iPhone worth more than $3000 worth of 1991 gadgets

A 1991 Radio Shack ad shows just how amazing modern smartphones are.

NASA captures partial solar eclipse

The longest ever recorded partial solar eclipse is captured on video by NASA.

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Give Bill Gates a Nobel Peace Prize.

Give Bill Gates a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Microsoft founder is making the world a better place with his campaign against polio and other diseases.

Here’s why Amazon Prime’s price may go up by $20 or more

Here’s why Amazon Prime’s price may go up by $20 or more

Amazon Prime’s pretty lucrative. So why is its price probably going up rather than down?

At Microsoft, would an insider CEO be the best choice?

At Microsoft, would an insider CEO be the best choice?

There are reports that the board is preparing to make Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s head of cloud and enterprise computing, the company’s next CEO.

TechBit: Plunge into Super Bowl madness with NFL RUSH

TechBit: Plunge into Super Bowl madness with NFL RUSH

Connect with other fans during the big one as you create your own polls, vote in others and catch highlights.

TechBit: With Codeacademy, making apps, sites a breeze

TechBit: With Codeacademy, making apps, sites a breeze

The online coding school offers the perfect tool for those with curiosity but a near-total lack of experience.

Targeted ads are about to take over your TV

Targeted ads are about to take over your TV

Both Comcast and satellite TV providers are bringing “addressable” advertising to marketers.

Microsoft CEO search: Who is Satya Nadella?

Microsoft CEO search: Who is Satya Nadella?

Microsoft, looking to break with its past, still may tap the head of its cloud and data software group to lead.

China has almost twice as many Internet users as the U.S. has people

China has almost twice as many Internet users as the U.S. has people

There are 618 million Internet users in China. But that’s only 45 percent of the total population.

Yahoo Mail usernames, passwords taken in breach

Yahoo Mail usernames, passwords taken in breach

The company is resetting passwords of affected accounts. Here’s what to do if you own one of them.

Switchboard: Obama says Clapper ‘should have been more careful’

Switchboard: Obama says Clapper ‘should have been more careful’

Google’s Motorola purchase wasn’t a fiasco after all, and a regulator is skeptical of rumored Sprint/T-Mobile deal.

The spacecraft that takes amazing photos

The spacecraft that takes amazing photos

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is constantly capturing remarkable images.

A wearable device that detects seizures

A wearable device that detects seizures

Watching her daughter suffer 15,000 seizures was motivation for Barbara Kroner to develop a detection device.

Google falls below estimates in 4th-quarter earnings

Google falls below estimates in 4th-quarter earnings

Company reports a 17 percent jump in profit on the heels of its move to sell Motorola to Lenovo.

Soon, you’ll be able to text 911

Soon, you’ll be able to text 911

By mid-May, most wireless carriers will support text-to-911.

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 release expected this spring

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 release expected this spring

The firm is expected to announce its latest flagship smartphone next month at the Mobile World Congress.

The FCC’s ‘beta testing’ a next-gen phone network

The FCC’s ‘beta testing’ a next-gen phone network

Phone companies want to retire the old phone system. Now it’s time to test out what will take its place.

Google: Why it is happy to bow out of making smartphones

Google: Why it is happy to bow out of making smartphones

Company prefers just being the provider of the world’s largest mobile operating system.

Warrantless wiretapping has managed to duck significant judicial review. Until now.

Warrantless wiretapping has managed to duck significant judicial review. Until now.

Why USA v. Muhtorov is the most important challenge to warrantless wiretapping yet.

The drone that acts as a lifeguard

The drone that acts as a lifeguard

An Iranian incubator is testing a drone that races to drowning victims and drop a life preserver.

The latest sign of Bitcoin’s legitimacy

The latest sign of Bitcoin’s legitimacy

It’s one more step toward legitimacy for the currency — at least in the United States.

Snapchat came this close to breaking California’s new, stricter data breach law

Snapchat came this close to breaking California’s new, stricter data breach law

Had the company’s hacking incident taken place a week later, a stiffer set of rules would’ve applied.

The massive robot that directs traffic

The massive robot that directs traffic

A hulking, solar-powered robot tells cars and pedestrians where to go in Congo.

Switchboard: Google sells Motorola for $2.9 billion

Switchboard: Google sells Motorola for $2.9 billion

Google also nears a European antitrust settlement, Prince drops his big lawsuit against fans, and other top tech stories of the last 24 hours.

The radical trajectories of social networks

The radical trajectories of social networks

The Facebooks and Twitters can grow remarkably fast, but potentially shrink just as quickly.