The probe with the famous name may soon have a new claim to fame, by crossing the Arctic Ocean on the longest underwater robot journey yet.

The CEO says his Autopilot system will be "feature-complete" this year, and ready to ferry snoozing passengers by the end of next year.

The automaker's new feature taps into light timing data to let drivers ride the “green wave” and breeze through town.

The final two shows of the streaming service's Marvel partnership got the axe.

Neil Burnell's photographs of Wistman's Wood in Devon, England evoke comparisons to 'Star Wars' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.

The VR-1, from Finnish company Varjo, isn't exactly cheap, but its resolution is so high that many companies are eager to get it.

The National Weather Service will soon introduce a new forecasting model, but meteorologists are saying it's worse than its predecessor.

We know you would never leave your child unattended in the car. But if you did, this seat would tell you—over and over again.

We should not be creating conscious, humanoid agents but an entirely new sort of entity, rather like oracles, with no conscience, no fear of death, no distracting loves and hates.

A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours.

The assumption goes that lab-grown meat will drastically reduce emissions of beef production. But you know what they say about assumptions.

Sharks are renowned for their wound healing, lifespans of 70-odd years, and low rates of cancer. Their genes could reveal their superpowers.

Nuking a grape produces sparks of plasma, as plenty of YouTube videos document. Now physicists think they can explain how that energy builds up.

That's the rumor. It sounds possible—but also kinda hokey.

With $60 and a few fake Facebook accounts, researchers were able to identify service members in a military exercise, track their movement, and even persuade them to disobey orders.

Corny? Maybe. But sharing our characters' journey in games like Kingdom Hearts 3 is prelude to a world in which virtual and real inextricably coexist.

We found the best tech bargains for the long holiday weekend from Apple, Google, Amazon, Dyson, and more.

Rich Benoit stumps for the right-to-repair movement, pushing uncooperative manufacturers to make it easier for owners to fix stuff themselves.

Using data scraping, network analysis, and machine learning, the Science Fiction Concept Corpus includes more than 2,600 books written since 1900. Here's what we found.

More than a century later, the quaint term is back as a basis for long-­overdue safety standards in autonomous vehicles.

Now, in a perversion of the Time Stone worthy of Thanos, *Captain Marvel* is coming out the first week of March. March! Great Gregorian gods, why?

With its pioneering mesh support, ingenious tilt mechanism, and conspicuously engineered design, the "dotcom throne" has survived and thrived.

While the eye is superior at perceiving sizes and ratios, the ear is better at detecting patterns that occur over *time*. Enter: sonification.

Stay safe, warm, stylish, and caffeinated as you Bird.

I was ashamed by my inability to readjust to new grammar. If I didn’t, my failure would exact social costs, registering as unintended dis­respect—or worse, bigotry.

Virtual assistants do their jobs better thanks to Wikidata, which aims to (eventually) represent everything in the universe in a way computers can understand.

Google, Microsoft, and other tech companies keep injecting more and more smarts into our daily tasks. Will we become indistinguishable, or truly free?

A new batch of food-­focused investment firms are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into fast-casual startups—powered by AI and data-mining apps.

The latest version of Redmond's dextrous desktop combines thoughtful design and premium guts to boost your productivity—no matter what you do.

Plus: We bid adieu to the Airbus A380, Amazon makes a move, and we take a tour of the gear that keeps Nascar racers on the oval.

The internet also said "hello, again" to more government shutdown talk last week.

A long-standing mystery in neuroscience is how the brain attaches a timestamp to our memories. Researchers now may have identified a neural mechanism.

HashiCorp has won fans among developers, and a billion-dollar valuation, by automating the mundane tasks of setting up and configuring servers.

What happens to all those emails and passwords that get leaked? They're frequently used to try to break into users' other accounts across the internet.

Even with some flaws, it's almost certainly the best WearOS smartwatch you can buy.

3-D printed rifles, Iran missile hacking, and more of the week's top security news.

Gregory Benford's new book portrays the writer as a man of action and improvised traps.

Opinion: Without more DOD investment, there just aren’t enough incentives to lure talent away from high-paying jobs with great benefits into a life of public service.

As hard as it is to say goodbye to our favorite little rover, the mission had a hell of a run on Mars.

As unease with Big Tech grows, some prescribe a slower, less viral online existence. "Eat independent sites, mostly not Facebook."

New York's mayor says the rule, which halts the granting of new licenses, is vital for reining in congestion. Uber says the city is overreaching.

Trouble at OKCupid, Coffee Meets Bagel, and Jack'd have made February a bad stretch for romantics online.

As he declared a national emergency Friday, President Trump repeatedly dismissed statistics and reports produced by his own government.

Product designer Chris Messina snagged @chris as his Instagram name. It’s been awesome—and terrible. Plus: Amazon splits with NYC, on the Gadget Lab podcast.

With the HQ2 split, New York lost a chance for a more diverse economy. Amazon lost a chance to engage with critics. And in it all, America lost out too.

All that rain drenching California this week came from an atmospheric river. A new rating scale would tell you how much water is fueling the system.

Joshua Dudley Greer traveled 100,000 miles up and down US interstates for his new book 'Somewhere Along the Line'.

By taking the 'Metro' titles out of the Metro, 4A Games is conducting a massive experiment—one that mostly succeeds.

Outcry about the layoffs has continued throughout the week.

If perfectly arranged drawers and heart-stopping car racing is your thing, you'll be glad to meet the crews who make it happen.