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Hackers are increasingly trying to take over phone numbers to target email and banking accounts. Here's how to stop them.

Welcome to Thanksgiving table talk circa 2017. It’s true that AI and machine learning are changing the world, and in a few years, it will be embedded in all of the technology in our lives. So maybe it makes sense to he...

Like it or not, humanity won't be able to live on Earth forever. If we don't wipe out our own species by the time we figure out where to go, we'll eventually have to shove off of the planet and head elsewhere. When that ...

Although the Trump administration is pressing ahead with plans to remove net neutrality, there’s still time for you to play your part in preventing it. The proposal still needs to pass a vote in Congress, and the Elect...

Tesla has managed to deliver something on time, even if it \’s falling behind its projections for the Model 3 electric car: It has completed production of a massive battery farm in South Australia, which is designed to...

Facebook published a blog post Wednesday outlining its plans to fully explain how Russian agents used its social network to influence the 2016 presidential elections. The cornerstone of its transparency going forwards wi...

Germany's new parliamentary speaker is meeting resistance to his suggestion that lawmakers refrain from tweeting or snapping photos during sessions.

Android Pay works great, but a lot of our forum users would rather use Samsung Pay any day of the week. If you own a modern Android phone, there's a good chance you've used it to make a mobile payment at one point or ano...

Learn how artificially-created situations influence our behavior online and what if anything can be done to reduce the influence of social defaults.

Thanks to the efforts of NASA and its incredibly reliable Cassini spacecraft, we now know more about Saturn and its moons than ever before, but it seems there are still some surprises in store for scientists studying the...

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California recently pitted a professional human drone pilot against racing drones controlled by artificial intelligence. Guess who came out on top? The post Watch NASA's...

Facebook is adding 500 more contractors in Germany to review content posted to the social media site, after a new law came into force targeting online hate speech

The lunch took place just after well-known tech investor Moshe Hogeg announced he would invest in every Israeli blockchain that approached him. That investor group, called Alignment, consisted of the Singulariteam Techno...

Episode 231 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Download MP3 – Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, email or RSS! Featured: DP, photographer, timelapse cinematographer and editor, Drew Geraci In This Episode If you sub...

Some information technology companies are growing so concerned about not find enough digital talent that they're training their own.

Another neat addition to end-to-end encrypted email client ProtonMail: It’s added a zero-access encrypted contacts manager that also digitally signs the contact info you store in it.

Mr. Robot is back, and the C Y B E R is back, too. The show takes a special interest in showing off the details that usually get glossed over, often drawing on real hacks and real cybersecurity problems. So after every e...

Google has announced that its new Google Lens AI-based recognition software will begin rolling out to English-based Pixel phones in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, India and Singapore over the coming weeks. What is Google...

The iPhone X ushers in a new age of all display, notches, facial recognition, Animoji, and new gestures for controlling everything. You may find yourself confused by how to do things without a home button and notice many...

Turkey, mashed potatoes and corn bread is on the menu, despite orbiting over 400km above the Earth.

Now is the time to look up and see Mercury, a planet that usually lingers too close to the sun for skywatchers on Earth to observe.

(University of East Anglia) The flow of China's carbon emissions has reversed according to new research led by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA).The study estimates the carbon implications of recent chang...