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.
On ‘The Day We Fight Back,’ can we knock the NSA the same way we stomped SOPA?
Can the Internet do to the NSA what it did to the Stop Online Piracy Act? The 'Day We Fight Back' campaign hopes the answer is yes.
NBC warms to streaming for Sochi, but still leaves cord-cutters out in the cold
NBC will air all 15 events of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics online – but it would much rather you watch them tape-delayed on TV.
Injustice! FAA crackdown on beer-delivery drone may be based on hot air
Minnesota's Lakemaid Beer had its beer-delivery drone operation shutdown by the FAA. But some question the agency's authority to do so.
From snow cannons to surveillance boxes, here’s the tech at play in Sochi
Here's five key facts about technology at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
To go for gold, Dogecoin needs to keep its good-guy image
The Dogecoin community has built a brand on giving to those in need. But as the cryptocurrency ages, can it maintain its good-guy image?
To Sochi! Dogecoin community funds $7,000 Olympic ‘miracle’ for Indian athletes
The Dogecoin community has raised nearly $7,000 to help send three athletes from India to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
New website lets you trade Starbucks gift cards for Bitcoin
A new Web service, dubbed Card for Coin, is doing its part to lower Bitcoin's barrier to entry by letting users trade in Starbucks gift cards for Bitcoin.
Put away the plastic toys, the Mark One 3D printer creates in carbon fiber
Newly launched startup MarkForged announced this week the world’s first 3D printer, the Mark One, which is capable of printing objects in carbon fiber.
5 tech issues Obama should address in the 2014 State of the Union (but probably won’t)
In addition to health care and income inequality, there are a slew of technology issues President Obama should address during the 2014 State of the Union.
Will you speak up when ISPs strangle your Netflix? The company sure hopes so
Netflix doesn't seem too worried about the end of net neutrality. Maybe it should be.
Oh, **** – I lost my drone: The Blade 350 QX review that will never be
Here's what not to do when flying a drone, like the excellent Blade 350 QX from Hobby Horizon.
Sorry, Kickstarter, you’re a store (whether you admit it or not)
Kickstarter says it's not a store. But its users – backers and creators alike – seem to disagree.
Dogecoin users raise $30,000 to send Jamaican bobsled team to Winter Olympics
Wow! Dogecoin users have donated more than $30,000 worth of the virtual currency to send the Jamaican bobsled team to the Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia.
I’m banned from using e-cigarettes in my own house … and I can’t really argue with it
My fiancee forbids vaping in most parts of our house – and I don't have a good argument against it.
Sacramento Kings becomes first pro sports team to accept Bitcoin
The NBA's Sacramento Kings announced Thursday that it will soon accept Bitcoin as payment for game tickets and team merchandise.
This website will give you Bitcoin for hotel stays
PointsHound, a travel rewards site, will now pay users in Bitcoin for booking hotel stays through its website.
Want your paycheck in Bitcoin? Get paid with the BitPay Payroll API
BitPay's new Bitcoin Payroll API lets your employer easily pay you in the digital currency.
Why are brick-and-mortar retailers crumbling under hacker attacks?
Between increasingly entwined payment systems and increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals, the risk gap between shopping offline and online is closing.
What we learned at CES 2014
CES 2014 has finally come to a close. Here's what we learned about the future of consumer tech in 2014.