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The old-fashioned-sounding illness is mostly harmless. So why does it cause so much parental panic?

What kind of sick person slashes apart their novels and posts the deed on Twitter?

General Motors' Cruise unit shows off its self-driving concept vehicle, while Hyundai smothers road noise.

Ethicists and biologists seek to head off challenges raised by tissue “organoids” as they become increasingly similar to human brains.

The high cost of repairing sensor-packed vehicles outpaces the savings from fewer crashes.

This hoodie, which sheds much fewer microplastic fibers, makes me feel bad about wearing any other hoodie.

How the Shlayer Trojan topped the macOS malware charts—despite its “rather ordinary” methods.

The Spitzer Space Telescope wasn’t big, but its view of the universe was certainly mighty.

Facial recognition, iCloud encryption, and the rest of this week's top security news.

David L. Craddock is one of the major voices in longform games journalism, but his reporting hasn't always been easy.

Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.

If you're in the market for the Gadget Lab's favorite headphones, a smart display, or a new robot vacuum, you're in luck.

The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?

The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.

The deployment, at an unspecified number of locations, will be one of the largest uses of the technology by government authorities in the West.

New estimates of how far the virus could spread suggest an explosion of cases will hit the Chinese city and more infected individuals will show up abroad.

The *Call of Duty* League, the *Overwatch* League, and *Hearthstone* Esports all call YouTube home now. That's not great news for Twitch.

The country star's “LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder” post speaks to people's desire to be what any platform needs them to be.

Lots of high-profile games have been delayed lately. Doesn't look like Valve's upcoming VR experience is going to be one of them.

Two years ago, Patreon promised to crack down on piracy site Yiff.Party. Now it says its hands are tied.

For chai lovers, Chime's hands-free and speedy pod-based brewing process is convenience at its finest.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Netflix show offers controversial treatments for people who feel they’ve been failed by everything else.

As World Athletics debates whether to ban Nike's carbon-fiber running shoe, it should heed lessons from the case of “Bionic Olympian” Oscar Pistorius.

Mortuary startups, like one that plans to freeze and shatter corpses, have run afoul of some fusty regulations.

On this week’s episode: hacking oral hygiene with AI, and hacking espresso with science.

The life-changing magic of tidying up your emails.

Although many fans and creators claim the appeal isn't sexual, much of the genre flirts with intimacy. Close your eyes—and open up.

When winged wildlife slams into aircraft, disasters can happen. Inside the world of bird-strike countermeasures, where avian goo is the enemy.

One paper advanced a controversial theory about the disease's origin. Other scientists aren't biting.

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After Fukushima, the country opted to decommission its nuclear reactors. The US has a lot to learn from what happened next.

At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants.

This month alone, *Cyberpunk 2077*, *Marvel’s Avengers*, *Dying Light 2*, and *Final Fantasy VII Remake* have all been pushed back. For some, it's probably for the best.

The movie could hit theaters in 2022.

Boston Dynamics' creation is starting to sniff out its role in the workforce: as a helpful canine that still sometimes needs you to hold its paw.

The Genesis GV80 comes with noise-canceling tech to do away with the annoying hum of rolling rubber.

Jumping off a high ledge without a cord … maybe we better run a simulation first.

It won't protect small businesses, it won't preserve our data privacy, and it won't help promote democracy.

How calculation errors and misunderstandings led to a very silly lawsuit—and a very lucky landing.

It’s almost impossible to shut down a megacity. And even if you do, people (and their germs) would find a way out.

A new report calls for safeguards to reduce the dangers posed by misinformation, online extremism, and social media manipulation.

Issues inside the company aren't limited to its commercial airliner business—even the space and defense divisions are suffering.

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

As the death toll and infection numbers climb, international health officials struggle to make sense of sparse data on the coronavirus from China.

The viral photos of mini-horses in cabin seats may be numbered, as the Transportation Department announces an effort to ground "Noah's Ark in the air."

The streaming service now defines anything watched for at least two minutes as a "view." Wait, what?

A UN report links the attack on Jeff Bezos' iPhone X directly to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Scientists are racing to understand just how bad things could get with the outbreak of a pneumonia-like disease that first appeared in China and has now spread to the US.

It took 12 years and at least $40 million to chart a region about 250 micrometers across—about the thickness of two strands of hair.

A computational chemist unlocks the secrets of the time-grind-water axis—and develops a model for making an impeccable cup of joe.