Sean Parker takes his Spotify playlist, Hipster International, very seriously. How serious? “Sometimes I’ll spend six hours consecutively combing through literally thousands of ... (more)

More and more we see stories of content producers recognizing piracy as the opportunity it actually represents. It isn't universal, but these stories tend to happen in the following ... (more)

The attorney general is to publish guidance on Twitter to help prevent social media users from committing contempt of court when commenting on legal cases. Dominic Grieve QC said ... (more)

Apple’s fingerprint sensor, Touch ID, is the flagship feature on the iPhone 5s. But it doesn’t always work the way it should. Since the sensor’s introduction last September, a ... (more)

The door to the network closet pops open and a slender figure enters, a bicycle helmet hanging at his side. He sheds his backpack and pulls out a cardboard box containing a small hard ... (more)

Newly anointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said this week that it would be OK for Internet service providers to charge Netflix and other companies for a faster ... (more)

One Saturday in November, Kaveh Kamooneh drove his Nissan Leaf to Chamblee Middle School, where his 11-year-old son was playing tennis. Kamooneh had taken the liberty of charging ... (more)

A lawsuit with the potential of shaking up commonly held assumptions about the broadcasting of older music will be staying in California. As we've covered, Sirius XM is facing a ... (more)

Following the official unveiling of its Linux-based SteamOS back in September, Valve has announced that it is joining The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit group of companies and individuals ... (more)

A smartphone with two screens - one of which uses e-ink technology and is "always on" - has been launched. The Russian company Yota said the phone would go on sale online immediately ... (more)

In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner. If Amazon can imagine delivering books by drones, is it too much to think that Google ... (more)

Serial hacker Samy Kamkar has released all the hardware and software specifications that hobbyists need to build an aerial drone that seeks out other drones in the air, hacks them, ... (more)

Researchers have unearthed a server storing more than two million pilfered login credentials for all kinds of user accounts, including those on Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Twitter, and ... (more)

A woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to what is believed to be the first traffic citation alleging a motorist was using Google's computer-in-an-eyeglass. The device, known as Google ... (more)

When the Motion Picture Association of America first filed a lawsuit against Hotfile in February, 2011, some questioned whether Hollywood had gone too far in targeting a cyberlocker. ... (more)

This week, the full House of Representatives will vote on the Innovation Act (H.R. 3309), the best troll-killing bill we've seen so far. This is a big deal: patent reform is sorely ... (more)

Most of us take for granted the ability to handle chores like loading a washing machine and turning it on. For some people with disabilities, though, it's not so simple. Commercial ... (more)

Ultra Mobile, an MVNO under T-Mobile, announced that starting tomorrow, it will give its customers 1,000 free minutes a month for international calls to more than 70 countries. The ... (more)

Applebee’s is trying to solve those fights people have about smartphone use at the table once and for all by bolting a tablet to each table in its 1,860 U.S. restaurants. The dining ... (more)

Microsoft researchers have designed a smart bra that can detect stress. The prototype contains removable sensors that monitor heart and skin activity to provide an indication of ... (more)

In a report published Tuesday, Spotify revealed the inner workings of its payout systems for artists with music available on the service. The company debunked the claim that the service ... (more)

German authorities are considering equipping police with a smartphone app that would instantly recognise illegal neo-Nazi songs. Already dubbed the "Nazi Shazam", after the music ... (more)

Online retail sales for Cyber Monday grew 16 percent from last year to $2.29 billion, lifted by more shopping on mobile devices, a market tracker said Tuesday. The Adobe Digital ... (more)

D-Link published patches on Monday for a firmware coding goof that could allow attackers to remotely change the settings of several of its router models. Craig Heffner, a vulnerability ... (more)

Motorola Mobility was forced to postpone its Cyber Monday Moto X deal after perspective shoppers overwhelmed the purchase page. The handset maker planned to offer a limited number ... (more)

When Yahoo launched its home page redesign in February - its first such overhaul in the Marissa Mayer era - the company's chief executive sent out a jovial tweet: "A new experience ... (more)

A British company has demonstrated a prototype device capable of stopping cars and other vehicles using a blast of electromagnetic waves. The RF Safe-Stop uses radio frequency pulses ... (more)

Just a few days after announcing that it was filing for bankruptcy, solid-state storage manufacturer OCZ has confirmed that it will be selling its assets to Toshiba for $35 million. ... (more)

Although enthusiasm for ‘crypto-currency’ bitcoin is expanding, it is not going to save people’s privacy from US NSA spy agency data mining. A truly anonymous online currency ... (more)

After Comet ISON's tumultuous close approach to the sun on Thursday, scientists are working to determine whether it still exists or is now nothing more than dust. The comet, which ... (more)