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Online czar Lu Wei tightened restrictions on internet use in China, but now he's the latest official under investigation.

An investigation revealed that Google has been collecting information on the locations of Android devices through nearby cellular towers. The tracking happens even when users made the usual steps to prevent it.

Earlier this month, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that TripAdvisor had deleted multiple posts from users warning others about incidents of assault and rape that had taken place at a certain resorts in Mexico. S...

“What is this Bitcoin thing?” says your mother as she passes you a hefty bowl of mashed sweet potatoes. Dad pauses, mid-nibble on a turkey leg to chime in, “Yeah, is that real money?” Oh God, they want to have Th...

We're counting down our top 10 most popular sample galleries of 2017 and at long last we've reached our top 3 galleries. Holding it down with the bronze medal is the Fujifilm X100F. What do you say about a camera like th...

A flat-Earth enthusiast who claims not to believe in science plans to launch himself 1,800 feet (550 meters) above California's Mojave Desert in a homemade steam rocket on Saturday (Nov. 25), the Associated Press reporte...

Do away with flossing with the ToothShower In-Shower Oral Care Solution. It starts with the base that attaches to your shower wall, but the real magic lies in the three attachments that clean 100% of your tooth surfaces....

Apply, which has been famously tight-lipped on its self-driving vehicle research, has posted what looks like its first public research on the subject, notes Reuters. The paper is listed on the public site Arxiv, often us...

Unraveling the murky origins of these cosmic imposters could lead to breakthroughs in understanding the lives and deaths of stars --

(Université de Genève) Researchers have hypothesized that the universe contains a 'dark matter.' They have also posited the existence of a 'dark energy.' These two hypotheses account for the movement of stars in galaxi...

Surprisingly, melting hurts rather than helps, MIT research reveals.

(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday urged businesses to act on an Intel Corp alert about security flaws in widely used computer chips as industry researchers scrambled to understand the impact of the newly disclos...

Whitman: "I'm incredibly proud of all we've accomplished since I joined HP in 2011."

Last month, astronomers running the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted an intriguing object moving through our solar system and it became clear pretty quickly that the object, whether it was a comet or an asteroid,...

Have you ever fantasized about having the weather read to you every morning like it was a beautiful Shakespearean sonnet? That's probably the best reason to choose UBTECH Robotics' new Alexa-enabled Lynx robot over the A...

Just in time for sharing family photos after Thanksgiving dinner. Facebook Messenger has seen a lot of new features added to it over the years. You can use Messenger to play games, check your PayPal balance, send money t...

Planets and robots lack hearts and minds, but they're especially good at impacting ours. In its last days before ending itself, human-built Cassini turned around and snapped this farewell mosaic image of Saturn. Its titl...

Covering up a huge data breach could attract higher fines, says the Information Commissioner's Office.

Charge up those Android devices, Google Play's Black Friday deals are out, and they include significant discounts on most Play wares.  Google shared the news on its official Play blog on Wednesday, saying discounts will...

US airports are starting trials of new CT scanners that will let TSA agents virtually unpack bags, keeping everyone safe and on the move.

While Americans all over the country will celebrate Thanksgiving with their families, the astronauts on Expedition 53 on the International Space Station will need to stay where they are -- in orbit.

The non-browning apple is one of the first foods engineered to appeal to the senses--not a farmer's bottom line.