It would be hard to walk into to a major business and walk away with all its sensitive information. But sometimes that’s not the case when it comes to online networks. Q6 Cyber, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in monitoring the dark web, showed CNBC a forum post in Russian where the cybercriminal was offering […]

Despite a sluggish cryptocurrency market, stock trading app Robinhood is adding two new digital currencies to its platform. The company will add Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash to its no-fee app, which already lets users trade bitcoin and ethereum. “Since we launched Robinhood Crypto in February, our customers have voiced interest in buying and selling other […]

Apple on Thursday updated some of its MacBook Pro computers. The biggest change is the upgrade to Intel’s latest eighth-generation processors, which now ship in the 15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Pro models. Apple says users should see up to a 70 percent performance boost on the 6-core 15-inch model and up to 2x the performance […]

Twitter shares rose Thursday after Goldman Sachs raised its price target for the social media stock and told clients that despite recent worries about the crackdown on fake accounts, the purge will be a net positive for user engagement. Goldman Sachs analyst Heath Terry increased his price target on Twitter to $55 from $40, arguing […]

Britain finally cleared Rupert Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the European pay-TV prize. Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright said: “It is now a matter for the Sky shareholders to decide whether to accept 21st Century Fox’s bid.” […]

UBS is getting less bullish over Netflix shares after the stock’s stunning rally this year. The firm lowered its rating to neutral from buy for Netflix shares, citing the internet company’s high valuation. “We believe Netflix’s core competencies in both content & tech should drive a virtuous circle of greater subs and increased viewing time, […]

It may seem in the not-too-distant past, but when Anatoly Roytman started his own digital agency in the second half of the 1990s, digital was deemed “a very new field.” Yet it “worked great,” he said — that is until the internet bubble burst and he went bankrupt. So in a way, he had made […]

Hot enterprise-focused start-up Snowflake Computing on Thursday said it’s making its software available on Microsoft’s Azure public cloud. Previously Snowflake, which people can use to store and run queries on data, only ran on the Amazon cloud. The development is a good sign for Microsoft, which lags behind Amazon in the cloud infrastructure business. Snowflake […]

Microsoft does not want to move jobs out of the United States but certain decisions out of Washington could potentially force its hands, the company’s President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith warned. The Trump Administration’s tough stance on immigration has attracted a lot of criticism from big technology firms, which rely heavily on skilled […]

Uber has laid off 100 self-driving car test drivers in Pittsburgh in the wake of a high-profile crash in Arizona. The company is replacing them with 55 so-called “mission specialists,” technical specialists trained on both on-road and test track conditions, as it continues to scale back operations in the wake of the crash. News of […]