| 
 | Catherine Shu Rakuten, one of Japan's largest Internet companies, has announced that it will acquire Cyprus-based messaging platform and app maker Viber for $900 million.... read more | |  | John Biggs Silk Road 2 moderator Defcon reported in a forum post that hackers have used a transaction malleability exploit to hack the marketplace. The hackers stole over... read more | |  | Jordan Crook Facebook has just updated to let users choose the gender pronoun they associate with. Aside from the usual "male" and "female" options, users can choose from up... read more | | | |  | Darrell Etherington | |  | Natasha Lomas A wearable tech research and consulting firm has put together a neat overview of the nascent space -- tracking the number of devices already in existence; areas... read more | |  | Mike Butcher London-based Blaze has officially launched it's innovative front bike light with a laser projection, and starts shipping worldwide at the end of this month. The... read more | |  | Kim-Mai Cutler | | |
 | 2013 was a very good year for Twitter, so it's only fitting that Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo took home the award... read more | |  | It's just about Valentine's Day, which means love is in the air, even here among the workaholics in the tech industry.... read more | |  | The Internet has been getting a lot of criticism lately. But there are few people better able to coherently explain... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
