More New Yorkers will soon be able to check out a Wi-Fi device from their library as easily as they can check out a book. Google made a $1 million donation to New York Public Library to help pay for a program that allows patrons to borrow Wi-Fi devices to use at home for a …

Samsung Way back in 2013, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 was the hot smartphone. Sure, it’s been eclipsed in 2014 by newer models, not the least of which is Samsung’s own Galaxy S5, but there’s plenty of mileage left in this former flagship phone. And now you can get it for cheap. Like, really cheap: this week only, Walmart has the Samsung …

Opera’s new bookmark sharing feature at work. Screenshot by Aloysius Low/CNET If the idea of pasting URL after URL to someone seems tedious, Opera’s latest version is set to address this. The Opera 26 release comes with a new bookmark sharing feature that consolidates a list of links and makes it easy to share. Instead of pasting 10 different URLs …

Windows 10 will include an updated Start layout. Nick Statt/CNET Microsoft says it won’t deliver any more substantial updates to the Windows 10 Technical Preview until the new year, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening at the moment. On Tuesday, Microsoft made available a few fixes and updates to the November Windows 10 Technical Preview build (9879), including one meant …

Business Wire People used Yahoo this year to get the scoop on celebrities and tech products, but it was a deadly disease that elicited the highest volume of searches. Revealing its Year in Review for 2014, Yahoo cited the Ebola virus as the most-searched item of the year as the disease ravaged several African countries and turned up in isolated …

The tiny Fiio X1 music player Fiio Neil Young’s new Pono high-resolution music players are just starting to ship, but Fiio has been making stellar players for years, and all of them sell for less than the Pono. I’m a huge fan of Fiio’s X5 player, but for less than one-third the price of that one we now have the …

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This could be our first look at an HTC One M9 smartphone. MyDrivers The first alleged details for the HTC One M8 successor may already be spilling online. And, spoiler alert, the handset is shaping up to be bigger and faster than today’s flagship model. Related Links HTC One M8 Max rumors resurface HTC One M8 sees ‘fading sales’ as …

Bezos, pictured at the Fire phone unveiling in June, said Tuesday avoiding failure is the wrong strategy. James Martin/CNET NEW YORK — Losing billions of dollars in failed projects doesn’t matter. Having a flop in your company’s first smartphone doesn’t matter. What does matter is a willingness to take risks. That was Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ primary message at his …

Android KitKat is now on a third of Android devices. Google Android 4.4 KitKat is eating its way onto more Android devices, though it’s still in second place behind older counterpart Jelly Bean. The latest update to Google’s Android Developers Dashboard, out Tuesday, shows KitKat with a market share of 33.9 percent for the seven-day period ending Monday. That stat …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Shortly after Google released the Nexus 6 and Android 5.0 Lollipop, a small update was pushed to Google Play Services. Instead of relying on a Bluetooth connection or NFC tag, you can now set “safe” locations in which your device will remain unlocked. Leave that zone, and your device will lock and require your security code or pattern …

You can customize the phone through Motoroloa’s Moto Maker website. CNET The Motorola Moto X is a great Android phone already available for a pretty good deal — ranging from $99 to nothing — if you agree to a wireless contract. Now, there’s another Moto X deal: Republic Wireless will be offering the Moto X at $399, off-contract, starting December …

Adobe pegged Cyber Monday sales at $2.65 billion, a healthy increase over last year. Walmart This year’s Cyber Monday online sales rose over sales from 2013, but the exact increase depends on who you ask. Online sales for the day were up by 8.5 percent over last year’s Cyber Monday, according to IBM’s Digital Analytics Benchmark. Mobile sales snagged 22 …

Circular Devices It was only a matter of time before a competitor for Google’s Project Ara reared its head. PuzzlePhone is the work of Finland-based Circular Devices, and its guiding principle is one it shares with Ara: to be a sustainable smartphone designed to last longer thanks to upgradeable parts, rather than a device that’s entirely replaced when something newer, …

Using technology from ReadCube, subscribers can grant others free access to scientific papers in Nature and 14 other journals. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET One of the most prestigious scientific journals, Nature, has embraced the share button to liberalize access to research papers that previously were available only to those who paid. The journal’s publisher, Macmillan Science and Education, announced Tuesday …