The end of net neutrality? FCC chairman Tom Wheeler will resign in January
Tom Wheeler, the current chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced his resignation.
Yahoo was hacked in 2013, and more than 1 billion accounts were compromised
Yahoo has disclosed a massive hack in which over 1 billion accounts were compromised back in 2013.
Google’s Year in Search brings you a message of hope
"Love is out there" -- that's Google's mantra in its annual Year in Search compilation, which highlights defining moments in the past 12 months.
Look out, Skype — you can now make video calls using Slack messaging service
On Tuesday, Slack announced its latest feature, one that has been in high demand for quite some time: one-to-one and group video calling.
In transparency effort, Google publishes eight National Security Letters from FBI
Google published eight previously unrevealed National Security Letters it received from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Yelp’s rewards program nets you up to 10% cash back at participating restaurants
Yelp's latest ploy to attract users is a cash-back program that rewards customers as well as local businesses.
Ransomware Popcorn Time removes itself once you infect your friends with it
If your system is infected by the Popcorn Time ransomware, it adds a nasty way to avoid paying: infect people you know instead.
Apple CEO Tim Cook to give MIT commencement speech
Apple CEO Tim Cook may be addressing future employees when delivering the 2017 MIT commencement address.
Google is experimenting with rating movies and shows within its search engine
Google wants to make rating movies and TV shows a little easier -- the company is testing the ability to rate movies and shows straight from search.
You won’t have to retype fuzzy words with Google’s Invisible ReCAPTCHA
Putting artificial intelligence to use in a way we'll all appreciate, Google's Advanced Risk Analysis algorithms will soon be able to tell if you're human.
Use this tool to help you decide if the news you're reading is the real deal
Notim.press/ed is a tool that lets you type in a URL and determine just how trustworthy your source is.
French man sent to prison for visiting pro-ISIS websites
A French man was sentenced to prison for visiting pro-ISIS websites as part of a government crackdown.
Bandits strike SF Bay Area Apple stores, stealing tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise
Robbers continue to hit SF Bay Area Apple stores, grabbing iPhones and computers worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Companies will no longer be able to fine or sue you for negative online reviews
Congress passed the Consumer Review Fairness Act, protecting consumers who post negative online reviews from retaliation by companies.
The Internet Archive gears up for the Trump era by creating a backup in Canada
The Internet Archive is seeking donations to create a backup in Canada. Its founder seems worried about the upcoming "radical" changes in Washington, D.C.
Apple expands support for HIV/AIDS charity RED with new product tie-ins
Tim Cook and Apple have pledged to perform a worldwide, in-store ad campaign for AIDS charity RED as well as donating proceeds from product sales.
Maybe now you can afford a ticket to 'Hamilton': N.Y. passes ticket-bot law
New York is cracking down on scalpers who use ticket-buying bots to purchase big batches of tickets for shows and events that they resell at crazy markups.
Ever-changing Earth: Google’s Timelapse update brings the world into clearer view
Google's newly updated Timelapse interactive image system lets you zoom in to any part of the world and see it in stupendous detail.
Three main internet lines linking the Channel Islands to the U.K. severed
JT Global reports that three fiber-optic submarine cables linking the Channel Islands to the U.K. were severed Monday night, possibly by a boat's anchor.
Privacy might go out the window if a draft law in Germany goes into place
The Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has a draft law in place that would do some serious damage to the state of data privacy rights in Germany.
Trump Tower temporarily became ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps
On Saturday, someone changed the name of Trump Tower to "Dump Tower" on Google Maps, eliciting a myriad of reactions from the denizens of the internet.
Drone video provides updated aerial look at the new Apple spaceship campus
The new Apple "Spaceship" campus is nearing completion, as we see in this drone video that was recently posted on YouTube.
Amazon has dumped ‘incentivized’ reviews, but product ratings aren’t changing much
It turns out that Amazon products' overall star ratings were based on 'verified purchasers' not incentivized reviews, in most cases.
Russia asks web browser Opera to install a blacklist on its Turbo Mode feature
Russian media regulators have asked Opera to install a blacklist of banned sites for its Turbo Mode web browser feature.
Buyer beware: Hackers target Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping weekend
Black Friday is typically associated with ramming through storefront doors to grab the best deals first. But hackers will be ready for the online shoppers.
New Vivaldi browser offers users exciting customization options
Users already have great ability to customize their Vivaldi browser, and now it will enable you to customize your physical world.
Amazon looks into live sports as it plots global launch
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is "exploring an ambitious offensive aimed at infiltrating the last bastion of ... pay-television: live sports."
Netflix 4K streaming hits Windows 10 PCs — but only those with Intel ‘Kaby Lake’ CPUs
Windows 10 PCs and 2-in-1 devices can now stream Netflix in a 4K resolution, but there's a catch: It's an exclusive feature for the Microsoft Edge browser.
