Did you buy a shiny new iPhone 6 from AT&T Wireless? You might want to check your next monthly bill for an increased charge.

Hoopla over Apple’s newest iPhones and a new smart watch helped bury news of two embarrassing tech settlements. With all eyes on Apple’s product launches on Tuesday, a number of tech companies took the opportunity to get news out that wasn’t so posit ...

People who sit for prolonged periods, for example office workers at a desk, have a higher chance of experiencing negative health conditions but a study by scientists at Indiana University suggests that just 3 walks of 5 minutes distributed throughout ...

In an attempt to deal with its own sexual assault crisis, the military is holding the musician accountable.

The Web is going to get faster in the very near future. And sadly, this is rare enough to be news. The speed bump won't be because our devices are getting faster, but they are. It won't be because some giant company created something great, ...

In medical school, America’s physicians receive a piece of advice that they rarely share with patients: “Don’t get sick in July.” To most Americans, who try to never get sick, it may seem like odd advice. But to doctors, especially those at one of th ...

It's official: Amazon is acquiring video game streaming service Twitch. It may seem like a surprising move — especially given Google's reported interest — but Amazon seems intent on building a gaming empire. It started quietly in 2008, but ...

Government bean counters have given the Federal Communications Commission the green light to find out whether big telecom companies are charging other businesses too much for connectivity. The FCC said Monday that the Office of Management and Budget ...

Baidu is a fixture of online life in China, but it wants to become a global power. Can one of the world’s leading artificial- intelligence researchers help it challenge Silicon Valley’s biggest companies?

A major source of organ donations? Auto collisions. Which means 3D printed organs won't become a reality until we get self-driving cars, a surprising connection.

Researchers in the US have developed self-folding robots that are able to take shape and crawl without human intervention. The robots are inspired by the ancient Japanese art of origami. They are made from flat layers of material; some of these are r ...

With a certain logic, quasi-taxi-like services such as Uber and Lyft provide a public health benefit to cities. They give the bar-hopping demographic a better way to get home at night, and, as a result, they may help cut down on DUIs.

A man thinks the urinal is a wash basin. 0:24 for fail.

When you have an important, top secret compliment to give, it's vital to turn your body into a drill and burrow through the earth so you can deliver it in person.

Last week, we wrote about the latest in the Jewel v. NSA case, where the Justice Department admitted to the EFF that the NSA was still destroying surveillance evidence, despite a temporary restraining order in March ordering it to stop.

Snowden's Russia visa for temporary asylum, which can be extended indefinitely. Ex-KGB Major Boris Karpichko told Nigel Nelson of The Mirror that spies from Russia’s SVR intelligence service, posing as ­diplomats in Hong Kong, convinced Snowden ...

Drunken brawling. Tipping shot glasses like dominoes. Swimming naked in fountains. Skipping around street carnivals. Wild karaoke. Kung fu in pool halls. Swirling dance beats. And, of course, Snoop Dogg.

Speaking two languages does not only come in handy when you travelling, but it also has a positive effect on cognition later in life, according to a new study released Monday.

A highly radioactive substance, emitting in some places radiation 100 times the permitted amount, has been discovered in the canton of Bern, Swiss media reporte

1%-ers fight against the 99%-ers for rights to universal education, worker rights, unimpeded right to vote, and rights to a clean environment