Twitter has announced a new feature to simplify dealing with harassing tweets. In many countries around the world, this sort of harassment on social media is illegal — but if you’re going to report it to the authorities, police departments recommend that you collect and keep records of harassment, to give strength and credence to …

Once a song is shared on Twitter by a Rhapsody member, any follower can listen to the full track natively in Twitter — and the artist will be paid for the stream. Rhapsody Twitter is about to get louder, for longer. The subscription-driven music service Rhapsody will allow its subscribers to share full songs on Twitter starting Tuesday, making it …

Microsoft’s Clippy virtual assistant shines in “Conquered by Clippy,” an erotic ebook by Leonard Delaney. Leonard Delaney People have undoubtedly thought a great many things about Clippy, Microsoft’s retired personal assistant that helped and annoyed us as we worked on documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the Microsoft Office suite of programs. But they probably haven’t thought about Clippy in a …

Are the heavens showing us where to find Nessie? John Alasdair Macdonald/thehebrideanexplorer.com The most famous photos ever taken on Scotland’s Loch Ness tend to feature fuzzy profiles of mythic creatures, or perhaps fuzzy, creature-shaped shadows, depending on your level of skepticism. But the above photo taken Sunday around 9 p.m. GMT shows another otherworldly feature over the Scottish lake with …

Uber’s financing has skyrocketed under Callinicos. CNET Uber’s chief financial officer is stepping down after nearly two years of leading financing rounds that have seen the ride-hailing service become one of the most valuable venture-backed startups. The departure of Brent Callinicos was revealed Monday in an email sent to investors by Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. Callinicos will remain on temporarily …

Apple Watch will feature thousands of apps, and some of those developers will also tweak their iPhone apps. James Martin/CNET When building an app for Apple Watch, Mikael Berner and his team at EasilyDo quickly learned that their work could carry over to the iPhone. The EasilyDo developers found it sometimes took too long for users to find the information …

This end up. Photo by Rick Broida/CNET Here we are in 2015, and USB plugs still aren’t reversible: You have to plug them in exactly the right way. That’s always fun when you’re trying to connect something to a tower PC case or inconveniently located USB port in your car. Usually it starts with a lot of contortions, continues with …

Microsoft says Windows 10 will run on screens of all sizes. CNET Microsoft has promised its next operating system, Windows 10, will run across every device, from desktops with large hard drives all the way down to low-cost smartphones with barely a gigabyte to spare. It’s a lofty goal, but one fraught with the challenges of rolling out one piece …

A pair of ‘dumb’ Li-Ning sneakers. Thomas Pellicer/Li-Ning Smartphones, smartwatches, smart…sneakers? One of China’s most popular smartphone makers, Xiaomi, will partner with sports brand Li-Ning to build smart running shoes, the companies announced Monday, according to Reuters. Li-Ning, a China-based sports equipment and sneakers company, will partner with Xiaomi’s fitness-focused wearables company, Huami, to develop smart sneakers with a chip …

Pinterest plans to use some of the money raised to fuel international expansion. CNET Pinterest has raised $367 million in its latest round of financing, giving it a valuation of $11 billion and making the social discovery site one of the most valuable venture capital-backed startups. The makers of the visual bookmarking tool confirmed the financing Monday in a filing …

Would you want a Galaxy S5 Mini with the S6 around the corner? Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung is offering the Mini edition of its Galaxy S5 through AT&T just ahead of its launch of the Galaxy S6. Available through AT&T online and in stores starting Friday, the Galaxy S5 Mini will sell for $100 via the standard two-year agreement. Buyers who …

The Windows 10 Technical Preview. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Windows 10 will apparently let you download updates from computers other than Microsoft’s own servers. The latest build of the upcoming OS, leaked online over the weekend, reveals a new option for getting updates from more than one place, The Verge reported Sunday. Specifically, you can choose to download updates for …

Apple is said to be planning a fall launch of a subscription TV service that would work on all iOS devices, inlcuding the Apple TV. Apple Apple’s much-hinted-at subscription TV service may become a reality before the end of the year. The iPhone maker is in talks with TV programmers to offer a Web-based subscription TV service that would launch …

Acrobat Fill and Sign, one of the new mobile apps, looks like one of the most useful aspects of the update. Adobe Add Acrobat to the growing list of Adobe products relying on the software as a service model. Subscription Acrobat isn’t new, but now that entire end of Adobe’s business follows another big step down the road its design- …

Facebook Facebook has updated its community standards to clarify the content that people are and aren’t allowed to share. In an update Sunday, Facebook said it has rewritten much of the language of its community rules, offering “more detail and clarity on what is and is not allowed.” The company said the revised community standards will offer more guidance for …