The podcast host Joe Rogan has offered “sincere and humble apologies” after footage emerged of him repeatedly using the N-word on his hit show. The comedian, 54, who has a lucrative deal with the streaming giant Spotify, said it was the “most regretf ...

I went on a vacation. I came home with a mysterious fungus in my brain that is so rare only about 120 cases have been confirmed worldwide since its discovery in 1911.

Multiple platforms streaming new TV shows and films risk leaving people overwhelmed by choice.

A cyber security student has shown Apple how hacking its Mac webcams can then also leave devices fully open to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program. Ryan Pickren, who previously discovered an iPhone and Mac camera ...

The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said. Plastics are of particularly high concern, they said, along with 350,000 synthetic chemica ...

In a move befitting its Silicon Valley setting, the city of Sunnyvale, Calif., will aim a laser at 1,000 birds that have overwhelmed the downtown area during the pandemic.

The social-media platform’s status as a relic of the Internet has attracted prodigal users as well as new ones.

Men who believe their level of masculinity is closely tied to their penis and its size are more likely to endorse sexist beliefs, according to new research published in the journal Psychology of Men & Masculinities. The authors of the study saw t ...

Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather are being sued over allegations they misled investors when promoting a little-known cryptocurrency called EthereumMax to their millions of social media followers. A class action lawsuit filed last Friday in the U.S ...

China is continuing to hold off from issuing new game licenses to app developers producing for the App Store and other platforms, in regulatory inaction that has reportedly led to the shuttering of around 140,000 small game studios and related compan ...

In “The Story Paradox,” Jonathan Gottschall explores how narrative shapes reality and our own actions.

Prepping to start 2022 afresh, I'm ever so grateful for one of the best decisions the tech industry has made recently: adopting USB-C.

The device is called Taste the TV, and involves 10 canisters that spritz combinations of food flavoring onto a plastic sheet covering a screen.

Keanu Reeves covers his face with both hands. Long bands of the actor’s straggly, jet-black hair flit from side to side as he shakes his cradled head. Reeves, who is 57, has a new Matrix movie out soon. It will be the first instalment in that famous ...

Covid-19 outbreaks are sweeping through the NFL, NBA and NHL, sidelining dozens of players this week including some of the leagues’ biggest stars.

On the eve of her execution for treason in February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, penned a letter to King Henri III of France and secured it with a paper lock that featured an intricate spiral mechanism. So-called "letterlocking" was a common ...

State-owned media conglomerate launches new video-sharing platform as Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech companies.

Dollar Tree will soon be $1.25 tree.

A senior Pentagon official warned the US military is "not ready" to handle climate change, a national security issue that touches nearly every aspect of Defense Department planning. "We are not where we should be, and now is beyond the ...

Commercial applications to take water are on the rise, sparking a province-wide debate about who should profit off B.C.'s imperilled freshwater resources