The year 2015 appears to have arrived a little early, with Nike apparently preparing to release the "Marty McFly" shoe from Back To The Future II sometime on Thursday.

Welcome to the world of vapers, and all that goes with it.

My fiancee forbids vaping in most parts of our house – and I don't have a good argument against it.

BitTorrent users are being monitored on a "massive" scale, according to a newly published study from the University of Birmingham, U.K.

A new report from The New York Times demonizes e-cigarette e-liquid as a dangerous killer. But the real danger is ignorant, irresponsible people.

Competition between Internet service providers is already bad. But Comcast's buyout of Time Warner Cable would only make matters worse.

Apple says it played no part in a newly revealed NSA exploit that gives US spies complete access to iPhones.

Airbnb has made a name for itself as the go-to vacation rental site. But hosts and guests should beware: Airbnb's terms of service show that the site puts nearly all the responsibility on you, if something happens to go wrong. Which, as we know, can happen.

Google Chromecast may be one of the best deals in tech right now. Here's why I'm not buying one.

Slamming businesses with bad Yelp reviews has landed an increasing number of people in court. Here's how to warn people about a negative experience without breaking the law.

We put two of the most popular tracker-blocking plugins, Do Not Track Plus and Ghostery, head to head in this hands-on showdown.

More kids are using e-cigarettes now than ever before, according to the CDC – and that probably means us adult vapers are going to suffer because of it.

Hot out of the gates at E3, Nintendo's next-generation console, the Wii U, is a hit in the press. But stock market investors in the company are singing a different tune.

It's a sad day in China for gamers, as one of the country's premier video game fairs, ChinaJoy Expo, bans scantily clad booth babes.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to use "drones, satellites, and lasers" to supply Internet to those without access. Is that such a good idea?

For governments and law enforcement, Google is an increasingly popular place to gather information on suspects, according to its new Transparency Report.

Musicians no longer have to worry about "selling out" to make a buck. But Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR shows tech companies now do.

Both the Obama administration and members of the House have plans to 'end' the NSA's collection of telephone metadata. Here's everything you need to know.

Edward Snowden used a Beam telepresence robot to do an on-stage interview at the 2014 TED Talks in Vancouver. In other words, our cyborg future is here.

Security researchers have developed a new technology that uses drones to secretly steal sensitive information from your smartphone.

Twitter has released a new tool that makes it fast and easy to find your first tweet.

Telephone metadata can reveal a staggering amount of personal details about our lives, a new study shows. And it's time for us to take action.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he called President Obama to express is "frustration" over NSA surveillance.

Squirt, a bookmarklet for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, lets users read the Web at up to 950 words per minute.

As part of its efforts to install malware on “millions” of computers, the NSA impersonated Facebook to trick targets into downloading malicious code.

Edward Snowden says we need widespread end-to-end encryption. He's right. But many tech users may not want to listen.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told the crowd at SXSW 2014 that better encryption tools are the best way to limit mass government surveillance.

Chaotic Moon Studios has combined two terrifying things – stun guns and drones – to make the ultimate in high-flying DIY weaponry.

Yahoo plans to stop allowing users of its services to sign in with their Facebook or Google ID credentials. So, what happens to those accounts?

Just like the NSA’s top-secret documents, Stephen Colbert’s controversial keynote speech the 2014 RSA cybersecurity conference has leaked onto the Web.

The UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency covertly collected snapshots of millions of Yahoo users’ video chats, which included countless 'sexually explicit' videos.

What will happen to WhatsApp user privacy now that the messaging service is owned by Facebook?

Facebook announced late Wednesday that it has acquired messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion. Yes, that’s billion, with a “b.”

The FCC said today that it plans to create new "network neutrality" rules that will keep Internet service providers from favoring certain types of traffic.