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14 million Facebook users had their default privacy setting on status updates changed to public for four days in May due to a bug, Facebook said Thursday        

Google pledges not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

Scientists reported Thursday that NASA's Curiosity rover has found potential building blocks of life in an ancient Martian lakebed. Hints have been found before, but this is the best evidence yet. (June 7)        

The average American spends 135 minutes on social media a day. How about you?

Reversing memory deficits and impairments in spatial learning is a major goal in dementia research. A lack of knowledge about cellular pathways critical to the development of dementia has prevented significant clinical a...

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Researchers have created a motorless mini-submarine. The 3D-printed vessel moves using a new propulsion concept designed for swimming robots, enabling it to paddle without requiring engine power. The post 3D-printed mini...

Ubuntu founder and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth recently talked to me about his plans for his company, operating system, clouds, and containers.

Apple officially killed off its AirPort product line, yet AirPort Express is showing up as a streaming speaker option in AirPlay 2 in the iOS 12 developer beta.

Not everyone is prepared to welcome robot overlords.

Valve Software, the company running Steam, said it will now allow nearly everything on its platform after yanking a video game that depicted a shootings inside schools.        

One new rocket challenge is encouraging diversity and offering a staggering $1 million prize.

Yahoo Messenger (both the web and mobile apps) will be discontinued on July 17. You'll have six months to download your chat history.

The company has reportedly asked parts suppliers to make fewer components.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has woken up from hibernation to prepare for a historic New Year's Day flyby.

How do you keep to your lane while traveling in three dimensions?

They say every cloud has a silver lining. For the city of Atlanta, it's getting harder and harder to find one after a nasty ransomware infection.

A Russian space capsule carrying three astronauts has docked with the International Space Station two days after it was launched from Kazakhstan.

Developer Relations is an increasingly big deal, but that doesn't mean you should blindly build out your team to look like Google or Microsoft.

We love it when a company sneaks an Easter egg into an otherwise mundane program, especially when the little taps-the-nose trick does something wild and fanciful. And while Google's latest hidden feature in Sheets isn't ...

Some vessels use ocean rendezvous to exchange contraband, and even captive crew. But big data tools are finding new ways to track these activities from outer space.