Technology News

An online dashboard shows all confirmed, suspected and recovered coronavirus patients, as well as deaths.

New estimates of how far the virus could spread suggest an explosion of cases will hit the Chinese city and more infected individuals will show up abroad.

NEUROSCIENCE The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly’s ‘Connectome’ Gregory Barber | Wired “Researchers like Rubin believe a physical blueprint of the brain could become a foundational resource for neuros...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed telecoms security with US President Donald Trump as he prepares to announce if Britain will use China's Huawei in its 5G networks, officials said Saturday.

The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.

It’s no secret that consumers are largely ditching traditional pay-TV services in favor of over-the-top and on-demand video streaming services. Comcast is one of the service providers feeling this change in the market ...

The leadership of the House Science Committee introduced a NASA authorization bill Jan. 24 that seeks to significantly alter NASA's current plans to return humans to the moon and make them part of an effort to send human...

A new study out of McGill University has found that anti-inflammatory drugs may only work properly if taken at the right time of the day…and, in fact, they may actively cause harm if taken at the wrong time. At the hea...

A 50-foot ring topped with white insulation sits attached to wires, pipes, and other electrical components in a warehouse on Fermilab's northern Illinois campus. Scientists taking data with this device have the potential...

Facebook and DOJ on Friday urged a federal judge to approve a $5 billion deal struck with the FTC in July over Cambridge Analytica privacy complaints.       

The powerful Black Shark 2 Pro gaming phone from Xiaomi makes a rare US appearance at CES, and I got to spend a little time with it.

The real-time strategy game tasks players with evolving a virus that will wipe out humanity.

Google and Activision Blizzard have announced a major new multi-year esports deal that will, among other things, make YouTube the exclusive global streaming partner for live esports broadcasts involving games like Call o...

A new video from XDA Developers reveals Android's upcoming AirDrop-like sharing feature. Called Nearby Sharing, it can transfer photos and a video

Some scientists have been poking at the foundations of dark energy, but many say the concept remains on solid, if mysterious, ground.

An artist on Twitter struck retouching gold recently when she offered up a simple service: she’ll edit your ex out of any photo you send her for just $10 per pic. She’s since received over 800 replies, forcing her to...

There have been Super Bowl ads for electric cars before, but they've tended to treat EVs as novelties. BMW's 2015 ad for the i3 was practically a crash course in EVs, while Audi's 2019 spot was more to advertise electrif...

So much for the Uncharted movie having a reasonably firm release date. Sony's Columbia Pictures has delayed the release of the game-inspired swashbuckler from its earlier December 18th, 2020 slot to March 5th, 2021. Ther...

In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds.

Spacewalking astronauts worked to complete repairs to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Saturday and give it new life.

More commonly associated with treating bipolar disorder, microdoses of lithium may halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Apple won't have to pay WiLan as much as expected for alleged patent violations. A retrial jury has reduced the damages from WiLan's lawsuit from the original $145.1 million (determined in 2018) down to slightly over $85...