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Password cracking attacks on Bitcoin wallets net $103,000
February 16th, 2016
Hackers have siphoned about $103,000 out of Bitcoin accounts that were protected with an alternative security measure, according to research that tracked six years’ worth of transactions. Account-holders used easy-to-remember passwords to protect their accounts instead of the long cryptographic ...
FTSE hits three-year low, business confidence slumps
February 8th, 2016
FTSE 100 sheds more than 100 points, with technology and financial shares worst hit, as global growth fears reignite. The FTSE 100 has tumbled to a fresh three-year low, hit hard by a sell-off in technology, financial and industrial ...
Apple ordered to pay $625 million in patent dispute
February 4th, 2016
Apple ordered to pay $625 million in patent dispute with VirnetX Apple Inc must pay VirnetX Holding Corp more than $625 million (428 million pounds) for using the patent licensing company’s Internet security technology without permission in its FaceTime ...
Google parent Alphabet passes Apple market cap at the open
February 3rd, 2016
Shares of Alphabet opened nearly 3 percent higher Tuesday, pushing the technology giant’s market capitalization past Apple to become the world’s most valuable public company. Alphabet has a market cap of $547.1 billion, higher than Apple’s $529.3 billion as ...
Barclays to join Apple Pay
January 28th, 2016
Barclays, the last UK holdout against Apple Pay, confirms imminent launch Barclays, the last of the UK’s big banks to join the Apple Pay bandwagon, has confirmed that it will be rolling out the service within the next three ...
Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results
January 27th, 2016
iPhone, Apple Watch, Services & Apple TV Drive All-time Record Revenue Results Produce Record Quarterly Profit of $18.4 Billion Apple® announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 first quarter ended December 26, 2015. The Company posted record quarterly revenue ...
J.P. Morgan to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Most Lehman Claims
January 26th, 2016
Deal doesn’t resolve all of failed investment bank’s claims against J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay the remnants of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. $1.42 billion in cash to settle most of the failed investment bank’s ...
Asia markets surge; Nikkei climbs to close 5.88% higher
January 22nd, 2016
Major Asian markets surged Friday, tracking the rally in European and U.S. equities overnight, getting a boost from a slight uptick in oil prices and comments from the European Central Bank (ECB). In Japan, the Nikkei jumped by 941.27 points, or 5.88 percent, ...
Chase, Wal-Mart Seek to Disrupt Mobile Payments Business in 2016
January 4th, 2016
Banks and retailers move to capture tap-and-pay transactions Apple, Google will see new competition in evolving market American consumers will have more choices in 2016 for how they make purchases with their smartphones as big banks and retailers vie ...
Apple asks court to make Samsung pay $180 million more in patent dispute
December 28th, 2015
Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone, Apple has asked a U.S. court to force its biggest smartphone rival to cough up even more. In ...
