Some languages that have never been deciphered could be the next ones to get the machine translation treatment.

When filming this race, 500 feet is considered high altitude.

Menstrual products are subject to sales taxes in 35 states, and lawmakers’ efforts to exempt them have foundered. Now supporters of ‘menstrual equity’ are considering legal action.

Late last year, Google launched a blog management tool named 'Blog Compass.' It could connect to sites running either WordPress or Blogger, and provided the owner with insights into trending topics and a centralized dashboard for analytics/comments. However, it's time to dig another grave in the Google Graveyard, because Compass is now dead.

DuckDuckGo is trying to attract users with a privacy-focused search engine. But taking on an internet giant isn’t easy.

Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's £50 note. He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. The £50 note will be the last of the Bank of England collection to switch from paper to polymer when it enters circulation by the end of 2021.

Dozens of Amazon tech workers are supporting a strike by warehouse workers on Prime Day. Some will even fly out and picket.

Morgan Freeman, the actor, film director and philanthropist has added a new title to his name: Beekeeper. The 81-year-old celebrity decided to convert his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary. Freeman's foray into beekeeping began in 2014, where he discussed his new hobby with Jimmy Fallon during The Tonight Show.

Mastodon is figuring out how to address Gab joining its platform

Facebook gets away with it again

"It's super painful to be a human being right now at this point in history."

- A Dose of Buckley (L)

All that glitters ... may be gold. At least that’s what scientists think about a shiny, Massachusetts-size asteroid that may be chock-full of precious metals. NASA recently approved a mission to visit the metallic space rock, which orbits the sun in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The mission — the first to a metal asteroid — could reveal secrets about our solar system’s earliest days while setting the stage for a future space mining industry.

Reporters were once a force for accountability in China. But President Xi Jinping has brought about what critics call a “total censorship era.”

Debbie Baker thought she qualified for a federal program that helps teachers such as her, as well as nurses, police officers, librarians and others. The Department of Education program forgives their federal student loans if they make their payments for 10 years and work in public service. For 10 years, Baker, who was a public school teacher in Tulsa, Okla., checked in with loan servicing companies and was told she was on track.

Violent threats against minorities have also proliferated on the anonymous message board.

Rog Hanson created a secret habitat for seahorses in the coastal waters off Long Beach. He's come to see them about 1,000 times.

When you can’t bear to say goodbye — and have $50,000 to spend.

Google employees listen to customers’ audio recordings on Google Home smart speakers, the technology giant has admitted. Language experts are employed to analyse “snippets” of recordings made by users, which Google claims helps improve its voice recognition technology.

Triumph over five human opponents at Texas hold’em brings bots closer to solving complicated real-world problems.

Space travel is conducive to injuries. Now researchers from Dresden Technical University (TUD) have developed a 3D bioprinting method for use in space, creating new skin and bone tissue out of resources that might be available to astronauts.

No, really. Stop what you’re doing and download this free, under-the-radar line-cutting app.

Fraudsters have managed to infect millions of Android phones via an Alibaba-owned app store, researchers claim.

Children can learn quickly by sounding out words, letter by letter—but somehow, the method is still controversial.

The firm hopes new anti-bullying measures will help prevent abuse but stresses work is still ongoing.

LightSail 2 just got a new dashboard

For months Microsoft hid the fact that its Registry backup feature no longer worked, while Windows 10 kept reporting that it was completing successfully. What were you thinking, guys?

In May, it was revealed that Google was tracking the purchase history of its users, through a little-known Purchases page which pulls information from Gmail emails like order confirmations. This was bad enough, but it gets worse. Even when emails are deleted, the information remains on the Purchases page.

Twenty years ago, Norway started focusing on rehabilitating prisoners, and sharply cut reoffending rates.

Twitter’s not the only one with a Nazi problem