New data show politicians have a considerable survival advantage over general populations, based on information from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians. In some countries this survival advantage is at the highest level for 150 years, and life e ...

Starting Tuesday, Microsoft announced new customers can no longer use its features to read emotions and will have to apply for approval to use its other facial recognition tools.

The videogame has finally been adapted for TV – with the former Wire actor in the lead. He talks about his lean years after the legendary show aired – and losing his Halo character the Master Chief’s famous helmet

The cleanest power available, by far, is the power we don't use.

ByteDance is hiring more people to work on VR.

“The Sopranos” finale, “Made In America” which aired 15 years ago, draws the epic and ambiguous conclusion of Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini. But did the …

To avoid power shortages and keep the grid running smoothly, we may have to adjust our expectations around the transition to green energy.

When the great library at Alexandria went up in flames, it is said that the books took six months to burn. We can’t know if this is true. Exactly how the library met its end, and whether it even existed, have been subjects of speculation for more tha ...

Workers within industries that prop up fossil fuels said they could no longer ignore the climate crisis. So they quit

Proton Mail, Proton VPN and Proton Drive now fall under a single $9.99/month subscription

The entirety of the case rests on twelve words.

What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?

MIT researchers claim they've built an AI that can determine a person's race from medical X-Rays. That would be a miraculous breakthrough.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal returned to haunt Meta aka Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Washington District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A Racine announcing that his office is suing the social media behemoth's founder for his role in F ...

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial sparked a revolting online circus. By joining in, “SNL” proved it’s no longer influencing meme culture but instead embracing its worst impulses.

Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.

Amber Heard is just the first target of a new extremist playbook.

Facebook used a front group to secretly plant op-eds in local newspapers nationwide in order to lobby Washington to back down from antitrust legislation aimed at improving competition in tech, acco…

Researchers say Elon Musk’s suggested approach for tabulating fake accounts on Twitter is woefully deficient.

Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine was named the winner, pushed to the top by the public vote. The band was victorious with a performance of a rousing, anthemic song delivered as a tribute to Ukraine as a motherland.