Facial recognition was used unlawfully by a British police force and violated human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled in a landmark case. Judges were considering two uses of the controversial technology in Cardiff, but the judgment could have an impact on its growing use in other parts of the UK.

Researchers have found that people who use strains of cannabis high in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound in the plant, are almost twice.

Facebook Lite, the social network's slimmed down app for low speed connections and low-spec phones, is being deactivated, reports MacMagazine.

Despite a major pop in internet traffic thanks to the pandemic, ISPs, CDNs, and cloud providers all proved up to the traffic challenge.

New research shows a growing threat from Pacific storms amid climate change.

Microsoft is reconsolidating its Windows team and maybe, just maybe, we'll finally see Windows patches we can install without praying first.

Hidden bad loans threaten to wipe out bank profits and erode capital bases, especially at China’s small and regional banks that have come under fire for years of undisciplined balance sheet expansion and fraud.

Scientists take a new look at the extinct, jumbo Deinosuchus and find it truly lived up to its name.

High Score is a six episode documentary that focuses on the golden era of gaming and it is a must watch for video game geeks like me. I am a massive gamer. This is something I am sure you already know about me if you have been following me closely. I love to game. In my spare time I play card games, tabletop games, video games — every type of game. So when I first heard about High Score, a show coming to Netflix that explores the golden era in gaming, I knew I would love it.

Facebook Inc on Tuesday unveiled a new policy that would prevent U.S. publishers with political ties from running ads presented as news articles, as the country gears up for the presidential election in November.

Reddit is gearing up to run ads for President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election despite concerns from employees, TechCrunch has learned. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman addressed some of these employee concerns during an all-hands meeting last week, viewed by TechCrunch.

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon with full ownership rights over their land saw a two-thirds decrease in the rate of deforestation on their land in the world's most important rainforest, a new study finds.

Tobacco plants have been modified with a protein found in algae to improve their photosynthesis and increase growth, while using less water, in a new advance that could point the way to higher-yielding crops in a drought-afflicted future.

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"No matter if it's India, Southeast Asia or the Americas, there will be a manufacturing ecosystem in each," said Foxconn chairman Young Liu, according to Bloomberg. Liu boldly proclaimed that while China will continue to be a key location for Foxconn's factories, the country's "days as the world's factory are done."

Already strained by a popular uprising, economic collapse and the global pandemic, Lebanon's cultural sector was blown apart by the devastating explosion last week. Can it be rebuilt?

The US and Russia are said to be in a group of military powers who have rejected proposals for regulation on autonomous weapons.

Researchers have demonstrated that they can fool a modern face recognition system into seeing someone who isn’t there. A team from the cybersecurity firm McAfee set up the attack against a facial recognition system similar to those currently used at airports for passport verification.

Hot and dry conditions are hammering Colorado, intensifying a 20-year shift toward aridity. On Thursday, federal officials designated 100% of the state abnormally dry or in drought for the first time in eight years — “extreme” or “severe” in many areas — consistent with a broader transformation of the Southwest amid climate warming.

There is no question that motivation is one of the hardest and yet important factors in life. It’s the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, why is it so hard to get motivated – or even if we do, to keep it up?