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A U.S. judge has thrown out lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the role of fossil fuels in global warming.

When a group of about 40 players first tested out a live game called the Machine Learning President at a private event in San Francisco this February, they were unaware that the game would end up memorialized in the page...

In an interview that kicked off Fortune's CEO conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed the company's penchant for wading into the sometimes murky waters of social advocacy, as well as other areas typically avoi...

As part of its Ground X-Vehicle Technologies program, DARPA is showcasing some new defense vehicle tech that’s as futuristic as it is practical. One of the innovations, a reconfigurable wheel-track, comes out of Carneg...

The ringed planet will be in the best spot for cosmic paparazzi to take in its glamour starting Tuesday night.

While NASA's research often makes headlines for advancements that could facilitate space exploration -- like, say, more portable nuclear reactors or X-ray navigation -- it also looks into tech to help us here on Earth, t...

A new study contradicts conventional assumptions that belief in free will is tied to a person's moral behavior. Researchers say free will may promote moral behavior in specific contexts, but it is not indicative of moral...

You can finally get a taste of macOS 10.14 Mojave.  While Apple won’t officially release the next generation of macOS until the fall, that doesn’t mean you have to wait to give it a go. Mojave packs a punch with fea...

After failing to secure a renewal for a license to operate a private hire vehicle service in London last September, Uber — the controversial transportation startup valued at around $62 billion — has finally had a sho...

Standards and bandwidth and wires, oh my!

Modern Android phones are so much faster and smoother than they used to be even a few short years ago. Of course, speed on a smartphone is just like battery life: you can never have enough. The latest-generation Qualcomm...

In June 2017, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft announced the formation of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The aim of this industry-led initiative is to disrupt the terrorist exploitation of...

Lower speed limits, sensor technology, and segregated bike lanes can help.

You have all no doubt heard about Fujifilm's GFX mirrorless medium format system, and its launch body, the GFX 50s (read our GFX 50s Review). The camera is no larger than your average professional-level DSLR but it packs...

Nintendo is building on its strange but wonderful cardboard Labo platform with some sweet Mario Kart integration and a truly fabulous limited edition Switch with a faux-cardboard finish. It really is just the greatest th...

There have been several eSports cheating scandals before, including a match-fixing arrest, an 'Overwatch' hackers being fined almost $10 thousand and a PUBG hacker arrested for selling game cheats. The stakes continue to...

Their letter urges CEO Marc Benioff to reassess work the employees say makes them "complicit in the inhumane treatment of vulnerable people."

It’s easier than ever to modify an image and that’s a big problem. In the days of social media and instant sharing, any given image can quickly go viral, gracing millions of eyes and, potentially, shaping the percept...

NASA is back with another stunning image, this one giving the public a relatively close look at Jupiter’s atmosphere. The clouds captured in the image look, at first glance, like swirls of paint or folds of fabric. The...

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Cellular reprogramming is like the fairytale of spinning straw into gold: you take an abundant, mundane cell type, dose it with a cocktail of chemicals, and voil --now you have an unlimited supply of therapeutic cells re...

AT&T buying AppNexus for $1.6 to $2 billion.