Business News The Defense Department Wants to Spin Off the NSA An independent NSA could free up DOD resources for more cyberattacks, assuming they can find enough programmers.
Building a Business AdBlock to Sell and Whitelist ‘Acceptable’ Ads A new platform will whitelist pre-approved ads, boosting AdBlock's revenue.
Business News New Electric Bus Could Travel 350 Miles Per Charge That's longer than nearly every U.S. mass transit route, its maker says.
Business News Another Fake Story Appeared in Facebook’s Trending News The quality of Facebook's trending stories has suffered after it replaced human editors with algorithms.
Business News Intel Spins Off McAfee to Private Equity Firm Intel's goal in acquiring McAfee was to sell security software for more than just PCs.
Business News Twitter, Facing Challenges, May Soon Be for Sale Rumors that Twitter could be acquired have been swirling for years, but they may finally come true.
Building a Business AT&T: Google Fiber Demands Government Favors To hear AT&T tell it, Google Fiber has a long history of over-promising, under-delivering and threatening city governments.
Building a Business Twitter Wants You to Make Money From Videos Ads will soon roll before some videos on the microblogging site, with part of the revenue going to the uploader.
Building a Business This Startup Aims to Make Sure Driverless Cars Don’t Run You Over Drive.ai's digital signs will let pedestrians know when it's safe to cross in front of the car.
Business News In Italy, Zuckerberg Talks Disaster Assistance and His Robot Butler The Facebook CEO is eager to help people mark themselves as safe and show off his automated home.
Business News Fake News Story Invades Facebook Trending Topics The story popped up days after Facebook announced it would no longer use editors to curate trending news.
Business News Facebook Trending Topics Loses Human Editors The trending news section of the world's largest social network is now completely automated.
Building a Business MIT Researchers Take on Slow Wi-Fi Their findings might not help your struggling home wireless router, but they could revolutionize data centers.
Business News Clothes Dryers of the Future Could Also Build Smartphones An MIT design allows phone components to automatically snap together in a centrifuge.
Building a Business Google to Penalize Mobile Sites With Intrusive Pop-Ups Starting in January, some sites will be ranked lower in Google's mobile search results.
Business News Twitter Makes it Easier for iOS Users to Tweet in the Dark 'Night mode' replaces the iOS app's white background with a dark tint.
Business Legal Judge Rejects Uber’s Settlement in Driver Classification Lawsuit The $84 million payout agreed in April fell far short of the drivers' claims, a federal judge ruled.
Business News Facebook Redesigns Ads to Circumvent Blockers The move is intended to protect the company's revenue, and give users more choice over the ads they see.
Business News Latest iPhone Rumor Teases Haptic Feedback Home Button A report from Bloomberg also confirmed the absence of a headphone jack on the next iPhone.
Building a Business Artists, Startups Promote VR-Powered Space Tourism Thanks to virtual reality, you'll soon be able to gaze at the Orion Nebula or watch 360-degree videos of Earth.
Building a Business Hackers Breach Hundreds of Thousands of Cash Registers A security researcher said the breach appears to have originated from a Russian cybercrime syndicate.
Business News Facebook: Clickbait Has No Place in News Feeds The social network hopes to return to its roots as a platform for connecting with friends and family.
Building a Business Facebook’s Area 404 Is a Melting Pot for Hardware Research The new facility will support drones, artificial intelligence servers and much more.
Business News Disney Patents Unique Way to Keep Tabs on Theme Park Guests Sensors would recognize guests based on the shape and size of their feet to offer customized experiences.
Business News Alphabet and GlaxoSmithKline to Collaborate on Bioelectronic Research The companies hope to solve medical problems by fusing biology and technology.
Building a Business Apple to Supreme Court: Let’s End This Samsung Patent Fight Apple's lawyers argue that Samsung stole Apple's patents and should end its court appeal.
Business News With Robotic Exoskeleton, Scientists Teach Kids to Crawl By promoting muscle activity, it could prevent the onset of cerebral palsy.
Business News Mercedes Unveils First Heavy-Duty Electric Delivery Truck For deliveries that can't be sent via Amazon drone, this truck can carry up to 26 tons.
Business News Facebook Gives Away 360-Degree Camera Design Actually building the rig, though, will cost you upwards of $25,000.
Business News Snowden Designs iPhone Case to Detect Snooping It's aimed at journalists discussing sensitive information.