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It's the kind of scandal that social media eats up.

Also, 'Apex Legend' is selling remarkably fast and there's, um, a 'Halo' theme park coming. Find out more here.

One of our favorite laptops for portable playtime now offers improved graphics performance and battery life.

With the help of a 300-pound test dummy named Todd, Will Pemble has turned his home into an amusement park.

Ever seen GIFs of metal parts fitting together so precisely that the boundaries between them seem to disappear? That's the joy of EDM. (Um, the other EDM.)

Iowa researchers built an AI engine they say can spot abusive apps on Twitter months before the service itself identifies them.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies' sprawling plan leans heavily on what local governments are already doing to fend off climate change.

Three Republicans plan bills to restore some version of net neutrality, but they are a far cry from the Obama-era rules, or what many Democrats want.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, publishes emails purportedly from the National Enquirer urging him to call off an investigation of the tabloid publisher.

The country’s antitrust regulator told Facebook it couldn't demand so much data from users simply to have an account. Experts say it’s a big deal.

Amazon, which offers facial recognition services, asks Congress to regulate how the technology can be used appropriately.

Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies.

A tortoise-inspired, needle-carrying pill promises to let people swallow drugs that currently have to be injected.

Apple has just released iOS 12.1.4, which fixes a group chat FaceTime bug that let callers eavesdrop on targets.

Adiantum will help millions of low-end Android smartphones receive the same encryption protections as flagships.

The tech titan just announced it's investing in autonomous technology developer Aurora.

The merc will still have a mouth in the Mouse House. Also, *The Walking Dead* is getting another season—surprise!

Google Books exist in an intangible digital realm—one propped up by manual labor.

The battle royale field is crowded with competitors, but some inventive game mechanics help this one stand out.

A Hawaii observatory just put the largest astronomical data trove ever online, making it free and accessible so anyone can hunt for new cosmic phenomena.

Opinion: A self-regulatory organization for search and social media—like the financial industry's FINRA—would protect the public interest without enacting overly blunt laws that discourage innovation.

Bigger power cells and more efficient components are helping smartphone manufacturers give consumers what they really want: phones that don't require frequent charging.

You may not recognize the name, but you'll be instantly impressed with this multicooker's capabilities.

It only took a decade, but climate change was front and center again in Washington as NOAA declared 2018 the fourth-hottest year on record.

Freak weather events—a new constant in our changing climate—may be making leafy greens less safe to eat.

The Netflix series is far and away the best original show of the past two years—but its existential thrust guaranteed that not everyone would be happy with the ending.

A new, extra-beefy SpaceX rocket is undergoing testing in Texas. Formerly called the BFR, Starship is designed to ferry up to 100 humans to Mars.

The special counsel's indictments have so far stopped short of tying Trump and his associates to a broader conspiracy, blanks that will eventually get filled in.

Yeah, let's just talk about the furs.

Caryn Marooney is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from Facebook's communications department at a time when the company is perpetually under siege.

Welcome to the Age of Kidfluencers. It's not as weird as you think.

Going digital could make the 2020 census more inclusive and efficient, but experts fear the Census Bureau is also opening itself up to new risks.

If you have a drone, you can use this trick to figure out the size of an object captured on camera.

Opinion: Cryptocurrencies are useless. Blockchain solutions are frequently much worse than the systems they replace. Here's why.

Leonardo the lanky robot can sort of hover-walk on two legs—and that could land it on Mars one day.

The evolution of the 911 has always relied on key incremental advances, and the eighth generation continues the tradition of striving for perfection.

As genetic genealogy gains momentum, one state considers barring police departments from using public DNA databases in criminal cases.

With messaging apps and Stories, Facebook’s emphasis on mobile features also highlights some of the company’s greatest vulnerabilities as it looks ahead.

The social network where one-third of humanity checks in at least once a month is also a marketplace, a satellite developer, and a maker of VR headsets.

Aides trumpet commitment to 5G wireless, AI, and quantum computing, but they go unmentioned in State of the Union.

Very few chat apps offer the unsend feature. As it turns out, that’s for a few very good, or at least understandable, reasons.

With his new novel award-winning author builds a sensual African fantasia out of folklore and history.

Customers of QuadrigaCX are out as much as $190 million after CEO Gerry Cotten died; Cotten reportedly was the only one with the key to retrieve the money.

The DJ set didn't need a headset, but it created a sense of presence that will prove integral as VR and AR become commonplace.

Gen Z appears mostly indifferent to Facebook, but they can't escape the social network; it’s their parents who are doing most of the posting.

You might soon be playing with, instead of against, the machines.

Photographer Nick Brandt led a big-stage production for his latest project exploring conservation in Kenya.

“Password Checkup” isn’t a password manager but a simple tool that warns you if you’re using a password that’s been exposed in data breaches.

How the use of AI runs the risk of recreating the insurance industry's inequities of the previous century.