An inside look at the world’s newest quantum computing and nanotechnology center

“We are trying to be the first to build the quantum computer,” says Crow. "When we do it, and we will do it eventually, it’s going to be bigger than the moon landing.”

New incubator seeks startups using Google Glass ‘to push humanity forward’

Stained Glass Labs is a group of entrepreneurs, mentors, and early adopters who are forming an incubator program for companies building on wearable computing like Glass.

Google Glass gets the first news app for the ‘connected generation’

Google Glass owners now have a news aggregation app. Straight from Glass, they can flag content for later, "like" and "dislike," or listen to an entire article.

Google Glass is for dorks — and doctors

Don't let its enormous dork factor blind you to the real-world possibilities of Google's augmented-reality glasses.

Google’s latest Nexus phone is an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 with pure Android

Google is kicking the Samsung out of the Samsung Galaxy S IV with its own custom version of the device.

Samsung owns Android, captures 95% of global Android smartphone profits

“Samsung is, for now, the undisputed king of the global Android smartphone industry," Neil Mawston, Strategy Analytics' executive director said. "We believe Samsung generates more revenue and profit from the Android platform than Google does."

32% of U.S. smartphones are now sold prepaid — and Samsung, LG own that market

In the first quarter of 2013, a third of smartphones sold in the U.S. were prepaid, double the amount from the previous year. Apple's share of the prepaid market? A mere 8 percent.

Square shows off $300 ‘Stand’ to help retailers ditch old-school cash registers

Mobile payments business Square has debuted a new piece of hardware called the Square Stand that makes using an iPad as a cash register a more elegant solution.

Apple accuses Samsung Galaxy S4 of patent infringement (with 21 other products)

In other words, Apple's saying, Samsung can't have its cake and eat it to. Or, what's good for Pauline is good for Petra.

10 HAXLR8R startups return from China to unveil ready-for-market hardware

Today at HAXLR8R's demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen China.

iTunes users spend $40/year on apps, music, and digital shtuff

Apple has built a massive and fast-growing $16 billion annual revenue stream in digital content alone, Apple analyst Horace Dediu says.

Amazon buys Samsung’s Liquavista screen-tech company, potentially for color Kindle

Amazon's Kindle Fire is in glorious living color, but it's original and still strong-selling Kindle and its cousins, the Kindle Paperwhite family, are still irritatingly stuck in 1950's-style black and white. That may soon change.

The latest plan to ban 3D printed guns makes about as much sense as the last one

3D printers are here to stay, and California Senator Leland Yee says he wants to regulate them.

Google’s new Android head finally breaks his silence

Just a few days before Google's I/O developer conference kicks off, Wired's Steven Levy has finally gotten Pichai to chat about Android's future.

Mad Genius builds prototype similiar to Sony’s break-apart DualShock 3 controller idea (video)

Hardware gaming accessory company Mad Genius has created a new prototype game controller that looks very similar to the DualShock 3 controller concept Sony showed off years ago.

HTC’s One: At long last, the best smartphone is an Android phone (review)

It's the best Android smartphone I've ever laid hands on -- and possible the best smartphone I've ever used.