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IBM research just released an adorable stop-motion movie, "A Boy And His Atom," by moving individual atoms around and imaging them. The movie is the "World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film" by the Guinness World Record. The 5...

Startup electric automaker Coda, which filed for bankruptcy today, managed to sell only about 100 units of its only model. That's not surprising: On top of insufficient funding and production delays, Coda made a really u...

We all have friends and loved ones that are endlessly confused by their PCs and constantly asking for help. Israeli startup Soluto offers a software service just for them. It was the constant calls from his mom that prom...

Home prices are rising at the fastest rate in seven years, with some communities seeing double-digit gains, as buyers are returning to a market where the number of properties for sale is in short supply.

If you go outside on a quiet day, you might just hear the grass making a slight rustle as if it was sentient. That's the sign of a vast birth taking place underground, as millions of cicadas crawl their way to the surfac...

A year ago Facebook was going public. At the time, one of the biggest worries about the company was its ability to handle the transition from the desktop to mobile. After all, it hadn't generated a dime of mobile revenue...

Fewer Facebook users are logging into the site from their computers. But rather than abandoning the site altogether, they're just shifting to its mobile app.

The world's biggest watch show is wrapping up in Basel, Switzerland. Hundreds of watch and jewelry retailers from around the globe showed off their finest goods and newest designs at the fair, called Baselworld. Ariel Ad...

US company IDs 7 people killed in Afghanistan cargo plane crash; 6 from Mich., 1 from Ky. DETROIT (AP) -- The friend of one of seven Americans killed in a cargo plane crash near an Air Force base in Afghanistan described...

Recently, the very private Laurene Powell Jobs has become a more public figure. Last month, she made her first televised appearance since the death of her husband, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, pushing for immigration refo...

Rolling Stone columnist Matt Taibbi took to Twitter Wednesday to vent about Thomas Friedman's latest column in the New York Times. Of course, Taibbi isn't...

Researchers use microscopic tools to create a stop-motion animated film with atoms.They also use it to create Star Trek images.

Residents of Columbia, South Carolina were greeted Tuesday morning with a billboard advertising a dating website for married people featuring a somewhat surprising image -- that of Former South Carolina Governor and admi...

We recently brought you a set of images showing what Barbie and other dolls would look like without the makeup that Mattel paints on their faces. Illustrator Nikolay Lamm has now taken his investigation of Barbie's unlik...

A start-up called Wool & Prince purports to have a men's dress shirt that can be worn for 100 days without washing. The business has generated a lot of buzz on Kickstarter, raising more than $246,000 in just a few days. ...

Facebook has declined to run an ad that criticizes Facebook's new political lobbying group, FWD.us, because it uses CEO Mark Zuckerberg's face. The Washington Post notes: In a statement, Facebook said it generally reject...

This week is the annual shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway, the gigantic conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett has a way of explaining complicated finance topics so that they're fun and understa...

Think about all that is happening around you. Perhaps your company is going through a reorganization. Or perhaps your health or finances aren't where you want them to be. Perhaps it's all of the above or something else e...

Translation apps have improved because more people are using them, allowing the apps to make more accurate associations with sounds, text and meaning.

Companies that sell online advertising have begun releasing earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what...

The stock market fell on Wednesday after more evidence emerged that the economy is slowing. Even word from the Federal Reserve that it will continue with its aggressive stimulus program failed to stop the slide.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spoke frankly to a roomful of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about the crisis in our current education system.