You’ve been hacked! Here’s what to do

Russian criminals have stolen more than 1.2 billion Internet usernames and passwords, and the odds are decent that some of yours might be among them. There’s no need to panic at this point — Hold Security, the firm that discovered the theft, says the gang...

Turning ‘Likes’ Into a Career

On a Monday evening in late June, Darren Lachtman surveyed the sun-dappled patio of Southern Pacific Brewing, a bar and restaurant in a cavernous warehouse in San Francisco’s Mission District. Beer in hand, he nodded toward Robby Ayala, a comedian and employee of...

Microsoft Reportedly Set To Layoff Thousands [Update]

As reports suggested, the layoffs at Microsoft are real and the largest in company history. Up to 18,000 jobs will be cut, with most of the pink slips going out over the course of the next six months. More than half of the cuts are coming from the Stephen Elop’s...