July 28, 2012: Apple buys biometrics company AuthenTec, acquiring the technology that will power future authentication and secure payments initiatives.

Television and film actor Bob Odenkirk was taken to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after collapsing on the set of his AMC cable network show "Better Call Saul," according to sources close to the performer.

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year and a half in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which says the coronavirus is largely to blame.

Without online diversity, only a handful of people will dictate the fate of the world.

A potentially life-saving treatment - Hi1a - for heart attack victims has been discovered from the venom of the Fraser Island funnel web spider.

Apple has expressed caution about a proposal to increase the share of streaming music revenue paid to artists from the current typical 16% to a far higher 50% rate. The British government has proposed a “complete reset” of the business model for streaming music, so that artists and songwriters are better compensated.

In the new report “The Amazon Panopticon,” UNI Global Union catalogues the various methods Amazon uses to pile pressure on workers through extreme surveillance and monitoring.

Last week, CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the company plans to build an engine known as “Raptor 2.” This would be a more powerful version of the Raptor engine, currently being used for the under-development Starship vehicle.

A new order pushes the FCC to restore net neutrality

Belarus-based uSky Transport is testing a set of suspended pods to offset traffic congestion in Sharjah, UAE.

Nebraska-based artist Steve Lindsay is equally interested in engraving metals and other surfaces as he is in the tools needed to etch with exacting precision.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 12 and up in May, but there are rules in place that make it difficult for minors to get vaccinated. 45 states currently mandate that 12- to 15-year-olds have consent from a guardian to get the vaccine, according to CNN. For 16- to 18-year-olds, it varies by state.

The discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the Marieval Indian Residential School is the latest in Canada’s grim tally.

The singer was accused of assaulting a videographer at a concert in 2019, and is charged with two misdemeanor accounts of simple assault.

Spot the friendly robot dog has a new owner. Well, the company that makes this computer-controlled pooch does. On Monday, SoftBank announced Hyundai Motor Group officially took a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics, which tinkers with robots like Spot. Hyundai and SoftBank first revealed the deal last year, but as of today, Hyundai now owns a controlling stake -- at least 80% of the firm.

The Lucid Air has been in the works for a very long time, nearly a decade by some accounts. The first time I rode in the 1,000-horsepower electric sedan was in Las Vegas in 2017, when Lucid Motors had an engineering prototype on hand at the Consumer Electronics Show. I rode in the Air again just this past Monday, in a near-final version of the massive, roomy vehicle. Suffice to say, it was better the second time around.

A child who went missing in Italy has been found by a reporter sent to cover his disappearance, several kilometres from the boy's home. The 21-month-old toddler was last seen in his bedroom on Monday night and was reported missing by his parents the next day.

Terrance McKinney had one of the most memorable UFC debuts ever for a number of reasons.