You know Siri and Alexa. Maybe even Cortana. But have you met Sara? She’s pretty amazing. Sure, she can do basic tasks, like help you find a movie that you… Read More
[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every week.] TAYLOR’S TAKE ON THE WEEK IN SPORTS TECH: Each Sunday… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four people with ties to Russian intelligence agencies with computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with hacking Yahoo’s network and email… Read More
Marissa Mayer will step down from her post as Yahoo CEO after the company’s $4.48 billion deal to be acquired by Verizon closes later this year. According to filings with… Read More
A new text messaging bot out of Yahoo wants to manage your grocery list and family calendar so you don’t have to. The Captain assistant, which launched in the U.S.… Read More
Verizon said it will pay $4.48 billion to acquire Yahoo’s operating business, a reduction of $350 million off the original price, following a pair of big data breaches disclosed last year.… Read More
Verizon is reportedly close to cutting the price of its deal to buy Yahoo, signaling that they could complete the acquisition soon. According to Bloomberg News, the telecommunications company wants to lower… Read More
Some key changes are happening at Yahoo after its sale to Verizon closes. The company’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, and its co-founder, David Filo, will step down from the board after Verizon completes… Read More
Yahoo has disclosed what it believes to be a second big hack, this one affecting more than 1 billion user accounts in 2013. In a blog post Wednesday, Yahoo said… Read More
Scott Moore, a 20-year veteran of online publishing for the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Cheezburger, has found his next venture. Ad Lightning scans digital publishing outlets for disruptive ads that… Read More
Yahoo Inc. last year secretly built a custom software program to search all its customers’ incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, Reuters reported, citing people familiar… Read More
Yahoo revealed today that at least half a billion of its users were hacked in late 2014, probably by a state actor. The breach may have exposed users’ names, email… Read More
Verizon will buy Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion and integrate the venerable internet company with another, AOL, under an acquisition confirmed by the telecom giant this morning. “Just over a year ago we acquired AOL to… Read More
Verizon Communications is close to a deal to buy Yahoo for nearly $5 billion in a play to increase its presence in mobile advertising. Bloomberg reported the deal would include Yahoo’s internet… Read More
A “one-of-a-kind Internet original” is for sale in the antiques section of Craigslist as a spoof ad has appeared offering the sale of Yahoo for $8 billion. The ad says the… Read More
Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it. A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code today said that Microsoft executives are meeting with private equity firms… Read More
Yahoo was due to suspend paid fantasy sports contests in New York state on Wednesday, a decision that follows similar moves on Monday by DraftKings and Fan Duel, Reuters is… Read More
Live professional hockey games are coming to Yahoo. The tech giant today announced a deal with the National Hockey League to live stream four out-of-market games per week, at no cost… Read More
Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased their M&A activity from 2014 to 2015 — measured by number… Read More
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant and Amazon rival, is seeking a loan of as much as $4 billion from at least eight banks, which it will use to fund its… Read More
Yahoo vice president of engineering Maria Zhang, a former Seattle-area startup founder, is talking publicly about the legal battle she’s navigated for the past 18 months. In December, the former female… Read More
Yahoo announced Wednesday that it was phasing out a number of its digital magazines in an effort to refocus its content strategy and simplify its business. In a Tumblr post, Yahoo… Read More
Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb said the company is exploring “qualified strategic proposals” after the company announced it is cutting 15 percent of its staff and reported $1.27 billion in revenue. “The… Read More
Yahoo is making a lot of headlines on Tuesday and as it has been for a long time now, the news is mostly bad. The Wall Street Journal reports that… Read More
Yahoo! Screen, Yahoo’s jump into streaming video, is now gone. Yahoo! has confirmed via Variety that the service has seen its last days, all but confirming our biggest fears that “Other… Read More
The NFL is gearing up to ink another deal with a technology giant. Sports Business Daily reported Wednesday that the league sent out request-for-proposals for its Thursday Night Football package… Read More
Not only did Yahoo’s first attempt at streaming an NFL game go without major disruption, but the company attracted a nice chunk of viewers who tuned in online from 185… Read More
Update: The NFL said that 15.2 million unique viewers watched the live stream, which is comparable to an average Monday Night Football game. Live sports streaming history was made on Sunday morning… Read More
Yahoo’s big bet on NFL streaming will be put to the test on Sunday morning when the struggling tech giant airs the Buffalo (3-3) vs. Jacksonville (1-5) game live from… Read More
Updated below with Microsoft statement. Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision of its longtime Microsoft search pact that gave Yahoo the ability to use… Read More