How would you like to get your PC and internet access for free? (exclusive)

A Silicon Valley startup has figured out how to use idle computers, or Dark Cores, as a distributed, massively parallel computer.

Let’s talk about ‘women in tech’: Silicon Valley still has a gender problem

For International Women's Day, we spoke with dozens of women in the tech industry to understand the primary problems they still face, and their suggested solutions.

Lord British returns with his first new role-playing game in 15 years

Richard Garriott is returning today with a new role-playing game and a Kickstarter campaign. Shroud of the Avatar is the spiritual successor of Ultima.

SimCity not working for you? 5 alternative city-building games

If you're done with SimCity, we have some city-building alternatives that might have what it takes to fulfill your needs.

News Feed’s design finally catches up with Timeline

Facebook is announcing the latest changes to its News Feed today, and we're reporting live from its headquarters. Check out this post for live updates on what you can expect to see on your Facebook soon.

Facebook changes News Feed forever — but for the better?

What most are hoping for is a massive change that would toy with Facebook's long-cultivated revenue streams and tinker with one of its most precious pieces of IP: The News Feed algorithm.

You may actually want to use NYC’s 5 futuristic payphone prototypes

How you do remake payphones for the modern age? These five prototypes show a few different ways.

WordPress.com testing promoted posts with iReach, a PR Newswire company

Automattic, the company behind Wordpress.com and its 3.6 billion monthly pageviews, is testing a new native advertising monetization option with its massive blogging community: promoted posts.

Bay Lights Project turns S.F. Bay Bridge into a ‘big-ass display’

The Grand Lighting of the Bay Lights Project takes place tonight, the culmination of a massive project that brings together art, technology, and the city of San Francisco.

Your weakest link: All those online accounts you’ve forgotten about

Many of us don't know how many accounts we have online, though it's likely hundreds. Not knowing where you information is puts us at risk for losing that information.

Cellphone unlocking petition: White House says yes

The Make Unlocking Cell Phones Legal petition has been heard loud and clear in Washington, and the Obama administration is saying yes.

Why ‘Lean In’ irks successful women — and why you should still read it

I know many women who are irked by Sheryl Sandberg’s dictum to “lean in,” the subject of her new book.

Boxee TV (AKA Cloud DVR): Like paying to be a beta tester (review)

Within five minutes of turning on the Boxee TV, I was ready to return it.

Bootcamp! How Facebook indoctrinates every new engineer it hires

Facebook engineers all go through six weeks of indoctrination and learning the hard way to find the teams they'll be on for years. Here's our look inside the bootcamp process.

Peter Thiel-backed MetaMed brings personalized health care — but only to the 1 percent

Futurist and entrepreneur Michael Vassar has a bone to pick with the U.S. medical system. He hopes to "humiliate" it into providing better quality care by creating a "product that works better than the system."

Google Glass is a giant chisel to pry me out of Apple’s ecosystem

In Glass, I think, we sense the birth struggles of the new human. Hacked. Connected. Augmented. Enhanced. And yeah, way geekier.

Are ladies’ underpants the next billion-dollar startup?

Thinx has designed the ultimate hi-tech, high-quality line of womens underwear to improve 'that time of the month' for women around the world.

Tax-dodging tech companies escape $225B as Senate calls for reform

Fifty tech companies, including Microsoft, Apple, and Google, are avoiding paying $225 billion in taxes by sheltering their assets overseas, according to a new report in the Bay Citizen. Is this "capitalism" in the words of Google's Eric Schmidt, or does it hurt ordinary Americans?

Here’s what Facebook, Google, & Twitter told the Supreme Court about gay marriage

Here's the brief tech companies filed with the Supreme Court -- and the exact reason these business say they do support same-sex marriage.