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EU sent queries to Apple and app developers as Apple kills home screen web apps.

Info on hand/eye tracking, "physical environment," and more could be included.

Headlights, pedestrian detection, and backseat safety all get more scrutiny.

Stick a camera on a child, then feed what it captures to an AI, and it almost works.

A small capsule containing pharmaceuticals made in space landed in Utah last week.

Preliminary road-safety data for the first half of 2023 has been published.

"Several engines began shutting down before one engine failed energetically."

In oral arguments, Justice Thomas asks who speaks when an algorithm moderates.

Breakdown products of niacin, aka Vitamin B3, may spur vascular inflammation.

The OLED displays account for more than a third of the component costs.

Wear OS + Snapdragon uses too much power, so what if we just turned it off?

Customers confused as Sony claims to work with affected users individually.

The rest of 2024 promises a whole lot for Age of Empires fans across all titles.

So what are we to make of this? Is Odysseus a success or a failure?

A love letter to a bygone era of personal blogs and fan sites.

"Hotpatching" originated in Windows Server, cuts way down on update reboots.

The only downside: It's the size of three iPhones stacked on top of each other.

Apple exec: Microsoft putting $100 billion into Bing was "not significant at all."

With Romain Dumas behind the wheel, it lapped Mt Panorama in under 2 minutes.

This new data should help us understand Ingenuity's final moments on Mars.

The quality problem does not appear to affect EVs already at dealerships.

In the astronomy community, SN 1987A has somewhat legendary status.

Over the years, inventors have had some weird ideas about how to make cars safer.

Sensitive location data could be sold off to the highest bidder.

Users are even more likely to stick with Google due to one change, says Yelp.

Data is consistent with bosses using RTO to reassert control and scapegoat workers.

Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

"It has been a hell of a journey. But everything ends someday."

Identifiable data included job searches, map directions, "cosplay erotica."

A tale of "sand dunes, a guy named Gaston, secret aeromagnetic surveys, and camel drivers."

There's a lot of streaming content for fans ahead of next weekend's race.

Taxing exports of digital movies and games may not be worth sowing discord.

Problems at a chromium mine in Albania traced to nearly pure hydrogen in a fault.

Losing third-party tools "could harm our moderators' ability to review content..."

Two- to three-year deals with Google, others, come amid legal uncertainty over "fair use."

Perry: Mind-blowing AI video-generation tools "will touch every corner of our industry."

AT&T blamed itself for "incorrect process used as we were expanding our network."

Tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC.

The Bahamian government and SpaceX signed an agreement for Falcon 9 booster landings.

We're not dead yet."

Blue Origin plans a tanking test at Cape Canaveral, then a hot fire on the launch pad.

LockBit's extensive reach is making complete erasure hard.

Telcos accuse fixed wireless ISPs of claiming more locations than they serve.

SD3 may bring DALL-E-like prompt fidelity to an open-weights image-synthesis model.

Removing little-used features also improved responsiveness and shrank the size.

Section 230 shields Snapchat from minor's claims that algorithm enabled rape.

Fubo: Media giants' anticompetitive tactics already killed PS Vue, other streamers.

"Drunkonyms fit in well with English linguistic and humorous traditions."

Inserting depictions of diversity into AI images creates revisionist history, critics say.

"They're looking at a pretty aggressive launch schedule this year."