A research team from India's IIT (Institute of Technology) Madras has officially developed the world's first iron-ion battery.

Five of Jupiter's many moons have new names thanks to suggestions from the public.

Cisco Talos researchers report finding eight security vulnerabilities in the Nest Cam IQ that can allow attackers to take over the camera, prevent its use or allow code execution.

Instagrammer Tiffany Mitchell has been forced to deny faking a road crash for likes.

An Oklahoma judge has found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid drug crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million US to help address the problem.

All the state attorneys general, along with 12 major companies, promise to finally make serious moves against robocalls.

Overstock .com announced today that CEO Patrick Byrne has resigned from his role as chief executive and board member. Another board member, Jonathan Johnson, will be taking over as Overstock’s interim CEO.

A man-about-town philanthropist, he and his brother Charles ran a business colossus while furthering a libertarian agenda that reshaped American politics.

Fast radio bursts are getting more attention from scientists, who can now detect more of them.

The author of 'On the Clock' investigates the experience of modern low-wage work

A coordinated strike against 23 local governments is called the largest such hack from a single source.

If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.

These effects were seen in the absence of nicotine.

For youngsters these days, an hour of free play is like a drop of water in the desert. Of course they’re miserable.

Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian

This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks back on the state of wind power in the US by running the numbers on 2018. The analysis shows that wind hardware prices are dropping, even as new turbine designs are increasing the typical power generated by each turbine. As a result, recent wind farms have gotten so cheap that you can build and operate them for less than the expected cost of buying fuel for an equivalent natural gas plant.

Judge finds several serious flaws with Georgia's current election technology.

New research finds micro-plastic particles in everything from Arctic sea ice to snow in the Alps to rain in the Rockies. There is almost no research about the health effects of micro-plastics on humans.

Engineering.com speaks to S-Square 4D, a startup that 3D printed a home in New York.

The powerful lesson of a 5-year-old harassment campaign: How to wage a post-truth information war.

Nothing is sacred

Employees are circulating a petition asking the company not to bid on contracts with government agencies that enforce controversial immigration policies such as child detention.

Fonda, the son of acting legend Henry Fonda, the younger brother of Jane Fonda and the father of Bridget Fonda, died Friday morning.

The new Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Donations program is meant to encourage third-party sellers to donate unsold inventory, rather than having Amazon destroy it.

US president has ‘expressed interest’ in the icy territory, according to the Wall Street Journal, but the Danes have yet to weigh in

The secrecy surrounding AI products makes even basic information about them a scandal.

Last week we highlighted the ongoing dispute between academic publishing giant Elsevier and the University of California (UC) system. Earlier this year, UC cancelled its contract with Elsevier, after the publishing giant -- which gets nearly all of...

Consuming flavonoid-rich items such as apples and tea protects against cancer and heart disease, particularly for smokers and heavy drinkers, according to new research.

It’s the largest zero-emissions plane to ever fly without any fossil fuels.

Making it easier for creators to earn money