A Christian-friendly payments processor spilled 6 million transaction records online

A little-known payments processor, which bills itself as a Christian-friendly company that does “not process credit card transactions for morally objectionable businesses,” left a database containing years’ worth of customer…

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Atari-themed gaming hotels are coming to eight US cities

The main draw of the Atari hotels will likely be their esports studios. There are no details about what these will include, but each hotel will also have an "Atari gaming playground." Assuming the esports studios are venues where pros compete, the "playgrounds" could be lounges for guests that are equipped with gaming PCs. The…

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Can Byte recreate the magic of Vine?

Launch Byte, and you'll find all the usual trappings of video capture apps. There's your feed with constantly looping six-second videos, an Explore page where you can look at other accounts, an Activity page with the usual "like" and "follow" notifications, a personal profile page and, of course, the center camera button, which is what…

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HP Elite Dragonfly review: Pretty powerful for a 2-pound laptop

DisplayAn area where the Elite Dragonfly falls somewhat short, though, is its display. The low-power full HD panel on my review unit tops out at 400 nits, which is plenty bright for indoor use. But under sunlight, it got much harder to see, especially when trying to watch dimly lit scenes in The Haunting of…

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Watch the first full trailer for Netflix’s divisive ‘Ghost in the Shell’ series

The 3DCG animation style -- the first for a Ghost in the Shell production -- has proved to be divisive, with more thumbs-down than thumbs-up votes on the original teaser trailer. That could be because it varies dramatically from the original hand-drawn anime style, to put it generously.What folks can be more excited about is…

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