Stories by Zach Miners

Google is delaying initial testing for its modular smartphone, known as Project Ara, to 2016.

A new Google tool, called Project Sunroof, lets users enter their home address and gives them information related to the costs and savings of having a solar power system installed on their home.

Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private.

Apple and Intel are both making progress in their efforts to hire more women and minorities, according to figures released by the companies this week.

Two days after announcing a sweeping reorganization, Google has detailed its first departure. Niantic Labs, an augmented reality unit of Google, will be spun off into an independent company.

Now you can really vent next time you want to say something privately on Twitter.

Google is putting some of the most Google-y Android apps in the spotlight, and is sharing their source code to spur development of other apps.

When Google announced on Monday that it would create a new holding company called Alphabet, of which Google Inc. will be just one part, Larry Page said the new structure would allow the company to get more ambitious things done. But there was still a lot that he didn't say.

Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft will take a new step toward combating the spread of child pornography, by blocking images identified in partnership with an industry group.

Google will become a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, under a massive restructuring arrangement designed to let the company's businesses operate more efficiently.

For Yahoo Mail users, some messages just won't stay dead.

They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With Nest's motion-sensing camera, that prevention will put a dent in your wallet.

Sprig, a startup whose mobile app lets users order food and have it delivered, is changing the status of its delivery drivers from contractors to employees.

Reddit is removing several racist communities from its website, as well as other offensive discussion topics, part of an ongoing effort to clean up the most toxic content on its site.

Facebook is giving businesses more reasons to use Facebook Messenger to reach customers.