Stories by Zach Miners

Next time you're prompted to update the Java software on your computer, pay attention or you might become a Yahoo user without realizing it.

Facebook wants to squeeze as much growth as it can out of its popular Messenger app, even if that means foregoing Facebook.

Amazon, eBay and Etsy have joined big retailers in removing Confederate flags and related items from their sites, in moves responding to increased vitriol over the symbol after a shooting last week at an African-American church in South Carolina.

Instagram, the popular app for sharing photos with friends, is broadening the reach of those photos.

Spies working for the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart found anti-virus and security software a hindrance to their intelligence gathering processes, and worked to thwart it, according to a report Monday in The Intercept.

Twitter has long positioned its site as a way to see what's happening in the world. Now, it wants to tap into our desires as consumers.

Samsung will update the security software on its Galaxy smartphones to address a flaw that researchers warned could let attackers access people's devices.

Twitter is planning some big changes to the way people follow events using its service, with a major new feature that will group together tweets, photos and videos related to whatever's happening in the moment.

Nest Labs, Google's home sensing unit, made its long-awaited move into the home security market on Wednesday when it unveiled Nest Cam.

Etsy is trying out a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding service that, if successful, could help the company grow its business by expanding the number and type of items available for sale on its site.

Twitter has moved well beyond its foundation of 140-character messages. The site will now host videos that play automatically in users' feeds.

Facebook has taken a step away from its main site to develop what it thinks is a better way to share photos privately.

If you pore over news articles in your Facebook News Feed, expect to see more of them going forward.

Dick Costolo has stepped down as CEO of Twitter after five years on the job, relinquishing his post amid longstanding problems including sluggish growth and frequent abusive comments posted to the social network. Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, who is also CEO of Square, will be interim CEO when Costolo steps down on July 1.

The future of gaming is closer than you think. Or at least, the future of gaming as envisioned by Oculus VR.