Bitcoin exchange BTCC Technology, Ltd. had an interesting time over the new year when it was targeted by a Bitcoin-for-DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. But in a great story we don’t see often enough, the company held steady and won, complete with a hilarious ending. The company first came under DDoS attack on December ...

When most people think of French company Parrot SA, they immediately think of drones, and rightfully so given it’s one of the largest UAV manufacturers on the globe, but would you relate Parrot to potted plants? In a surprising turn of events, Parrot has grown a green thumb and has launched a smart plant pot ...

Microblogging come messaging service Twitter, Inc. may be due for a radical shakeup with the company reported to be preparing to lift its 140-character limit. The Wall Street Journal quotes the proverbial “person familiar with the matter” as saying that company would lift the 140-character limit to as many as 10,000 characters, but is aiming ...

Oracle Corp. has announced the acquisition of media web tracking company AddThis, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, TechCrunch puts the price at between $100 million and $200 million. Founded in 2014, AddThis is best known for its provision of the “AddThis” button, an embeddable button used by third-party websites to allow users ...

Retired former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson is expanding his presence in the Bitcoin space with an announcement Monday that he is now lending his name to Bitcoin wallets. The offering, run by Bitcoin Direct, LLC, a subsidiary of Connexus Corp., is said to bring consumers the first celebrity-endorsed mainstream digital wallet that allows the ...

While many companies are looking at ways to make us live longer, and perhaps even forever, one startup has a different approach to immortality: turning people into cyborgs instead. Humai, Inc. is developing technology that will allow human brains to be transplanted into a bionic body. The company claims that the “Humai” (the name of ...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 rumor mill keeps on turning, with the latest report on Monday being good news for fans who weren’t fond of the Galaxy S6 with the return of some old favorites. According to a person briefed on the company’s plans who spoke to VentureBeat, both the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge will ship ...

Gaming powerhouse Activision Blizzard, Inc. has acquired eSports network Major League Gaming, Inc. (MLG) for $46 million. News of a possible acquisition first emerged January 1. Founded in 2002, MLG runs a digital network that promotes eSports globally through premier competitions with an aim of delivering premium gaming content to viewers anytime, anywhere through its ...

Among the phones, televisions and other devices expected to be shown by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week are a number of devices from the company’s Creative Lab. The list includes a more mundane hand-motion control device for virtual reality headsets, mundane at least in comparison ...

Microsoft Corp. may be preparing to take the good fight to Apple later this year with a new Xbox Lite model that would compete directly with the Apple TV. News of the possible device first emerged at Petri IT Knowledgebase, where Brian Sams noted just before New Years Eve that he has heard from internal ...