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The departures of Visa, Mastercard, and three others mean that more than ever, Libra is Facebook's cryptocurrency project.

Following a series of decisions that demonstrates Apple's willingness to kowtow to Chinese government wishes, a report on Friday claims company executives exhibited similar patterns of behavior in preparing content for t...

Researchers in Australia used a driving simulator to test patients' vision before and after cataract surgery. They found that near misses and crashes decreased by 48% after surgery.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Health have issued an advisory warning that travelers who passed through the Philadelphia International Airport at select times on October 2 and 3 may have been expose...

Users are reporting issues with the loss of data in Apple's Mail app following the update to macOS 10.15 Catalina, an issue that could lead to the data being made unavailable on other clients that access the same mailbox...

Bots on social media get a bad rap, but they can be used for good and for art, like in these three headline bots revealed at New Scientist Live

A complex network of skull bones, ligaments and muscles allows a snake to swallow prey with bodies much larger than the sinuous predator's own head.

Online street photography groups seem a great place when getting started, but if you’re serious about the craft it makes more sense to leave them! In theory, online street photography groups are an ideal way of connect...

It also reduces Blitzchung's ban to six months and gives him back his winnings.

Information security leaders and professionals are not clear on the differences between platform-as-a-service and software-as-a-service solutions. We need to offer precise information about these differences — otherwis...

What if Libra wasn’t backed by a basket of international currencies, but only the dollar? Regulatory pushback to the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra has caused major partners including Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and e...

Alexei Leonov, the world's first spacewalker, died in a Moscow hospital Friday (Oct. 11), but his legacy lives on aboard the International Space Station where the crew performed a spacewalk today.

Partially government-owned Türk Telekom restricted access to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp for about 48 hours as Turkey attacked the Kurds.

Researchers report that the injectable hormone tesamorelin reduces liver fat and prevents liver fibrosis (scarring) in people living with HIV.

Scientists have created a new layered superconducting material with a conducting layer made of bismuth, silver, tin, sulfur and selenium. The conducting layer features four distinct sublayers; by introducing more element...

A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the back of the eye that allows us to see.

Blue Shield of California has announced that it is partnering with health services provider Altais and Notable Health to spread adoption of the Apple Watch. The deal will center on doctors wearing an Apple Watch to easil...

Designed for travel on the waterways in cities, the SeaBubbles The Bubble Autonomous Water Vehicle is an eco-friendly method of travel. Because while it not only provides zero emissions whatsoever, this vehicle creates n...

Rolling across a Martian crater, the rover finds evidence of the red planet's wet past.

FBI overreach, hacker payback, and more of the week's top security news.

The popular third-party podcast player Overcast has joined the iOS 13 Dark Mode fun. The app has been updated to support iOS 13 Dark Mode, and it gives users two different options from which to pick. more… The post Ove...

The United Kingdom is set to make its own giant leap soon, with a very small rover.