The agency has created an ambitious $200 million center to predict future outbreaks — but diseases are a lot harder to model than storms.

The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.

November 27, 2021 - A few years ago, a little known Montreal XR company was putting its patented technical chops into building out what many think is the "last interface", one that Facebook (ahem, Meta's) CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the social media giant's future on. Today, that Montreal company, and some pretty impressive Canadian innovators, find themselves thick in the middle of the Metaverse's battle of the titans.

Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water.

What used to be a Douglas R4D military aircraft has been repurposed for a massive motorhome after several years of work and an investment of $20,000.

The legislation will define social media services as the publisher of the comments, allowing them to be the...

They really don’t make ‘em like they used to

Lighting and warming homes in winter, or ransoming encrypted files and buying drugs? Hmmm

As more bitcoin ATMs are installed around the country, criminals are increasingly using the machines for money laundering and drug trafficking.

Prototype design for a powerful nuclear reactor for the country’s space programme has been completed and some components have been built, according to researchers.

The metaverse may represent an over $1 trillion annual revenue market opportunity, crypto investment giant Grayscale said in a report, without specifying the timeline.

The Cleo Robotics Dronut is the world’s first bi-rotor ducted drone that makes it look like something straight out of science fiction. The Boston-based company that specializes in unconventional robotic systems has released a drone that sports an unconventional design and capabilities which allow it to access spaces that ordinary drones can’t navigate, such as confined rooms and or close to people.

Record labels look vulnerable and this startup is pouncing

The agency put out a request for proposals for a lunar nuclear power plant that can power surface exploration.

Voice assistants are toys. At least, they’re finding it hard to talk their way into our lives, especially with technicians who know there are more powerful smart home systems or interfaces that can do a better job of automating their homes or workplaces. 

Italy's competition authority fines the tech giants €200m over an exclusivity agreement.

Six-month-old Archie was born with a condition where the growth lines in his skull had fused too early. His parents needed to make a difficult decision - opt for the risks of surgery, or let nature take its course with the physical and psychological impacts which could follow. But thanks to a pioneering new technology, Amanda and Judd Michnowiec were able to see what the changes would be beforehand, in virtual reality.

NASA's mission DART will test our ability to redirect an asteroid by quite literally crashing into it — but the spacecraft will also test a new type of propulsion system for the agency.

Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.

Researchers at a Seattle A.I. lab say they have built a system that makes ethical judgments. But its judgments can be as confusing as those of humans.