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A launch in zero visibility comes to a dramatic but unclear end. "At least the crater is in the right place," Elon Musk says.

A human-shaped wooden idol decorated with an eerie human face and considered the oldest of its kind ever discovered may date back even further in time, researchers now say.

By using GPS data to monitor slight changes in elevation, the world's fleet of commercial vessels could aid in forecasting incoming waves.

Some people, especially those keeping tabs on the tech world, might be more familiar with chips under names like Qualcomm Snapdragon, Samsung Exynos, Huawei HiSilicon Kirin, or the newest kid on the block, Apple Silicon ...

Google puts enterprise-level AI into a handy document scanner. What you need to know Google's incubator team just developed a smart document scanner. The app will automatically organize documents and add important detail...

A tangle of conspiracy and politicking has complicated the investigation into the pandemic's origin.

Today marks the start of Fortnite‘s Spring Breakout, a ‘quacktastic’ time to mark the change of the season. This is the first time Epic has introduced a spring event in the game and, as you’d expect, it comes wit...

Tech companies have been talking more about privacy in recent years, and Apple proudly says that it protects user data more than anyone else. This week, new research by Douglas Leith from Trinity College showed that Goog...

Volkswagen has admitted that claims it would change its name in the US to “Voltswagen” were part of a weirdly-timed April Fool’s joke, backpedalling amid growing criticism that has resurfaced past behaviors the aut...

An Arizona app store antitrust bill has been officially withdrawn, following lobbying by Apple and Google. The bill would have allowed developers in the state to bypass app store payment systems, and thus avoid the 15% o...

Uranus and Neptune both have a completely skewed magnetic field, perhaps due to the planets' special inner structures. But new experiments by ETH Zurich researchers now show that the mystery remains unsolved.

Modern physics is full of the sort of twisty, puzzle-within-a-puzzle plots you'd find in a classic detective story: Both physicists and detectives must carefully separate important clues from unrelated information. Both ...

Niantic has unveiled a new multiplayer AR demo game that it says can handle up to ten times more simultaneous players on 5G.

A lot's happened since Facebook's first headset brought virtual reality to the masses. Facebook might have been a first mover, but it also wants to be the last one.

The Biden administration's decision to continue the National Space Council has won approval, and relief, from the space industry, who see it as the latest sign that the White House is not contemplating major changes to s...

Mission officials for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have announced the selection of the General Observer programs for the telescope's first year of science, known as Cycle 1. These specific programs will provide the ...

Mixed reality technologies, like virtual reality headsets or augmented reality apps, aren't just for entertainment--they can also help make discoveries on other worlds like the Moon and Mars. By traveling on Earth to ext...

The iPhone 13 series is due in September, according to some recent leaks. Apple reportedly plans to return to the regular iPhone launch schedule after having delayed the iPhone 12 launch event, and iPhone 12 series relea...

The first known interstellar comet to visit our solar system may be the most pristine ever found, never passing near a star until visiting our own, researchers say.

The labels attached to images used to train machine-vision systems are often wrong. That could mean bad decisions by self-driving cars and medical algorithms.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei has released its annual report and financial information for 2020, demonstrating the effect that US sanctions had on its business last year. The report shows that while reve...

Starting tomorrow, all free and premium Spotify users will be able access three new personalized mixes inspired by Daily Mix.