Google executives reportedly sent emails to coworkers of an employee, challenging her claim that she was demoted.

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With worries over outbreaks growing nationwide, health officials responded to reports of infected individuals by imposing quarantines at UCLA and Cal State LA.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the SEC settled their latest dispute over his not-always-truthful tweets, with stricter standards for what's permissible in missives.

Some folks in Silicon Valley are vocal about limiting the use of AI in warfare, but the Defense Department is under no obligation to heed any recommendations.

Champion speed climbers chalk their hands, grab their holds, and do the Reza, a move that demands explosive power and tight coordination.

Christian Vizl gets up close with sharks, sea lions and more.

JBL's Link 20 Google Home and portable Bluetooth speaker is $100 cheaper this week.

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Opinion: Geocodes have been suggested as a solution for Puerto Rico’s address problem. But there’s more to an address than determining location.

Joanne Chory is tackling climate change as a biologist: by engineering plants to grab much more carbon from the air than they already do.

Can't get enough Avengers? Luckily, their canon is nearly endless.

The social network monetizes your nostalgia today, but that digital oil reservoir won’t last forever.

State law requires farmers to use groundwater at sustainable levels, and lets them trade water with neighbors. The blockchain could make sure the system is fair.

While foreign phone carriers are sharing data to stop SIM swap fraud, US carriers are dragging feet.

I have spent much of my career writing about trolls. I still find the word impossible to define.

Flexible phones are only now possible because of fancy materials, ones that likely don’t have all the kinks worked out yet. Enter the "metamaterial."

Tentree's Instagram post about planting trees has gone viral. But as with any celebrity’s carefully orchestrated photo, the reality is much more complicated.

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Adidas' collaboration with Donald Glover is just its latest attempt to define culture. Also on deck? Beyoncé.

The most radical talk at TED 2019 wasn't about a miracle cure or a moon shot. It was about a balloon that popped.

Malek's next gig, the Avengers are coming for all the money, Captain America does VR, and more.

The ambitious device gets an iFixit teardown, revealing what might turn out to be systematic problems.

It's a lot of heroes to keep track of, y'know?

The UK appears ready to allow Huawei gear in "non-core" parts of its 5G network. Many European countries rely heavily on Chinese equipment.

Due to the high demand for tech skills, H-1B visas have always been coveted and competitive. But denial rates have more than doubled since 2016.

You know those ads hawking bogus brain pills? Security researchers just helped take out a bunch of the spammers behind them.

It isn't bad, but it is altogether too reverent of the generic zombie apocalypse it creates.

Attempts to develop new antibiotics are failing because the projects aren't profitable. To make new drugs, it seems, pharma companies need more money.

Conspiracy theorists are obsessed with the wombs of celebrity women.

All our years spent with Earth's mightiest heroes meant something more than one movie could contain. Endgame tries to do it anyway.

In a small Minnesota town, an IT technician found his way to the darkest corner of the web. Then he made a deadly plan.

After two quarters of profitability, the electric automaker reported a $702 million loss in the first quarter.

In releasing its quarterly financial results Wednesday, Facebook said it expects to pay a fine of $3 billion to $5 billion to the FTC for violations related to user privacy.

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Here are simple tips and even Chrome extensions to spare yourself some heartbreak.

A new brain-computer interface takes the snap, crackle, pop from inside your motor cortex and translates it into digitally synthesized speech.

Ahead of what's expected to be a disappointing earnings report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicts 1 million "robotaxis" on the road by next year.

Brave says it can show users ads while protecting their privacy; eventually, it hopes to also pay publishers.

James Holzhauer won a record $110,914 in a single game of 'Jeopardy!' by perfecting a playbook.

A new report from Pew Research backs up the idea that social media often doesn't reflect the larger world around us.

The old Hollywood studios built thousands of ornate theaters across the country. Most have been torn down or abandoned.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy break down the techniques behind the internet’s most popular clips.

There's still something film festivals provide that streaming services can't: interactive social experiences in VR and AR.

This portable pizza oven packs a punch, but it's overkill for amateurs.

CEO Elon Musk says that in a year more than 1 million Teslas will be capable of driving themselves while a person sleeps in the driver's seat.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux, GNU, and how big companies are making money off of free, collaboration-based software.

In the year since the arrest of the Golden State Killer, investigative genetic genealogy has emerged as the most powerful crime-fighting tool since DNA itself.

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During engine tests of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this past Saturday, the vehicle experienced what the company has characterized as an "anomaly."