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How to watch the Olympics closing ceremony — even if you're not in front of your TV

By Ina Fried Aug 21, 2016, 10:00a

As with the opening festivities, the TV broadcast will be delayed.

The Netflix of North Korea features propaganda films and Russian lessons

By Ina Fried Aug 21, 2016, 7:00a

Sorry, no Orange Is The New Black.

A rare Apple 1 is up for auction. Bids are already over $270,000 with nearly a week to go.

By Ina Fried Aug 19, 2016, 12:57p

The unit, for sale on Charitybuzz, could be an early prototype.

Twitter hasn’t solved its abuse problem. But it’s found a way to mask it.

By Kurt Wagner Aug 18, 2016, 4:32p

Twitter now lets you block mentions from people you don’t know.

Twitter has deleted 235,000 terrorist-related user accounts in the past six months

By Kurt Wagner Aug 18, 2016, 2:27p

Twitter is trying to keep bad guys off its service.

Walmart’s e-commerce growth has started accelerating just in time for its Jet.com deal

By Jason Del Rey Aug 18, 2016, 10:15a

A nice change of pace after five subpar quarters of online growth.

Cisco is laying off 5,500 employees

By Dan Frommer Aug 17, 2016, 5:25p

It will still have almost 70,000.

Instagram is recommending even more video for you to watch

By Kurt Wagner Aug 17, 2016, 1:00p

The photo sharer is getting into event curation again.

Wired Executive Editor Joe Brown is going to run Popular Science

By Peter Kafka Aug 15, 2016, 1:30p

He’s the magazine’s fourth editor in chief in four years.

Square is losing its first top exec since its IPO

By Jason Del Rey Aug 11, 2016, 5:22p

The company’s first lawyer, Dana Wagner, is departing after five years.

Russia fines Google less than what the company makes in an hour

By Mark Bergen Aug 11, 2016, 1:17p

It comes three days after authorities there opened a case against Apple.

Live video of a protester scaling Trump Tower with suction cups is all over social media

By Kurt Wagner Aug 10, 2016, 6:03p

CNN, ABC, Fox — everyone is broadcasting it straight to Facebook.

This Olympic fencer shows why you never bring a phone to a sword fight

By Ina Fried Aug 9, 2016, 6:20p

Sorry, can’t talk now. There’s a guy trying to stab me.

The biggest advertiser in the world just reminded us why Facebook wants to be TV

By Peter Kafka Aug 9, 2016, 2:35p

The tube still rules when it comes to brand advertising.

Pokémon Go's new update will save your battery (and maybe your life)

By Ina Fried Aug 8, 2016, 7:47p

The update also tests a new way to see nearby Pokémon.

Online Olympic video streaming is big, but not as big as eSports

By Peter Kafka Aug 8, 2016, 5:55p

The world’s best athletes are on display, but don’t tell the dudes watching League of Legends on Twitch.

Another AI startup wants to replace hedge funds

By Mark Bergen Aug 7, 2016, 11:15a

Computer will start trading three stocks, including Tesla.

Google has mapped the inside of all the official Rio Olympic venues

By Mark Bergen Aug 5, 2016, 1:02p

But we may have to wait for 2020 for VR tourism.

For some reason, the reclusive Google founders are in Singapore

By Mark Bergen Aug 4, 2016, 4:56p

Found ‘em.

Here’s a reminder that profitability is the new vanity metric for startups

By Jason Del Rey Aug 4, 2016, 4:38p

Growth who?

A leading drone maker tweaks its software so its copters don’t crash the Rio Olympics

By Ina Fried Aug 4, 2016, 2:00p

China’s DJI said it created the temporary no-fly zones at the request of the Brazilian military.

Spotted in a Capitol Hill office bathroom: Donald Trump hand size prank taped to the wall

By Noah Kulwin Aug 3, 2016, 2:00p

A photo from inside the men’s room.

Alphabet now has $2 billion more in cash to spend on ... something

By Mark Bergen Aug 2, 2016, 7:38p

Money is cheap; moonshots aren’t.

Airbnb’s co-founder is creating an in-house design studio to promote stuff like this trippy house in Japan

By Noah Kulwin Aug 2, 2016, 4:47p

It’s called Samara.

Google’s speedy mobile publishing tool is now coming for the entire web

By Mark Bergen Aug 2, 2016, 1:05p

Any website that works with AMP will now appear in search.

Verizon taps a European cellular executive to run its wireless business

By Ina Fried Aug 2, 2016, 11:40a

Ronan Dunne had run Telefonica’s U.K. operation.

Microsoft’s phone camera expert is headed back to Nokia to work on virtual reality

By Ina Fried Aug 1, 2016, 4:11p

Juha Alakarhu helped develop Nokia’s 41-megapixel PureView camera technology.

Google's Alphabet is part of a $700 million effort to cure disease without meds

By Mark Bergen Aug 1, 2016, 9:15a

Verily and pharma giant GSK will pour the money into “bioelectronics.”

Google has sold 30 million of its Chromecast media streaming devices

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 5:51p

That’s up from 25 million in May.

Uber confirms its partnership with Amazon’s India rival, Snapdeal

By Jason Del Rey Jul 28, 2016, 2:49p

Uber wants to be everywhere, which increasingly means being in other apps.

One of the executives who made Google Google-y is retiring

By Mark Bergen Jul 28, 2016, 8:30a

Sales veteran Eileen Naughton will replace longtime HR boss Laszlo Bock.

Qualcomm has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle sex discrimination claims

By Ina Fried Jul 26, 2016, 5:15p

The deal, which still needs court approval, requires changes to the company’s policies and procedures.

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