Last Friday, convicted Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for running the online drug marketplace that made more than $200 million in sales. Now, Ulbricht's defense is putting up one last fight to prevent that from happening.

Apple is expected to announce a new iOS and chat Watch apps at its WorldWide Developers Conference next week.

The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico warns that the cost of doing business in countries with criminal violence adversely impacts foreign investment as companies factor the expense of security into their budgets.

Peak performance in virtually any activity requires the ability to be fully present in the moment, as I’ve discussed in my two previous articles. Peak performers are able to tune out inner voices, nagging doubts and internal second-guessing—and they’re then able to tune into their activity with full…

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Jeff Bezos has been criticized for putting spending on customers before profit, but that’s won his Amazon.com Inc. the title as the most reputable retailer in the U.S. for a third straight year.

Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their citizens' personal data is held or whether it's accessible from outside the country. Wikileaks has released 17 documents relating to the Trade in Services…

The Large Hadron Collider started smashing particles for all its experiments today at the unprecedented energy of 13 TeV.

A staggering 90% of large businesses in the United Kingdom have reported they have suffered an information security breach, alongside 74% of small and medium-sized businesses. The average cost of the most severe online security breaches for big business can now reach £3.14 million ($4.8 million).…

Alibaba joins Cinda to auction off non-performing assets on the former’s Taobao site, reports Caixin Online.

PlanetiQ tends to have its satellites predict the weather using GPS satellite signals.

One of these approaches leads to innovation and the other leads to wasted resources and yes, actual failure. P&G has a "heroic failure award," Tata has a "dare to try award," Google X, Supercell, and many other companies all have similar programs in place where they reward failure. However embracing…

In 2009, during yet another foodborne illness outbreak, which had killed nine and sickened over 700 with Salmonella, our new President stated:

Merchants and un-snarky customers, rejoice! There’s now a new platform, an “Anti-Yelp,” where customers can tell the world good things about a business, and can send their complaints and criticisms directly and privately to the business. “The mission of Goodsnitch,” says founder Rob Pace about his…

Data breaches happen in all manner of ways. Systems are compromised with SQL injection attacks. Spreadsheets are inadvertently leaked to external parties and mobile storage devices get left on trains. These things happen but, they really don’t have to now do they?

Apple is again trying to change how consumers listen to their favorite songs with a new subscription streaming service and a renewed push into Internet radio.

Software developers don't need to be told that the 'mongo' in MongoDB means humongous (and the DB is database), it's just one of those things that's obvious. The company itself is an open source NoSQL cross-platform document-oriented database company favouring dynamic schemas. But what does that…

Why don’t small merchants accept Apple Pay? That’s easy. Just follow the money.

Apple is expected to announce updates to its cloud services next week to raise its game against Google.

Facebook adds PGP feature that allows the user to receive mail from the social network in encrypted fashion. Given the content of messages is delivered to users in plain text via email, it should prove a useful addition from any user concerned about being spied on by governments or crooks.

Share price of Hong Kong brokerage more than doubles as it resumes trading following Alibaba’s founder’s investment.

Section 215 and a number of other controversial provisions in the Patriot Act expire partly thanks to a stand by Senator Rand Paul, though this week will likely see them reinstated in watered-down form.

I was in Los Angeles this weekend for my birthday. Chatting over sushi with my father-in-law, he mentioned he was listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. Limbaugh was talking about how millennials value experience over ownership of goods. I thought it was compelling to hear that these new…

Nissan is disrupting motor sports in a big way this summer with its new GT-LM Nismo race car, set to compete in the infamously challenging 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Here is an edited interview with Ben Bowlby, Nissan LMP1 technical director, discussing the reasons why Nissan chose the…

Student loan rates have dropped for the 2015-2016 academic year, making borrowing for college less expensive, but students and parents should still try to avoid college debt if possible.

Humanitarian aid is criticized for being disorganized, late, and inefficient. A new UN project, in partnership with San Francisco-based Frog, the global design firm, is changing that perception. The recent Nepal earthquakes on April 25th and May 12th are benefitting from this new technology --…

Early one Monday morning years ago I rolled into work. I dropped my bag on the floor and slumped into my office chair. It spun around slowly to the window and I clutched my coffee feeling that without it I would be completely lost. After a moments reflection I spun back around and stabbed at my…