Alice Truong

Twitter is finally putting the full weight of the social network behind its live-streaming service, Periscope.

Apple is testing a new feature that allows students to log into classroom iPads with their account profiles.

Spinoff? Reverse spinoff? Something else altogether?

For months, investors have been warning of a coming bloodbath for unicorns—the nickname for startups deemed to be worth $1 billion or more.

With Yahoo struggling to turn itself around, the flailing company is reportedly planing to lay off at least 10% of its workforce.

Facebook’s Oculus has finally revealed the price tag of its highly anticipated virtual-reality headset. Starting today (Jan. 6), the Oculus Rift is available for preorder at $599, with the first shipments going out March 28.

Steve Jobs had it wrong. Though the late Apple founder insisted that people didn’t want to buy “phablets,” consumers have fully embraced large phones that border on tablet status.

A year ago, when Yahoo was reporting its 2014 year-end earnings, CEO Marissa Mayer introduced a new catchall term for the company’s major growth areas: MaVeNS, which somewhat quizzically stood for mobile, video, native, and social. Collectively, these divisions were growing faster than any other part of Yahoo’s business, and they represented the company’s embrace of hip, new technologies.

Disney just showed off a new robot that’s capable of scaling walls, taking the term “all-terrain” to a whole other level.

For five years, Pinterest has meticulously laid the groundwork to build not just a hugely influential social network but a massive commerce business.

All Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to do is make the world a better place for his new daughter. While he’s technically on paternity leave, he couldn’t sit idly by as India attempts to halt Internet.org, Facebook’s initiative to provide free but limited internet to the developing world.

The stereotype goes that when directors are figuring out how to frame a shot, they extend their arms, create a rectangle using their thumbs and index fingers, and peer through that box. And because movies and TV shows have traditionally been viewed on one kind of box or another, the process provides a rough gauge of what the scene will look like.

It appears that a whole lot of people received Fitbit tracking devices for Christmas this year.

Updated Dec. 25, 2015, 3:20pm PT: Steam’s site came back online around 3:15pm Pacific Time. Some users report that they are no longer able to see other people’s account details.

India’s regulators have dealt a major blow to Internet.org, Facebook’s initiative to provide free but limited internet access in the developing world.

There’s no denying it: It’s been a slow year for tech IPOs.

The rise of smartphone photography is increasingly visible at Flickr, long considered a community for serious photographers.

Ringing in 2016 with champagne and fireworks? So typical. For the ultra-rich, their New Year’s Eve plans involve castles, boats, and private islands, according to data from Airbnb released today (Dec. 17).

If Tiger Shen would’ve stuck to the original plan, he’d be applying for colleges right now. Instead, the 17-year-old is four months into his first full-time job as a software engineer in San Francisco.

Netflix has a solution for all the people who’ve fallen asleep while binge watching a show: DIY smart socks that automatically hit pause when they detect viewers have dozed off.

Those late nights tapping away at your smartphone may be more detrimental to your health than you’d expect.

Slack, a business chat app launched in February 2014, already has 2 million daily users. To keep its momentum going, the company plans to invest $80 million in startups building on top of the Slack platform.

From the looks of it, Yahoo sure knows how to throw a party. But the beleaguered search company is facing criticism for a lavish holiday celebration in San Francisco this month.

Yahoo’s long-awaited turnaround could be taking another turn.