http://www.katu.com/news/tech RSS Feed for KATU - News - Technology en-us Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:23:31 GMT http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Review-PicoBrew-tidies-some-home-brew-hassles-for-a-price-360123191.html I've been brewing beer in my kitchen and garage for a couple years, so I know how time-consuming and messy it gets. I had high hopes for a system that promises to eradicate those hassles. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Most-searched-in-2015-Bobbi-Kristina-Brown-says-Yahoo-360122501.html Internet searchers had celebrities on the mind this year: Famous names made up eight of the top 10 searches on Yahoo in 2015. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Facebook-CEO-now-a-father-will-give-away-most-of-his-money-359834431.html Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say they'll devote nearly all their wealth - roughly $45 billion - to solving the world's problems in celebration of their new baby daughter, Max. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Digital-rights-group-alleges-Google-invades-student-privacy-359744061.html Google is being accused of invading the privacy of students using laptop computers powered by the Internet company's Chrome operating system. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/For-some-people-the-older-the-cellphone-the-better-358931751.html Between splashy launches, lavish new-phone offers and frequent software updates that slow down your old handset, it sometimes feels like the entire technology industry is pushing you to buy the latest smartphone. Yet some holdouts resist. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Amazon-gives-drone-details-still-mum-on-timeline-358926761.html Amazon is giving new details on its Prime Air drone delivery program. But the timeline is still unclear. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/UBC-Graduate-Student-Society-launches-confidential-harassment-reporting-website-357218191.html Graduate students who have faced harassment and discrimination at the University of British Columbia can now tell their stories confidentially to the society that represents them. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Smartphones-overtake-desktops-for-holiday-shopping-353864781.html For the first time, there's expected to be more people visiting retailers' web sites through their smartphones than on desktop computers or tablets during the first weekend of the holiday shopping season that begins on Thanksgiving Day. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Better-batteries-to-beat-global-warming-A-race-against-time-353194251.html One of the key technologies that could help wean the globe off fossil fuel is probably at your fingertips or in your pocket right now: the battery. http://www.katu.com/news/tech/Facebook-tries-to-ease-heartache-of-breakups-with-new-tool-351953771.html Facebook is trying to ease the heartache of breaking up.