A group of powerful United States regulators has named Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies as being a threat to financial stability in a new report. The report (pdf) from the Financial Stability Oversight Council, which includes representatives of the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Treasury Department, serves to identify risks and ...

Bitcoin and Blockchain startup Circle Internet Financial, Inc. has raised $60 million Series D in a round led by IDG Capital Partners that included leading Chinese firms Baidu, CICC Alpha, China EverBright Investment Management, Fenbushi Capital and CreditEase. The new funding will be used to establish a dedicated China-based subsidiary, Circle China. Founded in 2013 ...

Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd. has announced a number of changes to its virtual reality (VR) related services, as well as a limited release of its virtual reality camera for sale in the United States. The company is referring to the changes as delivering an end-to-end VR ecosystem and includes its hosted VR content site and ...

Google Inc.’s ambitions to expand its Google Fiber service into more markets has seen the tech giant acquire San Francisco-based high-speed, fiber internet service provider Webpass, Inc. Founded in 2003, Webpass offers services in five major markets including the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, and Miami, and has over 20,000 customers. The ...

The Winklevoss twins want to conquer the Bitcoin world, and in this case, they’ve set their sites across the Atlantic. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, probably best known for having the idea for Facebook taken from them by Mark Zuckerberg, have expanded their Gemini Trust Bitcoin exchange with a new office in the United Kingdom. The ...

The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law introduced in 2011 to make it easier to defeat trolls was legal. Under the Patent Office Regulations companies targeted by patent trolls could contest claims in front of the Patent Office instead of a federal judge, making the dispute resolution process both quicker and easier. ...

Apple fanboys hoping for a refreshed iPhone model will have to wait until 2017 with a report Tuesday that the model being released this year will be largely unchanged compared to the previous two models. The Wall Street Journal claims the next iPhone model will essentially be an iPhone 6ss in that it will keep ...

A larger group of popular musicians have backed a new campaign calling for the reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) on the basis that it allows the Google-owned YouTube to host their music on unfair terms. The 180 artists, including Paul McCartney and the outspoken Taylor Swift, are specifically demanding a reexamination of the DMCA’s ...

Streaming music service provider Spotify AB has announced that it now has 100 million active users despite increasing competition from the likes Apple Music. The company told The Telegraph that its user numbers were increasing at the rate of 1.3 million users a month, however, most of those users are only signing up to the ...

Cloud communications company Twilio, Inc. announced the terms of its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) Monday. The company said in a filing that it plans to offer 10 million shares priced between $12 and $14; according to Marketwatch at the top of that range, Twilio would raise up to $161 million, not including options granted to ...