Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside acquires Stremium to bring live, interactive shows to your TV

Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside, which today offers podcasters and other creators a way to host interactive, live shows with audience engagement, will soon expand to the TV’s big screen. Variety reported, and Fireside confirmed, it’s acquired the open streaming TV platform Stremium, which will allow Fireside’s shows to become available to a range of…

Today’s best deals: $1.99 Hulu subscriptions, $91 off AirPods Pro, and the first discount on the Roomba Combo J7+

We’ve rounded up all the best deals for you to shop on Nov. 23 — here are our top picks: BEST STREAMING DEAL: One year of Hulu (with ads) — $1.99/month $7.99/month (save $72) BEST TECH DEAL: Apple AirPods Pro (1st Generation) — $159 $249.99 (save $90.99) BEST HOME DEAL: iRobot Roomba Combo j7+ Self-Emptying Robot…

Best Black Friday pickleball deals: Get up to 50% off paddles, balls, sets, and more

Get in on America’s fastest-growing sport. Here are the best Black Friday pickleball deals as of Nov. 23: BEST SET DEAL: The JoncAye pickleball-paddles set includes two paddles, four balls, one paddle bag, one ball bag, and a ball retriever — $49.99 $99.99 (save 50%) BEST PADDLE DEAL: The ONIX Graphite Z5 pickleball paddle is…

Cyber-mercenary group Bahamut strikes again via fake Android VPN apps

An infamous cyber-mercenary group is injecting Android devices with a spyware to steal users’ conversations, a new ESET research confirms.  These malware attacks are launched via fake Android VPN apps. Evidence suggests that hackers employed malicious versions of SecureVPN, SoftVPN and OpenVPN software.  Known as Bahamut ATP, the group is thought to be a service…

Security experts are laying Mastodon’s flaws bare

The rising popularity of Mastodon, partly as a side-effect of Elon Musk buying Twitter, has triggered a wave of vulnerability discoveries in the app. Cybersecurity researchers using the platform recently discovered three separate vulnerabilities that could allow threat actors to tamper with the data, and even download it.  For example, a researcher at PortSwigger, Gareth…

The stock market could soar to new records in another 1982-style vertical rally as inflation continues to ease, Fundstrat says

Traders celebrate after the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 6, 2018. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Stocks could rise abruptly and cause the S&P 500 to hit 4,400-4,500 by the end of the year, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee said. Easing inflation means markets will start discounting hawkish…

How to tell your kids you can’t — or won’t — afford everything they want

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Mayur Kakade/Getty Images Holiday “experiences” are everywhere now, and they’re costing families…