Fresh from getting into trouble over an ice cream giveaway, Uber Technologies Inc. has added to its nearly uninterrupted run of bad news with a new scandal that allegedly involves bribing foreign officials. It may be easy to make fun of the seemingly never–ending stream of negative publicity, but this time around Uber may be in serious legal ...

Artificial intelligence data startup Appier Inc. Tuesday said it has raised $33 million in a Series C round that was funded by SoftBank Group, Line Corp., Naver Corp., EDBI of Singapore and AMTD Group of Hong Kong. Founded in 2012, Appier employs artificial intelligence to “help enterprises solve their most challenging business problems” by allowing them to make sense ...

A newly discovered form of ransomware called Defray has been discovered that targets healthcare and education. Discovered by the security firm Proofpoint Inc., the ransomware uses a Microsoft Word document containing an embedded executable that causes a victim’s personal computer to be infected once the document is opened. Those behind Defray attempt to spread it via ...

Trend Micro Inc. is adding its backing to VMware Inc.’s announcement of general availability for VMware Cloud on AWS by announcing that its Deep Security service will support the newly available platform. The service, previously available to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services customers, provides seamless visibility and security for virtualized workloads across VMware’s software-defined data center, whether ...

A joint investigation by a number of high-profile companies has managed to bring down a botnet that was being used to run distributed denial of service attacks from infected Android devices. The botnet first raised its head Aug. 17 when it was detected by multiple content delivery network providers. Dubbed WireX, an anagram for one ...

Billionaire tech investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is backing a company developing an Ethereum blockchain-based platform that claims to be the future of online communications. Called the “Mercury Protocol,” the blockchain platform uses distributed record-keeping and a token system that supposedly protects privacy while also encouraging positive contributions in place of trolling. On the ...

Kanoa Inc., a San Francisco-based company that promised to sell wireless earbuds that competed with Apple Inc.’s AirPods, has shut down without filling customer orders despite having raised approximately $150,000 in a crowdfunding campaign. The company, which went public with its campaign in 2015, originally promised to deliver its wireless earbuds to customers in April 2016, ...

Drones using artificial intelligence will be deployed off beaches in New South Wales, Australia, to detect sharks and warn swimmers. The new drones will patrol beaches and use artificial intelligence to detect sharks in the water. It’s not the first time drones have been used in Australia to detect sharks, but what makes the new drones interesting ...

Five weeks after Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick resigned from the company following ongoing sexual harassment scandals, Expedia Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi has been named the ride-hailing giant’s new CEO, according to reports published Sunday. Recode, citing unnamed sources, noted that Khosrowshahi (pictured) was a dark-horse candidate for the position, one whose name was not leaked as ...

Animals are lesser beings than humans. That’s the biggest takeaway from a newly proposed law in Germany that defines ethical standards with self-driving cars. The new law, proposed by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, attempts to define how artificial intelligence technology behind a self-driving vehicle should prioritize damage control, which is ...