It's not clear why, but it even works for partisan conspiracies.

Elon Musk believes it’s highly likely that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a threat to people. The Tesla founder is concerned that a handful of major companies will end up in control of AI systems with “extreme” levels of power. In Mr Musk’s opi ...

In the middle innings of Game 7 of the World Series, as Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw carved through the Houston Astros lineup, one question emerged from the smoke of the ash pit that was the game’s first hour: Why wasn’t he doing this in t ...

Federal judge rebuffs claim that pardon entitles Arpaio to have conviction erased.

You can now walk coast to coast across Canada, via the longest trail in the world.

“It’s hard to get a job, hard to make a living, hard to have a normal social life when all your friends and family know you believe in ethnic cleansing.”

Their “reputation score” depends on it.

Desktop Metal - remember the name. This Massachussetts company is preparing to turn manufacturing on its head, with a 3D metal printing system that's so much faster, safer and cheaper than existing systems that it's going to compete with tr ...

Even Einstein was unexceptional in his youth. Now a new book questions our fixation with IQ and says adults can help almost any child become gifted

On Wednesday, an appellate court shot down Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht's effort to avoid spending the rest of his life behind bars.

I noticed pages are loading much quicker for me as of late -- anyone notice it too?

The hunt for the Wikileaks founder has been a brutal and corrupt assault on freedom of speech from the beginning, writes John Pilger. Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, ob ...

Waymo, the Google self-driving-car spinout, dropped a bombshell claim in court on Wednesday.

There are other worlds than these. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world’s most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been lock ...

The following video explores the influence billionaires have had through massive public relations campaigns, fake "grass roots" movements like the Tea Party, and funding of right-libertarian organizations like FreedomWorks and Americans for ...

Don Rickles, one of the most legendary, iconic and influential comedians in history, has died.

More than 60 students were climbing near the Nasu Onsen ski resort north of Tokyo when the tragedy hit

Moments, best known as the feature you have to swipe past to see your notifications, are collections of tweets that generally focus on a...

Former Israeli PM and President Shimon Peres has died aged 93 following a stroke two weeks ago.

It turns out Apple CEO Tim Cook is pretty much vindicated when he argued that the government can't keep a backdoor safe.