Top Stories of the Day // December 26, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Dec 26, 2014

RYAN LAWLER Hackers Take Credit For PlayStation Network And Xbox Live Outages On Christmas Gamers who received new consoles for Christmas might find themselves unable to connect and play with friends, thanks to a coordinated attack by hackers who... read more

CATHERINE SHU Viewers Worldwide Are Torrenting ‘The Interview’ Despite U.S.-Only Release Yesterday, Sony made “The Interview” available online through Google Play, YouTube Movies, and Xbox Video. Unfortunately, the film was restricted to the... read more

JON RUSSELL Hollywood’s Streaming Nemesis Popcorn Time Gets A VPN, But You’ll Have To Pay For It Popcorntime.io has added an optional VPN to its free movie and TV show streaming service, which is Hollywood's worst nightmare, but users will have to pay to... read more

JON RUSSELL LG And Mercedes-Benz Team Up To Develop A System To Power Self-Driving Cars LG is partnering up with Mercedes-Benz as it looks enable a smarter, more autonomous driving experience for the future. read more

JONATHAN SHIEBER The Future Of Wearable Technology Is In The Enterprise (At Least For Now) read more

DREW AUSTIN Being A Leader Sometimes Means Finding The Willingness And Courage To Be Led A popular post on Quora by an early-stage startup founder triggered over 100 responses and more than 150,000 views -- myself included. In the post, the founder... read more

SARAH BUHR Bitcoin, Burning Man And The Gifting Economy read more

TOP VIDEOS

Built In Brooklyn: Farmigo Brings Local Produce To Schools, Offices, And Homes  Food startup Farmigo is a San Francisco transplant — like me. The company was initially based on the... read more

Hands On With The Blackberry Classic  It’s been a long time coming: Blackberry’s return to its roots. Rather than chasing the pack,... read more

Gillmor Gang: Hackathon  The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Alexia Tsotsis, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday,... read more

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