From PC World: Lyft has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a dispute with drivers in California, under pressure from the judge who found the earlier proposed payment of $12.25 million was too small.

The ride-hailing company and its rival Uber Technologies are keen to settle with the drivers in...

From CNET: Google is working on standalone hardware for the home that will integrate the web giant's search and voice technology, according to a report Wednesday by Recode.

The device, which is going by the internal name "Chirp," is said to resemble Google's OnHub wireless router. Such a device...

From InfoWorld: Last month Microsoft released a blitz of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 updates that solved most of the problems plaguing users. But there were lingering complaints: For some people the Windows Hello camera wouldn't switch on prior to login, and others had problems with the sleep...

From PC World: Salesforce.com was having an outage in some locations on Tuesday, prompting the company’s CEO to apologize to users on Twitter.

The cloud applications company said on its website that the over 12 hours disruption was the result of a database failure on the NA14 instance, which...

From CNET: WhatsApp is one of the most popular chat apps for smartphones in use today. But to use it on a desktop, you had to run a Web app through your browser.

Now the Facebook-owned app is streamlining the process with the launch of a desktop app that syncs with your mobile device. WhatsApp said...

From PC World: Microsoft is shutting down its MSN portal in China from June 7, as pressure appears to be building up on content services from foreign companies in a country that already bans access to Facebook and Twitter.

The Redmond, Washington-based software giant, however, continues to be...

From CNET: eBay on Tuesday said it significantly broadened a partnership with FedEx to bring eBay Valet drop-off locations to over 1,600 FedEx Office stores nationwide. The expansion will roll out over the coming months.

eBay Valet lets people hand off their goods to experienced sellers already on...

From InfoWorld: Wireless networking device manufacturer Aruba Networks has fixed multiple vulnerabilities in its software that could, under certain circumstances, allow attackers to compromise devices.

The vulnerabilities were discovered by Sven Blumenstein from the Google Security Team and affect...

From InfoWorld: Lenovo has fixed a vulnerability in its Lenovo Solution Center support tool that could allow attackers to execute code with system privileges and take over computers.

The Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) is an application that comes pre-installed on many Lenovo laptops and desktops. It...

From PC World: Twitter has blocked Dataminr from offering analytics around real-time tweets from the social networking site to U.S. intelligence agencies, according to a newspaper report.

The social networking company, which provides Dataminr with real-time access to public tweets, seems to be...