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Online tools, and their lower costs, are changing the way we get counseling.

Technology is shedding new light into this unknown, and often misunderstood, disorder.

How technology stunts the creativity of kids.

How to stay sane when you're surrounded by insane friends.

There's a big problem in tech, but also an even bigger opportunity for kids.

It's hard being old in a young man's world.

Algorithms automate our lives. But what happens when they run wild?

Taking stock of Bono's transformation from rock star to humanitarian to tech guru.

Guns are a growing problem. And technology may be the solution.

Netflix has big plans ahead.

Mobile and the future of the Web.

A look into the secret lives of girls and Instagram.

I tried to hold out for you, RIM. But my beloved Curve couldn't keep waiting. R.I.P.

The father of the comic book adapts for the digital age.

When people talk about the "born mobile" generation, they're talking about me.

How Microsoft fell from grace and the new fight between Google and Apple.

Torrenting is the next front in battles over copyright and illegal file sharing, but technology stays one step ahead with constant mutations.

On the surface, Vin Diesel looks like the kind of guy who would gleefully terrify a geek. It might be his looks -- that shaved head and scowling face are enough to make the nerdier among us a bit nervous. It could be those huge arms or those "Fast and Furious" flicks, where he drives fantasy cars and scores with gorgeous women with utter confidence.

There was no shortage of great NFL match-ups on Sunday, but for Yahoo fantasy football players, the only games that mattered were the ones they couldn't get any information on.

When you fall in love, you want to sing it from the rooftops. But with social media, you no longer have to shout. Just share the nitty-gritty of the marriage process online.

He's hasn't worn parachute pants in decades -- he's a different kind of Hammer.

From his gruff, I'm-much-cooler-than-you exterior, you wouldn't think celebrity chef, author and travel guru Anthony Bourdain has much patience with social media. But Bourdain, who calls social media "a big bathroom wall where anyone can write anything," has become as adept with Twitter and Facebook as he is in a restaurant or touring obscure kitchens in Croatia.

The gloves are off.

You got the e-mail from Amazon, Barnes & Nobles or Apple: if you bought e-books from us at some point in the past, you're getting a refund, gift certificate or credit for your past purchases.

Back in 1977, Dan Hesse didn't want to work for Sprint; he wanted a job at AT&T. But AT&T only recruited from Harvard and Wharton. So Hesse, at the time at Cornell, called his sister who lived in Boston, and asked a favor: Go to Harvard and write down all of AT&T's job posts from the bulletin board. She also grabbed him a copy of the application.

In 2006, Martha Stewart was at the lowest point of her personal and professional life. The queen of all things homemaking had built a multimedia kingdom out of a farmhouse restoration project, and in the span of 25 years, turned it into a billion dollar conglomerate.

It's a common weekend ritual: you settle down on the sofa, cue up the DVDs or Netflix and rip through entire seasons of TV shows -- lost weekends devoted to so-called "binge-watching."

Shoppers have more ways than ever to buy online, but as the e-commerce wars heat up and transform the holiday season, wallets won't be the only casualties.

In the 15 years since Cher Wang and Peter Chou set up shop to build notebooks, they've led HTC to become one of the top smartphone makers in the world, right up there with Apple and Samsung. But since its meteoric rise and equally catastrophic fall a year and a half ago, some are now left wondering if the company has any juice left to power a comeback.