MasterCard is testing new ways to verify online payments, including facial scans, fingerprint sensors, voice recognition, and heart beat patterns.

T-Mobile's Score promotion lets users nab free and heavily discounted phones after six to 12 months, but it costs $5 a month for the service.

Yahoo updated its Aviate Launcher with a new Google Now like feature called Smart Stream, a Google Now competitor.

ZTE offers more bang for your buck with the Maven at AT&T and the Sonata 2 at Cricket Wireless.

Amazon's voice assistant Alexa is poised to take over every connected device and app with a new SDK for developers and device makers.

The Phree smart pen can write on any surface and transmit your pen strokes in real time to most apps on your smartphone, tablet, or PC.

The next unbreakable passcode could be made with emoji. A British company came up with a system of creating four-digit passcodes out of emoji

Microsoft may have killed the most interesting device in Nokia's plans: a smartwatch called the Moonraker. It looked like an Apple Watch and ran Windows.

The Stratos smart card stores all your credit cards in one very secure piece of plastic. We used the Stratos card for a few weeks to test out the credit card of the future.

A recently discovered flaw in iOS allows hackers to add malicious code to steal iCloud logins and passwords, as well as other sensitive information.

Apple Pay will be available in the U.K., accepted at small businesses with the Square reader, and supported at 1 million locations in the near future.

Samsung's Galaxy S6 is undoubtedly a stunner, but it may not be tough enough for some folks. Luckily, the Galaxy S6 Active variant may be in the works.

Apple CEO Tim Cook declared privacy "a fundamental right," and touted Apple's record of encryption and respecting users' data.

Bellabeat made a piece of smart jewelry called the Leaf specifically for women that tracks activity, sleep, stress, breathing, and reproductive cycles.

Mophie's latest battery case for the iPhone 6, called the Mophie Juice Pack H2Pro, is also waterproof.

Google challenges Apple Pay with Android Pay, it's revamped mobile payments system that works in stores and in online purchases.

The first Apple Watch software update is now available to download. The update brings improvements to third-party app performance, and fitness tracking.

The unusual, dual-screen YotaPhone 2 has finally come to the U.S., and is being sold through the Indiegogo crowd-funding website. Provided it meets the set goal, the phone may eventually reach a U.S. network.

LG has launched the big-screen G4 Stylus, also known as the G Stylo in the U.S..

HTC worked with Google to make the Nexus 9 tablet last year, and now it looks like the company may have plans for its own tablet.

HTC looks to have a busy 2015 ahead, as news of yet another high-spec phone comes to light. Here's everything we know about the Butterfly 3.

A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the NSA's phone surveillance program is illegal under federal law.

One user compared the Apple Watch heart rate monitor to a chest strap with EKG accuracy ratings, and the Watch returned almost perfect results.

The Huawei P8 has been launched, and it's the company's best looking smartphone yet.

The BlackBerry Leap smartphone is now available for pre-order.

France passed a new law that will authorize mass surveillance and metadata collection, much like the U.S. Patriot Act.

Microsoft's Surface 3 is the successor to the Surface 2, but it will run full Windows and upgrade to Windows 10, as soon as Microsoft releases the OS.

HTC posted its lowest revenue for the month of April in six years. The slump is largely believed to be due to poor One M9 phone sales.

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s new Net neutrality proposal aims to reclassify broadband under Title II, end throttling, blocking, and paid prioritization. Here’s what it all means and how it will affect you.

Asus may have another smartwatch in the works with GPS, fitness tracking, and 10-day battery life.

A dozen American Airlines flights were delayed by software bug on several pilots' iPads.

Apple officially stated in its App Store guidelines that it will not accept third-party watch faces or time-telling apps for the Apple Watch.

Xiaomi courts the Indian market with the $200, mid-range Mi 4i phone. The phone a plastic version of the Mi4, but with slightly less high-end specs.

The German parliament reconsiders an intelligence-sharing agreement with the NSA, over spying on politicians and defense contractors.

The Apple Watch may not be fully waterproof, but one guy took his in the shower and went swimming with it on, and it still works just fine.

Jeh Johnson, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, called encryption dangerous and encouraged security experts to work with the government..

SourceDNA discovered a security flaw in 1,500 iOS apps that could allow hackers to steal sensitive information from users' devices.

John Oliver tackled patent trolls in his latest crusade against archaic laws that don't make sense.