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Amid a growing call for governments to rein in the use of the technology, Microsoft became the first tech giant to join the chorus.

DOJ announced indictments against 12 Russian nationals as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

New figures show that Canadian military spending will be cut significantly, even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to face President Donald Trump’s demands for higher NATO military spending at the alliance's summit in Brussels. According to the CBC, Canada will spend 1.23 percent of its GDP on defense in 2018, down from 1.36 percent last year. This is far below the 2 percent target set for NATO members, which has been a particular source of irritation for the American president.

Gotta hear both sides (of the Martian NASA-slavery debate).

The mantra about the best way to respond to online abuse has only made it worse

New Zealand scientists have performed the first-ever 3-D, colour X-ray on a human, using a technique that promises to improve the field of medical diagnostics, said Europe's CERN physics lab which contributed imaging technology.

“The sound sensors can capture audio data based on interactions between the employee and the guests, interactions between the guests, and sounds resulting from movement and/or actions of the employees and/or guests.”

Employers are bellyaching about a lack of workers to fill jobs, but they're not willing to pay more to attract them.

Claims parents are unsafe or criminals.

Space agencies and private companies already have advanced plans to send humans to Mars in the next few years – ultimately colonising it. And with a growing number of discoveries of Earth-like planets around nearby stars, long-distance space travel has never seemed more exciting.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected accusations by Donald Trump that Germany is “totally controlled by Russia,” reminding the U.S. president that she remembered Soviet occupation, and saying it is “good that we are independent today.” “Because of given circumstances I want to point out one thing: I experienced the Soviet occupation of one part of Germany myself. It is good that we are independent today,” said Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, a former satellite state of the Soviet Union.

Mario Mandzukic’s goal in extra time sends Croatia to its first World Cup final. England goes home after an impressive run in the tournament.

A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat for government authorities who sought to prevent the practice.

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australia found the oldest color in Earth’s geological record. The ancient pigment found in rocks beneath the Sahara desert could be ten times older than the T-rex.

Ever feel during one of these recent sweltering days that it’s just so hot you can’t think straight? Well, maybe you can’t.

Fliers may have a tough time recovering damages for invasive screenings at U.S. airport security checkpoints, after a federal appeals court on Wednesday said screeners are immune from claims under a federal law governing assaults, false arrests and other abuses.

The temperature of the moon rose and now we know why: The astronauts did it.

Every artist explores dimensions of space and place, orienting themselves and their works in the world, and orienting their audiences. Then there are artists like Vincent van Gogh, who make space and place a primary subject.

Mice given a drug combo see a reverse of some problems caused by senescent cells.

Why the nostalgia-saturated labels subgenre is reviving the long abandoned format.

The rescue mission ends an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.

North Brother Island has a long history that's checkered with disease, death, and decay.

It could be the coolest new neighborhood on the planet—or a peek into the Orwellian metropolis that knows everything you did last night.

President Trump is set to choose among four finalists and announce his Supreme Court nomination on Monday night.

Firefox for Android has entered a maintenance phase as the team prepares to release an entirely new browser called Fenix.

The insatiable demand of the global building boom has unleashed an illegal market in sand. Gangs are now stealing pristine beaches to order and paradise islands are being dredged and sold to the construction industry.

A plausible theory of mind-boggling collusion.

About 56 percent of crypto startups that raise money through token sales die within four months of their initial coin offerings.