Hackers are gearing up for Friday's iPhone 5S release with a contest to crack the device's first-ever fingerprint scanner, a high-tech feature that Apple Inc says makes users' data more secure. [caption id="attachment_32327" align="alignright" width="315"] iPhone ...

Apple Inc on Tuesday sent official invitations to a September 10 event at which it is expected to unveil the latest version of the iPhone, possibly in colors other than its trademark black and white. [caption id="attachment_32064" align="alignnone" width="640"] iPhone[/caption]...

In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners. [caption id="attachment_31882" align="alignright" width="322"]...

A rubbish bin may not be what it appears on the streets of London. In May tech firm Renew fitted a dozen bins with a device that detects nearby smartphones and collects data from them. A firm called Renew bought the bomb-proof recycling bins ahead of last year's ...

Facebook Inc's Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc and four other companies for a project aimed at bringing Internet access to people around the world who can't afford it, mirroring efforts by Google Inc and others. [caption id="attachment_31749" align="alignright" width="315"]...

Pakistan is set to break Indian record of planting highest number of saplings in one day, as it has embarked on an ambitious plan of planting more than seven lacs of saplings at Kharochan in the coastal area on Saturday here, News reported. [caption id="attachment_31471" align="alignnone" width="468"]...

Tens of thousands of Gmail accounts belonging to Iranian users have been targeted in an extensive hacking campaign in the weeks leading up to the country's closely watched presidential elections on Friday, Google Inc said on Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_31255" align="alignright" width="270"]...

Internet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers. [caption id="attachment_31233" align="alignright" width="270"] Smartphones[/caption] Social games pioneer Zynga, which ...

A divorced Minnesota woman discovered that the man she'd been communicating with online for almost a year was actually her ex-husband, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. The woman has since filed stalking charges. [caption id="attachment_31201" align="alignnone" width="581"] Woman ...

Three of the world's nuclear powers -- China, India and Pakistan -- have increased their arsenals over the past year, while the other five have cut their strength or kept it stable, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Monday....