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June 3, 2015
One Startup's Plan To Scour The Dark Web For Stolen Credit Cards
Baltimore-based Terbium says it can find stolen company information on the Dark Web within seconds.
A new startup says it can identify when information stolen from companies hits the hidden criminal websites known as the Dark Web. Baltimore-based Terbium Labs, formed by a group of cybersecurity and intelligence veterans, is targeting a very specific market: companies spooked by the massive leaking of data that happened at Sony and Target.
World's Most Famous Life Coach Shia LaBeouf As You've Never Seen Him Before
How one man just did it.
It started as an art project. Became a global meme. Then: James Franco. And now, Shia LaBeouf visits Fast Company's office (sort of), for the most motivational Most Wonderful Thing of the Week ever. Watch the above video, to see how everyone's favorite lunatic celeb can scare you into greater productivity, too.
Apple Recalls Some Beats Speakers Due To Fire Risk
Over 200,000 American customers are affected by the voluntary recall.
Apple and Beats are dealing with a rare quality control issue, and Beats customers might have to return their speaker to the store soon. Apple is recalling the Pill XL Bluetooth speaker, because of a risk that batteries may overheat and catch fire.
Ellen Pao Appeals The Decision In Her Gender Discrimination Case
After losing the high-profile case in March, Ellen Pao isn't letting her complaints against venture capital firm KPCB fade away.
Though she didn't plan on becoming the poster woman for gender discrimination, Ellen Pao's effort to tell her side of the story in a court case against her former employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, is pushing her into the spotlight again.
JPMorgan Chase Ends Company Voicemail
"We realized that hardly anyone uses voicemail anymore."
According to the Associated Press, the largest bank in the U.S., JPMorgan Chase, has ended voicemail services for about half of its 136,000 consumer bank employees.
Imgur Community Manager Says She Received Death Threats After Enforcing Guidelines
When Imgur started enforcing its community rules this week, some of its users protested. Others took it too far.
Image-based social network Imgur, first started as a pet project by its founder Alan Schaaf, is starting to grow up as a business. The company recently beefed up its mobile presence and announced a plan to introduce native ads early next year.
We're Liveblogging Apple's WWDC 2015 Keynote
Join us for the biggest day of the year for Apple software.
Conventional wisdom has it that the most exciting Apple events are the ones that involve one or more shiny new pieces of hardware: a phone or a tablet or a watch or a computer, or at least a TV streaming box.
A Visual Encyclopedia Of Literature
What if the color of a famous writer's nose could tell you more than what a raging alcoholic they were?
A common stereotype about writers is that they're always drunk. Let me tell you from a first-person position of authority that this isn't true: sometimes, we're merely hungover. Regardless, more than a few authors—Oscar Wilde, Kingsley Amis, Charles Bukowski, and Ernest Hemingway—have had alcohol-induced rosacea. So here's a weird thought: What if the color of a writer's nose could be used to discern more than just their alcoholism, but was color coded to their school of writing?
June 2, 2015
With Buyable Pins, Pinterest Finally Adds Built-In Commerce
A much-awaited feature is designed for mobile shopping that's fast, safe, painless—and maybe even inspiring.
From the moment it launched five years ago, people have been using Pinterest to share things you can puchase. Today, the service is home to more than 50 billion pins, a figure that's growing by 75% a year. But even though the social network was popular with shoppers from the start, you haven't been able to actually buy stuff on Pinterest.
A CareerBuilder For Spies: Why The NSA Is Building A New Job Listings Site
The NSA is launching a new jobs site to lure away ex-spies who have defected to academia and the private sector.
In a sign of the times, the National Security Agency (NSA) is building its own jobs website. The new job-listings site will serve as a hiring hub for America's intelligence agencies; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency will hire through the as-of-yet unnamed site as well.
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