On Thursday afternoon Yahoo confirmed a massive data leak of at least 500 million user accounts, which is a very big deal.Though the data breach obviously spells trouble for those with YahooMail accounts, users with hacked accounts need to keep in mind that the breach goes so muc … | Continue reading
It’s hip to be square — well, cubical, really. That’s the feeling I got from the amount of voxel-based offerings on the show floor at PAX West — and these 3D pixels fit the bill whether they’re powering a stylized dungeon crawler or simulating a whole planet. Read More | Continue reading
What a spectacular mess, Yahoo. At least 500 million accounts across your myriad services have been hacked. Data ranging from phone numbers to date of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and security questions (but, mercifully, not decrypted passwords) have been in the hands of … | Continue reading
GUEST: When it comes to audience-building tactics in social media, one of the most commonly used strategies is to hold a contest. A few years ago, an iPad or other high-end prize could generate an absolutely amazing amount of interaction online, but people seem to have become a b … | Continue reading
For parents, it seems as though there’s an endless number of books out there designed to teach children the alphabet. In addition to the regular books out there, gamer parents can now introduce their offspring to Bungie’s MMORPG with a new book, D is for Destiny. D is for Destiny … | Continue reading
Airbnb formally filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission this afternoon announcing that it had raised $555,462,180 in an equity deal. Last month TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb had filed a 28 page document with the State of Delaware indicating that … | Continue reading
Yahoo announced Thursday that a massive 2014 security breach compromised more than 500 million user accounts, a minor detail it forgot to mention until just now. Oops!The company says a "state-sponsored actor" stole all sorts of personal information, including names, email addres … | Continue reading
The ZTE Axon 7 is one of the best phones around right now and is an investment worth protecting. With that in mind, we take a look at some of the best cases currently on offer. | Continue reading
For the next 48 hours, Amazon will be hosting a sale event with crazy deals on a number of unlocked smartphones. The key word here: unlocked.There are several benefits to purchasing an unlocked smartphone. The major one is the flexibility and freedom customers have across carrier … | Continue reading
If you're just now giving Allo a shot and are anxious to master Google Assistant, we've got you covered. Here are the top Google Assistant features you need to know. | Continue reading
Any unreturned Note 7s will not have their battery capped at 60 percent, but they will receive notifications that their Note 7 is unsafe every 3 hours. | Continue reading
How should you make back the money you spoiled on a hoverboard? Use the hoverboard to walk dogs, of course. The 'Iron Man' script was almost completely improvisedChristina Hendricks has 'dirty' sex with Billy Bob Thornton in NSFW 'Bad Santa 2' trailerIdiot lights cactus on fire a … | Continue reading
If you don’t want to read the manual for the new Wi-Fi-connected device you just installed in your home, do yourself a favor and at least check how to change the default password. A new report finds that more than 100,000 devices in the United Kingdom alone could be possibly be a … | Continue reading
Laurent Theron is shouting at two policemen and waving his arms around for emphasis. From a distance, he looks more like a guy arguing over a parking ticket than a man who just suffered an injury that will leave him permanently blind in his right eye.Last Thursday (September 15th … | Continue reading
The Bucks say they were already working on a deal before Khris Middleton suffered a torn hamstring that will keep him on the shelf for six months. But a timely trade that brings in forward Michael Beasley from Houston could help fill that sudden hole in the offense. The trade tha … | Continue reading
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only two surviving members of The Beatles, but if they ever want to take the show back on the road, this AI would probably be a welcome addition. Sony CSL Research Labratory is releasing an album next year of songs written entirely by artifi … | Continue reading
Rolling robots will soon be making U.S. house calls, beginning with a trial run in Washington, D.C. this fall. Municipal regulators have approved use of Starship Technologies’ rolling delivery drones for urban delivery via sidewalk, reports Recode, giving the Estonian startup a v … | Continue reading
VB LIVE: Consumer-obsessed clothing and lifestyle brand WildFang found that to be wildly successful, true personalization is essential — and machine based-learning is how to get there. Join our free VB Live event to learn how to leverage personalization power to gain fans with re … | Continue reading
Bitcoin regulations are painful for both platforms and customers. The latest state to fall victim of Bitcoin regulations is the State of New Hampshire. Certain changes in the regulatory environment of the state have led Poloniex, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges to te … | Continue reading
Fishcreek Woods is a mountain guest house designed by JLF + Associates in Jackson, Wyoming. A modest house and a tiny guest cottage | Continue reading
This small Tzur Moshe residence was designed by Neuman Hayner Architects for a young couple, with expectations of future modular expansion. | Continue reading
This old Maylands cottage was modified and decorated by Dalecki Design Studio. The studio was founded by Janik Dalecki ... | Continue reading
This 71 sqm summer retreat was completet in 2015 by italian designer Maurizio Giovannoni. En Plein Air is the story of a summer home on ... | Continue reading
Designed by Kim Gordon, this 4,300 square foot Venice Beach House has 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, custom, fully finished all wood closets in ... | Continue reading
Online identity company Lifelock has filed another lawsuit against bitcoin wallet startup Xapo founder Wences Casares.Source | Continue reading
A few weeks after Elon Musk revealed the updates coming to the brand's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving feature, Tesla officially detailed the software 8.0 update Thursday morning.Along with Autopilot changes, Tesla has reworked the media player, voice commands, and maps and nav … | Continue reading
Facebook gaming has fallen from its peak popularity late last decade as mobile has taken over, but Sega still sees potential in the platform. Total War Battles: Kingdom is now available on Mark Zuckerberg’s social network. The strategy game has players building up castles while m … | Continue reading
We often think of limitations as weaknesses. In reality, they are strengths that will help differentiate your products/services in the market. | Continue reading
A new set of leaked photos has come out in the open showing what appears to be the Lenovo Moto M. | Continue reading
If you take a look at the recently released Elsewhere VR headset, you’ll see a slender set of Google Cardboard-style frames and an iOS app that adds 3D depth to flat images or video. If you turn your attention to the website or press release, you’ll see a "breakthrough in percept … | Continue reading
In his new half-hour program, ‘Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places,’ the famed theoretical physicist warns that announcing our presence to alien civilizations, particularly those that could be more technologically advanced than we are, is probably a bad idea. It’s not the first tim … | Continue reading
In a particularly clever if destructive hack, a maker named Zach cleared out the guts of an NES cartridge and stuck in a a | Continue reading
The world’s first self-driving taxi has finally found its ride-hail network. On Thursday, NuTonomy, an MIT-spinoff testing self-driving cars in Singapore, announced a partnership with Grab, the Uber of Southeast Asia. The partnership will allow NuTonomy to expand its public trial … | Continue reading
Legos are great, but they'd be way more fun if they could fly around. Obviously. Flybrix is a company dedicated to getting our Legos in the air. Its "Make Your Own Drone Kit Using Lego" launched today and comes with everything you need to get your Lego drone in the air.The basic … | Continue reading
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo spoke at an investor conference Thursday where he said that not providing unlimited plans is "more customer-friendly." | Continue reading
Apple today confirmed that it has acquired Tuplejump, a small startup that built software companies could use to store, process, query, and visualize data. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,” an Apple … | Continue reading
A startup called Gfycat (which is pronounced “Jiffy Cat”) has raised a mammoth $10 million seed round to turn its already popular user-generated content platform into a revenue generating concern. On the content creation side of its business, the startup reports that 2.5 million … | Continue reading
Yahoo acknowledged that a data breach in late 2014 has affected at least 500 million user accounts and was likely caused by “a state-sponsored actor.” An unidentified individual or group may have stolen names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords, … | Continue reading
GUEST: Artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning are burning topics within the tech community, and while we are likely decades away from Artificial General Intelligence, deep learning technologies are charting new territories in medicine, education, and ways in which co … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — LinkedIn unveiled a redesigned version of its website Thursday, which adds new messaging features — including bots — as well as a simplified feed. The company also introduced a new educational product called LinkedIn Learning and previewed new messaging bots.The r … | Continue reading
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even if it involves having one of your character shoot a sex toy out of his gun. Porn company Brazzers has announced a live-action porn parody based on Overwatch, Blizzard’s hit team-based shooter that came out in May for Play … | Continue reading
As indicated by an earlier report, Yahoo today confirmed it’s working with law enforcement to investigate a data breach which affected the account information of “at least” 500 million users. The company says that the user account information was stolen from its network in late 2 … | Continue reading
Instacart COO Ravi Gupta will say that a bad day working in the on-demand economy can be plenty demoralizing even if offset by good well-paid days, and Instacart is going to be making some changes in order to even things out. Today, the company said it is removing its tipping opt … | Continue reading
Prompted by a listener suggestion, Jon and Jerod devote the triumphant return of The Showrunner to the subject of sourcing guests for your podcast. | Continue reading
After months of speculation surrounding a data breach that compromised information from millions of Yahoo user accounts from 2012, the company has officially confirmed the hack.On Thursday afternoon, Yahoo officially confirmed the data breach via a statement on its website and no … | Continue reading
In a statement released today, Yahoo said a breach of its network in late 2014 breacked information related to at least 500 million user accounts. The company says it believes "a state-sponsored actor" is responsible for the breach."The account information may have included names … | Continue reading
Google’s VR platform Daydream is now ready for developers’ full attention, thanks to the release of the new Google VR SDK, which exited from beta today. The kit will allow developers to build VR experiences for Daydream-ready phones and headsets, the company says, and now support … | Continue reading
AutoMobility LA, the new name for the press days before the public LA Auto Show in November, has announced the ten startups competing for visibility and mentoring opportunities. The board that chooses the finalists includes executives from companies small and large, new and old: … | Continue reading