U.S. President Barack Obama in Chicago, Illinois, United States, April 7, 2016. Reuters/Jim Young The Obama administration on Friday weighed into the debate over allowing consumers to switch pricey cable television boxes for less expensive devices, urging an agency to set an example for other parts ...

The website of Russian state news agency Sputnik has been blocked in Turkey, its Turkish editor-in-chief said on Friday, a move that could further strain relations between Moscow and Ankara after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane last year. "There is no access to sputniknews.com and subdomains fro...

If you have kids with mobile devices, create a central home charging station in a place like your bedroom. Before the kids go to bed at night, have them put their mobile devices there so they are not tempted to play with them when they should be sleeping.

The new iPhone SE is seen on display during an event at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California March 21, 2016. Reuters/Stephen Lam Apple Inc has formed a secret team to explore changes to its App Store, including a new strategy for charging developers to have their apps more prominently dis...

A child stands at a computer display stand for the Windows 10 operating system at the Microsoft store at Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York July 29, 2015. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton The U.S. government has recommended that Windows PC users uninstall Apple Inc's QuickTime video player after secu...

A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and the FBI will return to Congress next week to testify before lawmakers about their heated disagreement over law enforcement access to encrypted devices, a congressional committee a...

An Instagram login page is pictured on a laptop screen in Pasadena, California August 14, 2013. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni Facebook's picture sharing app Instagram is updating its "Explore" section to add video channels that will appear in a feed according to users' preferences. The feature will have a p...

An analyst looks at code in the malware lab of a cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho September 29, 2011. Reuters/Jim Urquhart U.S. federal, state and local government agencies rank in last place in cyber security when compared against 17 major private in...

The logo of U.S. technology company Apple is seen in Zurich, Switzerland April 5, 2016. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will donate sales of select apps in April to the World Wildlife Fund amid its growing focus on environmental issues, the company announced. As part of Apps for Earth, laun...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails, the latest in a series of clashes over privacy between the technology industry and Washington. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in the Western Di...

A group of Chinese internet firms who made a cash offer in February for Norwegian mobile phone browser and advertising firm Opera Software, valuing it at $1.28 billion, have extended the offer as it has not reached the required level of acceptances. The group said on Thursday it had received accepta...

A Moscow court this week convicted and sentenced seven hackers for breaking into countless online bank accounts — including “Paunch,” the nickname used by the author of the infamous “Blackhole” exploit kit.  Once an extremely popular crimeware-as-a-service off...

A Moscow court this week convicted and sentenced seven hackers for breaking into countless online bank accounts — including “Paunch,” the nickname used by the author of the infamous “Blackhole” exploit kit.  Once an extremely popular crimeware-as-a-service off...

Tech start-ups aimed at businesses rather than consumers are winning more funding from increasingly wary venture capital investors who want to see a return on their cash sooner rather than later. This shift has enabled Soundtrack Your Brand, which plans a U.S. launch this year, to secure $11 million...

File photo of a member of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) works on her laptop in northern Iraq May 14, 2013. Reuters/Azad Lashkari Denied their own state in reality, Iraq's Kurds have declared independence in cyberspace with a new domain name that has provoked the ire of a neighbor hostile to their as...

German on-demand video service Maxdome is hiring staff to provide more personalized recommendations to users, trying to fend off rivals such as Netflix and Amazon Prime which are battling for a share of a growing market‎. "Even the best algorithm could not satisfy our users," said Maxdome's co-c...

The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group is pictured in this September 24, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. Reuters/Dado Ruvic German ecommerce firm Rocket Internet (RKET.DE) said it was on track to make three of its start-ups profitable by the end of 2017, and its losses s...

The Porsche logo is seen during the 2016 New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, New York March 24, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz Porsche has hired a specialist from U.S. information technology industries consultant Gartner Inc. to lead the development of online connectivity in its sports cars,...

A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany, in this October 16, 2015 file photo. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/Files A tap of a finger could soon suffice to identify credit card shoppers and rail commuters, offering areas of new business for specialist companies...

Details are pictured on the backside of an Apple Iphone 6 on a table in a restaurant in Hanau, Germany, April 10, 2016. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach The company that helped the FBI unlock a San Bernardino shooter's iPhone to get data has sole legal ownership of the method, making it highly unlikely the t...

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks at the University of Chicago Law School in Chicago, Illinois, United States, April 7, 2016. Reuters/Jim Young The chief executive of MasterCard Inc, the former head of the National Security Agency and officials from Microsoft and Uber will join a commis...

People walk by the Dow Jones electronic ticker at Times Square in New York, May 12, 2015. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) is the clear favorite in the upcoming bidding for Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) core Internet business, according to Wall Street analysts, in large part becaus...

A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken February 26, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Two U.S. senators on Wednesday issued a formal draft of a controversial bill that would give courts the power to order technology companies like Apple to h...

A GoPro camera is seen on a skier's helmet as he rides down the slopes in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps, January 7, 2014. Reuters/Emmanuel Foudrot Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc (GPRO.O) named Apple Inc (AAPL.O) designer Daniel Coster as vice president of design, effective the end of April...

Robert Work, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, speaks at a christening ceremony for the autonomous ship ''Sea Hunter'', developed by DARPA, in Portland, Oregon before its christening ceremony April 7, 2016. Reuters/Steve Dipaola Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election, top Pentagon lea...

A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in a photo illustration in Paris April 15, 2014. A Reuters/Mal Langsdon Legislation that would require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant before asking technology companies to hand over dated em...

China's Tsinghua Unigroup unveiled a roughly 6 percent stake in Lattice Semiconductor Corp (LSCC.O) on Wednesday, sending shares of the U.S. chip manufacturer soaring 18 percent on speculation of a possible acquisition. The move is the latest sign of Tsinghua's desire to be a part of the U.S. semico...

Microsoft released fixes on Tuesday to plug critical security holes in Windows and other software. The company issued 13 patches to tackle dozens of vulnerabilities, including a much-hyped “Badlock” file-sharing bug that appears ripe for exploitation. Also, Adobe updated its Flash P...

Microsoft released fixes on Tuesday to plug critical security holes in Windows and other software. The company issued 13 patches to tackle dozens of vulnerabilities, including a much-hyped “Badlock” file-sharing bug that appears ripe for exploitation. Also, Adobe updated its Flash P...

- Curtains and blinds may soon be a design choice as opposed as to a tool for privacy. Windows that can transition between clear and cloudy in a second may soon be a reality thanks to technology under development at Harvard University's School of Engineering. Windows that can change opacity or color...