How they nabbed Ross William Ulbricht
Sloppiness, ego, and money eventually brought down the criminal mind that merged a high tech economy with low tech crime. The Dread Pirate Roberts, head of the most brazen drug...
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Email provider tried to protect Edward Snowden from the FBI
Not every tech company out there was willing to bend the rules to appease the US government back then. Today, many companies are unifying to fight the privacy issues, but...
Iran’s cyber-commander assassinated
While most eyes look at the Mossad as the likely entity behind Mojtaba Ahmadi's assassination. Did Israel get one of their number one targets knocked off or are they the...
Sandra Bullock received advice on being an astronaut from… an astronaut
When making movies, actors often try to emulate their characters by living in their shoes. Robert De Niro actually worked as a New York City cabbie for a time to...
Grand Theft Auto launches. Here’s a first impression.
The game has already been a huge success before it even launched its online gameplay. Now that GTA Online is live, it appears to be impressing, glitches aside. Twelve years...
Unpatched IE exploit could go big very soon
If you're reading this, chances are you're not an avid Internet Explorer user. If by some chance you are, here's a quick warning about a potential attack on your system....
Silk Road owner solicited murder for hire
As we learn more about the FBI bust of the deep net financial arm of parts of the underworld, Silk Road, a new fact was revealed. The owner tried to...
NSA conducted cell location tracing experiments
Every day, it seems like we find out something new about the NSA and their domestic spying practices. The latest revelation: they experimented with GPS location tracking on citizens' cell...
Bitcoin suffers setback with Silk Road takedown
That didn't take long. After Silk Road, a Bitcoin-based black market that specialized in drugs and other illegal purchases, was shut down by the FBI, values of a Bitcoin fell...
Smule makes karaoke a virtually social experience
New social networks have been launching every other day for the last half decade. Everyone seems to play on variations of the same thing, but Smule has a different approach...
Innovative chat app Spin gives video chat a different perspective
Interaction with each other and the current world around everyone is the difference between Spin and other chat services. Rather than talking heads, its default video chat setting points through...
Kindle scores well in review
The latest variation of Amazon's tablet is built on Android OS, but the modifications and additions to the base software make it completely different from its traditional competitors. Amazon's new...
Kevin Rose takes lead on AngelList’s money leaderboard
The Digg founder and former CEO didn't need much time to break the $1 dollar mark for his AngelList investment potentials. One might believe that, based upon the numbers, that...
Bezos officially owns The Washington Post
Nobody was expecting anything to go south, but it's always good when it's official. The Washington Post has a new owner. Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally...
NCSA Chief: ‘We’re all connected’
It's a great message at a terrible time. Amidst government shutdowns and domestic spying, the National Cyber Security Alliance leader has a message for parents. October is National Cyber Security...
IsTheGovernmentShutDown.com changes stance to ‘Yes’
If this website had been up for the last 18 years, it would have said, "No." As of today, it has a different message. The shutdown of the federal government...
Yahoo thinks your email security is worth $12.50
Call it an insult to their users. It is. After the debacle they've had over emails, Yahoo has decided to compensate you with a $12.50 discount voucher. Google, Microsoft, Facebook,...
The connection between phishing and cyberattacks
It was originally designed as a way for identity thieves to get personal information about people in order to gain access to their accounts and profiles. Today, phishing has graduated...
Are Samsung’s Note 3 benchmarks faked?
Benchmarking is supposed to be the unbiased method for finding strengths and weaknesses in gadgets, particularly with mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Samsung is being accused of playing with...
Online insurance markets overwhelmed by launch day traffic
The number of people who came in to speak to a "navigator" at various locations across the country were minimal, but those seeking online help with their health care future...