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Thunderstrike 2, the firmware hack, is largely impossible to defend against.

Indian smartphone vendors are getting better at amping up specs to match Chinese rivals, as the latest Karbonn smartphone demonstrates.

Despite India's physical infrastructure woes, no one wants to be left out of a potential opportunity offered up by the country's fast-growing economy.

Activision Blizzard announced that Blizzard Entertainment revenues are up, despite losing 1.5 million "World of Warcraft" subscribers in Q2 alone.

In a visit to Silicon Valley, lawmakers assail the low number of African-Americans in director positions at the top 20 U.S. tech companies.

"There’s no doubt that over the past few years the capabilities of everyone have increased," says former U.S. Army Cyber Command chief.

Men and women online took aim at Isis Wenger for her "sexy smirk." The engineer shot back with a viral movement on Twitter.

Microsoft is pushing the “Halo” e-sports competition further than ever before.

The founder of news reading app Circa has crafted some solutions to improve user experience on the popular work communication app.

The bedrock of basic research, public money and a vibrant industry-academy partnership that built America's Silicon Valley is missing in India.

Brooklyn artist Daniel Kolitz is skewering Mark Zuckerberg's social network, and its growing influence over our lives, with a spoofed version.

The live video app isn’t just for breaking news and “lifestreaming.” Now there’s an account with scheduled programming too.

Customers can download the app for any PC or mobile device running Windows 10, and the app will automatically resize depending on the device in use.

“It’s a little inexcusable that Facebook, a company with a market cap of $260 BILLION, launched their video platform with no system to protect independent rights holders,” Green wrote.

The money comes over a year after Samsung apologized to families of workers that contracted various forms of cancer.

Lexus, the car company owned by Toyota, has been teasing new magnet technology for months.

Both social networks created curated live coverage from this year's Lollapalooza music festival.

Nokia bought Here, a direct competitor to Google Maps, for $8.1 billion in 2008.

OnePlus, the Chinese startup which is only into is second handset, sees India as one of its biggest markets, accounting for a third of its sales.

Meanwhile Microsoft has fallen to 4th spot in the Q2 2015 rankings and Xiaomi may soon be out of the top 5.

The disappearing messaging app is fine-tuning its advertising pitch with high-level user and engagement numbers.

Upstart smartphone makers have turned the limited supply of their handsets into opportunities to keep the buzz going for their products.

LinkedIn said mobile access now accounts for 52 percent of its traffic.

PlayStation 4 sales are up from last year, and it is beating the Xbox One and Xbox 360 combined. Normally the two consoles are on par, so why is the PS4 doing so well?

"Etsy aims to be transparent and mindful as we reimagine commerce," the company wrote in an update to Etsy's Terms of Use.

The extent to which Chinese competition and the craze for Apple's iPhone 6 in China hurt Samsung was revealed in its latest quarterly earnings.

Relatives of the missing plane's passengers want a quick and definitive conclusion to the investigation of debris found on Reunion Island.

The social network's mobile advertising revenue now captures over three-fourths of total sales.

Snapchat? Periscope? Meerkat? Yahoo joins in the messaging app hype and releases own texting app.