U.S. charges Iranian hacker for stealing unaired episodes of hit HBO shows

While it didn’t dampen enthusiasm for everyone’s favorite dragon-oriented political drama, HBO certainly wasn’t happy when the major twists from the seventh season of its hottest show popped up online before they aired. According to newly released indictment, an Iranian man named Behzad Mesri faces […]

FCC Plans to Gut Net Neutrality, Allow Internet ‘Fast Lanes’

The Federal Communications Commission will publish on Wednesday its plan to reverse Obama-era net neutrality rules that banned internet service providers from blocking or slowing down content, or creating so-called “fast lanes” for companies willing to pay extra to deliver their content more quickly. The […]

The US-based tech company that just went public in London

Alex Wilhelm Contributor Alex Wilhelm is the editor-in-chief of Crunchbase News and co-host of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast. More posts by this contributor: Boku, a United States-based carrier billing company, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) recently, selling £45 million in […]

New story in Business from Time: Index Funds are Great, But Stock-Picking Should Still Be Part of Your Investment Strategy

Index funds have gotten plenty of praise lately, some of it from me, as the the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund (formerly First Index Trust) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its launch. It’s now the second-largest mutual fund in the country, behind only Vanguard’s Total […]

New story in Business from Time: Index Funds are Great, But Stock-Picking Should Still Be Part of Your Investment Strategy

Index funds have gotten plenty of praise lately, some of it from me, as the the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund (formerly First Index Trust) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its launch. It’s now the second-largest mutual fund in the country, behind only Vanguard’s Total […]