High Court Slams Brakes on New UK Copyright-Trolling Effort
Those familiar with the copyright-trolling landscape against alleged file-sharers in the UK will be familiar with the names Golden Eye (International) and Mircom. The companies have...
EBay picks 5.5% stake in India’s Paytm Mall
EBay said today it is buying a 5.5% stake in e-commerce marketplace Paytm Mall as the global firm makes another push to gain footprint in India’s...
Congressional testimony reveals some faults in Facebook’s digital currency plans
As Facebook continues to lay the foundation for getting some of the world’s largest payment processing and technology companies a seat at the global monetary policy...
Geek Trivia: Tech Giant Hewlett-Packard’s Name Was Decided By?
Tech Giant Hewlett-Packard’s Name Was Decided By? A Game of Darts Random Phone Book Pages An Arm Wrestling Match A Coin Toss Think you know the...
Google Yanks Seven Stalkerware Apps Discovered by Security Researchers From the Play Store
Google has yanked several apps from its Play Store after cybersecurity firm Avast identified them as “all likely designed by a Russian developer to allow people...
Georgia Tech’s ant-sized micro-robots move through vibration
The above image is a shot of Georgia Tech’s latest robot posed next to a penny. The 3D printed bot is roughly two millimeters in length...
Banking startup N26 raises another $170 million at $3.5 billion valuation
Fintech startup N26 is raising $170 million a few months after raising $300 million. While it’s technically structured as a new round, the company considers today’s...
Southeast Asian cloud communications platform Wavecell acquired by 8×8 in deal worth $125 million
Wavecell, a cloud-communications platform for companies in Southeast Asia, announced today that it has been acquired by 8×8 in a deal worth about $125 million. The...
How a Hong Kong startup gets caught up in US-China trade war
Taylor Host has been operating his artificial intelligence startup out of Hong Kong for more than two years. The American entrepreneur has clients from Europe, North...
Instagram won’t say why teen’s dead body still shows up in profile pics despite image blocking tech
Instagram is taking steps to block users from posting horrific photos of a teen’s body after her brutal murder, but the platform’s filters seem to have...
