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Pokemon GO was praised for its ability to get people out of the house and walking around, that highlighting the potential of such games for encouraging fitness among users. A new game called Run an Empire uses similar te...

A couple of years ago, I set out to interview every member of Congress I could find with a computer science degree as a result of the increasing clash between tech innovation and the laws and lawmakers that are falling m...

If you're hoping to advance your career by taking on the role of CIO, be sure it's the right fit for you. Here are some aspects of the job you should weigh carefully before you jump in.

Wired: "Big picture, a warrant is required for the search of a device except in certain circumstances at the border," says Greg Nojeim, director of the Freedom, Security and Technology Project at the Center for Democracy...

The Honor 8X doesn't break the mold for the company, continuing to the tradition of attractive, solid, high-performance smartphones that don't cost as much as you expect. However, this also means they tend to all be quit...

Hands-on with Venus Optics' new Laowa lenses As we reported last week, lens manufacturer Venus Optics launched a total of eight Laowa lenses at the Photokina trade show this year. Or more accurately, nearly launched eigh...

New law will force businesses or individuals using automated programs to reveal their artificial nature if they attempt to influence political opinion.

ESA and the UK Space Agency are sending thousands of worms to the ISS in the name of science.        

This summer, NASA revealed that its Kepler spacecraft was very low on fuel, and as a result the space agency initiated a hibernation mode. That change in state was designed to conserve the remaining fuel in preparation f...

There are officially eight planets in our Solar System -- yes, I know, Pluto was totally a planet, but not anymore -- but that doesn't mean there isn't something lurking on the edge of our system that hasn't yet been spo...

The test takes place Wednesday, October 3 at 2:18 PM EDT. While it can be easy to just think of our phones as tools for checking Twitter, playing games, and watching YouTube videos, they're also critical in the case of a...

Amazon said Tuesday it would increase the minimum wage it pays all full, part-time and seasonal employees to $15 an hour.        

Nikki Krishnamurthy is replacing Liane Hornsey. Uber has hired Nikki Krishnamurthy as its new head of human resources. She replaces Liane Hornsey, who left the company under a controversy around how the ride-hailing comp...

The next time you're at a hospital, you might want to think twice before touching the privacy curtains that hang around patient beds, a small new study finds.

Last month, Gizmodo uncovered a disturbing scheme where Twitter spammers were apparently impersonating more than a dozen real women to sell diet pills. Now, it seems, the site is introducing new rules to help stop fake a...

The free online office suite software is used by more than 30 million people and is a ripe target for criminals.

HMD Global has been selling Android phones for almost two years now, but the company is yet to launch the Android phone that Nokia fans have always wanted -- a flagship device that would compete directly against the iPho...

Astronomers have discovered an object, dubbed "the Goblin," in the outer reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf planet never gets any closer to the Sun than 6 billion miles, but experts say its orbital configuration poin...

The remarkable discoveries and theories of physicists since the 1930s have shown that all matter in the universe is made from a small number of basic building blocks called fundamental particles. However, this isn't the ...

A model that simulates how drilling fluids, or muds, behave and influence the stability of oil wells has been developed by KAUST researchers. Their findings could inform new safety protocols and the design of novel drill...

Going wireless has been the mantra for quite some time now among device manufacturers, and it makes perfect sense. Wireless charging gets rid of having to tote around a pesky cable, while having a pair of wireless earpho...

Article Researchers have recently proposed a coupled-dynamics formalism and a new approach for exploiting helpful interactions with humanoid robots. Their paper presents a number of task-based, partner-aware techniques f...