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Amazon Prime Instant Video will be getting 4K streams by the end of the year, but few Americans have the Internet speeds to support them.

The NFL's new 8-year contract with DirecTV could keep professional football out of cable cutters' hands through 2022.

The new Stateside International Talk plan offers unlimited calls to landlines in 70 countries for $5 per account.

Android Lollipop 5.0's newest feature, Trusted Places, automatically unlocks your phone when it enters pre-set geographic areas (like your home).

The Deep Web has a reputation for illicit dealings, but if approached safely, it can be used to find unrestricted content on the Internet.

A Canadian court will become the first in the world to accept Fitbit data as evidence in a personal injury case.

Whitepages analyzed 2.5 billion calls, finding that Detroit's 313 is the spammiest area code in the U.S.

Knightscope's K5 patrol robots promise to be safe, more efficient and less costly alternative to human security guards.

The Affordable Care Act's second open health insurance enrollment period began this weekend with a successful re-launch of the Healthcare.gov website.

The new Skype for Web service brings video chat to your existing browser, without a need to download and install Skype software.

Kindle e-reader owners can now create a 'Family Library' network of linked household Amazon accounts to share books between family members.

The Cost of Connectivity report reveals that the price of broadband in the U.S. is twice that of cities like London, Seoul and Paris.

Facebook's Data Policy is now easier to understand, but it still keeps much power over your personal data in Facebook's hands.

Taylor Swift has pulled her library of songs from Spotify, a move that's boosted her album sales while sticking it to the streaming music industry.

A new poll from Pew Internet shows a majority of Americans now believe email, chat apps and text messages are not secure.

Barnes & Noble's limited-time Sync Up! offer lets you buy the digital version of an eligible purchased paperback for $4.99 more.

Android owners can now use their phone without fear that Apple iMessage's will continue to intercept and lose important text messages.

The new Monopoly Dash, Scrabble Blitz, and Wheel of Fortune Chromecast apps allow anyone with a smartphone to pick up and play a family favorite.

Mozilla Firefox browser's new "Forget" button lets you erase evidence of the last few websites your device visited.

An anonymous hacker has compiled a site of stolen video feeds from those who have not set their camera's password.

President Barack Obama is calling on the FCC to act in favor of preserving net neutrality, blocking throttling and so-called "fast lanes."

GE aims to make lighting for home automation systems simple and inexpensive with Link, a new remote-controlled light-bulb.

A new technology standard called G.fast promises to boost DSL speeds delivered over copper telephone wire to 1Gbps by 2016.

The Amazon Echo speaker features a cloud-based, Siri-like digital assistant who can access your phone's playlist, search the web and more.

The average hacker spends 20 minutes going through compromised accounts, stealing more credentials, resetting passwords and scamming more people.

Researchers at the University of Washington are making great progress in harvesting power directly from Wi-Fi signals.

The Secure Messaging Scorecard finds that many popular messaging apps fall short in protecting the privacy of your communications.

Jawbone's new UP MOVE clip-on activity tracker counts steps, calories burned, measures activity intensity and monitors your sleep.

Disney and Google have partnered to make your movie collection available for streaming on Android, even if you purchased them through Apple.

Amazon Prime subscribers now get unlimited cloud storage for their photos along with the other perks of membership.

Minority Report has come to life: Police in London successfully tested predictive software aimed at stopping gang violence before it happens.

A new report from the Consumer Electronics Association says that 13% of broadband households will own a connected home device by the end of 2014.

Microsoft has officially discontinued OEM sales of Windows 7 and the retail sale of its Windows 8 operating system as of October 31.

A new survey by TDG suggests that a record high 14.1% of U.S. broadband households — 13 million — do not currently subscribe to traditional pay TV.

Fibit upgrades its line of activity trackers with new materials and a better design and adds continuous heart rate monitoring at the high end.

Picture- and video-sharing social network Instagram has begun embedding 15-second auto-playing video ads in targeted users' feeds.

You can now set up your Google Wallet mobile payment account to automatically replenish itself on a pre-set schedule.

If you want to access Ultra HD (4K) content on Netflix, you'll now need to sign up for a more expensive $11.99 per month family streaming plan.

The Pawscout Pet Finder is a dogtag-replacement device that pings your phone any time a missing pet is located with 200 feet of any Pawscout user.

The Federal Trade Commission wants to give online video providers the opportunity to negotiate with cable companies for channel broadcasting rights.

Android 5.0 Lollipop features full device encryption and an always-on facial recognition that shuts off your phone when someone else tries using it.

Cloth, a closet organizing app for Apple iOS, saves tagged pictures of all your favorite outfits and makes recommendations based on the weather.

The FTC has filed suit in court to get AT&T to discontinue its practice of throttling the speeds of unlimited data customers.

Republicans and Democrats on the FEC are deadlocked over whether to extend political advertisement regulations to online-only ads.

STUDY: Retail and travel sites may charge you more based on which OS or browser you use to shop.

These smart and easy tech tips will help you get more life, usefulness and convenience out of your favorite gadgets.

Amazon's new Fire TV Stick streaming media device will turn any TV smart for just $39 — $19 for Amazon Prime members for a limited time.

The new RRVS email protocol will help protect the past owners of newly recycled Yahoo email addresses through the use of a new time stamp.

VTech’s Connect to Cell phone system enables you to take mobile phone calls with your home phone for better sound quality and clarity.

A new comScore study reinforces that people aged 18 to 34 are increasingly turning to streaming video for their entertainment.

Samsung's 802.11ad Wi-Fi tech uses the 60GHz band to reduce interference and boost data transmission speeds up to 4.6Gbps.

The problem of online abuse and cyberbullying now affects 2 out of every 5 adults, with the bulk of attacks aimed at those aged 18 to 29.

The energy-efficient Samsung Chef Collection Slide-In Induction Range cooktop uses virtual LED flame to indicate when food is being heated.

The latest Akamai State of the Internet Report shows the U.S. has slipped to 14th in a global ranking of broadband speeds.

Google's two-step authentication account security system now supports the use of physical USB security keys.

The Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight will send an alert to your smartphone if its mic hears your home's smoke alarms going off while you're away.

MasterCard and Zwipe's new fingerprint technology allows you to make contactless payments without requiring a battery or PIN.

Project a scary zombie attack or army of dancing skeletons in your front window with an AtmosFEARfx DVD and a digital projector.

The new iMac with Retina 5K display features 5120 x 2880 resolution, OS X Yosemite (10.10) and a monster $2,499 starting price tag.

Apple's new $499 iPad Air 2, measuring just 6.1mm thick and weighing less than a pound, is being billed as the "world's thinnest tablet."

The Thread connected home networking standard, backed by Google Nest and Samsung, has officially entered the beta testing phase.

The Nexus Player streaming media box, running the Android TV operating system, is Google's answer to Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.

ESPN has signed a 9-year deal with the NBA that calls for the creation of a joint live game streaming service for those without cable TV.

The Nexus 6 is a giant, powerful 5.9-inch phablet with a 496 PPI screen; the Nexus 9 is a 8.9-inch tablet powered by an Nvidia Tegra K1 processor.

Google's new Android Lollipop mobile operating system brings battery life improvements and custom notifications.

Paid search results on Google, Bing and Yahoo are getting harder to distinguish from organic results despite FTC demands for more openness.

With over 65 million voice fingerprints on file, biometrics is becoming the de facto bank security standard worldwide, industry executives say.

Skype Qik is a video chat platform that lets you share and control access to short clips as way of conversing with friends and family.

Apple is expected to hold an event in California this Thursday to reveal details on the latest generation of iPad tablets, including a new iPad Pro.

Hackers have leaked over 200,000 photos and videos, many explicit, stolen from a third-party site called Snapsave.

Esri's mapping tool lets you see what Big Data knows about the people who make up your neighborhood, right down to its fondness for lattes and iPads.

The Sony Xperia Z3v smartphone tries to rival the Samsung Galaxy S5. Read our hands-on to see how it measures up.

More Americans appear to be rejecting music ownership formats like the CD in favor of streaming music subscriptions like Spotify.

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent is being sued by a woman who says photos of her and her family were used to pursue and interact with criminals.

AT&T will set aside $80 million in refunds for customers who fell victim to ringtone subscriptions and other unauthorized phone cramming charges.

Lenovo's Yoga tablets have always been about exciting innovation and cool features.This year's new models continue that tradition.

Lenovo's Yoga 3 Pro and ThinkPad Yoga 14 prove that laptop hardware remains innovative and useful, improving with each generation.

The new Square Order app uses geolocation to make sure your morning coffee pre-order is hot and ready exactly when you arrive.

A new Facebook app will allow you to participate in public discussions without requiring the use of your real or account name.

The HTC Desire Eye has rear and front 13MP cameras with a dual-LED flash, a slim design and a bright beautiful display for those on a budget.

The HTC RE viewfinder-free camera is a hybrid of a GoPro/ActionCam style device, the Sony QX lens camera, and wearable life-logging cameras.

According to new research from ETH Zurich, Facebook can guess virtually anyone's sexual orientation based solely on data pulled from other people.

An investigation by The Verge reveals that all mobile carriers are suffering problems in connecting callers to 911 services in their area.

A pair of security researchers have released the code behind an unpatchable USB vulnerability to pressure device manufacturers into a fix.

Overseas hackers made off with over 80 million names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail address and more from JPMorgan Chase servers.

ComputerCOP suggests it will help keep your kids safe online, but the EFF warns it does exactly the opposite (and puts your data at risk, too).

Sony's new $99 PlayStation TV streaming videogame box will launch here in the U.S. starting October 14.

AT&T's latest U-verse home Internet bundle offers prospective cord-cutters 45Mbps Internet, access to HBO Go and Amazon Prime for just $39/month.

Hewlett Packard's HP Stream 11 laptop offers a dual-core Intel Celeron, Windows 8.1 experience for just $199 to start.

A dangerous new bug has been discovered in iOS 8's "Reset all Settings" option — using it will delete all your iWork files in iCloud Drive, too.

Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 10, appears to have learned much from the mistakes of the company's ill-fated Windows 8.

The $399 HP Officejet 8040 comes with 1TB of local storage, NFC tap-to-print and a 3-year subscription to the Neat document organization service. 

The free UP by Jawbone app makes it easy to make the most of iOS 8's Health app without needing to spending money on an activity tracker.

Research reveals that online daters are more likely to break up, less likely to get married and more likely to get divorced if they do.

John Summerson's winning "Painting from Life" piece cleverly blends 4K video and watercolor paintings. 

After causing a lot of frustration with bugs in its earlier iOS 8.0.1, Apple has officially released its better performing iOS 8.0.2 to the public.

The newly discovered Shellshock Bash vulnerability is said to give hackers near unlimited access to the contents of web servers.

A number of subprime car loan companies are now able to remotely disable vehicles belonging to customers who are behind on payments.

Want to charge your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus faster than your stock charger will allow? Try using an iPad power adapter instead.