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The NFL's back is against the wall to settle Brady v. NFL -- the case surrounding the league's attempted four game suspension of the New England Patriots quarterback for purportedly using deflated footballs in a footb...

Washington (By Arshad Mohammed, Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball) — The United States is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese individuals and companies for cyber attacks against U.S. commercial targ...

We’re seeing the latest example of what happens when someone in a position of power is tempted by the proverbial low-hanging fruit. For 33-year-old former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges, that moment presented itsel...

Google today launched Chrome 45 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, with some expected changes and new developer tools. You can update to the latest version now using the browser’s built-in silent updater or download...

SAN FRANCISCO (By Dan Levine, Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Tuesday Uber drivers are entitled to class action status in litigation over whether they are independent contractors or employees, part of a case that could...

Hi there!  This is my first post at my new home, Forbes. I’ve followed my editor, Loren Feldman, from our previous blogging gig at The New York Times.

Learn to stay firm instead of compromising.

Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla all made the same announcement today: They will drop support for the RC4 cipher in their respective browsers. Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, and Firefox will all stop using the outdated s...

China’s enormous population is giving it spending power that will outstrip even consumers in the United States this year in certain sectors — such as mobile gaming. Smartphone and tablet games should generate more th...

VMware today unveiled Project A², a unification of two kinds of existing VMware software that’s intended to give company admins new management capabilities for Windows 10 devices and applications. Typically, VMware’...

Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Netflix banded together today to create the Alliance for Open Media. The open-source project will consolidate several codec development projects into a single working...

Lenovo’s second-generation Moto 360 smartwatch will be officially unveiled in China September 8. The company posted a teaser image of the new device at its Weibo website to announce the date. A reliable leaker yesterda...

With Millennials more active than ever online, will the Internet be the new marketplace for real estate?

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind omnipresent online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has revealed that almost 400 user accounts have been blocked by volunteer editors. The accounts in question relate to “undisc...

VB WEBINAR: Join us for this live webinar on Tuesday, September 1 at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here for free. Say the word agile and the immediate association is dev teams. The very folks that are often a...

If I were to ask you if you'd be more inclined to join a gym or health club if you could use tax-free HSA dollars to do so, your obvious, immediate reaction would be: what in the hell is an HSA? So let's address that ...

Days ago Branch cofounder Josh Miller left Facebook with little explanation. Now we know what he’s doing next. The young founder revealed on his personal blog today that he’s immediately starting a new role as the Wh...

Now, thanks to DoorDash, 7-Eleven customers can order anything from Skittles to sleeping pills -- but you'll still have to get your own Slurpee.

The auto industry may be the biggest potential new partner for healthcare entrepreneurs. It's becoming a new platform to distribute digital health and wellness apps and a channel to reach millions.

Google just unveiled its new logo. In fact, the new look is more than just a new logo: The company has revamped its whole “identity family,” which essentially refers to its whole design branding. Google has been arou...

Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Yummly cooks up $15M to help you choose what's for dinner Recipe search engine Yummly announced today th...

Our latest speaker, Graeme Devine looks like a character from Game of Thrones. The chief creative officer and vice president of games at Magic Leap is one more among the cast of characters from gaming who will talk at ou...