When Facebook decided that it wanted to take another run at the creation of the emoticon, it hired an expert in emotional visualization: A Pixar animator.

How do you celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous science fiction television characters? You take him to the third dimension, of course.

Macmillan has finally settled its lawsuit with the Department of Justice against Apple and the book industry over illegal e-book price fixing.

Just 10 days into her Kickstarter campaign to expand the educational Biophilia apps to new operating systems, singer Bjork has opted out of the project.

A study by Mississipi State University found that legal testimonies interviewed by robots can provide a more accurate result than human interviewers.

Digital magazines are growing significantly. E-sales for titles like Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest jumped by more than 100 percent compared to 2011.

BT, one of the U.K.'s leading telecom companies, has launched a new phone that limits who can call your home, thereby cutting nuisance calls by 80 percent.

A team of Dutch scientists have created an alternative way to track rainfall: Using cellphone towers and seeing how much the rain interrupts cell signals.

A British high court judge has denied movie studios the profits generated by a defunct torrent site that distributed their media files illegally.

In less than four years, Facebook could be larger than any country on Earth, according to new analysis of the site's growth over the last five years.

What if a website knew ahead of time what stories would become massively popular? A new project from one site may help answer that question.

Julian Assange may be a controversial figure, but he has one high profile fan: Yoko Ono Lennon. She awarded him the Courage Award for the Arts this weekend.

Less than two months after its final print issue - and three years after merging with The Daily Beast - Newsweek has been rebranded as NewsBeast.

Google is investing nearly $82 million in French journalism to fend off angry publishers - but even that may not please the company's critics.

A new patent application suggests Apple wants to allow users to ask strangers for cash - and they'd actually work out a way to loan it to you.

More and more, people are tuning their televisions to the Internet, with a new study showing that streamed content is on a steady rise in the U.S.

All five seasons of 'Breaking Bad' are just some of the Sony Pictures library content that will be upconverted into the 4k Ultra HD format.

The truthiness of political speeches may be tested in real time in the future thanks to a new app currently in prototype, created by the Washington Post.

As Kim Dotcom can testify, American authorities are generally not too happy with people who violate the country’s intellectual property law. So would they react to news that the World Trade Organization has authorized the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda to, essentially, American intellectual property rights altogether? Oh, alright, what the W.T.O. has officially […]

The most popular show on television according to social media is a show that traditionally doesn't do so well in the ratings: The CW's 'Vampire Diaries.'

Can a website write about and link to file-sharing software without it being an endorsement of piracy and copyright infringement? CBS is arguing that very point now after being faced with an injunction preventing CNET from covering P2P software.

The future of human interfacing with technology may be closer than we think. In fact, it may literally be right at the end of our fingers.

The floors in the tomorrow's homes may know exactly where and who you are thanks to pressure sensitive technology that can recognize people by their weight.

Is your mother is still upset about the 2011 cancellation of her favorite ABC soaps? In a few months, the shows will start back up on iTunes and Hulu.

Sony faces a fine of nearly $400,000 over its lax security protocols in the 2011 PlayStation Network hack that revealed millions of personal user data.

In an attempt to silence Iranian journalists in exile, pro-regime activists have gone online to discredit them using social media and fake websites.

An appeals court in Chicago has ruled that Indiana's ban on sex offenders using social media is unjust and potentially in breach of the First Amendment.

Your perfume choice says a lot about you, and now scientists have proven that's true while also revealing that your choice isn't a choice you make alone.

The future of libraries may be as tech hub, if a new survey about how America views the library system holds true.

A new Facebook app by Random House seeks to help people find the right books while facilitating conversation and promotion of favorites books with friends.

This Friday will see director Katherine Bigelow and 500 other Twitter users support the role women play in keeping America safe - but it's all part of a crowd-sourced promotional push for Bigelow's latest movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty.'

The double helix model of DNA may not be at the center of everything after all, with British scientists discovering a natural four-standed helix.

NASA's Kepler mission is put on temporary "work rest" to allow for a potential problem with the craft to heal.

The origins of the universe may be closer than ever before, and it's all thanks to a telescope dangling over the Antarctic.