O’FALLON, Mo. — In a windowless bunker here, a wall of monitors tracked incoming attacks — 267,322 in the last 24 hours, according to one hovering dial, or about three every second — as a dozen analysts stared at screens filled with snippets of computer code. Pacing around, overseeing the stream of warnings, was a […]

Carl Icahn revealed the size of his stake in VMware Monday. “I wish I had a bigger position than I have, but it’s a sizable position .. It’s in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but it could be more but the stock just got away from me,” he said on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” Monday. […]

Tesla‘s Model 3 sedan fell short of a recommendation from Consumer Reports on Monday. The vehicle has many attributes that could make it a competitor to the Audi A4 or the BMW 3 Series, but there are some traits that kept the group from giving the car a full-throated endorsement, Consumer Reports said. “Our testers […]

Barack and Michelle Obama are headed to Netflix. Netflix announced the Obamas have signed a multi-year agreement to produce films and series for the company. The deal can include scripted and unscripted series, as well as documentaries and features. The content will be produced by Higher Ground Productions. “One of the simple joys of our […]

President Donald Trump’s administration may be considering easing penalties on Chinese phone maker ZTE amid broader trade negotiations, but White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow insisted Monday the company won’t get off “scot-free.” “They broke the law on several occasions after being warned,” Kudlow said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” Kudlow said the “remedy” […]

A group of left-leaning advocacy groups has launched an initiative to ask the Federal Trade Commission to break up Facebook’s major social platforms. Freedom from Facebook is a movement asking the FTC to force the social media giant to split its core platform, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger into competing networks. The effort is being led […]

Regulators in the U.S. and Canada are launching a widespread crackdown on some cryptocurrency investment schemes, members of the North American Securities Administrators Association said Monday. More than 40 state and provincial watchdogs are participating in “Operation Crypto-Sweep,” which has triggered at least 70 investigations so far. The coordinated effort, first reported by the Washington […]

Curl up with a cup of coffee and enjoy the free WiFi. Use a tablet computer to try out a mix of apps. Check out the latest big screen TV. Those experiences have become familiar at the local Starbucks or some electronics stores like Best Buy or Apple. But there’s a company offering those perks […]

A JetBlue-backed private-jet company is making a bet on electric planes. JetSuite, which offers private charter flights, and semi-private scheduled service on its JetSuiteX planes, said Monday it will become the launch customer for up to 100 hybrid-to-electric planes from start-up Zunum Aero. Zunum Aero, which is backed by venture arms of both JetBlue and […]

People who knew Aaron Traywick, the biohacker who died last month at a spa in Washington, D.C., were initially suspicious about the circumstances of his death. David Ishee, a researcher for Mr. Traywick’s company, Ascendance Biomedical, said his first thought upon hearing that Mr. Traywick’s body had been discovered in a sensory deprivation tank was […]