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Can't make it to Times Square for New Year's? Check out this 360-degree view when the ball drops.

Google Trends data show that LeBron James' name is a more popular search term in Ohio than Florida, despite the fact that he left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in 2010.

Some gold-selling startups have leaned toward accepting bitcoins in payment for gold.

Rap Genius was penalized by Google after the search-engine giant found out the website was violating its linking policy.

Yes, there's a tech firm monitoring and data mining these two enormously successful social media sites.

While bitcoins are worth more than $700 each, dogecoin is still in its infancy and is valued at a fraction of a dollar.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Snowden reflected on his life as a fugitive and the fallout of his revelations.

Will the new "draft" feature on Wikipedia help improve content quality?

One sector's crowdfunding platforms could become even more popular next year.

Pornhub released a study that found that the majority of its US audience accessed adult videos through a phone.

Chinese e-tailers are hoping to expand overseas, but they know that price is not everything.

A soldier stationed in Qatar leaked photos showing 18 computers in an education center running unlicensed versions.

In September, media reports revealed that RSA's BSAFE encryption tool had a major security flaw, which aided the NSA in its spying.

The NSA has designed programs to decrypt Tor, but other law enforcement agencies have actually used Tor to catch a criminal.

The EU said Google has not gone far enough with its latest proposal to settle an antitrust case.

Omidyar pledges $50 million for a media company that will have a digital arm and a journalism arm.

This is just bitcoin's most recent, massive valuation swing - giving weight to currency opponents who constantly cite its volatility.

Google said governments continue to request the company to remove political content.

UK porn filters are actually terrible at blocking porn, but have been particularly effective at blocking websites related to sex education and sexual health.

The Pirate Bay has returned to Sweden, where it was founded in 2003.

A new report by consumer advocacy group EFF rates how companies are improving data encryption

Find out how Akinator, the online genie program that asks you 20 questions and guesses which character you have in mind, works.

For the third time this week, The Pirate Bay is once again changing its domain name.

BitcoinRichList ranks the wallets, and the largest contains more than 144,341 bitcoins.

The expansion represents another win for Amazon’s increasingly important cloud computing business.

In July, Snowden had sought asylum from a dozen countries, including Brazil, after the U.S. revoked his passport.

Datawind’s CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli, said the goal is to make the technology available to low-income communities and schools.

Will the move annoy users enough to log-off the social network?

The session will focus on the economic impact of files leaked by Snowden on tech firms and address issues dogging the Obamacare website.