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Darkcoin this week announced that it has exited beta and is now ready for mainstream use. Also, the software's code is now open source ...

Google's Niantic Labs last week announced a new Missions feature that can incorporate user-generated content in its Ingress augmented reality game ...

Facebook may have garnered 1.3 billion users since its inception a decade or so ago, but today there's an upstart contender that has set its sights on much of that same social networking world ...

Facebook on Monday announced Atlas, a rebuilt ad platform that gives marketers access to its vast troves of user data and helps them direct highly targeted ads across the Web ...

There's just never a dull moment here in the Linux blogosphere, and the last week or so has been a perfect illustration ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday gave the green light for six aerial photo and video production companies to begin using unmanned aircraft systems, also known as "drones." ...

Comcast on Tuesday lashed out at critics of its US$45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, including accusing Discovery Communications of making "extortionate demands." ...

Google on Monday publicly denounced the conservativeAmerican Legislative Exchange Council for lying about climate change. ...

Attackers for months have been using eBay listings to redirect visitors to password-harvesting scam sites, the BBC reported. They use cross-site scripting to hijack eBay shoppers and trick them into handing over personal data ...

Well autumn is nigh upon us here in the Northern reaches of the Linux blogosphere, and any day now the a/c will downshift to "medium" over at the Broken Windows Lounge ...

Hard on the heels of increased security measures in Apple's newly released iOS 8, Google this week confirmed that encryption will be turned on by default in the next release of Android ...

Red Hat on Thursday announced that it will acquire FeedHenry as part of a stepped-up initiative to support mobile application development ...

The Federal Trade Commission has updated a longstanding rule governing mail- and phone-based retailers to explicitly include e-commerce vendors as well, meaning that online retailers now must abide by a 30-day shipping requirement or refund customers' payments if they can't ...

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new, cross-platform mobile keyboard that's designed to work not just with Windows devices but also with those running Android and iOS. ...

A new, flexible robotic suit funded by the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency could enable soldiers to walk longer distances with less fatigue and also improve mobility for disabled civilians ...

Fires may be easy to start, but putting them out is a different matter ...

Google on Thursday announced its acquisition of online polling startup Polar ...

Verizon in the first half of next yearwill launch an Internet TV service that offers a selection of custom channels as well as a bundle of content from the Big Four networks, according to reports ...

Comedian Will Ferrell on Wednesday announced an effort to battle cancer by giving gamers a chance to participate in a two-hour gaming event with him in San Francisco ...

Comcast has begun using JavaScript injection to serve ads for its services to devices connected to its publicly accessible Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the United States ...