Articles about Yahoo

What happened to Yahoo’s $10M alliance with CMU, and how it could help AI restore our humanity

You know Siri and Alexa. Maybe even Cortana. But have you met Sara? She’s pretty amazing. Sure, she can do… Read More

Inside look at Yahoo’s fantasy football platform: How tech supports traffic spikes and live scoring

[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every… Read More

U.S. charges suspects with ties to Russian government in Yahoo hacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four people with ties to Russian intelligence agencies with computer hacking, economic espionage and… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer set to step down after Verizon merger closes, receive $23M severance

Marissa Mayer will step down from her post as Yahoo CEO after the company’s $4.48 billion deal to be acquired… Read More

Yahoo launches text-based chatbot called Captain to help organize family schedules

A new text messaging bot out of Yahoo wants to manage your grocery list and family calendar so you don’t… Read More

Verizon drops Yahoo acquisition price by $350M following data breach disclosures

Verizon said it will pay $4.48 billion to acquire Yahoo’s operating business, a reduction of $350 million off the original… Read More

Report: Verizon near agreement to lower price of Yahoo acquisition, suggesting deal is close

Verizon is reportedly close to cutting the price of its deal to buy Yahoo, signaling that they could complete the acquisition soon.… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to leave board as company changes name to Altaba after Verizon sale

Some key changes are happening at Yahoo after its sale to Verizon closes. The company’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, and its co-founder, David… Read More

Yahoo discloses second big hack affecting 1B user accounts

Yahoo has disclosed what it believes to be a second big hack, this one affecting more than 1 billion user… Read More

New digital advertising watchdog service led by former Microsoft and Cheezburger exec Scott Moore raises $2M

Scott Moore, a 20-year veteran of online publishing for the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Cheezburger, has found his next venture.… Read More

Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence officials, Reuters reports

Yahoo Inc. last year secretly built a custom software program to search all its customers’ incoming emails for specific information… Read More

Yahoo reveals massive data breach impacting 500M users, amidst $4.83B Verizon acquisition

Yahoo revealed today that at least half a billion of its users were hacked in late 2014, probably by a… Read More

Yahoo will combine with AOL through $4.8B acquisition by Verizon

Verizon will buy Yahoo’s operating business for $4.83 billion and integrate the venerable internet company with another, AOL, under an acquisition confirmed by the telecom giant this… Read More

Report: Verizon nears deal to acquire Yahoo for $5B with an eye toward competing with Google, Facebook

Verizon Communications is close to a deal to buy Yahoo for nearly $5 billion in a play to increase its presence… Read More

For sale on Craigslist: Used but restorable Yahoo for $8 billion

A “one-of-a-kind Internet original” is for sale in the antiques section of Craigslist as a spoof ad has appeared offering the… Read More

Microsoft may help finance Yahoo takeover amid board changes

Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it. A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code… Read More

Yahoo follows DraftKings and Fan Duel in suspending fantasy sports in New York

Yahoo was due to suspend paid fantasy sports contests in New York state on Wednesday, a decision that follows similar… Read More

Yahoo inks deal with NHL to live stream four free games per week

Live professional hockey games are coming to Yahoo. The tech giant today announced a deal with the National Hockey League to… Read More

Tech giants scale back on acquisitions — with the exception of Microsoft

Most of the heavyweights in tech pulled back from mergers and acquisitions in 2015, with one striking exception: Microsoft. Five of 8 tech giants decreased… Read More

Alibaba raising $4 billion for acquisitions — or possibly to buy back Yahoo’s stake

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant and Amazon rival, is seeking a loan of as much as $4 billion from at… Read More

Yahoo exec and Seattle startup founder Maria Zhang on her vindication against sexual harassment suit

Yahoo vice president of engineering Maria Zhang, a former Seattle-area startup founder, is talking publicly about the legal battle she’s navigated… Read More

Yahoo shutting down several digital magazines, but Tech site will survive

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it was phasing out a number of its digital magazines in an effort to refocus its… Read More

Yahoo chairman: We’re exploring a sale in addition to Alibaba spinoff

Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb said the company is exploring “qualified strategic proposals” after the company announced it is cutting 15 percent… Read More

For Yahoo, the news is all about layoffs, lawsuit, and lackluster sales

Yahoo is making a lot of headlines on Tuesday and as it has been for a long time now, the… Read More

Yahoo cancels streaming service ‘Yahoo! Screen’

Yahoo! Screen, Yahoo’s jump into streaming video, is now gone. Yahoo! has confirmed via Variety that the service has seen its… Read More

NFL accepting bids from tech giants for Thursday Night Football streaming rights

The NFL is gearing up to ink another deal with a technology giant. Sports Business Daily reported Wednesday that the… Read More

Yahoo reaches 15.2M viewers during NFL live stream on Sunday

Not only did Yahoo’s first attempt at streaming an NFL game go without major disruption, but the company attracted a… Read More

Yahoo’s first attempt at streaming an NFL game goes without major disruption

Update: The NFL said that 15.2 million unique viewers watched the live stream, which is comparable to an average Monday Night… Read More

How to watch Yahoo’s free stream of Sunday’s NFL game, the first to be aired strictly online

Yahoo’s big bet on NFL streaming will be put to the test on Sunday morning when the struggling tech giant… Read More

Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties

Updated below with Microsoft statement. Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision of its longtime… Read More