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Kelli B. Grant and Sarah Whitten
No more super-cheap PlayStation 4 consoles. Wal-Mart has locked down its price-matching policy to prevent fraud. After Wal-Mart announced Nov. 13 that it would price match select online retailers, including Amazon.com, several customers used the program to buy $400 PlayStation 4 consoles for under $100 using fake Amazon listings. Twitter and Reddit users posted pictures of receipts documenting PS4 prices as cheap as $90. CNBC.com spotted more evidence of the fraud on Twitter Wednesday, including more pictures of receipts for $90 PS4s and others for a $100 Xbox One console and games.
By Leigh Weingus
A 6-year-old boy in the U.K. is claiming the title of the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. Ayan Qureshi, who lives with his family in Coventry, U.K., passed the tech giant's test when he was just 5 years old. His father, Asim Qureshi, introduced his son to computers he was 3.
"He started playing with computer bits and pieces and was made familiar with many features of the Windows operating system," Asim Qureshi said. "It became a hobby for him."
By Damon Beres
Panic Attacks
Psychologists say they've noticed that a new condition called "nomophobia"—short for "no-mobile-phone phobia"—is affecting more and more young people. Symptoms like anxiety and distraction occur when sufferers are separated from their phones and unable to check for updates. Researchers liken this condition to addictions such as gambling.