Scientists have been working for years to create an artificial eye that will be able to mimic the shape and behavior of the real eye. Of course it is an extremely difficult task, but it seems that they have finally found the right path to it. The result is an artificial eye whose functions and structure largely mimic the human eye. This eye is powered by a network of nano photo-sensors placed inside a spherical alumina membrane that “plays” the retina, while a network formed of an alloy of liquid metal replicates the nerves through which signals are sent from the sensor to the external processor.

For the first time, Twitter has hidden a tweet on the president's profile behind a warning.

When Looking Glass Factory showed of its first holographic display way back in August 2018, it felt more like a proof of concept than anything — though it was immediately an impressive concept. In November of last year, the Brooklyn-based startup showed off an 8K display that used its holographic t…

The Gjellestad ship is roughly 1,200 years old.

After months of conspiracy-mongering, people around the world are demanding Gates be arrested for crimes against humanity. Here’s how things got so bad.

This discovery is a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.

Have you been missing something amid the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders? No, not human contact. Not even toilet paper. Robocalls. Industry experts say robocalls are way down — scam calls as well as nagging from your credit-card company to pay your bill. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted millions of job losses, and scammers have not been immune.

The president has escalated his attacks against Big Tech in recent days.

Normally, Torvalds would pop into his local Fry's. But in these pandemic times, he ordered everything from Amazon. Here's the complete list of parts.

Minister for Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef says internet access is an essential service, and the idea of it becoming a public utility, funded like water or electricity, is not out of the question.

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The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing producers of battery metal lithium into survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays, and sales of major assets. Lithium industry shares have dropped sharply since January as the economic downturn from the pandemic slammed the brakes yet again on the electrification revolution that for years has seemed just around the corner. Investors are giving the cold shoulder to mine developers seeking funding for lithium projects.

In a video, the man repeatedly cries out and says, "I cannot breathe," while the officer continues to push down on the man's neck with his knee. The man has been identified as George Floyd.

The Linux creator recently announced he'd upgraded his main PC to a speedy AMD Threadripper 3970x-based processor. But a computer is more than a CPU. In an exclusive conversation, Torvalds talked about what's what with his latest system.

A California company owned by UK businessman Sir Richard Branson fails to launch a rocket to orbit.

A stalwart of the Mexican landscape is finding a second life powering up buildings in the desert, and it is proving to be an unusually sustainable biofuel.

A US Navy warship has successfully tested a new high-energy laser weapon that can destroy aircraft mid-flight, the Navy's Pacific Fleet said in a statement Friday. Images and videos provided by the Navy show the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland executing "the first system-level implementation of a high-energy class solid-state laser" to disable an aerial drone aircraft, the statement said.

When visiting the eBay.com site, a script will run that performs a local port scan of your computer to detect remote support and remote management applications.

During COVID-19, FaceTime was somewhat of an afterthought. Zoom became a household name for group chats and meetings. Why wasn't FaceTime the choice?

The jet-black design of the Espresso Veloce RS Black Edition is equal parts modern art sculpture and world-class coffee maker.

Here is why you don't actually own most of your digital copies of movies, games, and books.

Thirty years ago, Alfred Wetzler died in his native Slovakia. He and his friend, Rudolf Vrba, risked their lives and escaped Auschwitz so they could warn other Jews and the world in precise detail what was happening behind the fences and gates of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

"I think in about 10 years, we should see some very tangible practical applications of these bionic eyes."

A cable lobby lawyer reveals the industry’s darkest fears.

The new documentary “Waging Change” explores how the restaurant world takes cruel advantage of its employees.

Researchers in Australia have achieved a world record internet speed of 44.2 terabits per second, allowing users to download 1,000 HD movies in a single second. A team from Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities used a “micro-comb” optical chip containing hundreds of infrared lasers to transfer data across existing communications infrastructure in Melbourne.

Kathleen M. Carley and her team at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Informed Democracy & Social Cybersecurity have been tracking bots and influence campaigns for a long time. Across US and foreign elections, natural disasters, and other politicized events, the level of bot involvement is normally between 10 and 20%, she says. But in a…

The burning of a church in northern Mississippi this week is being investigated as arson because of a spray-painted message at the scene that seemed to criticize the church’s defiance of coronavirus restrictions.

Penicillin, one of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine, was a product of chance. After returning from summer vacation in September 1928, bacteriologist Alexander Fleming found a col…

Our sun has had close encounters with other stars in the past, and it’s due for a dangerously close one in the not-so-distant future.