Facebook is going to ask all of its users whether they want to be tracked as they use Facebook. The company won’t, it said. Instead, it will ask all of its users to explicitly opt in to having themselves tracked so that they can keep using Facebook, and tell them to limit that collection using its settings if they don't. But the site has warned that it will never be possible to turn off all ad tracking, as it isn't on many websites. People will always have the option to leave entirely, a senior member of staff said.

Among those involved in David Pokora's so-called Xbox Underground, one would become an informant, one would become a fugitive, and one would end up dead.

The Senate majority leader also rebuffed proposals to authorize war and slash federal spending.

A new video released by BuzzFeed appears to show former president Barack Obama calling President Donald Trump "a total and complete dips--- " among other outlandish statements — but as with many things online, it's not what it seems.

US mum-of-two was the passenger partially sucked out a broken plane window during a midair nightmare.

Two new papers find that the line that divides the moist East and arid West is edging eastward due to climate change—and the implications for farming and other pursuits could be huge.

She devoted much of her life to championing causes including illiteracy and cancer research.

North and South Korea are in talks to announce a permanent end to the ongoing military conflict between the two countries, daily newspaper Munhwa Ilbo reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed South Korean official.

After the Kremlin denounced U.S. plans to punish Russia over Syrian attack, the White House announced that a decision about new sanctions had not yet been made.

The push towards decriminalization comes as the opioid crisis continues to claim thousands of lives on both sides of the 49th parallel

Harry Anderson, the amiable actor who presided over the NBC comedy “Night Court” for nine seasons, has died at his home in Asheville, N.C., according to a local media report. He was 65.…

Officials are considering Maxim Borodin's death to be a suicide.

An early-twentieth-century camera enabled, for the first time, the taking of pictures that afforded a bird’s-eye view.

Lawyers for Trump’s fixer tried to keep secret the identity of his client. It turns out to be the Fox News host, which means the FBI seized files on him.

Jeff Bezos has built an empire based on exploitation.

R. Lee Ermey, the actor known for his Golden Globe-nominated role as an intimidating drill sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday at the age of 74, according to a statement from his manager.

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"Unless I go full tin-foil hat, you’ve basically left me with one option. To opt out of Facebook’s tracking, I’m going to have to join Facebook"

Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers found sedentary behavior is linked to thinning in regions of the brain that are critical to memory formation.

A young, Harvard-educated tech entrepreneur goes before Congress and gets a grilling about his company’s business practices. Sound familiar?

Because everyone using Chrome for everything is a bad idea

Nine minutes of newly found footage, restored from an aging film reel that was revealed publicly this weekend, shows the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated San Francisco in 1906.

The 1967 blaze at Cornell University killed 9, including members of a fast-track Ph.D. program. No one was ever charged, but an amateur investigator thinks he knows who set it.

Starbucks apologized after a video of two black men being arrested while waiting in a Philadelphia Starbucks went viral. The two men were waiting inside the Starbucks location for a friend when they were asked to leave, CBS reported. The police were then called, and the two men were arrested. In a video posted to Twitter, other customers complained that two men hadn’t done anything wrong.

You may make fun, but Ivanka Trump’s very dumb science photo op is actually what most people think when they hear “chemistry.” And it’s not a wrong idea. You mix some chemicals with some other chemicals, and you get molecules—multiple atoms bonded together.

The Musalman was established in Chennai in 1927

At some point, sweet potatoes crossed the Pacific. This much we know. As for the rest—How? When? Why?—we’re just not sure. Or, to be more clear, some people are sure they’re sure, and others disagree. Sweet potatoes have been at the center of a massive archaeological debate for many decades now, and a new paper has only stoked the flames.

A Moscow judge blocked the messaging app after it refused to give the security services its encryption keys. But the company says they don’t exist.

Nintendo has always championed local multiplayer experiences, whether it be with link cables for its handheld Game Boy systems or the easy wireless connectivity of the 3DS, and if a new patent application is any indication, the company could be working on a new type of screen that could revolutionize local multiplayer gaming all over again.

Conques was never supposed to be found. Or at least, not easily. The sleepy village had been presiding over the French Pyrénées mountains since the 7th century, when a monk named Dadon decided it would make the perfect place for sacred hermitage. Not only was the valley close to a legendary Roman spring, but it was nearly impossible to reach without a lot of grit and motivation, making it the perfect resting place for one of Europe’s grandest treasures…