Glassdoor today announced a $ 40 million investment round as the Bay Area-based company looks to grow its recruiting...
Glassdoor raises $40M to fuel growth of recruiting site; total funding hits $200M
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First Mac-targeting ransomware hits Transmission users, researchers say
(credit: nrkbeta)
A security research firm announced Sunday its discovery of what is believed to be the world’s first ransomware that specifically goes after OS X machines.
"This is the first one in the wild that is definitely functional, encrypts your files and seeks a ransom,” Ryan Olson, of Palo Alto Networks, told Reuters.
In an interview Sunday...
Google’s self-driving car hits bus; company says it bears ‘some responsibility’
Google’s self-driving car hit a public bus on a busy street last month in the company’s hometown of Mountain View, Calif. — perhaps the first incident its smart cars causing an accident...
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits 85 miles north of Seattle; largest in Northwest since 2004
The Northwest’s largest earthquake since 2004 shook up the region Tuesday evening as a magnitude 4.8 quake hit 11 miles northeast of Victoria, British Columbia. At 11:39 p.m. PT on Sunday, the earthquake struck 85 miles northwest of Seattle at a depth of...
New Google Glass model hits the FCC website, images included
In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees
Federal court in Marshall, Texas. (credit: Joe Mullin)
The most litigious "patent troll" of 2014 has been effectively shut down, and will have to pay attorneys' fees to several defendants.
US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who hears more patent cases that any other federal judge, issued an order (PDF) on Thursday saying that the behavior of eDekka LLC qualified...
Windows 10 app store hits 2.5B visits since launch as major apps are overhauled for universal use
One of the defining features of Windows 10 is its ability to run pretty much anywhere, from powerful desktops to the Internet of Things. But that doesn’t necessarily doesn’t mean its apps will be functional on every device. That’s why...
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider hits 1-PeV milestone with heavy ions (and re-ignites doomsday talk)
The Large Hadron Collider set another record for particle-smashing energy levels this week – which set off another round of hyped-up rumblings about the end of the world. Before the LHC’s startup in 2008, the Internet was set abuzz with worries that high-energy collisions could create globe-gobbling black holes or cosmos-wrecking strangelets. Protests were mounted, lawsuits were...