This week, Tech.eu tracked 10 technology M&A transactions and 67 funding deals (totalling €512 million, about $579 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) The European Commission has blocked the propos … | Continue reading
Syyskuussa 2015 sain eteeni erikoisen haasteen, josta muuten en varmaan olisi kirjoittanut mitään, mutta koska lopputulos osoittautui yllättävän mielenkiintoiseksi, haluan kertoa siitä blogini lukijoille. Tämä on se "sivujuonteen sivujuonne", josta aikaisemmin mainitsin. Sain sii … | Continue reading
Producing quality content in and of itself is quite difficult. There are a lot of things you need to consider, from your audience to the type and format of the content, and delivery methods. For a piece of content to go viral it takes all that, plus a bit more. The point is; you … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – A co-founder of Liberty Reserve, which operated a widely-used digital currency, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday after agreeing to help authorities prosecute his ex-partner for helping cyber criminals launder hundreds of millions of dollars. Vladamir Kats … | Continue reading
While the app itself has allowed this for a few weeks now, not many users may be aware of its new non-Nexus compatibility capabilities. | Continue reading
Google processes more than 30 billion queries a day and each one at one point travels through a faceless data center with seemingly endless rows of servers.To bring some curb appeal to the Internet's so-called "homes," Google has tapped artists to paint murals on four data center … | Continue reading
The Marvel VR headset claims to give users a “virtual operating system” environment that isn’t just for gaming and entertainment, but for productivity and beyond. | Continue reading
“Tell me about your cap table?” I asked the founder of an early-stage startup. He was clearly passionate about his business, and had assembled a top-notch team to help him achieve his ambitious vision. But the grit and determination that helped him overcome the challenges of his … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Tesla has hired Peter Hochholdinger as its new Vice President of Vehicle Production, following the departure of two senior production managers earlier this month, the company said in a statement emailed to The Verge this evening.Hochholdinger will be in charge of production of th … | Continue reading
Apple deleting music from Apple Music subscriber’s accounts has been a problem since the service launched last year, but after a blog post titled, “Apple Music stole my music. No, seriously,” by freelance composer James Pinkstone, the problem has taken center stage yet again. For … | Continue reading
Is your Wi-Fi connection sometimes a little sluggish or unresponsive? This guide will help you find out if someone is stealing your Wi-Fi and how to secure your home network. | Continue reading
Why did Instagram make such a major redesign to its logo and platform now? We discuss on this week's MashTalk, with the help of Mashable designer Sam-Stringer Hye. SEE ALSO: What the designer of the old Instagram icon thinks of the new oneThen, we discuss the latest wave of iPhon … | Continue reading
Apple today acknowledged iTunes users who claim the software deleted their music files, saying it will issue an update to iTunes next week that includes additional safeguards. The company confirmed, in a statement given to iMore, that "in an extremely small number of cases, users … | Continue reading
With the re-emergence of the third iteration of Silk Road it appears that this iconic darknet market brand is here to stay. What is to be expected this time around? A Brief History When the Silk Road first launched in February of 2011 it did so to little fanfare. But as media co … | Continue reading
Robots and artificial intelligence have come a long way since a Roomba entered your home to vacuum your floor and Siri gave you advice on the best Italian restaurants in your parents’ neighborhood. Cars drive themselves. Robots deliver pizza. A revolution is underway. Robots in t … | Continue reading
MacGyver is coming back to TV, and Training Day is coming to TV for the first time. CBS announced its 2016/2017 TV series orders this morning, and among those were the two big, classic names. Neither was wholly unexpected — word has been floating around for months that the two se … | Continue reading
It’s that time of year again: more than 40 500Startups companies presented and launched in Mountain View this afternoon. From acne consultations by dermatologists through your smartphone, to selling sewing patterns, today’s Demo Day hit quite a few pretty interesting areas. Here … | Continue reading
If you need security clearance from the federal government, it’s probably wise to stop being an idiot on social media. According to a new policy approved by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, the government can now review your social media channels if you are an emp … | Continue reading
Jesus Rodriguez, cofounder and former chief executive of mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) company KidoZen, has been sentenced for two years in federal prison on one count of wire fraud after admitting earlier this year that a hedge fund transferred $5 million to the company ba … | Continue reading
I was cynical at first. I mean, I still have some underlying (if not entirely well-founded) suspicions that Fender’s new line of in-ear monitors is part of a bigger play to expand beyond its customary guitar and amp offerings. But if the FXA6 is, indeed, just the first step of so … | Continue reading
Some sparks grow into a fire, an others get snuffed out. Microsoft is shutting down the game-creation sandbox Project Spark. It will no longer appear in the Xbox or Windows Store. If you already downloaded the free game, Microsoft is planning to cut off its online services August … | Continue reading
Microsoft has discontinued its DIY game creation kit Project Spark.As of today the title is no longer be available on the Xbox Marketplace or Windows Store.Existing users will see support for Project Spark shut down after 8th December 2016. After that no one will be able to uploa … | Continue reading
Chance the Rapper's new album was downloaded and streamed by hundreds of thousands of people after hitting the web last night — unfortunately, none of those were actually authorized. According to Billboard, Chance's new album, Coloring Book, is supposed to be an Apple Music exclu … | Continue reading
It's Friday the 13th, which means ... an extra spooky podcast. Or not, actually it isn't really spooky at all. I had a super expensive bottle of beer explode on my shelf last night, so maybe it is spooky, we just didn't capture it in the recording. Anyway, we talk about a load of … | Continue reading
Smartwatches and wearables may be the future, but in the present their clunky interfaces and small screens keep them from imagining their full potential. A new Samsung patent wants to change that. The patent features technology that projects a virtual user interface (via laser) o … | Continue reading
Hong Kong-based digital currency exchange Gatecoin has reportedly experienced a hack, resulting in losses from its connected wallets. | Continue reading
Hey everyone, it's Friday and we're close to the end of the week of TouchArcade blasting stories out (unless anything cool happens over the weekend we need to cover), but the fact still remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tri … | Continue reading
Right now, if you get into a crash, it’s usually going to be a driver’s fault — a human driver. Parts can fail and tires can burst, but about 90 percent of all car crashes are caused by human error, depending on which study you read. But in the not-too-distant future, that clear- … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Samsung has applied for a patent for smartwatch technology that would project virtual user interfaces onto a wearer's hand or forearm. The patent also shows the same tech being used with head-mounted displays (like a VR or AR headset), which could project images onto surrounding … | Continue reading
Microsoft is bringing fingerprint authentication to Windows Hello – its biometric security platform – on mobile phones with the Anniversary Update coming this summer. It’s about time. That’s not to say Windows Mobile devices don’t support biometric authentication, but the current … | Continue reading
This repositioning is strong evidence of how serious Google is taking virtual reality research, as Amit Singh is certainly a valuable asset. | Continue reading
Local authorities in Taiwan are said to have arrested a man believed to have orchestrated a bitcoin trading platform scam. | Continue reading
Playboy looked both backwards and forwards during its first NewFronts today, where it pitched advertisers on its plans for what CEO Scott Flanders described as “the new, multi-platform Playboy.” Now, when I say “Playboy event,” you’ve probably got some preconceived ideas about wh … | Continue reading
I hate the new Instagram icon. You can disagree, but you're still wrong. Instagram finally changed its app icon this week and, boy, did the Internet react. The iconic instant camera icon — with a glass lens, viewfinder, brown leather wrap and rainbow, alongside the word "Insta" i … | Continue reading
By the time innovative, creative and insightful marketing trends become conventional marketing wisdom, they are no longer innovative, creative or insightful.Related posts:Ironic conventional wisdom developing about Freakanomics’ success Focus on Content Marketing Mission, Not Met … | Continue reading
ShortRound Games revealed their impressive-looking Rival Gears to us earlier this year at GDC 2016. Now, you can get in on this stylish racing game's beta by signing up on our forums. While you might think this is a CSR [Free] clone, it really isn't. The idea is that this is more … | Continue reading
Vysor, a free Chrome app that garnered attention last year thanks to its ability to let you control an Android device remotely through a desktop computer, has been removed from the Chrome Web Store. The person behind Vysor, well regarded Android developer Koushik “Koush” Dutta of … | Continue reading
Pfizer, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, has announced that it will no longer allow its products to be used for lethal injections and the death penalty. Effective immediately, Pfizer will closely screen and restrict the wholesale distribution of seven products … | Continue reading
Amazon's impulse-buy-perfecting $5 Dash button has been around for about a year now, and comes in over 100 branded flavors, but what we still don't have is a Wi-Fi button for not necessarily buying things. Some enterprising tinkerers have managed to intercept the signal Dash send … | Continue reading
Michael B. Jordan has joined the cast of Black Panther, The Hollywood Reporter reports. This will be the third time Jordan has teamed up with Ryan Coogler (who will direct Black Panther) on a film. The pair also worked together on 2013's Fruitvale Station and last year's Creed.It … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I had to turn the fan I keep beside my desk on for the first time this week. Summer’s knocking on the door, and I can’t help but feel like that’s reflected in this week’s picks. Put it this … | Continue reading
FEATURE: If you think all betas are glorified demos, you’re wrong. Gamers are buzzing about Overwatch, Blizzard’s upcoming team-based shooter. While it doesn’t debut until May 24 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, plenty of people (about 10 million of them, actually) played it … | Continue reading
Hutch Games has announced the latest game in their MMX Racing series with MMX Hill Climb, and released a new trailer showing it off. You'll be racing trucks and other rugged vehicles through bumpy and hilly courses, spinning your vehicle in mid-air like any good physics-based rac … | Continue reading
Following a cyber attack on critical infrastructure, emotions run high and the clock starts ticking. Suddenly what appears to be a well-structured incident response plan on paper can turn into a confusing “storming session” around who owns what. Rather than identifying, analyzing … | Continue reading
PixelSynth, a new Chrome Experiment written in Javascript, allows you to choose from a library of pre-selected images — or upload your own — to create your own ‘music.’ I use the term music lightly — my creations sounded like I was taking part in a torture experiment — but the co … | Continue reading
Ask people how they feel about the Amazon Dash button and you get a pretty black or white answer: either it’s the greatest convenience ever made, or it’s so lazily single-purpose, there’s no point. After all, do we all really need a Dash button for Trojan condoms? However you fee … | Continue reading