The James Cameron-produced movie is a lot of fun, but it's trying so hard to turn into a franchise it forgets to have a third act.

Sure, it's derivative. That's what you'll love about it—and what might drive you crazy.

Information about you, what you buy, where you go, even where you look is the oil that fuels the digital economy.

Social science has an image problem—too many findings don't hold up. A new project will crank through 30,000 studies to try to identify red flags.

It was so huge that it required a whole special bespoke transportation logistics setup, but no one wanted to buy it.

Happy Love Day! (Ugh) Here's how to get started with Tinder, Bumble, and so on

He was considered a wacko and denied access to a broad audience. Today, anyone can spread wild ideas online.

President Trump has signaled that in addition to signing a congressional spending bill, he will declare a national emergency to fund his misbegotten border wall.

The company says it will no longer build its highly anticipated office in Queens, after the deal faced backlash from politicians, taxpayers, and activists.

Following China's lead, India is restricting some sales by global ecommerce companies, and weakening protections around online free speech.

Researchers at OpenAI decided that a system that scores well at understanding language could too easily be manipulated for malicious intent.

From Ariana Grande and Kacey Musgraves to Tierra Whack and Lizzo, this year is all about female artists remaking the music biz.

Also: Apple is reportedly announcing its streaming plans in March, and Thanos is going to 'Dune'.

Sennheiser's high-end earbuds are completely wire-free, but they aren't completely hassle-free.

Mozilla expands its “Privacy Not Included” gift guide to the bedroom: It’s all sexy fun and games until someone hacks a WiFi-enabled butt plug.

This electromagnetic catapult flings airplanes into the sky (and giant sleds into the water). Here's how to calculate the projectile motion involved.

The virus is the most contagious in the world, exploiting the human body's immune system to spread with extreme agility and harming its victims for years.

Rollerblades, climbing shoes, and more—here’s our favorite gear for warding off the winter blues.

Direct democracy! Universal basic income! Fascism!? The inside story of Italy’s Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.

he numbers are a little jumbly, but reports published by the state’s DMV show progress toward the day when humans are unshackled from the steering wheel.

Democrats have often opposed telecom mergers, but some prominent Democrats support T-Mobile's proposed acquisition of Sprint.

There is a 'Fortnite' Effect—but it's not what you think it is.

NASA announced that, after 15 years and 5,000 charge cycles, the Mars rover Opportunity is officially dead. Here’s what killed the tenacious little robot.

Opinion: Personal data is increasingly a core part of our personhood. Which is why the “service for data” model is a devil’s bargain.

In an astonishing indictment, the DOJ details how Monica Witt allegedly turned on her former counterintelligence colleagues.

AntBot looks for the polarized light from the sun in order to find its way. Your robot car could do the same one day.

It's only a couple months old, but Sony's miniature PS Classic has dropped from $100 to just $40.

The internet would be thrilled if the sequel was basically 'Carol' on Ice. It would be a monumental move for Disney.

Opinion: America needs a special visa program aimed at attracting more AI experts and specialists.

In a world of cheap gas, easy-come auto loans, ride-hail, and now a new breed of bike- and scooter-share, transit riders aren’t riding like they used to.

The hybrid-powered aircraft will carry up to 500 pounds with a range of 300 miles and could enter service next year.

A survey finds that the majority of Californians think tech has been “under-regulated” and merits more government oversight.

Domo arigato, debating roboto: An IBM project shows that a computer can carry on a sophisticated—if creepy—argument with a human.

Drag your finger on the in-app map, and the mobile Route Builder translates your scrawl into an ideal path. The beta version debuts soon for Strava Summit users.

And roughly 80 percent of Americans say tech companies should do more to prevent it, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation League.

To promote its upcoming superhero flick, Marvel went full Geocities. And experts say it hit all the right notes.

Tuesday's big event, in which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answered questions from journalist Kara Swisher, was peppered with typos that muddied the message.

A new Defense Department strategy calls for rapid adoption of AI across the military, and Google, Oracle, IBM, and SAP have signaled interest in a partnership.

State media has reported that Russia will attempt to disconnect from the global internet this spring. That's going to be tricky.

The Green New Deal unveiled by congressional Democrats last week is fairly criticized for being vague and unrealistic. But the US needs ambitious societal goals.

There's a reason Howard the Duck is going to Hulu and not Disney+.

It's about cats now.

Click on your city, and the map will pinpoint a modern analog city that matches what your climate may be in 2080. The results are startling.

Rie Yamada collects vintage photo albums and re-stages the images—with herself as all the subjects.

A hacker can accelerate Xiaomi M365 scooter—or hit the breaks—while a rider is on it.

Opinion: Humans train the machine-learning and AI systems at Facebook, Google, and Twitter to filter out bias. The problem: they don't know what they're looking for.

At Culture Biosciences, rows of bioreactors are brewing yeast and bacteria so synthetic biology startups can produce their foods, biofuels, and medicines faster.

In the movie *Gravity*, Sandra Bullock uses a fire extinguisher to maneuver in space. Controlling it is much, much harder than it looks.

We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe.