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• New York has just opened a massive public spying network

  Privacy campaigners have said the new LinkNYC network retains a vast amount of user data – often indefinitely – that ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Whatever you do, don't mention the podcasts, NPR tells staff

  Podcasts are killing it while live radio audiences are "graying" and so NPR is taking drastic action to protect legacy member ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Kickstarter's first acquisition is a music service that was about to shut down

  Kickstarter has acquired Drip, a music service with a focus on indie labels and exclusive content for subscribers. It's ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Cafes in Europe set to become hotspots for illegal piracy

  Europe's highest court has just made a ruling that says owners of public Wi-Fi networks in places like cafes and bars cannot ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Amazon wants to let you pay with a selfie using a cheeky wink to confirm

  It'll use facial recognition to compare a selfie taken at the transaction stage to an image it holds of you, while adding ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Microsoft just dealt a huge blow to Bitcoin with its new app store policy [Update]

  Update: As it turns out, the information this article was based on is "inaccurate." A Microsoft spokesperson shared the ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• We all think robots are going to steal other people's jobs

  A majority of Americans believe robots will "definitely" or "probably" do most of the work in 50 years but many fail to see ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Major US banks to launch instant person-to-person payments

  US bank account holders will soon be able to make payments and transfer funds between accounts instantly.

  • Mix

• PayPal’s Braintree calls off its $100,000 hackathon and lays off staff

  PayPal-owned Braintree has is cancelling its $100,000 global BattleHack for 2016 and laying off its 'developer evangelist' ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Sonos looks to voice control as it lays off employees

  I'm a huge fan of Sonos' speakers and have a number of them in my home, but there's some bad news out of the company today: ...

  • Owen Williams

• Forget drones, Amazon's getting into the proper aviation business

  Sure, drones might eventually be part of Amazon's last-mile delivery services but the company has to get pretty serious about ...

  • Kirsty Styles

• Facebook just acquired the most popular face swap app

  Face swapping is all the rage right now and Facebook wants in on the action. According to a report from Business Insider, ...

  • Owen Williams