Yesterday Apple released an emergency fix to try to stamp out the so-called ‘Trident’ vulnerabilities. The multiple-headed monster exposed your device through not one, but three distinct vulnerabilities. Once accessed, these sensitive areas of iOS acted as an opportunity to remot … | Continue reading
The Note 7 comes with a new, one-stop note managing app that replaces previous Memo, S Note, and Scrapbook apps, and it's coming to older Note devices. | Continue reading
The Galaxy Note 7 is this year’s best new phone, edging out Samsung’s own S7 Edge, and easily the most talked-about new device of the summer. But with great fame comes great scrutiny, and this week has seen the Note 7 subjected to allegations of having "embarrassing real-world pe … | Continue reading
A personalized video channel for Apple TV, Rheo, has now closed on $2.3 million in seed funding, the company announced this week. It has also updated its application and expanded its content lineup, thanks to a new deal with Vimeo which brings the network’s catalog of short video … | Continue reading
Mobile ad startup AppLovin is in talks with a Chinese buyer for an acquisition of around $1.5 billion, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the company. We have not confirmed the identity of the acquirer. The deal is not yet finalized and details may change. Founded in … | Continue reading
The US Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a new proposal Friday to require heavy-duty vehicles like trucks and buses to include speed-limiting devices. If approved, all newly manufactured trucks, buses, and passenger vehic … | Continue reading
So the weekend has pretty much arrived, but we’ve still got the close of the US session ahead of us, and an evening’s worth of trading to see if we can close out the week on top of the market. It’s been a pretty rough week, and the markets have been pretty volatile. Normally, thi … | Continue reading
August 26, 1920. The day women around America were finally given the right to vote. The day women became equal… allegedly. 51 years later, August 26th became officially known as Women’s Equality Day. Because saying we’re equal is almost as good as actually being equal. So how far … | Continue reading
If any player on Boston’s current roster could be said to bleed Celtics green, it would have to be forward Jae Crowder. Crowder, one of those guys credited with instilling “heart” into whatever team he’s on, turned the loyalist/”company man” stuff up to 11 with his reaction to Ke … | Continue reading
Yahoo isn’t only covering esports, it’s also starting some of its own events. ESL, a major esports organizer, is teaming up with Yahoo Esports to broadcast and create new competitive gaming tournaments. As part of the two-year agreement, Yahoo will livestream many of the existing … | Continue reading
CoinDesk explores how the ethereum hard fork affected sentiment regarding bitcoin's long-raging block size debate. | Continue reading
Google has a new director at its self-driving car unit: Shaun Stewart, former head of Airbnb’s vacation rentals business, and CEO at TripAdvisor prior to that. Stewart’s entire career has essentially been spent in the hospitality industry, which makes him an interesting pick for … | Continue reading
Want to attend the Disrupt SF Hackathon but don’t have a ticket yet? We’re excited to announce the release of a fresh batch of tickets. And this hackathon comes with a twist. For the first time, there will be a special hackathon track dedicated to hacking on TechCrunch. In partne … | Continue reading
Amazon is launching a program that would give a specific team of employees a 30-hour work week, The Washington Post reports. The employees will be a subset of Amazon's technical team, and would earn 75 percent of what their 40-hour counterparts earn, but with the same benefits pa … | Continue reading
News has come in this morning that Baidu has banned bitcoin advertising on its website which handles almost all of China’s search inquiries. The action follows the tragic death of Wei Zexi, a college student with cancer who sought treatment from a hospital found through an online … | Continue reading
Dell has released a new 24-inch gaming monitor, a smaller and slightly improved version of the 27-inch gaming display that was released last year — the first for the company. The two monitors are very similar: both feature 2560 x 1440 QHD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, a Disp … | Continue reading
If you haven't done so already, go and update your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to iOS 9.3.5 right now. To update, go to Settings > General > Software Update.It may not seem urgent because it's only a "point release," but the update is crucial or you risk having all of your data se … | Continue reading
Twitter is reportedly working on a feature that will let users block certain keywords in order to fight abuse, reports Bloomberg. According to anonymous sources, Twitter has been discussing the tool internally for about a year, although it’s unclear when or if it might be put int … | Continue reading
Everyone always wants more storage space, whether you have a 16GB iPhone or a 60TB SSD. The good news is, 3D NAND flash memory is here, and that’s going to be a great thing for bigger, faster, and cheaper memory. Wondering what 3D NAND is? Curious for what the flash drives of the … | Continue reading
Rackspace, which is still best known as a hosting company even as it has expanded aggressively into offering services for businesses that use other platforms, went public in 2008. Now, however, it’s going private again after accepting a $4.3 billion offer (or $32 per share) in ca … | Continue reading
Die ursprünglich aus Japan stammende Horror-Reihe "Ring" bekommt einen neuen Teil aus Hollywood. "Rings" nennt sich der Streifen und soll am 28. Oktober in die Kinos kommen. Regie führte F. Javier Gutierrez. In den Hauptrollen sind Matilda... | Continue reading
Gaming in Mexico could be getting a lot cheaper. GameFly announced today that it is partnering with Mexican internet service Totalplay Telecommunications to bring GameFly Streaming to the country. GameFly Streaming enables users to play games without a console or discs thanks to … | Continue reading
Wow. Tech rivalries are known for their twists and turns, but today Netflix has done something truly surprising: it admitted it's nothing more than a ripoff of North Korean rival, Manbang, changing its Twitter bio to say as much.You may have seen reports earlier this week that th … | Continue reading
We are often told that starting a startup on your own is madness. There are thousands of articles out there that tell you that and why why you need a co-founder. Probably solid advice, but data from CrunchBase shows a different side of the story. More than half of startups with a … | Continue reading
MIT and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) teamed up to create a new kind of structure that can “remember” its original shape, and return to that state even after being deformed or otherwise bent out of shape. This could be hugely beneficial in applications … | Continue reading
Sony’s online gaming service isn’t working for a lot of people. All PlayStation Network services are experiencing outages, according to Sony’s status site. Gamers have taken to social media to complain about the inability to log into their accounts and play online multiplayer gam … | Continue reading
Hey, it's HighScalability time: The Pixar render farm in 1995 is half of an iPhone ( @B... | Continue reading
A hawk hunting for house pets in the kempt lawns of suburbia sounds like the making of an urban legend, but the tale has, in recent decades, become a staple of local news. In 2011 a hawk plucked two small dogs from their Boston neighborhood and dropped them from the sky, inflicti … | Continue reading
Customs agents in Finland revealed today that they seized bitcoin and other items worth about €1m earlier this year. | Continue reading
El mundo de la tecnología es sumamente engañoso en cuanto a la visibilidad que recibe. Muchos de los sucesos que reciben la mayor parte de la atención no son necesariamente los más importantes o no… | Continue reading
For NBC, this year’s Olympic Games coverage was more than just a series of household rating points: it was a moment of truth in a fast-changing media world. To say the network won silver in prime-time television ratings would be kind: no matter which article you read, it points o … | Continue reading
FOX Sports GO has now arrived on Apple TV, allowing viewers to watch up to four games at the same time, thanks to an innovative split-screen interface that lets you arrange video feeds side-by-side, picture-in-picture style, or in a mosaic pattern. With the app, you’ll be able to … | Continue reading
This week, we published Ryan Bradley’s engrossing feature All Queens Must Die. In popular lingo, the story is a “longread.” Many people have had time to enjoy this deep dive that begins with the annihilation of an ant colony and expands to the power and purpose of nature conserva … | Continue reading
President Barack Obama will expand the size of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean to over 580,000 square miles from 140,000 square miles. The sanctuary, which contains thousands of marine species, stretches across the Midway Atoll and Hawaii, and … | Continue reading
NASA’s Juno spacecraft will get cozy with Jupiter this weekend, as the vehicle makes its closest approach to the gas giant early Saturday morning at 8:51AM ET. Juno, which is in orbit around Jupiter, will come within 2,500 miles of the planet’s clouds — the closest the probe will … | Continue reading
Aus den USA stammt dieses Feuerwehrauto mit dem protzigen Namen Bulldog Extreme 4x4 Firetruck. Ein militärischer Feuerlöscher mit Allradantrieb und knapp 7.600 Liter großem Wassertank. Der Bulldog ist vor allem für unwegsame Gefilde... | Continue reading
Startup Battlefield is back. In just a few short weeks, TechCrunch’s premiere startup competition will kick off at Disrupt SF and we’re excited to announce the judges tasked with determining which company will take up the Disrupt Cup and $50,000. This year the competition feature … | Continue reading
Marketing Strategy - What do the Statue of Liberty, Ancient Egypt's pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, and other iconic historical structures have in common? And what does that have to do with B2B marketing? | Continue reading
Kate Spade introduced new fitness trackers and a smartwatch to the world this week. They’re "cute," in the words of multiple magazines. I agree. They are cute. One fitness band has a cat design and another is described as a mother of pearl bangle. Dang that’s fancy. The bangle al … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is climbing in a choppy advance. Is this the base of a large advance, or just an upward correction in a sideways spell? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of a … | Continue reading
They developed a distinctive vocal technique and worked with scientists to create special instruments that would work underwater. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Singing, Instruments Musical, Underwater Music, and Underwater | Continue reading
In a major expansion of its policy on Zika virus, the Food and Drug Administration says it now recommends all blood donated in the United States be screened for possible Zika infection. Continue reading… | Continue reading
While you’re waiting for Allo to launch – or you’re video-calling one of the other five million Duo users – Google is still giving Hangouts a fair shake. | Continue reading
Cloud services giant Rackspace has been acquired by “affiliates of certain funds” under global investment manager Apollo Global Management in a deal worth $4.3 billion. Founded in 1998, San Antonio-based Rackspace serves up a range of services aimed at enabling businesses to oper … | Continue reading
WhatsApp announced that they will be sharing data with Facebook. The data will be used for ad targeting purposes for Facebook and all of the companies it owns. | Continue reading
WhatsApp has changed its privacy policy. Once you update the app, you’ll notice a notification on the transition. WhatsApp has announced that it will now be sharing data with its owner — Facebook. The data...read moreThe post WhatsApp Is Sharing Data with Facebook. How Will Marke … | Continue reading
Another day, another iPhone rumor. The latest report from Bloomberg indicates that the 2017 iPhone will kill the home button. This isn’t the first time the rumor has popped up, mind you; it’s been floating around ever since we’ve been told the 2017 iPhone will have a curved OLED … | Continue reading
For more than five years, Vuforia has been selling augmented reality. More than 30,000 apps have used the Vuforia platform for AR, which is owned by enterprise technology company PTC. Another 37,000 apps are in development, and there are more than 250,000 registered developers ma … | Continue reading