Like many things that starts out as a mere annoyance, though eventually growing into somewhat of an affliction.

As the Arctic faces fire caused by climate change, it could have ripple effects that accelerate temperature increases across the world.

Facebook really wants you to know that it’s in charge.

Earnings reports from Pinterest, Snap, Amazon and Twitter show smaller players are continuing to gain market share in digital advertising.

People born in the late 1970s are the last to have grown up without the internet. Social scientists call them the Last of the Innocents. Leah McLaren ponders a time when our attention was allowed to wander

Global warming is shrinking the permanently frozen ground across Siberia, disrupting everyday life in one of the coldest inhabited places on earth.

Even in Detroit, long a symbol of blight, urban spaces are roaring back.

Police have identified 24-year-old white male Connor Betts from Bellbrook, Ohio, as the shooter who claimed nine lives and injured 27 others in Dayton on Sunday morning. Among the nine dead was the shooter's sister, Megan Betts, 22, Lt. Col. Matt Carper said at a press conference Sunday.

How hard could learning a map of a city be? In London, earning the credentials to drive one of the city’s iconic cabs is equivalent to earning a university degree. It’s so advanced, in fact, that being able to navigate the streets isn’t just considered knowledge, but is formally called “The Knowledge.” The way London’s taxi drivers talk about it, it seems a little like getting a black belt in karate while becoming an Eagle Scout while vying for admission to Mensa.

Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived. His response was immediate and instinctive. “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting, I say, ‘All right, we have to research if there’s an 8chan connection,’” he said.

Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it's using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras.

People are growing more conscious of the footprint they leave behind online and how private data can be leaked, sold, and used by unscrupulous companies. The Winston Privacy Filter is a box that plugs into your router and protects your online activities, making it impossible for anyone to snoop on you.

The GAR Building "was so loved" that when restoration began, "people literally came out of the woodwork” with artifacts from the Civil War.

A 30-hour procedure by a medical team lead by 35 Hungarian doctors separates the three-year-old girls at a military hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

You have to manually delete recordings yourself, though

In Elon Musk’s mind-brain, the future is autonomous cars (Teslas) getting sucked into the earth and then fired through tunnels at speed in a clean, orderly new system for navigating cities. The reality has... not quite been that good. Now in Las Vegas, Musk’s tunneling venture The Boring Company is trying for a bold transportation for CES in 2021, but even that is showing its limitations—as it competes against Vegas’ monorail.

If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an Internet forum. His new book offers an overview of Internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early Internet trolls.

Cloudflare CEO says site may return, but it'll be someone else's problem.

This year, for the first time in over two decades, a slew of work entered the public domain: everything first published in the United States in 1923, to be precise.

A test that measures beta amyloid protein in the blood is more accurate than a brain scan and may indicate trouble years earlier.

German laws make it harder for nationalist content to remain online, but hateful messages still slip through the cracks.

Reports from local media and eyewitness accounts to NBC News suggest the shooting took place outside of Ned Peppers Bar, in the heart of Dayton's Oregon District.

Up to 25 giant surveillance balloons are floating over the Midwest.

Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen were injured in a mass shooting at an El Paso shopping center on Saturday, according to Texas and local authorities.

Google parent Alphabet became the most cash-rich company in the world during 2019's second quarter, taking Apple's long-held crown, according to the Financial Times. Alphabet apparently has $117 billion in cash, while Apple has $102 billion.

'Tickling' the ear with a small electrical current appears to rebalance the autonomic nervous system for over-55s, potentially slowing down one of the effects of ageing, according to new research.

Investigations says strip club arrest failed ‘conduct policy’, but finds no political motive

Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds. That's according to research by the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), which supports young people who are at risk of homelessness. The charity says three in four LGBT people are rejected by their families - and 45% of that number are from a faith background.

Salt is power. It might sound like alchemy, but the energy in places where salty ocean water and freshwater mingle could provide a massive source of renewable power. Stanford researchers have developed an affordable, durable technology that could harness this so-called blue energy.

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