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Magikarp is the most useless of all pokémon. In the video game series, it "attacks" with splash, a move that literally does nothing. Earlier this month, the Official Pokémon YouTube Channel debuted the English version ...

It's tricky to test self-driving cars. Even if you have hundreds of thousands of miles under your belt, it's still difficult to account for every possible real-world peril. Researchers think they can fast-track that expe...

Google’s AlphaGo — the AI developed to tackle the world’s most demanding strategy game — is stepping down from competitive matches after defeating the world’s best talent. The latest to succumb is Go’s top-ra...

Bonnie Kalanick, 71, the mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, was killed in a boat accident Friday in Fresno County, California, the company said.

A team of scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have proven that the mind-controlled device they developed can help stroke survivors regain control of their hands. Stroke typically cau...

When a total solar eclipse surprised soldiers in ancient times, it brought an end to years of war. Now the same rare experience is coming to the US.

If you're planning on buying a OnePlus 5 when it's released, you might want to think about signing up for the newly launched OnePlus Referral Program.

Big Data offers Java a rebirth in functional programming and distributed computing.

Even today, retro-computing is carrying humanity to the edge of interstellar space.

Cryptocurrencies are booming beyond belief. Bitcoin is up sevenfold, to $2,500, in the last year. Three weeks ago the redoubtable Vinay Gupta, who led Ethereum’s initial release, published an essay entitled “What Doe...

The watch above is an Apple Watch knockoff, created by a famous Swiss watchmaker, has no smart features and sells for almost $27,000. Now that's some truly impressive trolling. From the distance, H. Moser's Swiss Alp Wat...

It's been 80 years since this beloved landmark opened to San Francisco traffic. In the interim, technology has advanced - is there a better way to span this strait?

Opinion: H-1B visas are vital to US scientific advancement. The post Cutting H-1B Visas Endangers Scientific Progress For Everyone appeared first on WIRED.

The question of whether an autonomous vehicle, faced with an impending collision, kills its passengers or someone else is moot. The post Lawyers, Not Ethicists, Will Solve the Robocar 'Trolley Problem' appeared first on ...

Imagine a planet like the Earth, orbiting a distant star. Could that planet have life? Well, life on Earth (the only life we know) needs liquid water. So to find life on another planet, we think that that planet would ha...

The Cassini spacecraft completes its sixth dive between Saturn and its rings today (May 28), and this is the most dangerous dive yet through the inner edge of Saturn's D ring.

Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites while fueling privacy worries.

A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs.

Apple in a recent update to Apple Maps enhanced coverage of the Apple Park campus area in Cupertino, Calif., with the app now displaying 3D building models, walkways and other points of interest across the sprawling grou...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University tracked down the signaling process that triggers the spread of cancers and found two existing drugs that can inhibit metastasis.

The tech giant says it's "burdensome" to meet Labor Department demands in a trial involving salary and gender at Google, says a report.

If you've ever wanted to understand the fuss over Crazy Taxi but didn't want to spend money on a piece of gaming history, you now have your chance. Sega has made it free to play both the Android and iOS versions of the o...