Google is hosting its annual conference for software developers in its own backyard. The confab, called Google I/O, will run May 18 to 20 and take place at the Shoreline Amphitheater, a stone’s throw away from the search giant’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. “I/O’16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs …

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Suffering a guilty conscience for borrowing someone’s Netflix account? The streaming-video giant says don’t worry about it. “We love people sharing Netflix,” CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show here …

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Binge-watchers, come one come all. Netflix is hosting a press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Reed Hastings, chief executive of the streaming video service, will show off …

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Intel hopes it can make a slam dunk in wearables. The chipmaker is diving straight into the world of Internet-connected everything — from smartwatches to fitness bands to even bras and dresses. On …

This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Have you ever wished you looked more like a stock ticker? Well, now there’s a smock that lets you scroll a custom message down its front, lit up like a marquee. Then there’s …

If the race for the White House were decided by top Google searches, Donald Trump would already be picking his cabinet. The billionaire, who is the leading Republican in the US presidential race, was the top trending search term on Google this year when it came to politicians, according to a list of popular search terms Google released Wednesday. Trump …

Alphabet, the mama-bird parent company of Google, is hoping 2016 is the year Nest leaves the, well, you know what. Nest, which makes thermostats, smoke detectors and security cameras that connect to the Web, has operated pretty much independently since Google bought the company in 2013. And that was before the company formerly known as Google pulled apart its various …

A decade and then some past its heyday as an Internet pioneer, Yahoo will spin off its core business after failing to convince people that its products are still worthwhile. The Sunnyvale, California, company said Wednesday it will scrap its plans to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, worth more than $30 billion. Instead, it will reverse …

You may know Snapchat, WhatsApp and Google’s Gchat. But do you remember Yahoo Messenger? It’s the venerable chat service from the bygone era of buddy lists and screen names, much like AOL’s Instant Messenger. Introduced in 1998, Yahoo’s service has languished in recent years as new chat apps have drawn buzz. (To be fair, an informal poll at my office …

I’m standing on a balcony in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood with a sweeping view of the Bay Bridge, and I have to crane my neck to take in the whole view. It’s a stunning sight that the employees at Google’s offices here see often. The search giant now wants to make moments like this accessible to everyone, and it’s decided …