Scientists want to pinpoint the technology that marked when humanity became a “geological superpower.” On the short list: the H-bomb and the modern chicken.

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Machine learning has already proven useful, but its real-world applications are just beginning.

The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier.

Far from ushering in the death of cinema, AI can help film the “unfilmable" and make cinema more collaborative.

Here’s why your social media feeds might be haunted by posts about 26-year-old nursing assistants.

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses.

Need to estimate, from trillions of miles away, how likely another world is to host life? There’s a flowchart for that.

Gracefully avoid sketchy situations and score a deal on the post-holiday gadget turnover.

The loquacious bot has Microsoft ready to sink a reported $10 billion into OpenAI. It’s unclear what products can be built on the technology.

Activision-Blizzard’s ambitious, much-hyped initiative has stalled. Recent upheavals reveal the instability of esports—and a murky future for the league.

In a post-Roe world, bodily autonomy must include control over personal data.

Police in the Indian state of Telangana have found a novel way to help people avoid getting swindled online: grassroots education.

Hidden screening devices are used to track the movement of dangerous materials—and recently caught a shipment of uranium at London’s Heathrow Airport.

US politicians are battling over banning the appliance. Around the globe, gas stoves are emitting chemicals that harm the environment and people’s health.

Last year was one of the warmest measured, say NASA and NOAA. It would have been even more sweltering if not for La Niña, which will soon fade away.

Losing your internet for a few hours? Here’s how to keep watching media from the likes of YouTube, Netflix, and Prime to pass the time.

Take This is celebrating 10 years of fostering inclusive, safe, and collaborative spaces for everyone in the community.

This week, we talk about how US farmers’ fight to fix their own equipment could impact the repairability of phones, appliances, and other gadgets.

EV sales are booming. But to keep the momentum going and make a dent in carbon emissions, the US will have to build a vast new charging infrastructure

XBB.1.5, aka the Kraken, is sweeping the Northeast US and dodging immunity. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to panic.

A London-based startup is networking seamsters with the goal of personalizing fit and making garments last longer.

Targeted manipulation of bacteria could boost immunity and help sufferers of chronic diseases and allergies.

In the past year algorithms got a lot better at generating illustrations, art, and photo-real scenes. Next up? Video.

Video game adaptations are notoriously brain-dead. But the minds behind HBO’s infectious new zombie series turn action into drama—and break the curse.

Data from Sweden and the US suggests cash incentives increase uptake without denting people’s trust in vaccines or future willingness to get them.

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years.

Now that the holiday craze is over, here are some discounts on a variety of gadgets to help ease you into the new year.

Lab animals have long borne the brunt of drug safety trials. A new law allows drugmakers to use miniature tissue models, or organs-on-chips, instead.

SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible.

Flu meds and prescription drugs have been in short supply all winter—but the problem goes back over a decade.

The digital currency exchange’s stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot.

With rising sea levels and extreme weather events, the global north needs to prepare to welcome displaced people.

Here’s how a stock image—that looked like me—made its way to Chinese marketplaces. With each repost and edit, I grew more convinced that it was me.

Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top. But, its reign is anything but stable.

The tractor maker is accused of blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. A new agreement offers concessions—but campaigners say it’s not enough.

NASA’s new JWST space telescope has revealed some cosmic surprises, including galaxies that might have assembled earlier than previously thought.

More than 120 models of Siemens' S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.

It can deliver fast Wi-Fi to the largest of homes, but this mesh system has some odd limitations.

The hottest West Coast tech 16,000 years ago was a “projectile point” for hunting game. Though tiny, the artifact tells an outsize tale.

Are you struggling to find a signal in your home or office? Here’s how to get clearer chats.

Where you went to school won’t matter as much as what you can actually do now.

Right-wing networks from Brazil and the US fueled calls for violence. Experts accuse tech platforms of looking the other way.

Iranian women are baring their heads to protest government controls. A top official said algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes.

Had a long day and still want to stream something? These tips from sleep experts will help you stay awake till the credits roll.

The country’s surge in cases is a human tragedy but isn’t showing signs of changing the Covid picture in the West—where the virus is already running free.

Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.

Novelist Ning Ken’s history of Beijing’s Zhongguancun district shows how two generations of professors and tech entrepreneurs helped make the country more open.

By emulating the human ability to forget some of the data, psychological AIs will transform algorithmic accuracy.