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They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas.

High-end lidar once cost $75,000. Luminar says its lidar costs less than $1,000.

Peer review moves to Twitter, muddling public health information.

Google I/O isn’t happening this year, but we’ll get all the normal info next month.

A majority of Americans don’t want to go out now even if businesses do open.

It's about much more than just enabling PC ports.

Uber’s ride business has reportedly fallen by 80 percent from a year earlier.

A mutation in the virus seems to be getting more common, but we don't know why.

NASA has already assessed the viability of the Falcon Heavy for the task.

Surface Book 3 gets more RAM, Surface Go 2 gets a bigger display, and more.

We put Caddy 2.0.0 head to head against a ranking heavyweight, Apache 2.4.41.

Amid quarantine, New Horizons provides an outlet for creativity and commerce.

The Raptor rocket engine burned for about 4 seconds.

Data can be retrieved even after owners perform a factory reset, researcher says.

Regulatory “flexibility” was never meant to allow fraud, agency says.

The lawsuit could force Uber and Lyft to rethink their business models.

There's nothing wrong with cheap and cheerful—it starts at just $14,730.

Because the airline industry can monetize literally anything, apparently.

Consumer Gmail users are seeing a "Google Meet" section in the sidebar.

Dealmaster also has deals on the Roku Streaming Stick+, Apple iPad, and more.

Think Veep meets The Office and Parks and Recreation.

Pandemic disrupts broadband progress as cities halt construction.

Air-burning plasma thruster may be competitive with jet engines.

The company also announced a Swift coding competition for students.

Car sales in Spain, Italy, and France all declined by 90 percent or more.

Watch a professional (non-gaming) illustrator adapting to a new medium.

China has sought to use human spaceflight for its soft power.

University of Warwick scientists also confirmed effectiveness of conservation methods.

Will a modern design and more cameras keep customers from the iPhone SE?

Here’s what notifications for iOS and Android COVID-19 tracing will look like.

Leaked gov’t document predicts rise in deaths as Trump aims to “open up America.”

A big jump, but if you were expecting a jolt that would “save” the PC-VR space, well...

An overview of some of the developing stories of the past week.

“These groups all ultimately have the same message: We want you to get sick.”

FCC must reveal IP addresses and user-agent headers of net neutrality commenters.

Firings highlight “toxicity running through the company culture,” Bray said.

Everyone has to decide if it's only a game or if it's a real sport.

“I understand Atlantis also brought a unique American flag up to the station.”

Keyboard aside, cheaper storage and 10th-generation Intel CPUs headline this refresh.

ZFS gets more accessible, security becomes a bigger priority, and Ubuntu speeds up overall.

Newly revealed Twin Galaxies defamation suit has been quietly proceeding for months.

New study on mid-pandemic media preferences shows some of us lean into the morbid.

There's a scramble to adapt to a world where people routinely cover their faces.

VFX supervisor Marshall Krasser on the challenge of keeping it real—but not too real.

SXScreeners: Shorts and soundtracks rule this Amazon-hosted digital film fest

Get yer glass on with this great version of the board game hit.

Oil producers have finally started shutting down wells after demand plummeted.

Jonathan Majors plays Atticus Black, who takes a road trip to find his missing father.

Simulations show that QGP could form in immediate aftermath of neutron star merger.

The rocket needs four engines and it is expendable.