It Doesn't Look Like Spectre and Meltdown Really Hurt Intel at All
When the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities were made public earlier this year, things were a mess.…
People Are Already Opening Accounts to Save for Space
In the halcyon days of yore, people put away money with the hopes of retiring somewhere warm, where they could argue…
Worrying About Money Is Tough on Wallets and Wrinkles
As someone who often struggles to make ends meet, I often feel like I want to just curl up in a ball and never leave my…
"I Can't Afford Not to Have That Money": The Worst PayPal Horror Stories
Yesterday, PayPal agreed to pay customers $15 million for ripping them off over the past few years. After I wrote about…
If You Plan On Selling Anything At A Comic Convention, This Is Must-Read
Are you planning on attending a North American comic convention this year as a vendor? While you're deciding which…
Nigeria's Using a Biometric ID Card That Doubles As a Debit Card
Make all the "Dear Friend" email scam jokes that you want—Nigeria now has one of the most sophisticated…
HTC Just Made Its Lowest Profit Ever
HTC has announced that it made just $2.8 million in the first three months of 2013, which Bloomberg claims is its…
Microsoft Might Owe Denmark More Than $1 Billion in Unpaid Tax
A new report by Denmark's national broadcasting corporation, DR, suggests that Microsoft owes the country over $1…
Bloomberg: Yahoo, Dell, and Google Are Dodging Taxes In the Netherlands
You associate the Netherlands with Tulips and THC, not tax-evasion, but that's exactly what some tech companies are…
How much does it cost to be an unbeatable evil overlord?
Peter Anspach's "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord" is required reading for anyone hoping to…
Sneaky Tax Tactics Save Apple Billions of Dollars
The NY Times is reporting that by routing huge amounts of income through low-tax places like Nevada, Ireland,…
As the financial system falters, some Greeks are turning to alternative currencies
What do you do when your country is thrown into financial chaos? After all, you still have your resources, your skills,…
The Fiberoptic War Between Stock Traders Who Cash in Data Lag for Dollars
A lot of the biggest stock moves of the global economy are made by a bunch of dudes yelling at each other in a huge…
That iPhone Is Burning a Hole In Your Pocket
What can we make of this credit card spending by smartphone platform data from Pageonce? That iPhone owners spend like…
Kim Kardashian Will Teach Your Kids the Value of Plastic
If Kim Kardashian is so hard to keep up with, why does she keep popping up in my news feed? And why on earth does she…
What It's Like To Suddenly See Your Bank Account at Negative $900,000 Thanks to PayPal
This morning, 24-year-old web developer Derek Lanphier started seeing fraudulent charges on his PayPal account, adding…
Bank of America Employee Charged With Planting Malware on ATMs
A Bank of America worker installed malicious software on his employer's ATMs that allowed him to make thousands of…
Glitch Drops Google Stock Price $200 in Four Minutes, Wiping Out $62 Billion
At probably like the worst time ever for your stock to plummet harder than a meteor on a collision course with Bruce…