Snapchat’s First IPO Could Value The Company At $25B, Raring For A Fight With Facebook
Oct 07, 2016 06:38 am UTC| Technology
It would seem that Snapchat is finally entering the realm of public trading with its initial public offering going live somewhere around March 2017. One of the companys reasons for doing so is fighting back against the...
Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
Oct 07, 2016 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The past few weeks have seen a remarkable and somewhat alarming development in cyber security. It comes in the wake of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that has forced a rethink of how we can deal with attacks...
A Chinese firm could buy Twitter in the coming wave of cross-border tech acquisitions
Oct 06, 2016 14:37 pm UTC| Technology
As the financial media speculates about Twitter being acquired by Salesforce, Alphabet (formerly Google) or even Apple, companies outside the Californian tech scene have received little attention as potential...
‘Skyrim’ And ‘Fallout 4’ PS4 Mods At Back On Track After Sony Reversal, 4K Gaming Planned
Oct 06, 2016 13:13 pm UTC| Technology
Good news! Sony finally reversed its earlier decision to exclude PlayStation 4 players from the sweet goodness of modding. The road to a better, more thrilling ride with Bethesdas Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4 is...
Yahoo Calls Reuters Article About Email Scanning ‘Misleading,’ EU Gets Involved
Oct 06, 2016 13:07 pm UTC| Technology Law
Reuters recently published an article accusing Yahoo Inc. of helping the U.S. government spy on its users by scanning hundreds of millions of emails. The online entity has since responded to the allegations, saying that...
OurMine Hacked Buzzfeed In Retaliation For Defacing The Group’s Reputation
Oct 06, 2016 13:06 pm UTC| Technology
Buzzfeed recently published an article basically dismantling the entire façade that the hacker group OurMine had built for itself, insinuating that the notorious criminal entity was not a group at all. In...
‘Gears Of War’ Movie To Be Made By Universal Pictures
Oct 06, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Technology
Yet another video game movie adaptation is in the works. This time, the subject is the Gears of War franchise, with its fourth numbered installment coming out soon. Universal Pictures will be responsible for bringing the...