Uber, Toyota sign $500M deal to put self-driving tech into Sienna minivans

Enlarge / The interior of the 2017 Toyota Sienna minivan is seen during the 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, January 10, 2017. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) On Monday, news emerged that Toyota has reportedly signed a $ 500 million deal with Uber regarding self-driving technology. The Japanese automaker will integrate Uber’s autonomous […]

Yahoo hacker whose work compromised 500M accounts sentenced to 5 years

Enlarge / Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California in 2016. (credit: Noah Berger/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Canadian man who pled guilty last year to a massive spear-phishing operation of Yahoo employees—which ultimately resulted in 500 million accounts being compromised—has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karim Baratov, […]

Dropbox’s IPO filing reveals 500M users but a $1 billion deficit

In a move reminiscent of Snap’s IPO journey, Bloomberg sources claimed last month that Dropbox had quietly filed to become a public company. Suspicious hires last year had tipped their hand, and we waited to see what would happen for a company valued over $ 10 billion a few years ago. Today, Dropbox’s IPO filing […]