Advertisers bid on each others brand and trademarked terms to steal website traffic. This commonplace practice goes largely unchecked across major search verticals and is extremely difficult to monitor at scale. Read this report from Adthena to take the first step towards safeguarding your brand equity. Answered in this report: …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a pragmatist. Unlike his predecessor, he embraced iOS and Android for Microsoft software distribution when Windows Phones failed as a platform. And he’s been seeking to do the same thing for Cortana with Alexa and potentially the Google Assistant/Home. Let’s get interoperable. Nadella has for …

  There are just three short weeks until Silicon Valley’s startup community takes a night off to relax, connect and get down at the 2nd Annual TechCrunch Winter Party at Galvanize. It’s not just an opportunity to have a great time — although you will. It’s also the chance for …

An international team of researchers led by a University of Liverpool scientist has discovered three new genes associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly. Dry age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of vision loss in people …

  With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis, Clifford Harris Jr., who’s better known as “T.I.”, has launched a new syndicated investment vehicle called Tech Cypha. Launched by the music and cultural impresario with more hustle than hustle and his business partner Jason Geter, the new collaborative investment …

  You might want to clear some time in your schedule this weekend to look up at the night sky. Those in the western hemisphere will be treated to a rare celestial alignment known colloquially as the “super blood moon.” It sounds pretty cool, but it’s just science — cool …

  One of the common features of star systems is that both stars and their planets tend to orbit in the same plane. That means the equator of the star tends to align with the plane of the planets in orbit around it. In our own solar system, for example, …

  Spoiler alert: The Mavic 2 Pro ($1,499) is a worthy successor to the original Mavic Pro. It improves on it in almost every dimension, although if you already own the first model, there isn’t any single compelling reason you have to rush out to get the new one. If …

  We often talk about Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant in the same breath as Alexa and Google Assistant, but Microsoft doesn’t think that’s right. After pushing Cortana as a standalone assistant, Microsoft is shifting gears to make it an add-on for other assistants. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Cortana should …

Playing in his first NBA game in almost a year, De Marcus Cousins had about as good a Warriors debut as anyone with Golden State couldve hoped for. He is a great passer, especially at his position, Alvin Gentry, who of course coached Cousins last season with the Pelicans, said …