Both Audi's 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines in the U.S. have been caught up in the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal. Despite the fact that the German luxury brand or its parent company VW have yet to come up with a fix for the emissions-cheating engines, Audi is pushing f … | Continue reading
A U.S. court has charged Trevon Gross, the former chairman of a Jackson, N.J. federal credit union, with accepting $150,000 in bribes to turn the credit union’s functions over to the operators of Coin.mx, an illegal bitcoin exchange, according to NJ.com, a New Jersey news site. T … | Continue reading
Less than a day after it emerged that Amazon had quietly dropped device encryption support for its Fire tablets and other Fire OS devices, the U.S. firm has flip-flopped and said that it will restore the feature. Read More | Continue reading
The U.S. District Court handling the Apple-FBI encryption case today published the entire amicus curiae brief from San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos in support of the U.S. government. And oh, is it contentious. Ramos, an elected official in the county where th … | Continue reading
No other mobile game has done this so quickly in the age of Clash of Clans, Game of War: Fire Age, and Candy Crush Saga. A brand new game, Supercell’s Clash Royale fortress battle title, has become No. 1 in the U.S., not only on the top downloads chart but also on the top-grossin … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: You could call it an exodus now. Electronic Arts said in January that it would drop its booth on the show floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s biggest trade show in the U.S. Then Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. game company, droppe … | Continue reading
The chart below is the past week’s Google trend graph for U.S. Google users searching the phrase, “how to move to canada”? The turning point is three days ago, Super Tuesday (3.2.2016), the day people who were still skeptical of the chances of Donald Trump winning the GOP preside … | Continue reading
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Conventional wisdom dictates that Apple performs best in Western markets, where operator-subsidized contracts are most popular and consumer spending power is greater, but it turns out the U.S. company is doing better in India than many expected. Read More | Continue reading
In the latest blockbuster overseas acquisition by a Chinese company, AMC Entertainment will buy Carmike Cinemas, becoming the U.S.'s -- and the world's -- largest movie-theater operator. The WSJ's Rick Carew has the details. Photo: AFP/Getty | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Amazon has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling data was little used by customers. Privacy advocates and some users criticized the move, which came to light on Thursday even as Apple was … | Continue reading
Peakview is the investment advisory arm of Shengjing Group and the largest global fund of funds in China. It also has millions of dollars to invest in U.S.-based venture capital funds, it says. This year. Right now. It’s a very different message than VCs are receiving from many o … | Continue reading
Alaska is home to one of the toughest endurance events in the world: the Iditarod — a 1000+ miles dog sled race across the vast wilderness that is the U.S.’s northernmost state. Most of us will never get to see this race in person (or participate in it), but you can now experienc … | Continue reading
Samsung is teaming up with one of the world’s largest amusement park operators to launch a series of virtual reality (VR) roller coasters. Samsung has revealed a tie-up with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation that sees the electronics giant become its official technology partner … | Continue reading
BlackBerry has announced that its Priv smartphone is now available on Verizon, the third of the big four mobile networks in the U.S. that BlackBerry’s inaugural Android device is now on. The Priv can be purchased online from today starting at $30 per month on a 24-month plan, and … | Continue reading
On each of my trips to Europe or elsewhere abroad to a marketing conference, it is inevitable that someone will say, “We’re 1-2 years behind digital marketing in the U.S.". The reasons for this vary, from the capabilities of agencies to demand amongst business buyers of marketing … | Continue reading
Tokyo-based Mercari, the Japanese startup behind a consumer-to-consumer marketplace app of the same name, announced today that it has fundraised $74 million (8.4 billion yen) in a series D round. | Continue reading
Aubrey McClendon, one of the pioneers of the U.S. shale boom and former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., died in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday. Photo: kwtv skynews 9 hd/Reuters | Continue reading
(Reuters) – A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, the unit’s director said. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, wh … | Continue reading
The Unites States Secretary of Defense today came out against the creation of a so-called backdoor to break the data encryption of the iPhone at the heart of the Apple-FBI court case. Speaking at the RSA Conference, Secretary Ashton Carter declared, “I’m not a believer in backdoo … | Continue reading
Lending Club, the largest P2P lending platform in the U.S., has seen its share price drop by more than 50 percent since December 10; the price per share on the NASDAQ Stock Market dropped from $14 to less than $7 (current price per share will vary). So what is the reason for such … | Continue reading
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by the federal government. | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Defense is rapidly ramping up its cyber efforts to combat the operations of terrorist organization ISIL, or ISIS. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter yesterday described the importance of disrupting ISIL’s … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the formation of a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board, with the idea of improving the department with help from people in the private sector from Silicon Valley and other areas. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s umb … | Continue reading
Recruitment services giant CareerBuilder is expanding into the background screening realm today with the acquisition of Illinois-based Aurico. CareerBuilder is perhaps better known to most people for CareerBuilder.com, one of the biggest recruitment websites in the U.S. But the c … | Continue reading
Google is still in the process of bringing Android Pay to merchants’ around the U.S., but the Internet giant is now beginning a new pilot project that will let you sidestep the need to “tap and pay” with any physical contraption. Available now for Android and iOS, Hands Free was … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that “data scientist” is one of the hottest job titles going. DJ Patil famously proclaimed data scientist “The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century” before moving on to join the White House as the first chief data scientist of the U.S. Once a rarified in-house role at a … | Continue reading
Hacking the Pentagon is a commonly seen feat in action movies, but among actual, real-life hackers who don't want to end in jail, it's known as something you just don't do. That changes today, with a new initiative from the U.S. Defense Department that will ask "vetted" security … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency chief said on Tuesday it was a “matter of when, not if” a foreign nation-state attempts to launch a cyber attack on the U.S. critical infrastructure, citing the recent hack on Ukraine’s power grid as a cause for concern. Speaking at t … | Continue reading
Today Apple sent its general counsel and senior vice president Bruce Sewell to Washington, to speak before the House Judiciary Committee about the ongoing battle the FBI is waging against the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over the encryption of San Bernardino shoot … | Continue reading
Just in time for Super Tuesday, the AP has launched a new tool in partnership with Google and Twitter that helps voters visualize what people are saying about the current elections, candidates and issues, as well as how that interest has changed over time. Effectively, the produc … | Continue reading
A federal district court judge in New York today called into question several of the federal government’s arguments in its push to make Apple unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein, of the U.S. District Court for the Easte … | Continue reading
Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, when 12 states hold their primary elections and caucuses in the U.S. presidential campaign. It is arguably the most important day for candidates in the battle for the Democrat and Republican nominations, a day when the most states and the most delegates … | Continue reading
Right on schedule, HTC has opened up pre-orders for its Vive virtual reality headset and controllers on its website. The Vive will cost $799 in the U.S., £689 in the UK and €899 in Europe.The HTC Vive will ship on April 5, mere days after its closest competitor, the $599 Oculus R … | Continue reading
Property management is one of those industries that typically lags behind the rest of the U.S economy in terms of technology, customer service, and transparency. Castle, part of YC’s Winter 2016 class, is trying to bring the industry up to date with its automated property managem … | Continue reading
Gogo has announced it will upgrade its satellite modem that’s used with its 2Ku and Ku satellite technologies to increase the throughput from satellites to Internet users on its planes in the U.S. The news comes after American Airlines dropped its litigation against Gogo over its … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it’s starting to send developers invitations to pre-order the $3,000 HoloLens Development Edition version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset. The kits will ship to people in the U.S. and Canada starting on March 30. Microsoft had said pre-ord … | Continue reading
Another transportation startup has run out of gas while larger companies continue refuelling to tap into economies of scale. Tripda — a carpooling startup operating in 13 countries including the U.S. and backed by the Berlin-based incubator Rocket Internet — has announced that it … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – As Apple resists the U.S. government in a high profile stand-off over privacy, rival device makers are, for now, keeping a low profile. Most are Asian companies – the region produces eight of every 10 smartphones sold around the world – and operate in a complex legal, … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Friday Apple is committed to raising its dividend annually, a move designed to please investors but also a sign the world’s most famous technology company may no longer be a growth stock. As concerns mount that growth in sales of iPhon … | Continue reading
Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges, a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the … | Continue reading
Apple's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions for the world's mobile network operators. | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will be available globally on March 11In the U.S., the phones can be pre-ordered on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and U.S. Cellular. You've got lots of options from contracts to installment plants to leasing plans.See also: 12 awesome Instagram f … | Continue reading
Facebook has announced that it is finally expanding its live video-streaming tool to Android devices, but only in the U.S. for now. Today’s news comes one month after the social network opened Facebook Live to all iOS users in the U.S., following a short period of limited availab … | Continue reading
Ben and James discuss Apple versus the FBI. Links James Allworth: The U.S. has Gone F&*%ing Mad — Medium James Allworth: How the Apple/FBI Fight Risks the Whole U.S. Tech Industry — Harvard Business Review Ben Thompson: Apple, The FBI, and Security — Stratechery Radley Balko: Sur … | Continue reading
Facebook is expanding its live-video feature to Android users, the company announced in a blog post today. This rollout is initially for Android users based in the U.S. next week, but “more countries [are] coming soon,” Facebook confirmed. Read More | Continue reading
Apple today filed a motion to vacate U.S. Justice Department attorneys’ order to compel the tech company to help the FBI unlock the iPhone 5c that belonged to San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. The attorneys filed the 35-page motion in the U.S. District Court’s Central Di … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON (By David Morgan for Reuters) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it would develop drone regulations allowing some unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to fly over people, an authorization eagerly sought by a range of industries including real estate and … | Continue reading