Google eliminated nearly 800 million crappy ads last year
One of the downsides of running some the of the largest advertising networks on the Internet is that there's always going to be people looking to pollute those networks with...
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Apple may be preparing to launch the iPhone 5SE in March
The last few months have been awash with leaks and rumors about the upcoming 4-inch iPhone, but a report from 9to5Mac on Friday may be the most-believable one yet, and the most-detailed....
WhatsApp might start sharing your information with Facebook
It was only a matter of time before WhatsApp started sharing user information with Facebook, despite how much the company tried to assure us that this would never happen when...
Tinder now tells users where the nearest STD testing location is
Health experts have claimed for a while now that Tinder contributes to higher STD rates, and the company has finally addressed that issue in a way that doesn't involve freaking the hell...
Believe it or not, the Director of the NSA is actually pro-encryption
The Director of the National Security Agency is the last person I'd expect to come out in support of encryption, but that's exactly what Mike Rogers did on Thursday when he said...
Why did it take Skype six years to fix one of its biggest problems?
Whether it's finally launching an instant messaging feature, or replacing Flash with HTML5, companies seem to enjoy taking their sweet time when it comes to adding important features to their...
Yahoo turned down numerous acquisition offers this month
Most people have lost all hope that Yahoo will be able to turn things around, including many of its own employees, but it looks like the company still has no intention...
More anti-encryption legislation has popped up in the United States
The war on encryption continues, and as usual, the politicians trying to force companies like Apple and Google to stop encrypting their products are claiming that it's all being done...
Google paid Apple about $1 billion to keep its search bar on iOS
Google may be the most-popular search engine in the world, but its continued dominance doesn't come cheap. Plenty of people never bother to change their default search engine, which means that securing...
The Tor Project’s first crowd-funding campaign raised $200,000
The vast majority of the Tor Project's funding comes from the American government, and considering how the Tor is used as a tool to combat government censorship and surveillance, it's...
Stolen Uber accounts are worth more than stolen credit cards
Stolen credit cards are great and all, but the real money-makers on the dark web these days are stolen accounts for services like PayPal and Uber. According to Trend Micro, stolen...
Google has made $31 billion off Android over the last decade
Considering how Google only paid somewhere around $50 million for Android back in 2005, I think it's safe to say that it was a solid investment, but how solid? Google...