Google funds these lobbyists and astroturf operations because they also lobby for lax tax enforcement, lax labor laws, lax privacy laws, and so on. Google doesn't fund these lobbyists because they're climate deniers, nor because they're indifferent to climate change and its human costs.

An algorithm uses radio waves rather than visible light to detect what people are up to without revealing what they look like.

What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us.

A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies.

The path to a world of self-driving remains long and winding

Although Domino's likes to embrace technology for better customer experiences, the pizza chain's website recently became the subject of a lawsuit when it was found to be inaccessible for the disabled.

Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.

PlayStation also stated that it is "re-thinking" the PS5 controller with a number of new features

The future is crickets.

"When we're in the beginning of an ecological and climate collapse," said the lawmaker who introduced the measure, "I hope we can re-think our relationship with Nature."

Twitter used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication to target ads—just like Facebook did before.

"Just because it's not the state doesn't mean that there isn't harmful impacts that could come if you have one or two large companies monitoring or tracking everything you do," says Christopher Wylie.

Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku have studied the diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps for years.

The PC — and yes, Microsoft — set us free. Now Microsoft is taking control.

For many wannabe astronauts, venturing into the great unknown would be a dream come true. But it can easily turn into an astronaut's worst nightmare.

It’s mid-September, 2019, and we’re beginning to see the light (or to be slightly more accurate, the infinite pulsing darkness) at the end of the decade.

Hundreds of online videos are removed for breaking rules on nudity and sexual conduct after a BBC investigation.

Israeli company successfully cultures bovine cells on International Space Station

How a Twitch-streamed no-limit hold’em player found himself at the heart of one of the most fascinating gambling controversies in years

Cosplaying isn't just a fashion statement; the pastime also helps its participants embody the characters they love and do their best to assume the traits they admire, like bravery or kindness. But even as the entertainment industry begins to make strides in increasing diversity and representation, the fact remains that most of the characters fans see on the screen or on the page tend to be thin, chiseled, healthy, and white — and many cosplayers are none of those things.

The county alleges IBM used detailed location data from users for targeted advertising and to identify consumer trends that might be useful to hedge funds

macOS Catalina, the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is now available as a free software update.

One problem is the country’s distance from manufacturing centres

The US government is renewing its efforts to talk tech firms out of using end-to-end encryption methods that would keep police from snooping on conversations. The Department of Justice on Friday held what it dubbed the "Lawful Access Summit," a morning-long presentation aimed at convincing people that police must be able to see all conversations on messaging platforms in order to protect the public, specifically children, from predators.

China has broken new ground, successfully growing cotton on the moon for the first time. The experiment was part of the Chang'e 4 project, in which China is exploring the far side of the moon with a lander. The cotton plant was one of several organisms encased in a mini biosphere aboard the lander.

A fierce battle over the regulation of the internet was riddled with millions of fake comments in the most prolific known instance of political impersonation in US history.

“We’re going to get more and more of this content and it’s probably going to get of better quality,” says Sam Gregory of the human-rights nonprofit Witness.

Solar panels are great for powering devices during the day. But they don’t work after the sun goes down. Now, a new technology that takes advantage of the cold darkness of space may do the trick. Researchers used a thermoelectric device that relies on a temperature difference in two faces of an electrically conducting material to push electrons through from one side to the other and create a small electrical current. Thermoelectrics have been around for decades. Most are placed next to high heat sources such as car engines to generate the needed temperature difference.

Users can see who liked a post but not the total amount of likes a post has received. Only the author of the post will be able to see the total count.

The EU's highest court ruled that website operators can't present users with “pre-checked” options to agree to cookies.