The launch of a new cryptocurrency designed to make real the anonymity once thought to be offered by bitcoin has been delayed. | Continue reading
With Disney Infinity's [Free] cancellation announced earlier this year, and the game's various online components, it was probably only a matter of time before news of the game's various shutdown dates would be revealed. And thanks to reader Brandon who sent us over an email sent … | Continue reading
What does a $50-$100 smartphone offer? Let's find out in a closer look at the latest affordable offering from BLU, in this in-depth BLU R1 HD review! | Continue reading
Tim Cook is planning a fundraising event for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to an invitation obtained by Buzzfeed News. The fundraiser is scheduled for August 24 and will be undertaken by Cook as a private citizen, rather than as a representative of Apple.Cook … | Continue reading
Breaking Bad was never planned as a national conversation starter about sexist double standards in media, but the broad public reaction to Anna Gunn’s character, Skyler White, rapidly turned it into one. Skyler drew so much vitriol that Gunn wrote a New York Times op-ed about the … | Continue reading
In this morning’s bitcoin price analysis, we mixed things up a little bit, and went with a variation on our standard strategy. Specifically, we looked at a downward sloping channel range (as opposed to our horizontal usual range) and said we would look to enter towards a five-dol … | Continue reading
Last night at the Democratic National Convention, we learned a number of things. Chelsea Clinton kind of sounds like Mia Thermopolis from The Princess Diaries if you close your eyes and squint your ears. "Believing in science" is somehow not a given for a presidential candidate i … | Continue reading
Trolls are everywhere online — we even have a few of our own. The problem, until now, has been in correctly identifying what constituted abusive language. As it turns out, even humans are pretty terrible at identifying abuse. Yahoo’s newest algorithm is different. In 90 percent o … | Continue reading
If you own a virtual reality headset, Valve is holding a sale that showcases games and experiences for it. The VR Weekend Sale isn’t the first time Valve has discounted games for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive — a number of them showed up in the big summer sale — but it’s the first … | Continue reading
Yahoo finally found a buyer, Mobileye and Tesla broke up, and some of the largest tech companies reported quarterly earnings. These are the biggest tech stories of the week. Read More | Continue reading
Your WhatsApp conversations may not be as private as you believed.iOS researcher Jonathan Zdziarski wrote in a blog post Thursday that he has discovered the messenger program is retaining traces of your deleted messages.The company rolled out end-to-end encryption in April for it … | Continue reading
Self-talk—telling yourself things like “I want to be the best”—can quickly boost performance even beyond sports, according to recent research. Wall Street Journal columnist Susan Pinker discusses with Tanya Rivero. Photo: iStock | Continue reading
Some mascots are better than others. Bubsy didn't really work out so well. What did we see in him so many years back? Did we see anything at all, and were we just hungry for mascots? I don't know, but I feel like someone needs to apologize. Ratchet? He's done some fine work and h … | Continue reading
AT&T is matching Comcast and raising the ceiling of its monthly home internet data cap to 1TB. Beginning August 21st, all U-verse customers on speed tiers up to (and including) 300Mbps will receive the higher monthly allowance. If they somehow still manage to exceed 1TB, they'll … | Continue reading
Gionee launched its new M6 and the M6 Plus in Beijing this week. The phones are pretty ordinary with unexceptional specs, like a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, a headphone jack, and a MediaTek MT6755 eight-core processor. But they do each have one feature worth noting: massive … | Continue reading
Almost one week ago, KickassTorrents was delivered what many thought to be a death blow, as the US government seized its domain name, switched off its servers, and arranged for its alleged owner, Ukrainian national Artem Valin, to be arrested in Poland. But this was by no means t … | Continue reading
Kanye West unexpectedly dropped a video for "Wolves" featuring Sia and Vic Mensa from his album The Life of Pablo. The seven-minute clip is directed by Steven Klein and is essentially an extensive Balmain commercial with the fashion house's boss and Kardashian family friend Olivi … | Continue reading
We've already posted about the reveal of the new Hearthstone [Free] which happened last night at 11:00 PM Eastern. Why such a weird time? The reveal was streamed live from China Joy, a huge game convention in China. If (like me) you were sleeping when Ben Brode took the stage to … | Continue reading
A blockchain tech conference this October will bring together representatives from the French government and legislature. | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we check out the new Xbox One S Bluetooth controller, reports shed new details on Nintendo’s NX console, and we get ready for our conference in Los Angeles next week, GamesBeat 2016. Happy reading, and have a great weekend! … | Continue reading
Smartphone season is rapidly upon us, with the new versions of Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Apple’s iPhone rumored to be just around the corner. Unfortunately for those two companies, Chinese OEM Akyumen (Pronounced like "acumen," probably) has just announced that its Holofone Phabl … | Continue reading
Pokémon may be the perfect dating app: you’re out in the real world, have an immediate way to start a conversation with an attractive stranger and, clearly, the two of you already share a common interest. These facts have not been lost on the makers of actual dating applications, … | Continue reading
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has suffered a security breach, and the FBI is investigating, writes Reuters. The incident, reported by four anonymous sources and later confirmed by the DCCC, comes shortly after WikiLeaks released a trove of damaging emails from t … | Continue reading
The Scribewise blog explores all things content marketing, digital marketing, social media, SEO, strategy and branding. | Continue reading
Maybe we can learn about gaming’s future by looking at its past. That’s why we’re excited to announced that our closing speaker at our GamesBeat 2016 event in Los Angeles next week will be Tom Kalinske, the chairman of online game firm Gazillion and the former president of Sega o … | Continue reading
For the first time, the Zika virus might have been transmitted from mosquitoes to humans inside the United States, according to Florida Governor Rick Scott. Scott confirmed that four cases under investigation in his state were not brought in from outside the country.The four case … | Continue reading
Hey, it's HighScalability time: Facial tats to disrupt big brother surveillance systems may a... | Continue reading
Apple is opening its very first store in Brooklyn tomorrow. TechCrunch got a sneak peek at the new spot during a press event earlier this week, as you can see in the video above. The store isn’t quite as grand as some of Apple’s other New York location, but it has an appropriatel … | Continue reading
Lobster, the platform that lets brands and publishers license user-generated content from social sites like Instagram and Youtube, has today announced integration with Dropbox. Plus, the platform has builtout tools that will make it easier for brands and publishers to find the pe … | Continue reading
Thanks to a user over at XDA, a leaked beta build of Android 7.0 Nougat has now arrived for the Huawei P9. | Continue reading
A new patent awarded to Disney may have the theme park changing its tagline from “The happiest place on earth” to “The creepiest place on earth.” In its efforts to expedite lines, customize the Disney experience, and make your overall visit more enjoyable, Disney’s new patent det … | Continue reading
At this point it's clear that Samsung is fond of curved displays on its Galaxy smartphones, and the upcoming Galaxy Note 7 is expected to receive a dual-edge display when its announced next week. But a new video floating around Wiebo shows what appears to be a working version of … | Continue reading
Es war klar, dass Pokémon Go irgendwie auch eine Fitness App ist, aber wie sehr man sich damit trainiert, war bislang eher müßig feststellbar. Jetzt gibt es eine eigene App dafür, die über Pokémon Go ein eigenes Overlay... | Continue reading
I’m a sucker for sci-fi horror settings, so when I saw this brutal app icon alongside colorful screenshots that really pop, I knew I had to go for this app. Wait, what’s that? And it’s a premium game with no in-app purchases? Oh Dead Shell, you say all the right things! I was exc … | Continue reading
The past few episodes of Vergecast have been lengthy, and this week is no exception. But we have an excuse! It's earnings week and there are a lot of thoughts. Nilay, Dieter, Paul, and Lauren bring the news right to your ears.01:55 – Apple earnings22:52 – Apple car25:33 – The tro … | Continue reading
Have you noticed how almost every form of public communication nowadays is aimed directly at you? The second person has always been the primary addressee of advertising and political rhetoric, but it’s striking how prevalent it has become in our new age of constant connectedness. … | Continue reading
The Democratic hacks just keep coming.Following on from the high-profile hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has confirmed it has also been hacked. The DCCC is the campaign arm for House Democrats.SEE ALSO: How n … | Continue reading
Against all odds - and largely due to a favorable exchange rate and expansive cost-cutting exercises - Sony Mobile has finally posted a profit. | Continue reading
ACI Worldwide, a Florida-based payment system firm, has released a study which revealed that more than one third of Singaporeans have faced card fraud since 2014. The statistic demonstrates the seriousness of the underlying vulnerabilities discovered in the security systems of cr … | Continue reading
When historians look back decades from now, they may wonder what killed virtual reality in the ‘10s. The technology was finally cheap and sophisticated. Billions of dollars were poured into funding hardware and software. Even skeptics were slowly being won over. But then they wil … | Continue reading
The founder and head of Philips Blockchain Lab, Arno Laeven, is leaving the healthcare giant effective 1st August. | Continue reading
A few days ago we reported that a group of hackers at the HOPE Conference in New York told the world that they had cloned the last TSA Master Key. These keys, which were leaked in a Washington Post article, are a bit of security theatre coupled with a lot of poor engineering. Xma … | Continue reading
French/American big data startup Talend made its debut as a public company today with a pop. After pricing its shares at $18 last night (above the expected range of $15-17), the company began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker TLND at $27.66, up 54% on its IPO price, giving the c … | Continue reading
At first glance, Acer’s Aspire Switch Alpha 12 looks very much like a me-too device. It’s a Microsoft Surface clone running Windows 10, albeit with a slightly different kickstand and a clever way of cooling itself (liquid, instead of fans). So when I started using it a couple wee … | Continue reading
We had the pleasure of having Facebook’s VP of Product Design Julie Zhuo speak at TNW Conference back in May. This November, catch similar tech giants at Momentum – our new event for New York. The art of building new products is an exercise in navigating ambiguity. How do you kno … | Continue reading
Zwar hatte Sony immer schon betont, dass sie sich nicht von Mobile als Geschäftssparte trennen wollen, aber so schlecht wie es um den Bereich in den letzten Jahren bestellt war, was diese Aussage keinesfalls sicher. Jetzt - nach einer deutlichen... | Continue reading
Coinbase, prominent Bitcoin wallet service provider and cryptocurrency exchange, has expanded its instantaneous Bitcoin purchase service to Singapore and Canada. Coinbase users in Canada and Singapore are enabled to purchase Bitcoin and other digital currencies through the Coinba … | Continue reading
Sometimes you have to carry your 3D printer across town. I don’t know what dire situation requires this — maybe a Pokémon iPhone case needing to be printed, or a Tesla phone supercharger needing to be made? Whatever the reason, Ultimaker knows people are shepherding these huge pr … | Continue reading