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Days after Microsoft came under intense scrutiny for working with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a report from NBC News revealed that a number of major tech firms have been raking in millions of dollars from...

When you're flying around in space, where there's no air or wind resistance, aerodynamics aren't important. That's why the Star Trek Borg ship is just a giant cube and still works just fine. But when ships are also visit...

Mobile app subscriptions are usually a pain in the ass to cancel, but Google is doing its part to make it slightly easier to get out of the fees with its new Subscriptions Center. The feature, announced at Google I/O ear...

The Sony PlayStation might be getting a lot of flak lately over its Fortnite cross-play snub, but PS fans can now gloat over the Xbox rivals over one aspect. The PlayStation has its own VR system and, if things continue ...

When Scrolls was hit by a Bethesda lawsuit and its online servers died an ugly death, the future of Mojang's collectible card game was looking rather grim. But Scrolls is still alive, and it's just been rebranded as 'Cal...

Today we’re exploring the latest leak of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, but we’re also having a chat about why this phone inspires such ravenous behavior in info-seekers and fans. Today we’re seeing confirmation of a d...

We're used to seeing the likes of Wii avatars crudely banging at pianos or sawing away at violins, but Facebook is now working on an application that uses music alone to govern the movements of an augmented reality avata...

Krzanich's consensual workplace relationship violated company's non-fraternization policy.

Anyone trying to buy opioids or seeking addiction treatment through Facebook should now instead see information for a federal crisis helpline. Facebook has worked with a policy team on the measure over the last few month...

Highway traffic monitoring is frequently... less than efficient. Fixed cameras can't catch problems beyond their immediate location, while aircraft are both costly and inevitably have to fly back to a distant base to ref...

A series of heartbreaking investigative stories published Wednesday by Reveal and The Texas Tribune highlight the disturbing conditions many undocumented children have been allegedly forced to endure in privately run she...

Telecom shill and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is on some sort of Mark Zuckerberg-style tour of America's heartland, and he's uploaded his first vlog that he's labeled as "comedy."

More than five dozen Github contributors on Thursday signed a letter threatening to abandon the website unless Microsoft canceled its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contract.

LaVar Ball and his Big Baller Brand extend their relationship with Facebook today as the social media giant will exclusively air the first game of Ball's Junior Basketball Association tonight, as well as every game going...

A surprise Supreme Court ruling could make your next online shopping spree more expensive, after deciding that states can impose sales tax on internet purchases made from out-of-state retailers. The issue had been pushed...

Historically, Twitter has done a poor job of protecting its users from incessant abuse and threats. In a bid to curb the rampant harassment on its service, however, Twitter announced today that it's buying Smyte, a San F...

For the past two weeks, a massive dust storm has churned on Mars, forcing NASA to put its Opportunity rover into hibernation mode. But Curiosity, a rover on the other side of the planet, is now feeling the effects of the...

A fringe theory about the origins of Alzheimer's disease--that latent viral infections can sometimes trigger its emergence--has gotten perhaps its most significant bit of support yet. A complex new study published Thursd...

The story of Tesla suing a former employee for alleged theft and sabotage has taken another odd turn. While the company increased security at its battery producing Gigafactory after claiming a friend of Martin Tripp said...

Until another service offers a better deal, it's hard be angry when MoviePass pulls some bullshit changes to its plan. But we're going to go ahead say you should be pissed about the new surge pricing that will reportedly...

A year ago, the FDA implemented new, streamlined regulations for digital devices. One of them is a continuous glucose-monitoring (CGM) system the FDA just approved that sends data from an implantable sensor to a paired m...

Facebook’s previously announced language translation AI has finally brought direct Spanish translations to the company’s Messenger app. With this, users can see direct translations to and from Spanish/English without...