Capital One hacked, over 100 million customers affected
Capital One was hacked, the company has disclosed. The breach was first discovered on July 19th. A notice about the data breach is currently being broadcast...
How Much is Your Face Worth? Google Says $5
How do you train a facial recognition AI reportedly sophisticated enough to rival Apple’s Face ID technology? Simple: You offer strangers $5 if they lend you...
Tesla has a new energy product called Megapack
Tesla has launched a new utility-scale energy storage product called Megapack modeled after the giant battery system it deployed in South Australia as the company seeks...
The Museum of Future Experiences offers a spooky, surreal take on VR
Here’s what I knew when I visited the Museum of Future Experiences: The startup is part of the current batch of companies at Y Combinator, and...
American Horror Story: 1984’s Campy First Teasers Depict a Wet Hot American Bloodbath
It seems like just days ago we were all looking forward to basking in the summer sun’s radiating embrace the way nature intended. But suddenly, summer’s...
Google Is Slowly Turning Waze Into a Rideshare-Meets-Hitchhiking App
Few hells are worse than getting stuck in traffic. To help, Waze started test-piloting its separate Carpool feature back in 2015 and in its latest update,...
Windows 10 Leak Has “Cloud Download” For Reinstalling Windows
Reinstalling Windows 10 might get soon easier. The leaked version of Windows 10 featuring a new Start menu design has another surprising feature: A “Cloud Download”...
With Y Combinator’s seal of approval, MyPetrolPump raises $1.6 million for its car refueling business
Even before pitching onstage at Y Combinator, Indian car refueling startup MyPetrolPump has managed to snag $1.6 million in seed financing. The business, which is similar...
Uber Only Has 800 Marketing People Now
On Monday, Uber announced it had laid off a third of its marketing department. According to the New York Times, an internal email said the team...
UK High Court rejects human rights challenge to bulk snooping powers
Civil liberties campaign group Liberty has lost its latest challenge to controversial U.K. surveillance powers that allow state agencies to intercept and retain data in bulk....
