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Samsung's global smartphone sales are down as it readies another high-end release for 2014.

DARPA wants cheaper, faster way to launch satellites.

Google's Project Zero will target the Web's unknown security holes.

Finding the current bitcoin price and conversion rates can now be done entirely in the Google search engine.

LeapFrog will launch a new gaming console aimed at children. Can it compete with the Wii U?

Benedict Cumberbatch discusses the perils of fame and how perfection in acting can't be attained.

Google has loosened restrictions on a requirement that has frustrated users since the social network's inception.

High-end grocers are being hit with lawsuits for allegedly labeling foods with synthetic ingredients as "all natural."

NASA announced on Monday that it hopes to find alien life in the next 20 years using telescope technology.

Tim Draper's campaign to split California into six states claims enough signatures to make the November 2016 ballot.

The Palo Alto car electric car maker says the lower cost electric car will have Roman numerals to give it an "E" look.

Climate change is expected to make droughts like California's worse and longer. Residents better get used to conservation, officials say.

The U.S. Patent Office granted Apple a patent that covers a 3-D imaging and display invention.

A temporary injunction would've forced Dish Network to disable customers' Hopper DVRs.

An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought.

Oklahoma earthquakes in 2014 are on the rise amid a fracking boom that scientists think might be partly to blame.

The British rock star's pristine sports car hits the auction block next month in California.

Qylatron, a new security screening system may eventually replace traditional X-ray scanners and bag searches.

California spends more on clean energy and research than any other state.

A three-year drought is drying up the West's reservoirs.

Google and new partner Novartis hope the smart lens will help diabetes patients monitor their blood sugar levels.