Watch SpaceX’s spectacular first Falcon Heavy night launch live
SpaceX is going to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket for only the third time ever tonight, should all go according to the current mission plan. The...
JD.com’s logistics arm raises a $218 million investment fund
The logistics division of JD.com, Alibaba’s closest e-commerce competitor in China, has raised 1.5 billion yuan (about $218 million) to invest in logistics-related companies and technology....
Amazon Prime Day 2019 expands to become a 48-hour sale on July 15-16
Amazon is preparing for its longest Prime Day ever. The company announced today it will host a 48-hour Prime Day sales event this year, starting at...
Japanese High-Speed Rail Line Was Brought to Standstill by Tiny Slug That Fried on Power Cable
Japanese rail company JR Kitakyushu says that one small slug was responsible for a power outage and subsequent delays for an estimated 12,000 commuters on a...
The Cognitive Cost of Carbon Copy Email
If you haven’t noticed, we have a major email overload problem in our lives and society. There are many reasons for email overload, and there is...
Hackers are stealing years of call records from hacked cell networks
Security researchers say they have uncovered a massive espionage campaign involving the theft of call records from hacked cell network providers to conduct targeted surveillance on...
Investigators Say Late Owner of QuadrigaCX Crypto Exchange Siphoned Client Holdings
The late founder of catastrophically failed Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX (QCX) “took most of the money entrusted to him by clients and spent much of it...
iPadOS preview
Microsoft drew a line in the sand with Windows 10, presenting an operating system designed for both PCs and tablets alike. The move fostered hardware designers...
U.S. and Iran’s Hackers Are Trading Blows
The loud saber rattling and increasing tension in the Persian Gulf is being felt acutely in cyberspace. Following reports that the U.S. carried out cyberattacks against...
Monzo, the UK challenger bank, raises £113M Series F led by YC’s Continuity fund at a £2B post-money valuation
Monzo, the fast-growing U.K.-based challenger bank with more than two million account holders, has raised £113 million (~$144m) in additional funding. Confirming TechCrunch’s scoop in April,...
