From InfoWorld: Netflix has developed a microservices orchestrator called Conductor and is now offering it via open source.

Inspired by the company's need to run business processes for streaming titles worldwide, Conductor was built as a cloud-based orchestration engine. It manages workflows, can...

From CNET: Twitch, a video-centric online community for computer-game fans, launched a new content category Thursday designed to get its users sharing moments from their everyday lives. The Amazon-owned site also said it would bring live-streaming to its mobile app in 2017.

Called IRL -- for the...

From PC World: The BlackBerry smartphone is dead: Long live the BlackBerry smartphone.

A week after it officially pulled out of the smartphone market, BlackBerry has agreed to license its brand to handset manufacturer TCL.

The Chinese company will make and market future BlackBerry handsets...

From CNET: Samsung may give its lower-cost Galaxy A5 phone for 2017 something that right now only its highest-end phones have: a curved screen, according to leaked renderings and rumors that are tied to the phone. Samsung is the only device maker currently selling phones with wraparound displays (LG...

From InfoWorld: In what is likely the largest data breach ever, Yahoo is reporting that data associated with more than 1 billion user accounts was stolen in August 2013.

The incident is separate from a breach Yahoo reported in September involving at least 500 million users that originally occurred...

From CNET: Owners of Pebble's smartwatches don't have to worry about their devices suddenly stopping after the company's acquisition by Fitbit.

The fate of the devices was left in doubt last week after the announcement that Fitbit, one of the biggest names fitness trackers, would acquire the assets...

From PC World: Adobe Systems has released security updates for several products, including one for Flash Player that fixes a critical vulnerability that’s already known and exploited by attackers.

The Flash Player update fixes 17 vulnerabilities, 16 of which are critical and can be exploited to...

From CNET: iPhone users: it just got a little easier to handle problems with your phone.

Apple has launched a standalone app so people who use iPhones and other iOS devices can keep track of and maintain their gadgets.

The app, which Apple previously launched in the Netherlands and Italy, is now...

From InfoWorld: If you’ve been concerned about—or bitten by—the dropped internet connection bug that flared up a week ago, take solace: The latest Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Update) cumulative update appears to fix the problem. If you install KB 3206632, the Dec. 13 cumulative update for...

From CNET: Rush orders just got a whole lot speedier. Today, Amazon announced the first successful Prime Air delivery. On December 7th, 2016, an Amazon drone dropped off a package in the backyard of a customer, 13 minutes after the customer ordered it.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, touted the...