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A full release of Bitcoin XT became available on Saturday, heaping fuel on the fire spreading throughout the community. The Bitcoin subreddit went so far as to ban XT-related posts, resulting in allegations that a small cabal had taken control of the community and was suppressing discussion and dissent....

Users should take extra care when exploring Wikipedia's science topics, because many articles on controversial issues such as global warming and acid rain have been targeted for editing by revisionists who reject scientific findings, new research has found Due to its crowdsourced model, academics widely regard Wikipedia as a starting point for rese...

For many years, provocateurs have been able to stir people up by proclaiming the death of the salesperson. Ten years ago, in fact, Marc Miller authored the book Selling is Dead. It must be a lingering death, because I still know lots of salespeople. I sure hope they have their affairs in order, what with their impending demise foreshadowed for so long...

The National Security Agency considered its relationship with AT&T unique and particularly productive, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Saturday. The information about the company's close ties with the agency came from the trove of documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden AT&T, which NSA lauded for its "extreme willingness ...

The National Security Agency considered its relationship with AT&T unique and particularly productive, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Saturday. The information about the company's close ties with the agency came from the trove of documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden AT&T, which NSA lauded for its "extreme willingness ...

The National Security Agency considered its relationship with AT&T unique and particularly productive, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Saturday. The information about the company's close ties with the agency came from the trove of documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden AT&T, which NSA lauded for its "extreme willingness ...

Apple is in the process of scouting for locations outside of San Francisco to test an autonomous vehicle it's developing, The Guardian reported last week. Documents obtained by the paper suggest the oft-rumored Apple car project could be much further along than previous reports have indicated....

CEO Jeff Bezos on Sunday refuted contentions that Amazon has a draconian workplace culture, which were leveled in a lengthy article published in Saturday's New York Times "The NYT article prominently features anecdotes describing shockingly callous management practices, including people being treated without empathy while enduring family tragedies ...

The Linux Foundation on Monday announced the formation of the Open Mainframe Project to advance the development of Linux on the mainframe among academia, government and corporate partners. The foundation announced the software consortium at the LinuxCon/CloudOpen/ContainerCon gathering in Seattle Linux on the mainframe is nothing new. It has been o...

The process of "checking the fine print" always has been an important aspect of consumer behavior. For product manufacturers, providing important transaction information to consumers also has been a challenging part of business operations. Take the fine print of warranty information, for example. In the world of e-commerce, how should sellers and ...

If you thought the iPhone was the most desirable phone in the market you wouldn't be alone, but you likely would be wrong. While we all were snoozing, One Plus emerged. It's a little company out of China that came up with and executed one of the most brilliant low-cost guerilla marketing programs I've ever seen. The end result is that3.6M people...

Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that relaxes in a cabin in the woods of the latest gadget announcements, with a roaring fire to keep the terrible ones at bay and a s'more ready for the finest new gizmos In our bug trap this week are a smart ring for notifications from your loved one, a breathalyzing bike lock, a payment device t...

I recently talked with Bonnie Crater about changing her company's name, and something really struck home. Crater is CEO of Full Circle Insights, and I've known her since her days as an executive at Salesforce. I have followed her startup's progress almost since day one. If you don't know, Full Circle Insights previously was known as "Full Circle C...

Samsung on Thursday unveiled two new devices, the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5 The smartphones reportedly will be available in the United States starting Aug. 21....

About US$21.8 billion in global ad revenues have been lost so far this year due to ad blockers, according to a report Pagefair released this week in partnership with Adobe Consumers increasingly are opting for tools to shut down ads before they pop up. By next year, the U.S. alone should account for about $20 billion in blocked ad revenue, the repo...

Fitbit on Thursday introduced a new app for Windows 10, Windows 10 mobile and Xbox One. The app, Fitbit for Windows 10, will be available later this year. The Fitbit for Windows 10 app features an improved design that allows users to personalize the way they utilize Windows devices as part of a fitness routine. It handles traditional fitness trac...

Complaints about Windows 10 keep rolling in, but so far none appears to have stuck. The latest brouhaha is over certain privacy settings. Windows 10 gives users many options to disable certain data-gathering and reporting features, but it appears that some communications to Microsoft servers still slip through.

The Internet of Things market has been struggling to get untangled, despite the hype regarding unprecedented business opportunities. GE's latest initiative to capitalize on those IoT opportunities might be the catalyst many corporate executives have been waiting for to advance their own goals....

Xiaomi on Thursday announced its new Redmi Note 2, getting a jump on Samsung's announcement of two new smartphone entries Xiaomi's Redmi Note 2 comes with a 2-GHz octacore Mediatek Helio X10 CPU and 16 GB of flash memory. The Redmi Note 2 Prime edition comes with a 2.2-GHz octacore MTK Helio X10 CPU and 32 GB of flash memory.

"A" is for new Google parent company "Alphabet," for Sundar Pichai's "ascension" to CEO, and for a slimmed-down search engine company that seeks to become more "agile." After Google cofounder Larry Page's Tuesday announcement that he and cofounder Sergey Brin were stepping back to manage Google's divisions through the newly formed Alphabet Holding...