Facebook has lowered the bar to share ideas as low as it can get and now it is failing its users, exploiting them and systematically misinforming them.

Eight-episode documentary series from journalist Patrick Radden Keefe to premiere on Spotify

Is using your browser's ad-blocking extension unethical? Or is the real moral problem the advertisers?

New research by the University of Washington and the University of Exeter in the U.K., examined the value that college students — of many races — place on ethnic cultural centers.

Some writers have always claimed they can hear their characters speaking, with Enid Blyton suggesting she could “watch and hear everything” and Alice Walker describing how her characters would “come for a visit ... and talk”. But a new study has shown this uncanny experience is very widespread, with almost two-thirds of authors reporting that they hear their characters’ voices while they work.

Amazon is now making up to £8,800 a second, while concerns persist about its tax affairs, treatment of staff and effect on small retailers. Here’s how to buy everything from technology to beauty to books without it

Windows 10 is now showing adverts within the search box which are attempting to persuade people to switch to Microsoft Edge, in yet another move to promote the revamped browser which runs the risk of starting to irritate people – given how prevalent these ads are seemingly becoming.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday said it may shut down the U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, citing national security risks.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has died, according to a leading Hong Kong broadcast network.

Scientists say insects are vital and the losses worrying, with accelerating declines in Europe called ‘shocking’

While energy sources such as wind and solar are great at producing emissions-free electricity, they depend on the sun and the wind, so supply doesn’t always meet the demand. Likewise, nuclear power plants operate more efficiently at maximum capacity so that electricity generation can’t be easily ramped up or down to match demand.

They may look cute and fluffy, and they don't go far, but cats are deadly stalkers who rule concentrated areas of their neighborhoods.

A three-ply cord fragment made from bark was spotted on a stone tool recovered at a cave in France.

Sophisticated new research links Hannity’s coronavirus misinformation to "a greater number of Covid-19 cases and deaths."

Aspirin is associated with a reduction in the risk of developing several cancers of the digestive tract, including some that are almost invariably fatal, such as pancreatic and liver cancers. The largest and most comprehensive analysis to date of the link between aspirin and digestive tract cancers found reductions in the risk of these cancers of between 22% and 38%.

Apple’s new iPhone SE went up for pre-order yesterday morning following its official announcement earlier this week. The first iPhone SE orders are slated to arrive as early as April 24, but shipping times have started to slip across the board for new orders.

A group of Amazon employees are calling for workers to walkout in protest of the company's labor practices.

The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet increased to a record $6.42 trillion this week as the central bank used its nearly unlimited buying power to soak up assets to keep markets functioning amid an abrupt economic free fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since early March, the Fed has slashed interest rates to zero, restarted bond purchases and rolled out an unprecedented range of programs to keep credit flowing and shore up business and household confidence.

Thieves, amateurs, and patriots have spent enough time planning the perfect art heist. Some remain unsolved; read on about the strangest cases. Stealing art looks like a lucrative business model in TV shows and movies. It seems like you’d nick an expensive painting, sell it in the black market, and make a whole lot of money – tax free. Easy peasy, right? Wrong! Stolen art is much harder to sell than you’d think.

In a triumph for the nascent industry of "satellite servicing," an aging communications satellite has returned to service in geostationary orbit. Northrop Grumman announced Friday that its Mission Extension Vehicle-1, or MEV-1, has restored the Intelsat 901 satellite and relocated it into a position to resume operations.

Facebook users, randomized to deactivate their accounts for 4 weeks in exchange for $102, freed up an average of 60 minutes a day, spent more time socializing offline, became less politically polarized, and reported improved subjective well-being relative to controls. However, the treatment group also became less knowledgeable about current events.

Restoring up to 2.2 million square miles to nature

Internet usage has skyrocketed in America over the last decade, with the average home consuming more than 38 times the amount of data in 2010. In 2020, the average US household is on track to consume 344GB of data every month, compared to just 9GB a month in 2010.

Renowned mathematician and beloved Princeton University professor, John Horton Conway, died this week (April 11) of COVID-19. He was 82. Conway is best known as the inventor of the hugely influential and inspirational artificial life program, The Game of Life.

Microsoft has developed a tool that catches 97% of critical security bugs across the company's internal software projects.

Major US passenger airlines have agreed in principle to a $25bn (£20bn) rescue package that will keep workers in their jobs until October as the industry battles the coronavirus crisis. Washington's treasury department said the six biggest carriers - American Airlines, United, Delta, Southwest, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines - had accepted the support.

Apple is investigating multiple ways virtual and augmented reality could be implemented into future iOS devices or new hardware products

As many sysadmins are discovering to their dismay, trying to manage workers from home on a wild mix of older Windows PCs is no fun at all. So, SUSE has a suggestion: The Linux desktop.

Silicon-germanium alloy glows, may be future CPU optical communication laser.

The famed rock band’s thirst for Tequila Sunrises inspired a generation to drink the agave spirit.