Category: Travel

Suspicious Event Hijacks Amazon Traffic For 2 hours, Steals Cryptocurrency Published on April 24, 2018 at 10:00PM Amazon lost control of some of its widely used cloud services for two hours on Tuesday morning when hackers exploited a known Internet-protocol weakness that allowed them to […]

Voyage, the self-driving car spinout from Udacity, is open-sourcing its approach to autonomous driving safety. This comes at a time when autonomous driving programs are under intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes — one involving Tesla’s Autopilot and the other one involving one of Uber’s […]

President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife, Brigitte, arrive yesterday for a state visit. The Macrons were scheduled to arrive at the White House at 5 p.m. on Monday. The Macrons and President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were scheduled to travel […]

Groupon founder Andrew Mason’s audio tour startup Detour has been sold to Bose. The acquisition, which involves only the software and tour content – not the team – was quietly announced on Detour’s blog a few days ago, followed by an email to customers. Bose, […]

Rail passengers in France faced more disrupted services on the tenth day of train strikes against the French government's proposed rail reforms on … French rail unions recently threatened to prolong their strike action into July and August, meaning those planning to travel around France […]

Last fall, Roku launched its own channel to provide its cord-cutting customers with access to free movies and TV shows in a single destination. Today, it’s adding live news to its channel, too. In partnership with ABC News and others, The Roku Channel will now […]

Americans are concerned they have no control over their data—and they should be. WIRED OPINION ABOUT David N. Cicilline (@davidcicilline) represents Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives and is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary’s Antitrust Subcommittee. Terrell McSweeny (@TMcSweenyFTC) is an […]

Xiaomi and Ant Financial are two of a cluster of major tech names being linked with IPOs in Hong Kong. But, despite a burst of upcoming tech listings and new measures that are tipped to encourage more, the country still has some way to go […]

While a lot of travel startups (Airbnb, Ctrip, Kayak, to name a few) have made waves by disrupting how people search for and buy accommodation, flights and other travel services, the ongoing interest in building out strong content plays to attract audiences is also being […]