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The literal shape of cities appears to exacerbate hurricanes' rainfall, according to new research on Hurricane Harvey.

Robert Mueller's work as special counsel may seem imperiled by the acting attorney general, but there's plenty of reason for optimism.

In its second annual “Privacy Not Included” guide, the nonprofit highlights internet-connected items that value your privacy—and the ones that may not.

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.

Rack up enough points and a real life human will answer your customer support call.

Resiniferatoxin is 10,000 times hotter than the hottest pepper, and has features that make it promising as a painkiller of last resort.

The EV Drive Coalition will push Congress to extend the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars, but advocates say it could do much more.

Thoughtful design puts the Yoga C930 in a class of its own.

On tiny Plum Island, DARPA stages a real-life blackout to put its grid recovery tools to the test.

The owner of Bikini.com is using open source software to create artificial-intelligence image-recognition systems for Chinese companies and authorities.

You can buy the $60 sensor exclusively at the Apple Store.

The e-cigarette maker says it will discontinue some flavors at retail outlets and shut down social media accounts ahead of an expected FDA crackdown.

The Internet Association is taking its case to Whitehall, where members like Facebook, Twitter, and Google face increasing scrutiny.

As Samy Kamkar points out in this episode of 'Technique Critique,' it's certainly not the worst depiction of hacking we've seen in pop culture.

The world is getting warmer, the weather is getting worse. Here's everything you need to know about what humans can do to stop wrecking the planet.

After 238 cities vied to be home to Amazon's new "headquarters," the company chose the obvious: New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

For two hours Monday, Google internet traffic rerouted through China, Russia, and elsewhere. Here's why.

The buoyancy force gives you the boost that helps you float and do cool maneuvers in water. This experiment lets you see it in action.

The company hopes to do for podcasts what its Music Genome Project did for streaming songs.

He wants your money, and you’ll give it to him because LOL nothing matters.

Inside these closed online communities, outside voices are discredited and dissent is often met with hostility, doxing, and harassment. Sound familiar?

And, once again, the best somewhat-affordable Android phone comes from OnePlus.

Records show police agencies tap license-plate readers hundreds of thousands of times a year.

A tether connecting a drone to the ground liberates the aircraft from reliance on short-lived batteries, allowing it to stay aloft for weeks at a time.

Give the 'gram a boost with these tips from professional photographers.

The age of homebrew AI may not be all sweetness and light. Nor will it be all darkness and porn. Meet some of the pioneers showing what happens when the masses can teach computers new tricks.

Karl Friston’s free energy principle might be the most all-encompassing idea since Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. But to understand it, you need to peer inside the mind of Friston himself.

From electric wheels to smart home hubs, this year's holiday picks will delight tinkerers, travelers, and lovers of timeless design.

AI has a problem: The biases of its creators are getting hard-coded into its future. Fei-Fei Li has a plan to fix that—by rebooting the field she helped invent.

Internet companies used to grow big and die—fast. But now a few of them are huge and entrenched, because regulators didn't foresee their dominance.

We’ve spent years teaching neural nets to think like human brains. They’re crazy-smart, but what if we’ve been doing it all wrong?

Though we can point to a lack of rainfall to explain the devastation from the fires in California, they're ultimately a product of a warming world.

Corporations have taken the lead over nations on governing the internet: The initiative might not have counted the US as a signatory, but did include Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and others.

When the pilots of Flight 1388 lost control of their Embraer 190, they spent a scary two hours in the air over Portugal before making it down safely.

The avuncular, controversial longtime writer and publisher of Marvel Comics dies in Los Angeles.

From the first hundred issues of Fantastic Four to the genesis of the Incredible Hulk, these comics define some of the very best of Stan Lee's canon.

The US has worst rate of gun violence among all developed countries, and still we fail to regulate.

Now in its fourth year, the conference moved its festivities to Los Angeles, where hundreds of aspiring musicians convened to learn new tricks.

From his love of the Cheesecake Factory to his take on religion, writer Jim McLauchlin looks back on two decades of conversations with the Marvel Comics chairman emeritus.

At least, it is if you’re in Pilobolus, a dance company that specializes in shadowy illusions.

Berlin-based photographer Lena Kunz set out to chronicle the world of meticulously crafted baby dolls and the people who love them.

Opinion: Science shows the sound of TV streaming or a chip reader blaring can be as distressing as nails on a chalkboard.

It's hard to entice people with a calm portrayal of a crisis avoided, so more medical officials are employing a technique long used by anti-vaxxers: personal narrative.

With the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continuing to spread, neighboring Uganda deploys its health care defenses.

Gone are the days of the 30-second clip. Today’s most viewed YouTube videos last 20 minutes or longer, a trend cemented by the platform's algorithms.

New research suggests women in New York spend up to $50 a month more than men do on transportation, largely to feel safe and avoid harassment.

Many students trek to classrooms or local businesses to do their homework. Going without isn’t an option.

The Camp Fire, Hill Fire and Woolsey Fire share an origin in the jet stream, which has produced extreme winds that are spreading the flames and hampering firefighting efforts.

Oh, these crazy elections. Oh, that crazier White House.