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Microsoft announced on Monday that it will pay $2.5 billion for the Swedish software company Mojang AB, developer of the popular Minecraft franchise.

The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Bobby Payne of Palatka, reverses changes made after the mass killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said the government will go ahead with a plan to buy stocks in financial institutions. Meanwhile, The Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed to work together to fix the global economy.

Oracle says it's ready to be a "trusted technology provider" for the hit video-sharing app. A bid for TikTok's U.S. operations by tech giant Microsoft has been rejected.

Digital journalists at Al Jazeera America are the latest to move toward unionization. In the past few months, writers at Gawker, Salon, Vice Media have...

The Federal Communications Commission announces new rules for children's programming on digital TV. Children Now and other advocacy groups had been pushing the FCC to require broadcast channels to program the same amount of children's educational programming they now offer on each of the new digital channels they will get. That's what the FCC announced. But advocates are still concerned about the click-and-spend potential digital TV offers. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

New digital technologies are changing the museum world: mobile apps, QR codes, beacons, 3-D printers, tablets.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Carol Brey-Casiano, president of the American Library Association, about the impact of Google's plan to digitize the resources of five major libraries.

News that Eastman Kodak will put more emphasis on the sale of digital cameras and accessories underscores a fundamental shift in technology. But what about the art of photo development? Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep, J. Ross Baughman, a photojournalist with The Washington Times and Lois Greenfield, a photographer known for breathtaking shots of dancers in motion.

Like a tap dancer of the hands, Darren Drouin slaps, clicks, claps and snaps his way to YouTube stardom. He even includes a tutorial on "freestyle finger snapping" so you can snap your own tune.