Google’s Chrome bug bounty has paid more than $1.25 million to security researchers who have found more than 700 bugs in its browser, but Google has determined that it’s not enough. The maximum bounty for finding bugs in Chrome has been raised to $15,000 at the high end, up from $5,000, Google announced in a …

CNET Apple has issued a fix for Shellshock, aka Bash, a bug that could let hackers gain access to some Macintosh computers. But security experts said Tuesday that Apple’s patch is incomplete and leaves one vulnerability open. Shellshock affects most computers around the world running Unix and Linux, including Apple’s OS X operating-system software for the Mac. A quarter-century old, …

The Blackphone is a mid-tier Android-powered smartphone in terms of hardware, but it comes with nine services designed to protect your privacy. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET It might seem like security roulette to test the Blackphone at a conference full of hackers, but what better place to gauge the Android-based smartphone’s claims of being extra safe? After three days of toting the …

Apple’s Beats Music service may be in for a shake up. Apple bought Beats for $3 billion earlier this year. Apple CEO Tim Cook (second from left) is flanked by Beats cofounders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, with iTunes chief Eddy Cue (far right). Apple There are conflicting reports about what exactly will happen with Beats Music. The $10-a-month subscription …

If Apple builds it, and Google builds it, will the developers come? Uh, yeah. Apple If there’s a new fight looming between Apple and Google for the attention of smartwatch app developers, the developers themselves aren’t tipping their hands. There’s a lot about the new Apple Watch that lends itself to a techie slapfest. The long-rumored touch-screen watch, which debuted …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch brings iPhone functionality to your wrist 5:00 Wanna-be Apple Watch developers, meet WatchKit. Along with announcing the Apple Watch for consumers at its product event Tuesday, Apple also said it will help developers make apps and services for the smartwatch, with its new WatchKit. Apple announced WatchKit to help developers build for its new …

SHORE’s facial recognition technology has been designed to help identify emotions, gender, and age — but not identity. Fraunhofer Institute Nevermind how you’re feeling, how is the person you’re talking to feeling? A new Glassware app can help you identify a person’s gender, guess their age, and evaluate their emotional status in real-time. It won’t, however, tell you who the …

The Cloud FX, a joint project of India-based phone maker Intex and Mozilla, is a low-cost smartphone running Firefox OS. Mozilla hopes the phone will open up new markets by getting more people to use the Internet. Mozilla Welcome to the world of the extremely low-cost, low-end smartphone, at least if you live in India. Mozilla’s feature phone-priced smartphone went …

Dr. Christopher Kaeding performs ACL surgery and transmits the progress to a Google Hangout. Ohio State University Scalpel. Forceps. Needle-holder. These are common tools that all surgeons-in-training must familiarize themselves with. But doctors learning to become cardiothoracic surgeons at Stanford University Medical School will have to add a new one to that list: Google Glass. Google has partnered with live-streaming …

Legendary Disney animator Glen Keane has teamed up with Google’s ATAP for a cutting-edge cartoon called Duet. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET SAN FRANCISCO — When Regina Dugan of Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division took the stage to kick off the second day of Google I/O on Thursday, most people probably weren’t expecting a motivation speech and a bit of profanity along …