Five things you could do with Google’s 3D-mapping phone

Google office in Zurich, Switzerland.

Google’s experimental phone can map the countours of a room. Here’s how you could use it.

What's up with WhatsApp?

Facebook's $19 billion deal for WhatsApp will push the social network in front of more mobile users.

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Narrow unlocking bill gets yawn from reform groups

Narrow unlocking bill gets yawn from reform groups

Narrow bill fails to address broader problems with the controversial DMCA.

Conservative backlash kills FCC plan to survey America’s newsrooms

Conservative backlash kills FCC plan to survey America’s newsrooms

The FCC will no longer ask broadcast journalists about their “news philosophy.“

Fitbit voluntarily recalls wristband after rash reports

Fitbit voluntarily recalls wristband after rash reports

FitBit is stopping sales of the Fitbit Force after some customers developed rashes after use.

Post Office working on a Steve Jobs stamp

Post Office working on a Steve Jobs stamp

The Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley visionary will be commemorated in 2015.

TechBit: Swerve and Destroy lets you fire away at boredom

TechBit: Swerve and Destroy lets you fire away at boredom

Quick and simple, this Android game tests users’ reflexes as they evade and annihilate the enemy.

Scientist gets patent based on fabricated research

Scientist gets patent based on fabricated research

A Korean scientist was fired for falsifying his research on cloning.

Switchboard: White House announces anti-patent-troll measures

Switchboard: White House announces anti-patent-troll measures

Law banning municipal broadband defeated in Kansas and Senate to probe wireless competition.

Analysts ponder cost of Facebook’s WhatsApp deal

Analysts ponder cost of Facebook’s WhatsApp deal

Questions abound on the $19 billion price tag — and how long the lift will last.

Charter lost its bid for Time Warner Cable. What happens now?

Charter lost its bid for Time Warner Cable. What happens now?

The company is not about to roll over.

Microsoft just unveiled the Xbox One media remote. Here’s its backstory.

Microsoft just unveiled the Xbox One media remote. Here’s its backstory.

The evolution of the Xbox media remote.

How political science shapes U.S. cybersecurity doctrine

How political science shapes U.S. cybersecurity doctrine

Basic political science ideas about offense, defense and deterrence shaped the politics of the Cold War. They also shape the politics of cybersecurity today.

Americans are tweeting for a Canadian invasion

Americans are tweeting for a Canadian invasion

Americans are venting their frustration after an agonizing loss in women’s hockey.

Acquisition fever is bad for innovation

Acquisition fever is bad for innovation

WhatsApp could have made a much bigger impact as an independent company.

We are drowning in a sea of data. And data insecurity.

How more data can translate into more data insecurity.

New FCC proposal would require pinpoint location accuracy for 911 calls

New FCC proposal would require pinpoint location accuracy for 911 calls

Right now, dialing 911 from a cellphone indoors means first-responders might not find you in time.

The six types of conversations on Twitter

The six types of conversations on Twitter

What Pew Research Center learned while taking the equivalent of aerial photographs of digital crowds.

Ukraine shaped WhatsApp’s privacy settings

Ukraine shaped WhatsApp’s privacy settings

The co-founder’s wariness of state snooping is why app is so secure, but will it stay that way under Facebook?

Here’s why big cities aren’t getting Google Fiber anytime soon

Here’s why big cities aren’t getting Google Fiber anytime soon

Small cities will make concessions more easily than big ones.

Rejection is a comma, not a period

The first step toward being creative and innovative is to come to terms with rejection and keep working.

Bubble Wrap pushed aside by greener alternatives

Bubble Wrap pushed aside by greener alternatives

New innovations have chipped away at Bubble Wrap’s place in the packaging world.

Coming soon: A class of 100,000 students

Coming soon: A class of 100,000 students

An online course at Yale offers a window into the future of education.

Switchboard: UMD hack leaks 309,000 Social Security numbers

Switchboard: UMD hack leaks 309,000 Social Security numbers

Tinder suffers a security breach, California students could see stronger privacy protections, and other top tech stories of the last 24 hours.

Facebook to buy mobile messaging app WhatsApp for $16B

Facebook to buy mobile messaging app WhatsApp for $16B

Facebook agreed to acquire mobile-messaging application startup WhatsApp for $16 billion in cash and stock.