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Dim the lights, grab some popcorn, and hold on tight as you travel the world in search of some Halloween frights.

Not long ago, blockchain technology was touted as a way to track tuna, bypass banks, and preserve property records. Reality has proved a much tougher challenge.

Here’s why Tesla’s “Smart Summon” feature is taking them on anyway.

Has a baby pooped at all if it can’t be viewed as part of a Poop Frequency Trend Chart going back three months?

For yet another week, the congressional investigation into the president—and his polarizing tweets about it—are driving online conversation.

The US government said pedestrian fatalities rose for a second consecutive year. But, hey, Tesla's back in the black, and promising record deliveries this quarter.

The KATRIN experiment is working to “weigh the ghost,” which could point to new laws of particle physics and reshape theories of cosmology.

Don't settle for the preinstalled apps Apple, Microsoft, and Android stick you with. Mix it up a little\!

Can sperm survive microgravity? Do eggs hold up to radiation? The new science of off-planet procreation is now getting underway.

The anti-plastic crusaders have another plan to keep junk from reaching the sea: trash-eating barges in rivers.

A look back at what the crews of the Apollo missions photographed on the surface of the moon.

A UN phishing attack, Adobe accounts exposed, and more of the week's top security news.

The documentary explores how the bestselling author has been both celebrated and reviled.

Why is your cat such a freak? This at-home DNA test can't tell you that, but it can reveal some information about its health and heritage.

Microsoft goes big with a 15-inch version of its Surface Laptop. It's bigger, and maybe even better if you don't ask too much of it.

We've found great discounts on everything from vacuum cleaners to heated ski boots.

Get your jack-'o-lantern straight with these Halloween-ready tools and kits, including knives, scoopers, and power tools.

Elon Musk revealed Version 3.0 of the Solar Glass Roof, which is made of solar panels, but looks like slate.

Amazon had long been considered the favorite for JEDI, a project to use cloud computing to modernize warfare.

The social media company will pay companies including the New York Times, WIRED—and Breitbart—to distribute their content.

Three senators have called for an investigation into the social media app, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.

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How much land will the \#TeamTrees plan require? A science prof roughs it to assess the feasibility.

Adding a new flag to the emoji keyboard now means getting tech companies' support—and that could be an issue if China is involved.

A zoo puts a mysterious slime mold on display, and the internet gushes. Here's everything you need to know about the weirdest blob on Earth.

For more than a decade, Michael Guthrie has dominated the world of tricking, a sport he describes as "emotion and personality, expressed with flips."

Sing it loud: The App Store's not perfect. Especially when it's up against click fraud code this clever.

“Dysfunctional gaming,” as the World Health Organization may call it, seems to be more a symptom than the cause of psychological issues.

The 'Hearthstone' pro, also known as Chung Ng Wai, was blocked from competing after voicing support for protesters in Hong Kong.

Opinion: The social network needs to develop better ways to help stop the spread of millions of harmful images.

Independent video creators want to unionize, in a play for more transparency from YouTube. Emma Grey Ellis has the story on this week’s Gadget Lab.

A leaked email revealed that executives at a skin-care firm showed employees how to post fake reviews. But the FTC settled without a fine or admission of guilt.

Modernist mathematics.

A study of 40 million trips finds that men tip more than women, that women drivers get bigger tips, and that riders tip more on repeat rides with a driver.

We’re not going to stop climate change with just seedlings and fancy agriculture. We also need to reduce emissions.

Keybase exists to keep things safe online. And it doesn't use 2FA to do it.

The company is incorporating new software that better understands subtleties of language, with the biggest changes for queries outside the US.

Yet another massive wildfire is ravaging Northern California. Welcome to the Pyrocene—think of it like the Ice Age, but with fire.

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Google shows off its Sycamore chip that it says reached “quantum supremacy,” but it will still be years before quantum computing is useful.

The US secretary of state may be a Trump favorite, but the Ukraine scandal appears to threaten Mike Pompeo’s ambitions for higher office.

The Facebook CEO’s latest trip to Washington, where he was grilled by a skeptical Congress, is captured perfectly in this one photograph.

Maggie Guterl is the first woman to win the Big's Backyard Ultra, an endurance running race so twisted and extreme it's in a class of its own.

A study shows the risks of making decisions using data that reflects inequities in American society.

Google researchers are training neural networks with a new technique to predict how a molecule smells based on its chemical structure.

Flock Safety boasts that its cameras caused a dramatic drop in crime in one Georgia county, but experts say it's not so simple.

The movie failed to eclipse the Marvel film’s first-day sales on Atom Tickets.

Brett Goldstein learned a few things as a cop and in Chicago’s City Hall. Now he’s bringing that civic expertise to the Pentagon.

Instagrammers flocking to the Bronx to take one picture defeats the purpose of globe-spanning cultural moments.

A government report finds that vehicle-related deaths fell 2.4% last year. But pedestrian deaths are up 50% in the past decade, and no one knows why.