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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.

A number of Apple iPhone 6 Plus owners are reporting that the phone's aluminum case warps significantly when stored in a tight pant pocket.

Apple's iPhone 6 can make and receive calls over your home Wi-Fi network, but only T-Mobile is supporting the feature at launch.

Symantec's Norton Security now offers all of the company's anti-virus protections and services on up to 5 devices for a $79.99 annual fee.

Doppler Labs' stylish new DUBS Acoustic Filters ($25) use dynamic attenuation to reduce noise by an average of 12dB.

Samsung's new Power Sharing Cable takes the power stored in your Galaxy phone's battery and transfers it to your accessory of choice.

Owners of the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus can enjoy Voice over LTE features, including HD Voice calls, at no added cost on the Verizon network.

Microsoft will give you 30GB of free cloud storage space for your iOS, Android or Windows Phone photos if you have them automatically uploaded.

Home Depot announced that an estimated 56 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen via a hack of its self-checkout lane POS terminals.

According to iFixit, performing common screen and battery replacements for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is easy, given the right tools.

Google is pushing a fix for a critical JavaScript bug in the default Browser app on Android phones from 2013 and earlier.

Under a new FTC rule, online merchants must soon offer you a refund if your purchase does not ship within 30 days of your order being placed.

According to research by the NPD Group, U.S. households purchased over 6 million media players in just 3 months, with Apple TV being the most popular.

Amazon rolls out a new line of Kindles next month including new HDX's, an upgrade to the Paperwhite and new kid-centric line.

The Consumer Review Freedom Act of 2014 would stop businesses from threatening fines against those who leave critical reviews on sites like Yelp.

A Trojan virus named Tiny Banker is targeting online banking customers to steal account numbers, Social Security numbers and mothers' maiden names.

Apple pre-sold over 4 million iPhone 6 devices on launch day, causing both AT&T and T-Mobile to push delivery dates out to the month of November.

Rumors of the iPhone 6 sapphire display were wrong. But will you miss it? A hands-on test with the Kyocera Brigadier gives us the answer.

The anonymizing Tor web browser heavily encrypts the identities of sites and users, leading some to wonder if users have something to hide.

The new Bose SoundLink Bluetooth Color speaker and On-ear headphones offer premium mobile Bose sound at competitive prices.

With advanced focus technology and easy transfer capabilities, the Samsung NX1 is a high-end mirrorless camera that rivals entry-level DSLRs.

Code.org's new Code Studio program, designed for integration into classrooms, teaches kids coding as they create games and solve fun logic puzzles.

The social network is using feedback to hide offensive, repetitive and irrelevant advertisements from your News Feed before you even see them.

Facebook is rolling out the ability to have messages self-destruct after a set period of time to a select group of iOS app users.

According to a survey from Accenture, the use of home automation tech is expected to rise from 4 to 69% over the next 5 years.

Google Play now lets you return unwanted and non-functional apps for a full refund for up to 2 hours after your purchase.

A student in London has written a physics equation to determine the best location in his home for a wireless router to minimize dead zones.

Apple is reducing the price of its syncing iCloud storage to $0.99 per month for 20GB of space just in time for the launch of its iPhone 6.

Apple's first smartwatch device, the Apple Watch, connects directly to the iPhone to offer messaging, Maps, and mobile payments on your wrist.

Apple Pay uses the tap-to-pay NFC chip built in to the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to complete transactions at stores like McDonalds and Target.

Apple unveiled the full details about the 4.7" iPhone 6 and 5.5" iPhone 6 Plus smartphones, with NFC chips and an improved camera, due Sept. 19.

Hackers may not have taken PIN numbers in the Home Depot POS compromise, but crafty thieves are accessing customers' accounts at ATMs anyway.

Some of the net's largest sites like Reddit and Etsy will participate in a coordinated net neutrality protest, putting loading icons over their sites.

We interview Matt Rogers, co-founder and vice president of engineering at Nest Labs, about the future of home automation and what's new at Nest.

Acer has refreshed its line of notebooks, laptops and convertibles just in time for the holidays.

LG shows off its latest innovation in smart home appliances with HomeChat which connects your vacuum cleaner, refrigerator and dishwasher to your smartphone.

This new activity tracker also gets smart notifications from Android and iOS devices.

The Asus ZenWatch is a beautifully-designed Android smartwatch that you won't mind wearing instead of your existing watch.

Google has reached an agreement with the FTC to refund $19 million to parents over unauthorized in-app purchases made by minors.

The $159.99 Sony Walkman NWZ-WS613 delivers tunes as both a Bluetooth headset when connected to a smartphone and a stand-alone 4GB MP3 player.

The waterproof LG G Watch R features a 1.3" full circular p-OLED face, a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and the Android Gear operating system.

A Ninth Circuit court found that Yelp can legally remove positive reviews of non-advertisers, even though it found no evidence the service does so.