Social media is now more popular than online porn
People spend more time on social networks than they do looking at porn — and that's just the tip of the information iceberg from "Socialnomics" creator Erik Qualman.
Mistake leads 1,400 Facebook users to crash girl’s birthday party [video]
More than 1,000 people showed up for a German girl's 16th birthday on Friday after she inadvertently posted the party as a public event on Facebook.
Behold, the $40,000 Hoverbike
The future is now: An Australian inventor has built a "Hoverbike" that could fly more than 10,000 feet off the ground.
OS X creator Bertrand Serlet to leave Apple
The brains behind Apple's monstrously successful OS X operating system, Bertrand Serlet, is leaving the company. Does this signal a sea change in Cupertino?
Are e-cigarettes safe or not? Research on fog machines could lift the haze
E-cigarette safety is a matter of contention. But a look at studies of a similar product, theatrical fog machines, may give us some insight.
Falcon HTV-2, the ‘fastest plane ever,’ lost during test flight
On 20 minutes into its maiden voyage, the US Military's Falcon HTV-2, which is capable of traveling more than 3 miles per second, has gone completely missing.
Facebook sued by father over ‘explicit’ photos of 12-year-old daughter
A Northern Ireland man has sued Facebook because his 12-year-old daughter was able to post "sexually explicit" photos to the social networking site. Is Facebook at fault?
We paid over $500 million for the Obamacare sites and all we got was this lousy 404 [updated]
Healthcare.gov, the primary Web portal for Obamacare's online exchanges, seems to have cost more than $500 million to build. Wait, what?!
The hoverboard is finally real (and kind of silly looking) [video]
With the help of some extra-cold superconductors, scientists in France have created one of the world's first-ever levitating hoverboards.
Great Scott! Nike hints at ‘Marty McFly’ self-lacing shoe release [update]
The year 2015 appears to have arrived a little early, with Nike apparently preparing to release the "Marty McFly" shoe from Back To The Future II sometime on Thursday.
Inside the world of vapers, the subculture that might save smokers’ lives
Welcome to the world of vapers, and all that goes with it.
Use The Pirate Bay? You’re being watched, study shows
BitTorrent users are being monitored on a "massive" scale, according to a newly published study from the University of Birmingham, U.K.
The NY Times is blowing smoke: Toothpaste poisons more people than vaping liquid
A new report from The New York Times demonizes e-cigarette e-liquid as a dangerous killer. But the real danger is ignorant, irresponsible people.
Why you’re right to fear the Comcast-Time Warner Cable mega-merger from hell
Competition between Internet service providers is already bad. But Comcast's buyout of Time Warner Cable would only make matters worse.
I’m not buying Google’s awesome Chromecast
Google Chromecast may be one of the best deals in tech right now. Here's why I'm not buying one.
Hey kids, stop ruining e-cigarettes for the rest of us
More kids are using e-cigarettes now than ever before, according to the CDC – and that probably means us adult vapers are going to suffer because of it.