Simple crypto-buying features on familiar payment apps could attract more people to the world of cryptocurrency, analysts say. Getty Images If you find cryptocurrency intimidating, payment apps want to help. Venmo, PayPal and Cash App have added cryptocurrency purchasing to their popular payment services, expanding the reach of Bitcoin,... Read more

Now’s a great time to grab a brand-new TV. We’ve been testing all the latest and greatest models all year long, but we’re just starting to see the first discounts on our top 2021 models. Whether you’ve been watching college football on Saturdays, starting the new season of HBO’s... Read more

The increasingly pervasive ransomware epidemic has exposed the grim reality that many organizations aren’t securing their hybrid cloud infrastructures from bad actors who traverse from one cloud platform to the next looking for backed-up data. Unprotected hybrid cloud infrastructures leave valuable data and applications, including Microsoft 365, vulnerable to... Read more

Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. In a Monday blog post, Meta, the social network’s new parent company, announced that the platform will delete the facial templates of more than a billion people and shut off its facial recognition software, which uses an algorithm to... Read more

Enlarge / Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia. Getty Images | Olivier Douliery The Federal Communications Commission today gave Boeing permission to launch 147 broadband satellites. While that’s a fraction of the number of satellites approved for other low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, the decision allows Boeing to compete... Read more

Job growth in the technology industry has been at a fever pitch for almost a quarter of a century and still is today. However, with companies competing for top talent, IT professionals have opportunities to change their career paths for the better. But when you leave one company for... Read more

Chairman Powell announced that the tapering of bonds will begin this month.  Win McNamee/Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced at a press briefing today that the Fed will begin the tapering of mortgage-backed securities, including bonds. The Fed plans to slow the pace of asset purchases by $15 billion... Read more

Even when Facebook does take action against misinformation in nonwestern countries, says Ashraf Zeitoon, the company’s former head of public policy for the Middle East and North Africa, it’s usually too little, and too late. For example, he points to a few thousand fake accounts that Facebook shut down... Read more

Data sprawl has become a real and costly problem inside organizations, and it’s hurting innovation. According to a new Hakkoda survey, 6% of business and IT leaders labeled their data organization and processes a “dumpster fire.” For organizations spending millions, or even billions, on data and analytics, data sprawl... Read more

At the top of an Amazon press release sent out this week, there’s an uncanny image. It’s a rocket imprinted with an American flag and, above that, Amazon’s smiling logo, blasting off to the heavens. The company is officially taking its business to space, and Jeff Bezos isn’t even... Read more