The majority of U.S. grocery shoppers could be buying online within five years, according to a joint report from Food Marketing Institute and Nielsen. That timeline represents a faster pace of adoption than previously believed, as both organizations originally estimated it could take up to 10 years for consumers to warm up to buying groceries […]

Amazon will be able to compete against Google and Facebook in the internet ad business, according to one Wall Street firm. Citi Research reiterated its buy rating for Amazon shares, predicting strong growth for its internet advertising business. “Amazon is one of the highest quality companies in the Internet sector considering its consistent innovation and […]

Apple‘s stock dipped slightly in premarket trading Monday after a report said it would halve production for the iPhone X in the first three months of 2018. The tech giant told suppliers it would cut its production target for the phone from 40 million units to 20 million, following slower-than-expected sales in the year-end holiday […]

A free mobile game about a traveling frog has become a hit in China, despite being available only in Japanese. Called “Tabikaeru: Travel Frog,” the main protagonist of the game is a frog that goes on adventures around Japan. Players collect clovers that grow in the frog’s garden so they can buy supplies for the […]

The more than $500 million cryptocurrency heist at a major Japanese exchange last week is unlikely to be the last such hack, according to a Wall Street analyst. “I think [the attack] does highlight the fact that the industry still has a long way to go in terms of basic issues of security,” Nicholas Colas, […]

An online heat map that shows where some people exercise could have revealed sensitive information about the locations and activities of soldiers at U.S. military bases, The Washington Post reported. Strava, the company behind the heat map, calls itself a “social network for athletes.” Users connect a GPS device to its service that allows them […]

The real Jessica Rychly is a Minnesota teenager with a broad smile and wavy hair. She likes reading and the rapper Post Malone. When she goes on Facebook or Twitter, she sometimes muses about being bored or trades jokes with friends. Occasionally, like many teenagers, she posts a duck-face selfie. But on Twitter, there is […]

Roger Fenton | Hulton Archive | Getty Images A stereoscopic card depicting a still life with fruit and flowers, circa 1865. “Through the ages we’ve watched it develop. Disney filmed in 360-video very early. It takes you on a tour across America, which is amazing to view.” Lucas Studios points to 2012 as the turning […]

U.S. copyright authorities on Saturday decided to increase over the next five years the royalty payments music streaming companies like Spotify and Apple must make to songwriters and music publishers, a trade association for music publishers said. The Copyright Royalty Board of the U.S. Library of Congress issued a written decision that altered the formulas […]

Some of the most prominent investors in cryptocurrency are passing on a much-hyped initial coin offering hosted by the messaging app Telegram, while the venture firms that have largely missed out are preparing to invest. That role reversal is crystallizing ahead of a deadline to decide whether to participate in the $1.2 billion project. The […]