Ashton Kutcher, Lenovo engineer
Ashton Kutcher is smart. He studied biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa. He's good at looking into the future with a nice string of tech investments that would make...
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The FCC officially has a new chairman
Everyone's second favorite government agency (just behind the NSA) is going to have a new sheriff in town. We have a new Federal Communications Commission chairman. The U.S. Senate unanimously...
Pinterest will show you pins you may want to like
It's no longer a matter of following boards that interest you. That's not good enough for Pinterest. Now, they want to show you what THEY think you'll like as well....
Both sides agree: the NSA must be curbed
In a political environment so divided along partisan lines, there's one topic that seems to be bringing both sides to the same conclusion: the NSA. Given that surprising new allegations...
Tiger is out at EA after 15 years
It was a long run, one that saw the gaming company stand by their top golfing star through his personal battles, but it's finally over. The funny part is that...
UN to take on asteroids
They may have challenges bringing peace to the world or keeping Iran from building nuclear weapons, but that won't stop the United Nations from trying to stop any impending asteroid...
Oversight over reform for NSA
Does the NSA need to be overhauled or would more watchful eyes be enough to keep it in line? What should we do about the NSA? Should we do anything...
Reddit, interactive
The "front page of the internet" has been scrutinized many times and many different ways over the past couple of years. Here's one comprehensive look at the social news giant....
Battlefield 4 gets pretty decent reviews
It's not as good as last year's Battlefield 3, but this year's offering is still impressing many reviewers. Developer DICE is moving the series towards bigger, well, battlefields — more...
Tips for online marketing in 2014
The various "best of 2013" lists will be coming out soon across the web, but the precursors have already started. Expect to see a lot of "preparing for 2014" articles...
Hide your friends on Vine without them knowing about it
There's an insult associated with unfollowing people on social media, but what if you could stop following them without knowing it? Most social sites have a solution for this. Now,...
Spying on leaders is okay, right?
The hot water keeps getting hotter for the US intelligence community. They have gone on the defensive about their recent actions to track world leaders. U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday...
Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate gets reviewed
It hasn't been getting the raving reviews that its predecessors got. Some downright hated it. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is the latest in the excellent Arkham series, and its first...
Twitter beefs up mobile aps
Prior to their IPO, Twitter is adding to their mobile technology. Twitter today shipped an updatethat adds in-stream video and image previews to the main feed in its iOS, Android and...
Motorola has an ambitious modular smartphone coming
It's going to be big. It sounds pretty darn brilliant. Are we going to finally see what Motorola can do under the new regime? Over the last six months, our...
Portland has a barge similar to the one in San Francisco
The plot thickens, the mystery takes a turn, and Google is still not saying much about it all. Since it was towed into Portland Harbor on a barge earlier this...
Nearly 2 in 5 children under 2 have used mobile devices
Forget the stuffed animals. iPads will work just fine. Nearly two in five children have used a tablet or smartphone before they could speak in full sentences, according to a...
Kentucky got the Obamacare website right. Why can’t the feds?
There have been some great things to come out of Kentucky. A working healthcare website is just the latest in this long line. Kentucky did it right. The state's online...
Technology has changed journalism forever
It doesn't really matter which side of the debate you're on. This is one of the most epic exchanges between journalists in recent years. Much of the speculation about the...
60 million – the number of phone calls monitored in Spain
Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has brought about more international scrutiny for the NSA than every other revelation about the agency in the past combined. Here's another item for the list of...