TechNot So Kawaii! Researcher Reports More Than 3M Hello Kitty Fans Exposed In Data BreachAn Austin security researcher says more than 3 million accounts on Sanrio sites were exposed to the web by an insecure database.
TechStartup Unveils Multi-User VR Experience Without Specialized HardwarePantomime will license its tech to third-party app developers.
TechInside PayPal’s Command CenterWhat does it take to keep PayPal running smoothly? Lots of data, techies ready to spring into action, and software that can fix itself.
TechInstagram Hack Reveals The Risks Of Bug Bounty ProgramsAfter a security researcher dove deep into its systems, Facebook says it plans to review its bug bounty guidelines.
TechTarget Reportedly Plans To Match Walmart Pay With Its Own Mobile WalletA mobile wallet exclusively for Target could come as early as next year–and prove a formidable rival to both Walmart Pay and Apple Pay.
TechMake Socks To Pause Netflix When You Fall Asleep, Because That’s The World We Live InOr maybe cut back on the wine instead.
TechHealth Care Hacks Are Even Worse Than We Thought, According To VerizonA new Verizon report says health-related data is stolen almost 10 times more often than data from industries like finance or the government.
TechHere’s Why Polls Are So Bad At Predicting Election ResultsOne reason: From half to two-thirds of poll respondents don’t actually vote in a primary.
TechFDA Unveils New Site To Tailor Medical Treatment To An Individual’s DNAScientists will be able to use the site to access previously sequenced genomes.
TechSlack’s New Directory And Venture Fund Aim To Make The Service Even More IndispensableThe workgroup wunderkind is helping users find useful tools within the service–and giving startups money to create new ones.
TechIBM Opens Its Artificial Mind To The WorldIBM is letting companies plug into its Watson artificial intelligence engine to make sense of speech, text, photos, videos, and sensor data.
TechElon Musk + Sam Altman Launch OpenAI Nonprofit That Will Use AI To “Benefit Humanity”Led by an all-star team of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest, OpenAI already has $1 billion in funding.
TechJust Search For “Groin Pain.” How Google Data Is Helping Track STDsGoogle gives researchers from 4 universities access to deep, anonymous search data to track the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
TechCan Next-Generation Compression Save Streaming Video From Looming Data Caps?The industry must get its act together as the threat of overage fees loom.
TechGoogle Life Sciences Rebrands As Verily, Uses Big Data To Figure Out Why We Get SickThe Alphabet company joins the growing trend of using big data to understand health and diseases. Truly.
TechThis App Promises To Provide The Care For Depression Patients That Their Doctors Don’tThe Start iPhone app helps people figure out quickly if their meds are working and collects insights that might help other sufferers.
Most Creative PeopleHow Video-Chat App Glide Got Deaf People TalkingIsraeli startup Glide found out that its videoconferencing app was a hit among deaf people—and is now championing the community.
TechThis New Web Browser Made Me Give Up Google ChromeVivaldi’s inventive new features help get things done on the web.
TechWhy Spotify’s Discover Weekly Playlists Are Such A HitFive months in, Spotify’s personalized playlists have shown that new music discovery isn’t just for hipsters.
TechFacebook Must Stop Sending Personal Data From Europe To The U.S., Says ActivistMax Schrems, who helped nullify the Safe Harbor agreement that protected data transfer, claims Facebook has not complied with the ruling.