Scientists have reclassified the majority of the 55 known tarantula species and added 14 new ones -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The science of brotherhood

The currency, now in alpha testing, will deploy mathematical techniques that let users keep transaction parties and amounts encrypted.Digital currencies like bitcoin are touted for their anonymity. But in practice, it can be possible to trace transactions across the shared bitcoin ledger known as the blockchain and figure out who's sending bitcoin to whom.Read Full Story

The same ability that makes roaches gross-their flexible, collapsible exoskeleton-makes them a good model for disaster robots. The post Rescue Robots Should Be Built Just Like Cockroaches. Sorry. appeared first on WIRED.

The reviews site's quarterly earnings results were released earlier than expected, causing its stock to ricochet.Yelp's quarterly earnings report, which was slated to be released later today, was pushed out early, according to CNBC. In its earnings results, the reviews site revealed that CFO Rob Krolik will be resigning sometime this year.Read Full Story

A new study has found the brain’s information storage capacity may be around a quadrillion bytes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The names, titles, and contact information of nearly 30,000 government employees has reportedly been compromised. The post Hack Brief: Hacker Leaks the Info of Thousands of FBI and DHS Employees appeared first on WIRED.