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Apple’s now seemingly regular quality control issues have struck again with the tech giant being forced to offer a replacement program for iPhone 6 Plus users with faulty iSight cameras. According to the official announcement, Apple says the defects occur only in …
Disrupt this: Uber is going gangbusters with a projection of $26.12b revenue in 2016
Ridesharing service Uber, Inc. is going gangbusters according to a new leak of their financials Friday that shows that while the company continues to burn money like there is no tomorrow, the concept that you spend money to eventually make money, be …
How to search the Ashley Madison hacked/leaked database online
Unless you’ve been living in a cave these last few days, you’d know that hackers have released the compromised database of extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison online. The exact number of members listed in the database itself isn’t precisely clear, but it is …
Failed Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange CEO to be rearrested on new embezzlement charges
Japanese police are set to rearrest former Mt Gox Chief Executive Officer Mark Karpeles as their investigation into the disappearance of funds from the now failed Bitcoin exchange continues. According to reports, local police believe they now have enough evidence to accuse …
Healthcare scheduling company ZocDoc takes $130m Series D on unicorn valuation of $1.8b
Digital healthcare scheduling company ZocDoc, Inc. has raised $130 million Series D in a round led by led by Baillie Gifford and Atomico that included previous investor Founders Fund. The new round was raised on a valuation of $1.8 billion, giving the …
Logogate: users report defect with Apple Watch that sees text on rear of some watches peel off
Apple’s quality control has been called into question again this week with reports that Apple Watch users are seeing the text printed on the rear of their watches peeling off. Dubbed “Logogate” by Forbes, keeping not only with the tradition of post …
New Ashley Madison hack data dump includes internal emails, source code
The hackers behind the hacking of extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison struck again Thursday dumping a new release of 19GB of data. Serial cheaters may not have a huge amount to fear from the new release however, with the dump including a …
Employee of defunct Bitcoin firm GAW Miners subpoenaed by SEC in Ponzi scheme investigation
An employee of the now-defunct Bitcoin mining firm GAW Miners has been subpoenaed as part of an ongoing investigation as to whether the company, along with related entities, were nothing more than a Ponzi scheme. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
Burn baby burn: Leaked financials show Snapchat lost $128m Jan-Nov 2014 on $3m revenue
Messaging app provider Snapchat, Inc. may be one of the hottest startups with a unicorn valuation in 2015, but a leak of its 2014 financials show that it’s burning venture capital like there’s no tomorrow. According to documents obtained by Gawker, in …
Cloud SaaS cybersecurity firm AlienVault raises $52m Series E
Cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) cybersecurity firm AlienVault, Inc. has raised $52 million Series E in a round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) that included existing investors Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GGV Capital, Intel Capital, Correlation Ventures, Top Tier and …