Baidu is considering leaving America and returning to China
It's been more than a decade since Baidu went public through the NASDAQ, and the Chinese company has since risen to become one of the largest Internet companies in the world....
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Berlin-based HelloFresh is now valued at around $2.9 billion
Berlin-based Rocket Internet can add a multi-billion dollar company to the list of startups that it's helped to create. HelloFresh, a clever food-delivery startup that also happens to be based...
Pinterest now has 100 million monthly active users
It may have taken Pinterest longer than the likes of Facebook and Twitter to reach the 100 million monthly active users milestone, but that doesn't really matter, because it's an impressive...
Sharp has launched its new 8K monitor for $130,000
The vast majority of the population hasn't even adopted a 4K display, and yet Sharp has already released its own 8K display. To be fair, this $130,000 monitor is meant for...
Hewlett-Packard is cutting 30,000 people from its workforce
Hewlett-Packard has had a rough time these past few years, and now the company is being forced to enter super cost-cutting mode in order to ensure its survival. Part of...
Snapchat has started charging $0.99 for extra replays
The struggle to find a way to monetize your service is one that many startups are painful familiar with, and Snapchat is definitely one of them. Advertisements have been the...
OnePlus has unveiled its newest “luxurious” product
OnePlus started teasing "something luxurious" earlier this week, and it turns out that something is a $100 handmade leather case that's designed just for the OnePlus 2. That may be...
The Last of Us director wants to make Half-Life 3 for Valve
After more than a decade of waiting, many of us have given up hope that Valve will ever release a new Half-Life game, but maybe another developer could do it. Neil...
China’s homemade operating system is actually picking up steam
The problem with the PC market being dominated by just two operating systems (OS X and Windows) is that consumer options are limited and lack of competition can stifle innovation....
The Snapdragon 820 is going to be ridiculously fast in every way
The Snapdragon 810 wasn't a failure, but it was definitely a disappointment, and it looks like Qualcomm is trying to make up for that by packing tons of new features and...
AT&T doesn’t think we should get too excited about 5G
Verizon recently earned itself a bit of publicity for announcing it that it's already preparing to test out 5G network technology, but AT&T isn't all that impressed. According to AT&T Mobility chief...
Michelle Phan’s beauty startup just raised $100 million in funding
Michelle Phan was one of the Internet's first YouTube celebrities, all thanks to her make-up tutorial videos that have earned her more than one billion collective views over the years. However, that...
Intel is working to make smart cars safe from hackers
Alongside the plethora of useful features that smart cars offer is the ever-present threat of hackers. Security experts have been worrying about the threat that hackers pose to smart cars for years,...
Nintendo has chosen Satoru Iwata’s successor
Nintendo and the gaming world as a whole mourned Satoru Iwata's passing when he succumbed to bile duct cancer a couple of months ago, but now it's time for the company...
Amazon may have as many as 80 million Prime subscribers
Amazon's investors were skeptical when the company first introduced Amazon Prime, but the premium membership has since risen to become one of the driving forces behind the company's revenue growth....
Etsy is helping connect its sellers with small manufacturers
It's been six months since Etsy completed its IPO, which valued the company at around $3.5 billion, and now it's time for the company to expand. One of the biggest problems...
Self-destruction is the most secure form of data protection
It's often the simplest tricks that are the most effective. For example, not even the most advanced, most expensive data protection and encryption can guarantee that people won't be able to get their hands on the...
Sony Pictures actually considered acquiring BitTorrent at one point
BitTorrent is practically synonymous with digital piracy, but the file sharing protocol has plenty of legal uses as well. In fact, a leaked draft presentation from about a decade ago shows that...
OnePlus has started teasing something “luxurious”
OnePlus is still struggling to make the OnePlus 2 available to purchase, but it looks like the company is already gearing up to launch a new product. This kind of...
Nintendo has already sold seven million Amiibos in the United States
Nintendo's hardware sales over the past few years have been far from impressive, but one area where the company is enjoying a lot of success if Amiibos. The company's coveted...