On the heels of Microsoft's Activision purchase, the US government's Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission launched a joint review of antitrust merger guidelines. The DOJ and FTC monitor and may investigate mergers and acquisitions which, to put it very simply, could break antitrust laws, usually through anticompetitive or monopolistic arrangements.

The early Pokémon Go frenzy apparently led to poor choices from two police officers. As Axios' Stephen Totilo and BBC News report, the LAPD is now known to have fired officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell for ignoring a robbery on April 15th, 2017 to play Niantic's augmented reality blockbuster. Rather than respond to a radio call demanding backup for a theft at Macy's in the Crenshaw Mall, the policemen reportedly spent the next 20 minutes driving around to catch a Snorlax (an...

The fight for a ‘right to repair’ our gadgets has been going on for a long time. This phone bakes it in.

Jessie J tested positive for COVID-19 after performing at her Dec. 15 concert at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles, the singer revealed in an Instagram post on Sunday. "I got covid at this show BUT The audience could clap in time," the "Bang Bang" singer, 33, captioned a collection of photos from the night of the intimate concert, adding, "Balance."

Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is the designer of The Matrix, a popular video game set in a virtual reality. His bosses have ordered a sequel; at an ideas meeting, his colleagues throw around a few ideas. PVC. Guns. Trans allegory. There is much winking and nudging in Lana Wachowski’s follow-up to the groundbreaking sci-fi films she co-created with her sister Lilly. Wachowski understands that in the 20 years since, their legacy has been boiled down to a catalogue of memes with lucrative franch...

The move comes in the wake of an NLRB settlement that focused on the company's "15-minute" rule.

Christian von Koenigsegg created the Swedish company in 1994 to produce a "world-class" sports car. It took many years of development and testing to bring the first production car CC8S, to market in 2002.

Researchers have developed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of ultra-long fiber that could be woven into fabrics. The battery could enable a wide variety of wearable electronic devices, and might even be used to make 3D-printed batteries in virtually any shape.

NASA and Boeing are planning no earlier than May 2022 for the rescheduled second uncrewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after deciding to change service modules for that mission. Under the revised plan, the service module that had been built for the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, the flight of that vehicle to carry people, will instead be used for the Orbital Flight Test (OFT) 2 mission.

Elon Musk faces a hefty tax bill this year — possibly the biggest in U.S. history. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” the Tesla CEO tweeted on Monday. That’s close to a CNBC estimate that Musk was set to pay a total of $12 billion in taxes in 2021.

Despite the commonly used phrases “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery” the findings show that both aerospace engineers and neurosurgeons have similar levels of intelligence to those in the general population. As such, the researchers say that both specialties might be unnecessarily put on a pedestal, and that phrases unrelated to careers such as “It’s a walk in the park” might be more appropriate.

Children living in chaotic households demonstrate worse executive functioning, according to a study published in BMC Psychology. The findings revealed that this effect was partly driven by lower parental responsiveness in chaotic households.

The metaverse is going to onboard billions, and streamlining the immersive computing experience in real-time is going to be a huge challenge.

A “massive bullish move” could be the result of this week’s momentum indicator move, in line with behaviour from throughout 2021.

After months of viral videos showing deteriorating conditions on the streets of San Francisco, including smash-and-grab robberies and open-air drug use, the city’s mayor has moved to implement a new public safety approach to curb criminal behavior. Her move could signal a recognition by the Democratic establishment that crime may prove a potent issue in upcoming elections.

An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.

Several people remain unconvinced that religious exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines are necessary.

China's Shenzhou-13 crew members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu gave a livestreamed science lecture to students on Earth from the space station's core module, Tianhe, on Thursday afternoon.

A major British study into mixing COVID-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by Moderna nine weeks later, according to the results on Monday.