Spies monitored WikiLeaks visitors in real time, Snowden docs show

Newly revealed documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that American and British spy agencies targeted whistleblower publication WikiLeaks since 2008.

News         February 18, 2014

British spies cyberattacked Anonymous hackers, Snowden docs reveal

The UK’s spy agency waged cyberattacks against the online chat rooms of Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivists, documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal.

News         February 18, 2014

What binge-watching House of Cards taught me about life, death, and snacks

House of Cards season 2 is out, and ready for you to binge-watch.

News         February 17, 2014

Travel hotel-free by finding unique lodging online

Find a bed in any city — without shelling out big bucks for hotels — with these innovative sites for finding unique rooms for rent across the world.

Smart Home         February 17, 2014

Are you kidding me? When you can’t tell, the Web can be a dangerous place to joke

The Internet is good for making fun of people we think deserve it. But what if we simply lack the context to know when someone is simply joking?

Web         February 14, 2014

No joke: This ‘RIP Flappy Bird’ t-shirt costs $10,000

Thought $100,000 Flappy Bird iPhones were dumb? Wait till you get a load of this “RIP Flappy Bird” t-shirt that costs $10,000.

News         February 14, 2014

An iPhone 5S with Flappy Bird installed is going for $100,000 on eBay

After Flappy Bird was pulled from the App Store, iPhones and Android devices with the game installed are going for thousands of dollars on eBay.

News         February 10, 2014

On ‘The Day We Fight Back,’ can we knock the NSA the same way we stomped SOPA?

Can the Internet do to the NSA what it did to the Stop Online Piracy Act? The 'Day We Fight Back' campaign hopes the answer is yes.

Web         February 10, 2014

NBC warms to streaming for Sochi, but still leaves cord-cutters out in the cold

NBC will air all 15 events of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics online – but it would much rather you watch them tape-delayed on TV.

Mobile         February 9, 2014

From snow cannons to surveillance boxes, here’s the tech at play in Sochi

Here's five key facts about technology at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Guides         February 4, 2014

Injustice! FAA crackdown on beer-delivery drone may be based on hot air

Minnesota's Lakemaid Beer had its beer-delivery drone operation shutdown by the FAA. But some question the agency's authority to do so.

News         February 4, 2014

Move over, .com! The first 7 new domains launch today

The Internet is about to get a lot more crowded. Starting today, websites can register URLs with seven new generic top-level domains (gTLDs).

News         January 29, 2014

Angry Birds creator claims no Internet devices may be safe from NSA

Insecure apps may be providing the NSA and GCHQ with a wealth of personal information about smartphone users.

News         January 29, 2014

Put away the plastic toys, the Mark One 3D printer creates in carbon fiber

Newly launched startup MarkForged announced this week the world’s first 3D printer, the Mark One, which is capable of printing objects in carbon fiber.

News         January 28, 2014

5 tech issues Obama should address in the 2014 State of the Union (but probably won’t)

In addition to health care and income inequality, there are a slew of technology issues President Obama should address during the 2014 State of the Union.

Web         January 28, 2014

Will you speak up when ISPs strangle your Netflix? The company sure hopes so

Netflix doesn't seem too worried about the end of net neutrality. Maybe it should be.

Audio / Video         January 24, 2014

NSA phone metadata collection illegal, ineffective, government watchdog finds

The independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has found the NSA's bulk collection of telephone metadata to be illegal and ineffective.

News         January 23, 2014

Cash for Glass: MPAA dangles $500 for theater employees who rat out cam bandits

The recent detainment of an moviegoer wearing Google Glass wasn't a fluke – it's part of an MPAA program that offers theater works up to $500 for a catch.

News         January 22, 2014

Sorry, Kickstarter, you’re a store (whether you admit it or not)

Kickstarter says it's not a store. But its users – backers and creators alike – seem to disagree.

Emerging Tech         January 21, 2014

Syrian Electronic Army hits Microsoft … for the fourth time in a month

The hacker group known as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has hit Microsoft once again.

News         January 21, 2014

Obama restricts NSA telephone metadata collection program, calls for more changes

President Barack Obama announced Friday a list of “concrete and substantial reforms” to the way the United States conducts its surveillance operations.

News         January 17, 2014

NSA collected 200 million text messages every day, called it a ‘goldmine’

US spies have indiscriminately collected nearly 200 million text messages a day from people around the world, according to leaked top-secret documents.

News         January 16, 2014

NSA uses secret radio waves to spy on computers not connected to the Internet

The NSA has used secret radio signals to monitor nearly 100,000 computers around the world without the need of an Internet connection, report reveals.

News         January 15, 2014

Court strikes down key FCC Net neutrality rules: What it means for you

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the FCC's Open Internet rules.

News         January 14, 2014

Why are brick-and-mortar retailers crumbling under hacker attacks?

Between increasingly entwined payment systems and increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals, the risk gap between shopping offline and online is closing.

Web         January 14, 2014

What we learned at CES 2014

CES 2014 has finally come to a close. Here's what we learned about the future of consumer tech in 2014.

News         January 13, 2014

TrackingPoint’s new AR Smart Rifle is so accurate, targets don’t stand a chance

TrackingPoint's new 500 Series AR Smart Rifles allow virtually anyone to hit targets at up to 500 yards away. At CES 2014, we got the world's first hands on.

News         January 12, 2014

Meet Vuse, the world’s smartest e-cigarette

Vuse e-cigarettes are the first to pack a microprocessor that adjusts battery output 2,000 times per second to deliver a consistent vape no matter what.

Reviews         January 8, 2014

MakerBot pulls out the big (and small) guns with three new Replicator 3D printers

MakerBot debuts new Replicator, Replicator Mini, and the industrial-sized Replicator Z18 3D printers at CES 2014.

News         January 6, 2014

The Orbotix Sphero 2B robot can roll faster than you can run

Orbotix debuts the next generation of Sphero robots at CES 2014 with the Sphero 2B programmable fun bot.

News         January 6, 2014

5 questions about the future of tech that CES 2014 will answer

From wearable tech to the future of CES itself, here are the five big questions CES 2014 needs to answer.

Emerging Tech         January 4, 2014

NSA can keep collecting everyone’s phone records, spy court orders

The NSA’s practice of vacuuming up the metadata of virtually every American can continue, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has ruled.

News         January 3, 2014

TURBOPANDA, RAGEMASTER, and 13 other NSA codenames that prove spies laugh, too

Say what you will about the NSA – their names for in-house surveillance technology proves these spies like to have good laugh as much as anyone.

News         December 31, 2013

Why I’m ready to move on from a turbulent (sometimes terrifying) year in tech

Thanks to the NSA and a stagnation in the world of mobile devices, 2014 is looking to be an ugly year of transition for tech.

Emerging Tech         December 31, 2013