesla's overstated safety claims

Elon Musk has little patience for people who question the safety of Tesla Motors' technologies.The CEO insists that Tesla's Autopilot software and newly unveiled self-driving hardware will make its electric vehicles remarkably safer than conventional cars. Musk bristles during pr … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition tries to find safety in the Google Play Store

Developer Klei Entertainment has released Don't Starve: Pocket Edition. The Android version of the popular PC survival game is priced at $4.99. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

Opternative sues South Carolina for the right to give online eye exams there

A telehealth startup called Opternative filed a suit against South Carolina today over a state’s law that bars consumers there from getting a prescription for new glasses or contacts there with an online eye exam. Technically, the lawsuit is a constitutional challenge to the stat … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Lessons learned from Beep Boop’s new Slack bot

GUEST: Slack helps people work together regardless of location or device. It connects groups, systems, and data under purposeful contexts, and it’s the application that has improved my working life most significantly. Slack is a human-first operating system for connecting the nex … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

360 Photos and Videos are coming to Facebook’s Instant Articles

Facebook’s Instant Articles – the format that displays publishers’ content in a faster-loading, distraction-free view when accessed by Facebook users on mobile devices – are about to get more interactive. The social network announced today that these articles will now support 360 … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Obama roasts Samsung over burning phones

The President just made a joke about Samsung’s ongoing exploding-phone problem during a speech. If this isn’t peak Note 7, I don’t know what is. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Should We Stop Thinking of Email As Private?

When he was still working in cyber security for the Finnish government, Erka Koivunen met a NATO diplomat who said that there was “nothing new” about the era we now live in. Foreign envoys have always lived with the constant awareness that their private communications could be “l … | Continue reading


@safeandsavvy.f-secure.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s Xbox revenue declined 5% last quarter despite winning some U.S. market share from Sony

The Xbox One had a strong quarter in the United States, but Microsoft’s gaming division still saw an overall decline. Gaming generated $1.9 billion for Microsoft in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, which covers the three-month period ending September 30. That’s down 5 perce … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s Surface business skyrockets as the iPad’s slows

Microsoft saw revenue from its Surface line jump 38% over last year’s total, according to its most recent financial report. Released today, the report states that Surface revenue hit $926 million during the last quarter, up from $672 million last year. Even at this level, Apple’s … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

A trip to Google’s New York City Pop-Up Shop

It might be reading too much into things to note, right off the bat, that Google’s new SoHo pop-up shop is a mere block or two from Apple’s own Prince st. location. After all, that five block radius has hosted brand stores ranging from Samsung to LittleBits. Beats had a flagship … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft’s cloud business bets pay off in Q1 as stock hits an all time high

Microsoft today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2017 (because fiscal quarters don’t have to correlate with the all-governing force of time). Long story short: Azure and other office-based products are fueling revenue growth, as Microsoft mostly gives up on mobil … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Facebook’s Instant Articles now support 360 photos and videos

Facebook isn’t done adding more features to its Instant Articles product. Starting today, it’ll now display 360 photos and videos shared by publishers, which could be an interesting opening into experiencing news in virtual reality, like with what The New York Times has experimen … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

OpenBazaar Releases its Latest Feature Rich Update

OpenBazaar, the decentralized marketplace built using blockchain technology has launched its latest version. The launch of OpenBazaar version 1.1.8 was announced earlier today on the platform’s official blog. According to the blog post, the latest update has lots of new features … | Continue reading


@newsbtc.com | 8 years ago

AMD reports $1.3 billion in Q3 revenue on higher console chip sales

Advanced Micro Devices said its financial performance for the third quarter beat Wall Street’s expectations for the maker of PC and server processors. AMD reported revenue of $1.3 billion (on a non-GAAP basis) in the third quarter ended September 30, compared with $1.06 billion a … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Tesla: Don’t use your self-driving car for ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft

Last night, Tesla announced some exciting hardware upgrades for the Model X and Model S that feature fully autonomous driving, at some point anyway. The announcement came just before a video detailing a Tesla ‘navigating a complex urban environment’ — which saw the car get on a d … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 8 years ago

A new dinosaur species has been discovered in Australia

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur in Australia. The wide-hipped, long-necked, four-legged plant-eater was about half the length of a basketball court, and its shoulders stood as high as the hoop. Dinosaur fossils in Australia are exceedingly rare, and this … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

1870 Rustic Barn Restored by Douglas VanderHorn Architects

Located in Greenwich, this rustic barn was restored and renovated by Douglas VanderHorn Architects. The restored barn is now a guest house | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

The coolest transformations of Nintendo's beautiful Switch in GIFs

Nintendo is switching things up with its newly revealed transformative gaming console: Nintendo Switch.Though the hardware's Thursday reveal left many unanswered questions relating to price, battery life and more, it did do one thing extremely well. The first look gave us a sneak … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Even President Obama is making fun of the Galaxy Note 7

Poor Samsung. Even the leader of the free world won’t spare them from ridicule. In a speech today, President Obama compared Obamacare to a smartphone, noting that when a smartphone (or a law) has a... | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

Chrome for Android adds background media support as part of new update

The latest version of Google's Chrome browser for Android is rolling out. Among other things it adds a way to play media in the background for some sites. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 8 years ago

iPhone 7s with Intel modems struggle badly in low-signal areas

Intel and Qualcomm split the contract for the modem in Apple's iPhone 7, but early tests show significant differences between signal strength on the Intel modem versus its Qualcomm equivalent. | Continue reading


@extremetech.com | 8 years ago

Manhattan MicroLoft – Radical Transformation of a Tiny Apartment

Completed by Specht Architects, Manhattan MicroLoft involved the radical transformation of a tiny apartment. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft reports $22.3 billion in Q1 2017 revenue: Surface up 38% and Phone down 72%

Microsoft today reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2017, including revenue of $22.3 billion and earnings per share of $0.76. In Q1 2016, Microsoft saw $21.7 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $0.67. Analysts had expected Microsoft to earn $21.71 billion i … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Google’s Pixel rules the bot world by thinking like an infant

GUEST: Google Assistant is the humbly named artificial intelligence agent that lives in Google’s new Pixel phone, and it represents the most powerful accumulation of applied data science in history. Google feeds its various intelligence processes, from Deep Mind to Knowledge Grap … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Zacatitos Retreat – Off Grid Desert Dwelling / Leckie Studio

Designed by Leckie Studio, Zacatitos Retreat is the second of a series of desert dwelling prototypes for off-grid living | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Mountain House Built on the Ruins of an Old Rustic

Located in Albosaggia, Italy, this mountain house was designed by architect Rocco Borromini. A stone house on the ruins of an old rustic. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft's reports rising revenues thanks to Office, Surface, and cloud services

Microsoft posted its first quarter of its 2017 fiscal earnings today, reporting revenue of $20.5 billion and net income of $4.7 billion. The highlights of Microsoft's latest earnings come in the form of Office and Cloud. Office commercial revenue grew 5 percent, while Office cons … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago

PayPal ramps up mobile payments business

PayPal reported third quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. The global payments company reported $2.67 billion in revenue, when analysts were expecting $2.65 billion. Adjusted earnings per share stood at 35 cents, in line with Wall Street expectations.However, some investo … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Henrik Fisker teases upcoming EV’s “butterfly” doors

Well, damn. Henrik Fisker just took to Twitter and gave a lesson on teasing upcoming products. According to his tweet, the upcoming reborn Fisker EV will have wild butterfly doors — you know, the type of doors kids will put on their hand-me-down Honda Accords. He says in the twee … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Microsoft Azure revenue jumped 116% in Q1 2017

Microsoft today said that its Azure public cloud saw its revenue go up 116 percent year over year in the quarter that ended on September 30. Compute usage also doubled year over year, Microsoft said. And now the run rate for Microsoft’s commercial cloud portfolio, which also incl … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

PayPal integrates with money transfer service Xoom, 15 months post acquisition

International money transfer service Xoom has announced features and integrations designed to do what it was meant to do: exchange money overseas. On Thursday, the company said that it has added a money request feature while also making its first integration with its parent PayPa … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

5 supercar secrets starring the 2017 McLaren 570GT

Supercars are called super for a reason: these are not everyday sedans. They’re more powerful, more strikingly designed, and more expensive than the cars we usually drive to work. But there are some things you probably don’t know about supercars. I’ll use the 2017 McLaren 570GT t … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 8 years ago

Darknet Marketplace Monero Market Goes Offline Until January 2017

A Monero-focused marketplace shuts shop, for now.The post Darknet Marketplace Monero Market Goes Offline Until January 2017 appeared first on CryptoCoinsNews. | Continue reading


@cryptocoinsnews.com | 8 years ago

Pick a Hearthstone Championship Tour winner for BlizzCon, earn some free cards

Even if you don’t watch competitive Hearthstone, you have a new reason to pay attention. Blizzard announced the Choose Your Champion program for its market-leading digital card game today. Players pick one of the 16 competitors in the 2016 Hearthstone Championship Tour finals on … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 8 years ago

Jeff Bezos says he wouldn't kick Peter Thiel off Amazon's board over political views

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Peter Thiel's support of Donald Trump.Speaking Thursday at Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit in San Francisco, Bezos said that if Thiel, the prominent investor and Paypal cofounder who has be … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Self-driving cars won't prevent road rage, study says

Every Tesla car may be self-driving by the end of next year, Elon Musk says — but that doesn't mean they're protected from road rage.A new study conducted by Goodyear and the London School of Economics suggests some rogue drivers might be excited about "bullying" even autonomous … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 8 years ago

Battlefield 1 is excellent because the series has stopped trying to be Call of Duty

Battlefield 1’s campaign is nothing like its recent predecessors. That’s why it works.Imagine living in someone’s shadow for a decade, and you’ll get the gist of the Battlefield brand as of late. While more creatively ambitious, more technically impressive, and all around prettie … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 8 years ago