Amazon.com is having a little trouble loading today. Amazon Web Services and Amazon Prime Music also seem to be struggling, while the company’s regional ones like Amazon.ca appear to be working just fine. We first spotted the outage at 11:20 a.m. Pacific. The site is displaying a … | Continue reading
In a ruling last month, Federal Court Judge John Gleeson has become the first to admit the existence of the NSA’s infamous PRISM program by name, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLUO. PRISM, as you’ll recall, was a program that gained a fai … | Continue reading
PR firms are justifiably fighting back against a New York State agency’s ruling that would require PR firms involved in public policy issues to register as lobbyists. Five New York PR firms filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan against New York’s Joint … | Continue reading
Apple just pulled off a major scheduling coup. After months of rumors, the company announced today that its next product announcement will come on March 21st, just one day before the company defends itself against government efforts to break security on a phone linked to the San … | Continue reading
SPLT is bringing ridesharing to the corporate world. Instead of pairing you up with strangers who happen to be heading the same way, SPLT is targeted at large organizations to help ease the logistical and environmental impact of ping-ponging back and forth between the home and th … | Continue reading
Billion-dollar coworking startup success WeWork is now added to the growing list of tech companies clashing with former employees in court over proper treatment, as a report from BuzzFeed indicates that it will go to court over improperly terminating an employee who had raised co … | Continue reading
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Mobile preview today, although the company still isn’t ready to share when the operating system will be available for older devices. The latest build includes improvements to the Phone app, Outlook, and Calendar. Like the last mobile build, thi … | Continue reading
One of the finest racing experiences to date available for Android devices, and more specifically NVIDIA SHIELD, is Real Racing 3 from Electronic Arts. However, what was already a comprehensive racing package has shifted up another gear with the release of a major new NASCAR upda … | Continue reading
Microsoft spends a lot of time and money developing many technologies that could end up being part of the company’s next products. For instance, the company has many researchers working on artificial intelligence, which powers real-time speech translation with Skype Translator. B … | Continue reading
You know. If you’re one of the few who have already managed to get their hands on a Galaxy S7. | Continue reading
Lamassu Bitcoin ATMs are now capable of supporting Ethereum too. read more | Continue reading
Netflix's latest movie acquisition is Hush, a micro-budget thriller from director Mike Flanagan that's premiering at SXSW this weekend. Flanagan also wrote and produced the movie, which stars co-writer Kate Siegel as a reclusive author suffering from hearing loss who's being hunt … | Continue reading
We’re busy getting ready for a full week of coverage of the Game Developers Conference. Our team includes GamesBeat news writer Jeff Grubb, GamesBeat community manager Mike Minotti, and GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson. We’ll be covering everything from Monday through Frida … | Continue reading
LG has just sent out a press release with word that the LG G5 is coming to the United States sometime in early April. | Continue reading
Solo developer Jared Baily of Nocanwin has long been one of my favorite developers, not just because he has the best first name in existence, but because he's constantly trying new and interesting ideas for games. After his well-received Rocket Ski Racing [Free] released back in … | Continue reading
Toki Tori developer Two Tribes will be closing its doors this autumn, but not before releasing shmup Rive in September.So why shut down the studio when it still has one final game on the docket? According to Two Tribes, it's because they're "dinosaurs".The studio explained in a n … | Continue reading
A new Deloitte report suggests that blockchain-based transactions are likely to surge over the next decade. | Continue reading
Solar energy is one of the fastest growing new industries in the United States, earning a shout out from President Obama at his State of the Union speech. The president noted that it is now a bigger business than coal, and typically pays its workers a higher wage. Now a Colorado- … | Continue reading
Oh, hoverboard, how do we describe thee? These exploding toys are a far cry from what Back to the Future promised us — but "a hoverboard-esque board that doesn't really hover" doesn't have quite the same ring.Hence, the very real struggle to accurately describe these ..things. Th … | Continue reading
Finally released into the wild after two beta tests, The Division fully opens its incredibly detailed recreation of New York City to the masses. Besides a few issues, the game seems to be holding up well. Online connections have been consistently stable for us, while in terms of … | Continue reading
Sony's betting that voice recognition and face detection can finally take lifelogging mainstream. We're not so sure. | Continue reading
Developers love using GitHub, and when it comes to managing projects, they’re likely to go through the platform’s task management offering — GitHub Issues. While it works well for developers, it can be a bit complex for less technically inclined members of the team, resulting in … | Continue reading
Xerox hat seinen Multifunktionsdruckern mit ConnectKey-Funktionalität ein neues, im Zweifelsfall ziemlich praktisches Feature spendiert: Die Maschinen können in einem Aufwasch Textdokumente scannen, den Inhalt in eine von 40 Sprachen &uum... | Continue reading
Humans have a hard time letting go of the past. Sometimes it's a good thing — nostalgia helps people fight loneliness and can even make them more tolerant. Other times it feels like a weakness, mostly because of how easily it gets exploited in the name of reunion tours and shows … | Continue reading
Wikipedia today launched an upgraded version of its iOS application aimed at helping users better discover content matching their own interests, including both articles and images. In addition, the app has been optimized for Apple’s newer OS and latest iPhones (6s and 6s Plus) wi … | Continue reading
Fred Wilson is a name that needs no introduction, but we’re going to do it anyway. TechCrunch is excited to announce that Fred Wilson will be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, which goes down May 9 through May 11, in a fireside chat. Fred is a veteran at TechCrunch Disrupt … | Continue reading
The European Central Bank ramped its efforts to boost the eurozone's economy with a package of measures it unveiled on Thursday. Luca Paolini, Pictet Asset Management chief strategist, joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the ECB's move. Photo: Getty | Continue reading
Yahoo today announced an update that will allow people to sign up to use its services and make new Yahoo accounts — but with any email address. No longer will you need to create a Yahoo email address if you want to use, say, Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Yahoo senior product manager Assa … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission hopes to strengthen rules around online privacy. The commission is circulating a proposal today that would require internet service providers — like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T — to get your permission before sharing information about you with … | Continue reading
Whether anyone cares about what you share is debatable. Perhaps worse, it’s going out of fashion. That’s according to Nico Sell, the evangelist for keeping yourself to yourself online and co-founder of secure messaging service Wickr. | Continue reading
Spider-Man just leapt into the final shot of the Captain America: Civil War trailer, tingling spidey-senses across social media. The clip lasts only a couple seconds, but gives fans their first... | Continue reading
XCOM 2 should now run better on your PC, thanks to its first major patch."The XCOM team has been working hard to improve performance, balance, and stability issues reported by our fans," explains the official blog post. "We will continue to improve the XCOM 2 experience with addi … | Continue reading
Ulysses is a popular writing app aimed at people who regularly write, like poets, journalists, novelists, or academics. Up until now it was only available on desktop or iPad but the company has just released its iPhone version as well. Its clean, text-centric interface and organi … | Continue reading
Zen Pinball is bringing its acclaimed franchise to Oculus Rift on 28th March with Pinball FX2 VR.This VR debut for the studio will include three tables: Mars, Secrets of the Deep and Epic Quest.Since it's set in VR, Zen has constructed a virtual "stunning beachside mansion" housi … | Continue reading
There's a new feature in Android N that lets you drag and drop text between applications in multi-window mode! | Continue reading
A new all-electric racing series has been announced that will pit Tesla sedans against each other on famous race tracks around the world. The series was created by a company called Electric GT Holdings, and the first race could take place as soon as 2017. News of the series comes … | Continue reading
A new amendment to the Criminal Code by the Ministry of Finance in Russia sees the regulator – for the use of bitcoin – propose up to 7 years in prison for management and executives of banks and financial services firms. For the everyday citizen adopting bitcoin, the proposed ter … | Continue reading
There’s plenty of corporate and startup speak that exists but shouldn’t, so TNW’s founder Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten got together with Pep Rosenfeld from Boom Chicago in the Netherlands for a live show to come up with a few (potentially vomit-inducing) new bits of tech slang th … | Continue reading
This totally isn't a real-life attempt at Jurassic Park. We think. | Continue reading
Sheltered, a post-apocalyptic management sim about a family in a fallout shelter, is coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux on 15th March, publisher Team17 has announced.Developed by the two-person team at Unicube after raising £30,148 on Kickstarter, Sheltered tasks players … | Continue reading
Florida residents who open the Uber app today won't see the typical estimated time to summon a car, but rather a message that reads "tap to vote for Uber." This leads to a second message: "Legislation currently blocked in the Florida Senate would allow all Floridians access to Ub … | Continue reading
On March 21, Apple will hold a special invite-only event on its campus in Cupertino, California. No further details were offered, and we can’t glean much from the invitation. All it tells us is that Apple wants to ‘loop us in,’ an obvious tongue-in-cheek joke about the campus’ ad … | Continue reading
Ein spezieller Wintersport besteht ja darin, mit Schneeschuhen möglichst riesige Muster und Bilder auf verschneite Landschaften zu drucken, vor ein paar Jahren haben wir uns hier beispielsweise schon mal über einen Space-Invaders-Berg gef... | Continue reading
The mortgage service providers are rightly poised to change the dynamics of the mortgage industry for good. | Continue reading
Adobe Post has been updated to version 2.0, and now supports images of just about any size as well as improvements to its filters. If you’re not familiar with Post, it’s Adobe’s iOS app for creating text over images without having to dive into a full image editor. It’s great for … | Continue reading
This morning Apple sent out invitations for a media event on March 21st, teasing the tagline "Let us loop you in." The rumor mill is in full force trying to decode any hints offers in the invite, but most seem to expect that we'll see some new Apple Watch bands, a 4" iPhone which … | Continue reading