From InfoWorld: After a brief beta testing period, Microsoft's Cortana assistant is available for everyone on the iPhone and Android phones.

Though Cortana lacks the deep operating system hooks of Android's Google Now and iOS's Siri, it could still be a useful companion for users of Windows 10 PCs...

From PC World: Walmart is rolling out in its stores its own smartphone-based payment system that uses QR technology rather than the near-field communication technology, or NFC, used by the payment systems of players like Apple and Google.

Integrated into its smartphone app, the new Walmart Pay will...

From CNET: Uber has been dealt another setback in its legal battle over how its drivers are classified.

After granting class-action status in September to a lawsuit challenging how Uber classifies its drivers, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that many more drivers in California can join lawsuit...

From ComputerWorld: In a partnership that would have seemed most unlikely back when Microsoft railed against open source, the software company has teamed with the Linux Foundation to offer a certification for managing Linux systems in the Azure cloud.

The new Microsoft Certified Solutions...

From ComputerWorld: Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to depose in an intellectual property dispute between Oculus and ZeniMax Media, as he has "unique knowledge" based on his decision to buy the wearable virtual reality technology company and its valuation.

ZeniMax sued Oculus in...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security bulletin summary shows 12 security bulletins today, eight of which are rated Critical. SANS Institute draws out MS15-127/KB 3100465 (a DNS hole on Windows Server) as particularly noteworthy, but lists only one known exploit for all of the...

From PC World: Mozilla has ended its ambitious entry into the smartphone race, saying Tuesday it will stop offering Firefox OS phones through operators.

The withdrawal is unsurprising, even though Mozilla heralded the OS as one of its major projects in its recent annual report.

Some operators...

From CNET: If you had an HTC Vive on your Christmas list, it looks like even Santa won't be able to get it to you in time.

Phone maker HTC said Tuesday it is delaying its virtual reality goggles until April 2016, more than four months later than the original plan to offer the device for sale in...

From InfoWorld: Sure, it's just an iPhone battery case, but what marks this one out from the many others is the manufacturer: Apple.

The $99 iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case is the first sign that Apple is ready to acknowledge that its phones are too thin to contain adequate batteries. The case adds 80...

From PC World: Standards wars are like the game Monopoly: The one with the most property usually ends up winning.

Well, AMD just snapped up the railroads and utilities. On Tuesday, the company's new Radeon Technologies Group announced it’ll have its variable refresh rate technology, dubbed...