Take that, Facebook! Twitter's news junkies are younger, more educated
Nearly one in 10 US adults say they get their news through Twitter, and that has to be good news for the social media company that's days from launching its IPO.
Stories by Sharon Gaudin
Earthshaking news! Milky Way may hold billions of Earth-like planets
Thanks to NASA's now-crippled Kepler space telescope, astronomers say they now know there are tens of billions of potentially habitable, Earth-size planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
First NASA deep-space craft powers up for first time
Orion, expected to be the first NASA spacecraft to journey into deep space, last week was powered up for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Google looks to triple Glass testers
Google is looking to triple the number of people testing Glass before the official rollout of the wearable computers next year.
Activists, U.N. take aim at 'killer robots'
A movement to stop or regulate the development of so-called 'killer robots' got international backing at a meeting of the United Nations this week.
Researchers use nanotech to battle cancer
Two universities this week announced that researchers in the schools have made advances in fighting cancer by using nanotechnology.
NASA's moon probe starts outer space Internet test
NASA's newly launched lunar probe has begun testing what could eventually become an outer space Internet.
In Pictures: US military gets fired up over weaponised robots
Check out photos of machine gun-shooting robots at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Cornell team building heart-monitoring, bug-fighting smart clothes
Your shirt could soon power a smartphone while monitoring your blood pressure and providing alerts about harmful bacteria nearby.
Machine gun-toting robots may soon back up U.S. soldiers
A weaponized robot acting as a member of a squad of U.S. soldiers fighting on the battlefield is no longer science fiction. They may not be two-legged, humanoid robots yet, but they are able to follow troops through a wide range of terrain and back them up in battle.
Facebook's Sandberg takes on the tech gender gap
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said today that women need to stick together, support each other and be willing to talk about gender to bolster the number of women in the tech industry.
Research may lead to stretchable, bendable smartphones
UCLA researchers reported this week that they have created a light-emitting electronic display that can be stretched, folded and twisted, while remaining lit and snapping back into its original shape.
Google buys Bump, focuses on mobile file sharing
Google is buying the mobile startup Bump Technologies, makers of the popular app that enables users to transfer photos, videos and files just by bumping their phones together.
Now is 'good timing' for Twitter's IPO
Twitter has become part of an international conversation. And now the social networking company is moving to take the company public, and industry analysts say it's great timing.
Facebook goes after Twitter and its lock on 'immediacy'
In a new push to compete with Twitter and its lock on immediacy, Facebook took the wraps off two new APIs that enable news organizations to tap into user comments and display them online or on TV in real time.