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Technician said he only had a couple of hours of training and did what he was told.

Hydrofluorocarbons saved the ozone layer, but they’re killing the climate.

Teardown shows Apple designed the AirTag around a big voice coil speaker.

Apollo to buy Yahoo/AOL for $5B, didn't have much competition from other bidders.

Arguments will center on how to define a monopoly in the mobile app marketplace.

“You can't go to the Moon on a fixed price for under $100 million."

The FAA has finally started allowing commercial flights beyond the line of sight.

Who needs flowers? We pick out a few gadgets to make Mom's life more convenient.

Not even Smallville could combine YA drama and superhero DNA this well.

"It's hard to make decisions around here sometimes."

New tools and wide-eyed nostalgia are driving a monochrome portable renaissance.

Male tanager birds have more than one way to make their colors really pop for the ladies.

"I would just like to say, quite frankly, y'all are changing the world."

"I think her approach to this is just going to be to get the job done."

In gaming since L4D2, fan campaigns have even pressured devs to release entirely new endings.

Heavyweight task force proposes framework to tackle a major cybersecurity problem.

A transmission factory shows how AI may gradually creep into industrial processes

A legal challenge to the new law seems inevitable.

Zeroday vulnerability under attack has a severity rating of 10 out of 10.

US security official was reportedly sickened outside the White House last year.

Dystopian robot dogs will no longer be patrolling the mean streets of NYC.

Lobby groups for Verizon, AT&T, and other ISPs ask court to overturn state law.

Rumors of Porsche in F1 never go away, and a rival team boss thinks it's happening.

Don’t punt on emissions reductions after 2030, top court said.

Google wants AV1 support for lower bandwidth costs, Roku says that's too expensive.

"At bottom, Valve’s scheme imposes a massive tax on the PC Desktop Gaming industry."

Most are shipping May 21, but the 12.9-inch iPad Pro has slipped several weeks.

EU sides with Spotify, blasts Apple's 30% App Store cut and anti-steering rules.

After four landing failures, here's hoping the fifth time is the charm.

Odd form of DNA helps viruses resist their host's defenses.

“The ability to refuel in space is critical to meeting NASA’s goals."

Historian Alex Wellerstein: "You could get rid of all the secrecy tomorrow and the world would not measurably become more dangerous."

A prominent leaker, a UK retailer, and Apple itself all let the date slip.

Uber and Lyft argue treating drivers as employees would wreck their business.

Dealmaster also has deals on Fitbit trackers and noise-canceling headphones.

May 12 enrollment for people who have low incomes or lost income during pandemic.

China has the world's strongest self-driving industry after the United States.

Adenovirus-vector vaccines are supposed to be engineered so they can’t replicate.

But the move may not be enough to dislodge heavily entrenched competition.

Brendan Hunt posted videos about murdering US elected officials.

Rats drive off birds, setting off a cascade of ecosystem damages that spread offshore.

After spending $9 billion combined, Verizon may sell units for $4 billion or so.

Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it.

Robotrucks aren't here to save us yet.

Legendary dev Housemarque nails its most ambitious game yet, but beware its pitfalls.

The next Civic looks less like a starfighter, inside and out.

Chip shortages and a waning pandemic might make growth unsustainable, though.

"Calibri in Office" could almost drive (15 years old), but a new sans serif will soon emerge.

Phones capable of using mmWave 5G access it less than 1% of the time.