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Google isn't the only tech giant hoping that artificial intelligence can aid the fight against cancer. Microsoft has unveiled Project Hanover, an effort to use AI for both understanding and treating cancers. To begin wit...

FBI says it's impossible but Cambridge computer security expert proves them wrong.

Our modern environment is saturated with wireless signals, a consequence of our insatiable desire to transmit data seamlessly and efficiently. A new device developed by scientists at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial...

During a prerun of the Baja 1000, one of the world's most treacherous off-road races, Michael McClellan rode his dirt bike out to the front. He traversed the rough terrain of Mexico's northwest peninsula, eventually comi...

Good news Androidistas! Google is doing a phone, and it's coming soon. Google will livestream the announcement on its YouTube channel at 9am PDT on October 4--meaning the phone will be a libra , and therefore very balanc...

There's no room for your briefcase so it's hard to use for your daily commute, but just think how fast you'd ride to work on the Aerovelo Eta which just set a new record for the World's Fastest Human-Powered vehicle reac...

Marine archaeologists have found the partial remains of a 2,000-year-old skeleton while conducting an excavation at the Antikythera shipwreck, the famous site that yielded the freakishly-advanced Antikythera Mechanism. I...

In an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, President Obama not only advocates for the self-driving car, but muses on the technological advancements of the past seven-and-a-half years. "Things are a little different tod...

MGT Capital Investment, the penny stock turned "technology company" led by noted liar and trickster John McAfee is crashing on the New York Stock Exchange following a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission....

A relatively small number of crops make up a lot of the world's diet. But, as the world gets hotter, the places that we're able to grow these crops is moving.

Disappointed that you don’t have more Comcast in your life? Starting mid-2017, you’ll be able to get mobile phone service through the service provider, something that will reportedly rely heavily on WiFi but will uti...

More than 500,000 replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones have landed in the United States and been shipped to stores across the country, meaning anyone in need of a non-explosive device can get one tomorrow, September 21st, ju...

Look, railing against Gotham for its absolute refusal to portray any of its characters in a consistent way is a fool's errand. But executive producer Ken Woodruff's explanation of why the show is turning Poison Ivy from ...

Have you noticed that Amazon's searches and recommendations tend to steer you toward its own products and partners, rather than whatever happens to be the best deal? You're not alone. ProPublica has conducted research sh...

Canon's 24.2-megapixel M5 is its best mirrorless camera yet, but is that enough? The company is playing to its strengths by giving the new model classic Canon DSLR-like styling and, finally, a 2.36 million dot electronic...

North Korea is something of a locked box to the rest of the world, and even one of the handiest apparatuses through which you can glimpse cultural habits--the internet--is largely inaccessible to anyone outside the count...

Today is an important day in the development of autonomous cars, because today the National Highway Safety Administration published the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, a 116-page document that you can read here design...

MakerBot was going to change the world. It was going to bring 3D-printing, long a product limited to designer offices and workshops, into the home (or at least the garage). But earlier today, under a veil of marketing sp...

I've never actually watched an episode of Sherlock, but I've heard enough good things about the BBC series to know that it's one of those Good Television shows. You know, the ones that smart-ish people love telling other...

A team of researchers from China's Keen Security Lab were able to remotely hack into a Tesla Model S by exploiting the vehicle's in-car web browser. While the Keen group worked closely with Tesla's own security team to f...

If you don't have cable but want to catch the general election presidential debates, Facebook is hoping you'll tune into its livestreaming platform. Thanks to the deal with ABC News, Facebook will serve as a livestreamin...

Mozilla's latest Firefox adds a couple new and refined features intended to improve the time you spend reading online. While Firefox released an ad-stripping, layout-simplifying Reader Mode way back in 2012, the newest r...