Former NBA star Ben Gordon was arrested Saturday in Los Angeles on a felony robbery charge, the latest in a recent string of troubling incidents. Gordon, 34, was accused of punching the manager of a downtown apartment complex where he is renting, pulling a knife on the man and taking …

As we enter the 2020s, e-commerce is set to generate more than $480 billion in the US and nearly $2 trillion globally. And while Amazon takes a lot of credit for online everything, they’re hardly the only game in town. A significant chunk of online retail is generated by smaller …

Today’s Google doodle is a callout to British horticulturist and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. Google says that Jekyll was born on this date 174 years ago in London and spent most of her life in Surrey, England, planting enchanting gardens. “As a student, she took inspiration from the landscapes of …

As we near the holidays, Google is making it easier to support your favorite nonprofit organization by adding a donate button directly in search. The new feature was announced yesterday. Google says a number of US-based nonprofits now have the “Donate” option available so that when you search for organizations …

Apple has frequently marketed itself as providing a superior, more secure operating environment than you find in the PC universe (whether this is actually true or merely reflects Apple’s relatively small market share is an argued question). That reputation took a massive blow last evening, when security researchers demonstrated a …

Just in time for the holiday season, a group of prominent Los Angeles entertainment and technology executives have come together to back the new startup, Enjoius, which aims to make it easier for hosts to plan their perfect party. Committing to the $1.4 million round of funding were Nancy Tellem, the …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google launches new Google Finance features in search and drops the portfolio featureNov 28, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Check out the new Google Finance, which means …

We’ve speculated for a while that Intel would launch more 8th Generation CPUs as time went by; the current lineup of 10 parts across desktop and mobile is positively anemic by Intel’s standards. Thanks to some leaked information, we now have a better idea what kinds of prices and capabilities …

For the past few years, AMD has worked on a new generation of external GPU technology that would use Thunderbolt 3 and offer a better experience. This push got a major boost when Apple announced back in June that the MacBook Pro line would support this functionality. eGPU support is …

HP has been caught installing a new telemetry-gathering system on its Windows 10 PCs without informing users it was doing or so requesting permission to gather data. In a recent update (it’s not clear if HP or Microsoft pushed out the software), multiple HP owners have reported the “HP TouchPoint …