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Striking evidence means the “Toba Catastrophe Theory” is headed for the dustbin.

For the Great Plains, natural variability will dominate until late this century.

Charter tried to count old broadband toward new merger commitments, NY says.

Trump operatives got private data from 50 million Facebook users.

Plus deals on the HTC Vive, the Switch Pro Controller, and a sitewide eBay sale.

Vivendi is officially out of the picture—but Tencent’s Western dominance only rises.

Google Play Instant can launch a demo instantly on Android, with no install process.

Sets precedent for blocking extradition of hackers to US on humanitarian grounds.

2017 saw both coal and natural gas use decline.

Before that, console-quality games on mobile phones will be the big trend.

The clinical success suggests promising strategy for fighting antibiotic resistance.

Law mandates Marshall Space Flight Center as "essential" to future of US propulsion.

Episode 2 of “Every Generation Online” asks about what all those Boomers are doing.

If the temperature is below 45˚F, your all-seasons aren’t really working.

Tempe police chief says victim "came from the shadows right into the roadway."

CSO Alex Stamos clashed with other executives over handling of Russian meddling.

It should now take about half an hour during the reboot phase.

We break down our first session with the Western version to explain why we’ll come back.

A new program may offer incentives for any home to install storage.

Android 8.0 finally rolls out to the US version of the Galaxy S8.

The ancient Maya imported dogs from across Guatemala for religious rituals.

Babies’ pupils dilate when they have to make an inference—just like millennials.

An Arizona pedestrian died in the hospital following the crash.

As two California cities sue oil companies, judge requests climate tutorial.

FCC rule improperly treated everyone with a smartphone as potential robocaller.

Award-winning indie game designer Tracy Fullerton will discuss what’s next for the industry.

A brief history of Pikes Peak and why VW wants to win it so bad.

“A facility to manufacture large commercial transportation vessels.”

Last week, we also learned a surprising number of bands have MacBook as a member.

Hundreds of Apple engineers are experimenting with microLED tech in new panels.

Content can only be used in Unreal Engine 4, because Epic isn't running a charity.

Hawking spent a lot of his limited time trying to engage the public.

Lack of bundled controllers and trackers decreases the value proposition.

MAME-powered "Handheld History Collection" captures everything but the molded plastic.

Remember the station wagon? Buick does, and it’s pretty good.

Where grant recipients come to show off the cutting edge of energy research.

The Ethereum cryptocurrency is below $500 for the first time since 2017.

When times got tough, early humans got craftier, more social, and eventually brainier.

A portentous look at the impact of unchecked money-for-popularity online services.

David Attenborough gave me fossils. Jessica Chastain whispered me through a black hole.

“Hopefully you’ll be able to look back and say, ‘Hey, I knew those guys when they were nobody.’”

Prepare to walk the cardboard plank.

Recapturing the childish fun of just building something.

Intruder of Yahoo, Microsoft, and NYT was best known for reporting Manning leaks.

Existing owners can pay for updated content; no word on PC version yet.

US sanctions? Iranian actions? Simple error?

We dig into the trailer's reveals about how various series' heroes will team up.

Under "abilities," Jobs wrote "electronics tech or design engineer. digital."

With few community benefits, power authorities are cracking down.

"Finder" will geotag images by terrain, sky features.