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Voters in 15 US states and territories are about to cast their ballots. Here are the numbers you need to know.

In a subpoena filed Monday, city officials say startup Guesty has facilitated the expansion of short-term rental empires that violate local rules.

Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to to the programming language.

China, Iran, North Korea, and other authoritarian regimes have concealed information and exacerbated the spread of the disease.

The founders of two of the franchise's biggest fan site's wrote an open letter asking the movie to be delayed until summer.

A typical drought is a slow-motion catastrophe. But scientists are trying to figure out a phenomenon called a flash drought, which forms in as little as two weeks.

The icon of the internet loops from poetry to horror.

Gabriel Zimmer's pictures are art and language all in one.

"Back when they’d started out, no one was working Extinction Witnessing events. Now there were a hundred companies doing the same."

At the top of the list is Chen Qiushi, a journalist who had been reporting on the coronavirus crisis in Wuhan when he went missing.

It’s the robotic equivalent of your own personal sous chef.

A 65-inch TV turns every room into a home theater, and this one does it without breaking the bank.

The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing.

The wispy ice clouds formed by jet exhaust help trap heat near the Earth's surface. But small changes in altitude can dampen the effect, a study says.

A team of lawyers and psychologists reviewed 364 exams used in the legal system, finding a third of them don't pass muster with forensic mental health experts.

A federal safety board criticizes regulators' laissez-faire approach to AVs, as California reports 2.9 million miles of robot driving in the state last year.

The 30 Rock creator began trending last week because fans of the K-pop group kept asking who she was.

Cosmologists want to know how fast the universe is growing, but their data doesn't match predictions. Wendy Freedman thinks red giant stars can help.

This slim, small cargo bike is a great pick for families on a budget.

The Pentagon wants to make sure the fledgling electric aviation industry doesn't follow the path of small drones and move offshore.

A social network populated entirely by adoring bots aims to mimic the experience of being a celebrity online—trolls not included.

Walking in New York used to feel like an exhilarating race to me. Then, a debilitating experience showed me the upside of going slow.

One of NASA's proposed missions would send a spacecraft to Venus on a suicide mission in order to study its atmosphere.

To help Redditors with visual impairments, volunteers are writing elaborate transcriptions of memes and images across the site.

Clever malware, student surveillance, and more of the week's top security news.

The 20th century author was also a formidable science fiction critic.

After two decades of working in and researching the auto industry, I realized it was time to give up the driver's seat.

Despite hopes that ride hailing would ease traffic and reduce carbon emissions, a new study finds that it's actually driving them upward.

Having you been scoping out a new mattress or a Nintendo Switch game? It's Leap Day, and there are a lot of great sales going on.

Regulators have been hands-off on autonomous vehicles, even after deaths and injuries. But they acted quickly after a woman was hurt in Columbus this week.

That anxiety has spawned an onslaught of books: Some try to convince you that your job can get better, while others argue that the machines will simply take them all away.

The retail giant says it penalizes sellers who violate its policies, but some merchants say enforcement seems haphazard.

Organizers of the Game Developers Conference postponed the event after a series of big-name companies like Amazon and Blizzard pulled out citing health concerns.

The proposed fines—against T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint—total more than $200 million for their role in breaches of privacy.

News reports claim that a Japanese patient was reinfected with Covid-19. But there are other possibilities, like a bad test or a flare-up of the original disease.

Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much.

*Plague Inc*. saw a spike in popularity around the world following initial reports of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you.

A striking overlap exists between the path of today's viral spread and the path of the Black Death in the 1300s.

Antitrust regulators say they're interested in data-driven mergers. Now we'll see how serious they are.

Because volcanic eruptions are tricky to predict, some Neapolitans—who are sandwiched between two volcanoes—take solace in Catholic miracles.

This versatile jacket from Outdoor Research uses a special material that makes it great for a variety of conditions and activities.

Following a rocky first season, the neo-noir adaptation gets a major sleeve upgrade for Season 2—both in front of the camera, and behind it.

Some artificial intelligence experts think role playing adventure games will help machines learn to be as clever as we are.

She mapped Apollo 11’s path to history. Now, her legacy lives on in the trajectories of future spaceflights—including the moon landing planned for 2024.

Silicon Valley’s influence over American workplace culture is now complete. Also, we bring you up to date on the latest cybersecurity news.

The snapping shrimp's claws pop louder than gunshots. Rising temperatures could make them fire faster—and disrupt their undersea neighbors.

They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a "money mule" to pick up the cash.

Although servers are crunching six times as much data as in 2010, energy consumption has stayed relatively flat, thanks to improved hardware efficiency.