As ride-sharing booms, some cabbies turn to suicide

With their livelihoods under threat, at least five New York taxi drivers have killed themselves since December

Media use in America up a full hour over just last year

The typical American adult is using media for a full hour a day more than just last year

From Enigma to Edward Snowden: The evolution of spy tactics

Modern technology has transformed the playing field for spies and hackers all over the world. Lindsey Boerma reports.

The evolution of spying: From WWII to the Web

How modern technology has transformed the playing field for spies and hackers all over the world

"An entire platoon wearing wearable robots"

DARPA is sometimes known as the Pentagon's own team of mad scientists, and CBS News has been given a rare peek at what they're cooking up

In digital age, money continues to evolve

From digital currencies like Bitcoin to e-commerce, the way we use and think about money is changing

Will digital currency go mainstream?

Money has evolved from coins to credit cards to digital currencies, but will consumers buy in to the latest trend? CBS News' Ines Novacic reports.

The evolution of the television set

Along the way to becoming the ubiquitous device we know today, the TV has been through a lot of changes

How the phone became the center of digital life

A look at how the telephone has changed over the years, and how it's changed us

The power grid evolves to fuel the future

As America's hunger for electrical power continues to grow, new technologies help keep up with demand

Historic disruption from TV to the jet engine

Hawking: Artificial intelligence a threat to humanity

The eminent theoretical physicist says humans evolve too slowly to ever compete with such an advanced system

Robots help Amazon fill its holiday orders

To quicken the pace at its warehouse fulfillment centers, the online retailer has enlisted self-guided robots to retrieve products

50th anniversary of NASA's first mission to Mars

To commemorate half a century of exploration, one company plans to send 90,000 messages to the Red Planet

​The future of food: Bugs, chemical elixirs and apps

David Pogue samples the latest from the frontlines of culinary tech. including recipes created by a computer

​Almanac: The vacuum tube

On November 16, 1904, British inventor John Ambrose Fleming patented an electronic receiver that revolutionized communications

Mobile payment systems: Pros and cons

With Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and other mobile payment solutions competing for your attention, how do they compare?

45th anniversary of first Internet message

The system crashed after the first two letters came through

Elon Musk: artificial intelligence summons demons

Artificial intelligence is "our biggest existential threat," said the SpaceX and Tesla founder

​Almanac: Auguste Lumiere, father of cinema

The film-making pioneer, who with his brother first publicly exhibited movies, was born on October 19, 1862

​Almanac: The discovery of penicillin

On September 28, 1928, an accident in the lab of Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine

"Robo Brain" could help make robots smarter

A new system will help robots figure out human behavior from information found on the Internet

New tech helps parents keep teen drivers safe

Ford MyKey, GM Family Link and other options let parents set limits and track their teens on the road

Robotic butlers could revolutionize room service

The Aloft Hotel in Silicon Valley has a pool, a bar and now... robots

The Google Lunar Xprize: The next great space race

With $30 million in prize money at stake, independent teams compete to launch a rover to the moon