California law removes ban on alternative currencies

A new California law removes a ban on using currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is intended to accommodate the growing use of alternative payment methods such as bitcoin. The law, signed by state Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday, is likely...

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Facebook researcher: 'We care about the emotional impact of Facebook'

A Facebook researcher behind a controversial psychology experiment on users has defended the research, saying it was aimed at looking into a common concern that seeing friends post positive content on the social networking website leads people to feel...

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IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says

IT research firm Gartner has cut its forecast for global IT spending by about one-third for this year, blaming a tougher competitive environment and subsequent pressure on vendors to lower prices. Spending will rise 2.1 percent to US$3.7 trillion in...

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8 ways the password is dying

Google's massive I/O conference was chock full of trends and portents, but one of the most intriguing messages to trickle out of the show was far more subtle than the Android-everywhere blitz: Google is finally making good on its quest to kill the password....

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Aereo 'temporarily' ends service after Supreme Court ruling

If you subscribe to Aereo, the service that lets you stream live TV for a small monthly fee, you may have noticed that your service ended abruptly this morning. In a letter posted to the company's website Saturday morning, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia announced...

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Facebook messed with users' emotions--for science!

Facebook has gotten plenty of flack for its privacy practices, but here's a new way to distrust the social media service: It may be playing with your emotions. As reported by The A.V. Club, in January 2012, Facebook adjusted its newsfeed algorithm for...

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Wall Street Beat: GoPro continues to soar after IPO as Nasdaq surges

Shares of action-camera maker GoPro shot up again Friday, a day after its IPO, riding on the rise of tech stocks and continuing confidence in IT. GoPro shares jumped 30 percent from its opening price Thursday on the Nasdaq, and ascended by another 14...

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With components, Google agitates for a revolution in Web development

At the Google I/O conference this week, the company vigorously lobbied developers to adopt a new programming model, one that could, the company asserted, make it radically easier to build Web applications. In multiple sessions through the conference,...

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How to install the Android L developer preview on your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7

By now, you might already know a thing or nine about Android L, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. You may also know that developer previews for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) are now available to download and install. They're hardly...

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Facebook tries to recover bulk user data seized by New York law enforcement

Facebook user data in bulk was sought last year by the New York County District Attorney's office and a court directed it to produce virtually all records and communications for 381 accounts, the company disclosed Thursday. The social networking giant...

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Android malware targets South Korean online banking customers

Malicious software that swaps itself for legitimate online banking applications is striking users in South Korea, with thousands of devices infected in the last week, according to a Chinese mobile security company. Cheetah Mobile, formerly known as...

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YouTube launches new studio app, adds features for donations, fan-made subtitles

Makers of YouTube videos will be getting new tools to spruce up their content, including features that will let their fans make donations and submit their own subtitles to the videos. On Thursday, YouTube announced the updates, which will be rolling...

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'Luuuk' banking malware may have stolen €500,000 in a week

A European bank may have lost as much as €500,000 (US$682,000) in a week earlier this year, according to Kaspersky Lab, which analyzed data on a server used in attacks against online banking users in Italy and Turkey. In a blog post Wednesday, the Russian...

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Oculus VR says ZeniMax suit aims to cash in on Facebook acquisition

Oculus VR has accused game publisher ZeniMax Media of attempting to cash in on Facebook's pending acquisition of the wearable virtual reality technology company. In a court filing challenging ZeniMax's ownership claims in its virtual reality technology,...

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Foxconn CEO mocks curved displays on smartphones

The curved displays on new smartphones coming from Korea were the target of a joke by Foxconn Technology Group's CEO, who mocked the products as phones designed to fit the rears of consumers. "People are talking about, wow, displays that can transform,...

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Police turning to mobile malware for monitoring, study says

Governments are increasingly using spyware for mobile devices to monitor targets, raising questions over the possible misuse of such tools, a new study suggests. The Citizen Lab, part of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto,...

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Montana data breach exposed 1.3 million records

Up to 1.3 million records, including health care and bank account information, may have been exposed after a server at Montana's public health department was hacked in May, the state said Tuesday. The server, which belonged to the Department of Public...

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Microsoft fixes Exchange Online outage after almost 9 hours

Microsoft has finally fixed an Exchange Online outage that left affected users without access to email for almost nine hours on Tuesday, prompting many to vent their frustration online as they struggled to get their work done. The company hasn't said...

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Google tests domain registration service

If you fancy yourself as a .guru or any other newfangled Internet address, Google wants you to try out its new domain name registration service. The search giant quietly launched Google Domains on Monday as an invite-only beta service. It's being billed...

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Nest thermostat to work with wearables, appliances, and even your car

It's all coming together—the company that started by connecting your thermostat is now poised to connect your home. Nest on Monday announced its Nest Developer Program, which will allow other companies to certify products with a "Works with Nest" label....

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US FAA outlines restrictions for model aircraft in wake of reckless use

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday interpreted existing rules to prohibit hobbyists' model aircraft from flying within 5 miles (8 kilometers) of an airport without clearance from the airport or ground control. The guidance follows incidents...

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Nvidia abandons 64-bit Denver chip for servers

Nvidia has cancelled plans to develop a 64-bit CPU processor for servers, three years after it said it would build such a chip. "That's not something we're doing today," said Ian Buck, vice president of accelerated computing at Nvidia. The company...

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SC500: China wins a slowing supercomputer race

China continues to dominate the high end of the Top500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, even as the growth of the computing power on the list seems to be stagnating. Tianhe-2, run by China's National University of Defense Technology,...

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Looking beyond iPhone, ARM 64-bit chips get into servers with GPUs

Breaking from the cocoon of the iPhone 5S, 64-bit ARM processors will start delivering breakthrough performance in servers, aided by graphics cards used in some of the world's fastest computers. The first high-performance servers with ARM 64-bit processors...

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Report: Samsung will parade an Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O

If Samsung keeps exploring smartwatch operating systems with such reckless abandon, it might very well release a wearable running iOS. I kid, of course. But a late Friday report from CNET says Samsung will show off a smartwatch running the Android Wear...

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Chinese site in signal-jammer sting could pay record $34.9M FCC fine

A Chinese electronics vendor accused of selling signal jammers to U.S. consumers could end up leading the market in one dubious measure: the largest fine ever imposed by the Federal Communications Commission. The agency wants to fine CTS Technology...

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The EFF wants to improve your privacy by making your Wi-Fi public

Conventional wisdom dictates that to maintain your security and privacy, you should encrypt your Wi-Fi network. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues that partially opening up your home Wi-Fi network...

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Twitter keeps sending texts to recycled phone numbers, lawsuit says

Promotional texts and other messages from Twitter are fine if you consent to them, but some are going out to old phone numbers that have been around the block, according to a new lawsuit. A Massachusetts woman alleges that the social network is sending...

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Just My Type: Find the Device that Fits Your Life

[ This sponsored article was written by IDG Creative Lab, a partner of PCWorld, and not by PCWorld's editorial staff. ] None of us is a one-dimensional cutout. We work, we play, we travel, we have a family, hobbies and goals. We travel to new places,...

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