Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout.

Zuckerberg’s speech feels like empty words in the absence of any concrete changes to the company’s questionable policies on speech.

China is supposed to be savvy. So why is it throwing a fit about a tweet, an app, and a gamer in a mask in the absence of any real threat?

Face-recognition technology is the new norm. You may think, “I’ve got nothing to hide,” but we all should be concerned.

It might sound crazy, but it’s true: The heavens cast their wrath and fury on the ships more than on the fishes.

Twenty energy companies are responsible for more than a third of all worldwide carbon emissions over the last half-century, climatologists said in a new study Wednesday.

The company will start with projects in Latin America and Africa.

Text-generating AI is getting better and better — but it’s not yet contest-winning good.

Research shows hardened public attitudes about selling data, but rewards help.

The laws go after malicious video forgeries.

The potential uses for wearable electronic devices continue to increase, especially for medical and athletic monitoring. Such devices require the development of a reliable and efficient energy source that can easily be integrated into the human body. ...

The murder of the Pakistani social media star, Qandeel Baloch, sparked an international debate over the practice of what is controversially known as honor killing in Asian countries. Three years after the incident, her brother has received a life sen ...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s searing address at the United Nations earlier this week earned enthusiastic praise from climate researchers, with many saying that the 16-year-old has found ways to raise awareness of climate science, galvanize ...

Coming via software update in November

The world's largest offshore wind farm is taking shape off the east coast of Britain, a landmark project that demonstrates one way to combat climate change at scale. Located 120 kilometers (75 miles) off England's Yorkshire coast, Hornsea O ...

Twelve years. Thousands of hours of sleuthing. No answers. On the hunt for the three most enigmatic minutes of music

The country is offering citizenship to Jews whose families it expelled in the 15th century.

It takes this many licks to get to the Tootsie roll center of a Tootsie pop, and it’s a lot more than three.

From climate denial to anti-vax to a resurgent eugenics movement, we are in a golden age of terrible conspiratorial thinking, writes Cory Doctorow, with real consequences for our species’ continued survival on our planet

Antonio Brown's NFL career is over, because few coaches or GMs can juggle talent and trouble without destroying their team in the process.