So get ready to see a lot more of the company's toaster-inspired, human-free robots roaming the street, delivering groceries.

What are the consequences (and conveniences) of the tech giant acquiring the home router company?

Many of the body cameras worn by police are woefully vulnerable to hacking and manipulation. Amber Authenticate wants to fix that—with the blockchain.

Blue is definitely not the warmest color.

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*The L Word* reboot has the opportunity to do something revolutionary. Again.

Opinion: With its American AI Initiative, the White House is devoting funding, research, and data infrastructure to boosting our prowess in artificial intelligence.

Where we live plays an enormous role in our emissions. For the Green New Deal to work, it needs to grapple with that fact.

As goofy as some of your smartphone keyboard's predictions are, at least it tries to not make you look bad.

A new research center will finally quantify cannabis' toll on the environment, as well as how existing rules affect the growers themselves.

Google and Microsoft have added warnings to their "risk factors" for investors about potential legal and ethical problems from their artificial intelligence projects.

The US will join more than a dozen other countries with national AI strategies when President Trump signs an executive order to create the American AI Initiative.

Here's how to tune in, even if you don't have a TV. (And give Kendrick album of the year already.)

The logistics giant invests in autonomous vehicle startup Aurora, the micromobility world ponders its future, we review the new Porsche 911, and more.

The speech was very boring. The state of the world as a whole, though, is far from tedious.

Humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans, but were there others? Paleontologists are using deep learning to find lost branches of our family tree.

Even with a few glitches, these cute wirefree, true wireless workout earbuds are still worth the price.

Squirrel monkeys don’t see color like people. But inject their eyeballs with a genetically engineered virus, and they suddenly can perceive a new rainbow. The same trick could someday be used on color-blind people.

The future of journalism is more partisan and supported by more diverse revenue streams—in other words, like the journalism of 200 years ago.

The shutdown may have ended two weeks ago, but federal cybersecurity professionals will be coping with its impact for a long time to come.

Before stars are stars and solar systems emerge, there is nothing but gas and dust.

Location data scandals, a Zcash bug, and more of the week's top security news.

The sci-fi anthology show deserves a second run. Come on, Hulu.

Steven Soderbergh's new Netflix movie is concerned with the business of sports, and more specifically the politics of human capital.

As the company morphed from an exclusive platform for co-eds to one of the biggest, most powerful platforms in the world, our writers chronicled it all.

Access to cars is the best short-term solution for connecting lower-income people to jobs, but the autos they can afford are the worst for the planet.

The Amazon CEO alleges he was the victim of sextortion. He’s not the only one.

The Amazon CEO accused the tabloid of “extortion” on Thursday, but legal experts say it’s a close call.

A Sprint lawsuit against AT&T reveals confusion over the newest wireless standards.

Between 1917 and 1991 the USSR built hundreds of sanatoriums across its empire. Many of them still survive.

Cinemark is the latest chain to dip a toe into the deepest water of the VR pool: high-end "free roam" experiences like Terminator Salvation: Fight For the Future.

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.