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5 vulnerabilities the NSA can use on your smartphone

No, the NSA can't magically hack all iPhones and smartphones, but just like malware developers, it has more than a few tricks up its sleeve for retrieving data stored on...

Twitter takes first step to go public in 140 characters or less

Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world’s largest platforms for public conversation, is about...

Autoplay video ads still on the horizon for Facebook

Facebook isn't ready to unveil the video ads that it has been telling marketers about for more than a year. But it's launching a test to determine the impact of...

Miley Cyrus and Vevo dominate MTV

Earlier this week, Miley Cyrus rode a wrecking ball into the record books. Her new Terry Richardson-directed music video—in which she swings around naked on a wrecking ball while crooning about...

Samsung to follow Apple’s lead with 64 bit phones

Apple’s iPhone 5S is the first 64-bit smartphone, and Samsung’s Galaxy S5 could be the second. Almost like clockwork, Samsung has confirmed that its next-generation devices will feature similar processors to the...

Zynga’s fall from grace

In Zynga's July 2011 prospectus to future shareholders, company founder and CEO Mark Pincus outlined his firm's ambitious plan to take over the gaming world. "My kids decided a few months ago...

Dell shareholders approve buyout

Dell Inc. (DELL) Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell won shareholder approval for a planned $24.9 billion buyout, capping a seven-month standoff with investors and gaining free rein to attempt a turnaround...

Inside the life of a Vine superstar

A nerdy loner snorting obscene amounts of cocaine out of a giant tube. An incredibly detailed Super Mario Bros. mushroom-transformation starring a canine plumber. A grotesque real-life Little Mermaid and...

New iPhone doesn’t like sweat or store your fingerprints

Apple'sAAPL +1.44% new iPhone 5S, which comes with a fingerprint scanner, won’t store actual images of users’ fingerprints on the device, a company spokesman confirmed Wednesday, a decision that could ease concerns...

10 good reasons Buzzfeed is going to pay me

Last week (although by the time I post this it’ll be two weeks) BuzzFeed posted a highly successful “listical” 18 Everyday Products You’ve Been Using Wrong], it went viral and you...

Does Facebook make us unhappy?

No one joins Facebook to be sad and lonely. But a new study from the University of Michigan psychologist Ethan Kross argues that that’s exactly how it makes us feel. Over two...

Verizon’s diabolical plan

Think of all the things that tick you off about cable TV. Along with brainless programming and crummy customer service, the very worst aspect of it is forced bundling. You...

Walmart to sell new iPhones at a lower price

If you plan on buying one of Apple's new iPhones, you may want to head to Wal-Mart. The retail giant has announced it will carry the new devices and sell...

Steve Jobs’ old friends says Apple has lost its innovation

Hartmut Esslinger knows a thing or two about industrial design and what it’s done for Apple. He worked directly with Steve Jobs to establish a “design language” that was used...

Zuckerberg thinks Twitter should go public

After shares of Facebook stock hit an all time high, founder Mark Zuckerberg is ready to tell his competitors that it's not as bad as they think might. No fear,...

Yahoo monthly active users are up 20% to 800M

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt that Yahoo monthly active users are up 20% to 800 million globally, including 350 million monthly active users on mobile. Mayer...

Mark Zuckerberg says U.S. ‘blew it’ on NSA spying

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lashed out at the U.S. government on Wednesday, saying that authorities have hurt Silicon Valley companies by doing a poor job of explaining the online spying efforts of U.S....

Apple shares down despite new iPhone

The unveiling of Apple's two new iPhones have failed to stem a drop in the company's share price.  The company released two new phones overnight, including a cheaper $99 version...

Yahoo CEO Mayer: we faced jail if we revealed NSA surveillance secrets

Mark Zuckerberg joins Mayer in hitting back at critics of tech companies, saying US government did 'bad job' of balancing people's privacy and duty to protect. Marissa Mayer, the CEO...

Cyberwar is on: America’s elite hacker army

Inside a darkened conference room in the Miami Beach Holiday Inn, America’s most badass hackers are going to war – working their laptops between swigs of Bawls energy drink as...