Days after the official nationwide abolition of slavery in December 1865, Alabama made it illegal for Black farm employees to sell a long list of foods, including corn, rice, cotton and “animal of any kind.” Another law punished Black people for gath ...

North Korea's second-in-command inspected a construction site for 10,000 new apartment units in Pyongyang, state media said. Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Friday the construction is a "major project" of North Kor ...

The Texas Department of Banking today issued a notice confirming that state-chartered banks may store cryptocurrency on clients' behalf, provided they have "adequate protocols in place" for complying with the law. Though that seems lik ...

Dozens of major music stars have joined a campaign for UK law to change regarding the royalties paid from streaming. The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Yoko Ono, Van Morrison, Barry Gibb, Emeli Sandé and Jarvis Cocker are among the new si ...

In a report published this morning, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg says that customers should expect stricter privacy controls, updates to iPad multitasking aimed at attracting advanced users, and new notification modes. The incoming iOS notification banne ...

Researchers have created the largest ever map of dark matter, the invisible material thought to account for 80 per cent of the total matter in the universe

The group behind the SolarWinds (SWI.N) cyber attack identified late last year is now targeting government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said late on Thursday.

A new study concludes that extinction rates for gastropods during the fifth mass extinction were worse than believed, and the sixth could be even bigger.

The app formerly known as Vigilante is reportedly testing a feature that summons a "personal rapid response service" on-demand..

In a deeply personal interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Porter reveals the secret he’s been holding on to for 14 years: being HIV-positive.

Good luck with that.

A letter from scientists shows a potential lab leak is increasingly being taken seriously.

From Amman and Baghdad to London and Berlin, thousands gather across the world to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza.

A new app helps you navigate, not with turn-by-turn directions but via audio “beacons”

Chinese tech giant Baidu has rolled out its paid driverless taxi service, making it the first company that's commercialized autonomous driving operations in China

When it comes to sales figures and other bits of hard data, OnePlus is usually very secretive. But in an interview with Android Authority, Tuomas Lampén, Head of Strategy at OnePlus Europe, divulged some numbers related to growth in the region.

Toyota is hitting the gas to achieve its self-driving goals by buying Lyft's autonomous vehicle business for over half a billion dollars. The two players announced the $550 million acquisition on Tuesday, saying that it would allow them to creat ...

Afghans are coming forward to describe past alleged killings by Australian forces, as the Australian government launches investigations into its troops' suspected war crimes in Afghanistan.

Anthony Powell, the three-time Oscar-winning costume designer known for helping shape the looks of Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones and Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil, has died. He was 85.

Prince Philip’s funeral was watched by a peak audience of more than 13 million on the BBC and ITV in the UK, as the Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest during an intimate service in the grounds of Windsor Castle.