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Expedia has started accepting payments in Bitcoin

Jun 11, 2014

Travel site Expedia will begin accepting the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin from customers looking to book hotel rooms, the company announced...

Over half of all cable subscribers would ditch their provider if they could

Jun 8, 2014

It’s no secret that a lot of cable subscribers are unhappy with their service—it’s a big reason why “cord-cutting” has...

The Secret Service is looking for software that can detect sarcasm

Jun 8, 2014

The Secret Service, a law enforcement organization tasked with protecting the president from bullets and crazy people, may have the...

NASA reportedly doesn’t have enough money for a trip to Mars

Jun 5, 2014

It's no secret that NASA's long-term goal is to get people to Mars. But how realistic is that objective, really? Unfortunately,...

The FCC is considering reclassifying broadband as 10-25 Mbps

May 31, 2014

The FCC last set its definition of broadband as 4Mbps downstream, and 1Mbps upstream. That was fine for 2010, but it's...

Google, Yahoo, Facebook, and Microsoft are fighting government gag orders

May 25, 2014

As it stands now, tech companies can't disclose exact figures on how many national security-related user data requests they've received...

FCC Chairman continues to insist he wants to defend net neutrality

May 9, 2014

Earlier this week, many of the biggest technology companies on the planet sent a letter to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler arguing strongly...

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to notify users of data requests

May 2, 2014

With the Snowden reports, many are starting to become concerned that the US government could be spying on them. That...

Verizon attempted to challenge the NSA’s phone call surveillance program

Apr 26, 2014

You can’t fault a company for trying. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Verizon challenged—albeit unsuccessfully—the NSA’s phone call surveillance program. Citing...

Google to begin encrypting search globally by default

Mar 13, 2014

Last year shocking revelations were made when top secret documents were leaked by Edward Snowden. Since then most companies have publicly stated...

Microsoft is selling user information to get targeted political ads on Xbox Live

Mar 7, 2014

The gaming industry is a huge one consisting of millions upon millions of players of different races, cultures, gender, preferences,...

Bill Gates reclaims his place at the top of Forbes’ list of top billionaires

Mar 5, 2014

The annual billionaire list for Forbes has more interesting things to note this year than ever. The most important news...