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News A robot created by Washington State University scientists could help elderly people with dementia and other limitations live independently in their own homes. The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors....

A team of scientists has, for the first time, used a single, cohesive computer model to simulate the entire life cycle of a solar flare: from the buildup of energy thousands of kilometers below the solar surface, to the ...

Treyarch and Activision are offering Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode as a free trial download for a limited time. The mode will be available from January 17 through January 24. The post ‘Call of Duty: Black O...

Apple on Tuesday launched three new Smart Battery Cases to match its latest iPhone lineup, significantly extending the longevity of its handsets.

It’s a momentous year for the Detroit Auto Show. Last to face the bitter chill of January in Michigan, before moving out of the shadow of CES to the summer in 2020, this year’s show also saw the return of much-belove...

Videos Sunflower Labs had high-tech garden lights and monitoring drones on display at CES, looking to revamp home security. Their outdoor security system has three main components: Sunflowers (smart garden lights)... Sta...

Sonrai, a company that offers data and identity control solutions for cloud environments, on Tuesday emerged from stealth mode with $18.5 million raised in a Series A funding round.

Digital insurance firm Singapore Life has started 2019 with a bang after it raised $33 million across two investments as it eyes new market expansions in Southeast Asia. The company pulled in $20 million from NYSE-listed...

One of the owners of Honda Motor Co is partnering with an Israeli tech pioneer to develop artificial intelligence applications that will enable the future of Industry 4.0.

Firefox 66, scheduled for release in mid-March 2019, will remember the user's position on the page as new content is loaded and existing content is pushed down.

A U.S. appeals court has today ruled against Apple's $440 million appeal in its ongoing court battle with patent troll company VirnetX. more… The post U.S. Court of Appeals denies Apple's $440 million appeal against Vi...

A new study reports humans have more universal ways of expressing happiness than any other emotion.

It's the first major protest of the year from tech workers.

This week in the city of Westbrook, Maine, a huge, rotating circle of ice formed on the Presumpscot River. While it seems like it could be an omen of the impending apocalypse or a particularly low-effort attempt at a cro...

(Pediatric Academic Societies) The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting is the leading event for academic pediatrics and child health research. The PAS 2019 Meeting will take place April 24 - May 1 at the Baltimore...

A surprising detail that emerged during the FTC's antitrust suit against Qualcomm is that Apple actually wanted to use Qualcomm chips across its 2018 iPhone lineup. Notably, Apple hasn't utilized Qualcomm chips since the...

Right on the heels of Canada introducing new, stricter regulations for drone operations, the US Department of Transportation proposed a new set of rules for drones that would allow the unmanned vehicles to fly over popul...

Will the military weapons of the future be killer robots, essentially? Recent comments from a US Army official might spark such concerns, given that he acknowledged the army is very much looking into the development and ...

More than half of all new drugs in the U.S. are made from compounds found in nature. These so-called secondary metabolites are produced in the cells of plants and microorganisms like bacteria. You certainly know the most...

In the latest extension of the Great Firewall of China, the nation is pushing a set of guidelines on Douyin--the Chinese version of TikTok run by the same parent company--as well as other short-form video apps. These new...

Children who receive solid organ transplants are hospitalized due to vaccine-preventable infections at rates that are significantly higher than the general population.

A team of scientists has made valuable progress toward creating clinical-grade cells for treatment of bone disease and injury. In their study, the team identified two types of growth media that could support effective ex...