Uber Technologies Inc. today launched a new panic button for its app in response to concerns about rider safety. The new feature, now available in the U.S., allows Uber passengers to connect to 911 in the event of an emergency, be it one caused by a recalcitrant Uber driver or an external issue. The button, ...

Apple Inc. today released iOS 11.4, the latest update to its mobile operating system with a range of new features, with support for AirPlay 2 and Messages on iCloud leading the list. The AirPlay 2 update delivers multispeaker and multiroom support for Apple’s struggling HomePod smart home speakers that allows the devices to be used in stereo ...

After setting a record initial coin offering of $185 million in July 2017, decentralized blockchain platform startup Block.one has done it again with a new ICO that’s now approaching $4 billion in token sales. Based in Hong Kong, Block.One is building a blockchain platform called EOS.IO that aims to “decentralize everything.” Described by the company ...

In a sign of the times, a hospital in Scotland has launched what is believed to be a world first: a residential treatment course for “crypto addicts,” those addicted to cryptocurrency trading. The course, to be run at the West Linton facility of the Castle Craig Hospital, will use techniques found to be successful in treating gambling addictions in an ...

A cryptocurrency trading assistant startup that recently completed an initial coin offering has been hacked, with around $1.35 million in Ethereum tokens stolen. The hack targeted a company called Taylor that raised Ethereum in a recent ICO in return for 10 million “TAY” tokens that would be the core of a cryptocurrency trading platform. That platform was ...

Two Canadian banks have been targeted by hackers, with financial information relating to about 90,000 customers stolen in what is likely an attempted case of blackmail. The first of the two banks and Canada’s fourth-largest lender, the Bank of Montreal, said in a statement Monday that fraudsters had contacted it on Sunday claiming that they were in ...

A company in the U.K. has trademarked the term “bitcoin” and is attempting to enforce the trademark’s use, causing the cryptocurrency press to go into meltdown. But all is not as it seems. The drama began with an Etsy seller publishing a letter from a lawyer representing the bitcoin trademark holder in relation to bitcoin-branded clothing ...

China is set to approve Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. as the Trump administration is reported Sunday to have reached a deal over ZTE Corp. in an apparent thawing of trade relations between the world’s two largest economies. Qualcomm’s acquisition of Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP was first announced way back in October 2016. But given ...

The same group behind the Triton malware attack that targeted critical industrial infrastructure in the Middle East last year is believed to be behind a new campaign targeting industrial control systems in the U.S. Dubbed “Xenotime” by security researchers at Dragos Inc., the group is described as the “most dangerous threat activity [group] publicly known.” It’s said ...

StumbleUpon, a website discovery service that at its peak had hundreds of millions of users, is closing after 16 years, one of the few remaining services from the Web 2.0 era. Founded in 2001, StumbleUpon was a discovery engine that recommended personalized web and mobile content via its own browser, apps and plugins for leading browsers. ...