The battle royale field is crowded with competitors, but some inventive game mechanics help this one stand out.

A Hawaii observatory just put the largest astronomical data trove ever online, making it free and accessible so anyone can hunt for new cosmic phenomena.

Opinion: A self-regulatory organization for search and social media—like the financial industry's FINRA—would protect the public interest without enacting overly blunt laws that discourage innovation.

Bigger power cells and more efficient components are helping smartphone manufacturers give consumers what they really want: phones that don't require frequent charging.

You may not recognize the name, but you'll be instantly impressed with this multicooker's capabilities.

It only took a decade, but climate change was front and center again in Washington as NOAA declared 2018 the fourth-hottest year on record.

Freak weather events—a new constant in our changing climate—may be making leafy greens less safe to eat.

The Netflix series is far and away the best original show of the past two years—but its existential thrust guaranteed that not everyone would be happy with the ending.

A new, extra-beefy SpaceX rocket is undergoing testing in Texas. Formerly called the BFR, Starship is designed to ferry up to 100 humans to Mars.

The special counsel's indictments have so far stopped short of tying Trump and his associates to a broader conspiracy, blanks that will eventually get filled in.

Yeah, let's just talk about the furs.

Caryn Marooney is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from Facebook's communications department at a time when the company is perpetually under siege.

Welcome to the Age of Kidfluencers. It's not as weird as you think.

Going digital could make the 2020 census more inclusive and efficient, but experts fear the Census Bureau is also opening itself up to new risks.

If you have a drone, you can use this trick to figure out the size of an object captured on camera.

Opinion: Cryptocurrencies are useless. Blockchain solutions are frequently much worse than the systems they replace. Here's why.

Leonardo the lanky robot can sort of hover-walk on two legs—and that could land it on Mars one day.

The evolution of the 911 has always relied on key incremental advances, and the eighth generation continues the tradition of striving for perfection.

As genetic genealogy gains momentum, one state considers barring police departments from using public DNA databases in criminal cases.

With messaging apps and Stories, Facebook’s emphasis on mobile features also highlights some of the company’s greatest vulnerabilities as it looks ahead.

The social network where one-third of humanity checks in at least once a month is also a marketplace, a satellite developer, and a maker of VR headsets.

Aides trumpet commitment to 5G wireless, AI, and quantum computing, but they go unmentioned in State of the Union.

Very few chat apps offer the unsend feature. As it turns out, that’s for a few very good, or at least understandable, reasons.

With his new novel award-winning author builds a sensual African fantasia out of folklore and history.

Customers of QuadrigaCX are out as much as $190 million after CEO Gerry Cotten died; Cotten reportedly was the only one with the key to retrieve the money.

The DJ set didn't need a headset, but it created a sense of presence that will prove integral as VR and AR become commonplace.

Gen Z appears mostly indifferent to Facebook, but they can't escape the social network; it’s their parents who are doing most of the posting.

You might soon be playing with, instead of against, the machines.

Photographer Nick Brandt led a big-stage production for his latest project exploring conservation in Kenya.

“Password Checkup” isn’t a password manager but a simple tool that warns you if you’re using a password that’s been exposed in data breaches.

How the use of AI runs the risk of recreating the insurance industry's inequities of the previous century.

Two dog owners review three dog DNA tests. The results offered some surprises, some welcome relief… and some fart research.

Even places hit by the polar vortex had exceptionally toasty stretches last month, along with record-high temperatures worldwide.

Director David Fincher's movie is not necessarily historically accurate, but its lessons about privacy and power still ring true nearly 10 years later.

President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address Tuesday night. Here's how to watch.

The shared, electric scooter and bike-based industry has earned its own conference—even as the hype starts to cool.

Designer Julius Tarng has created a web tool for unfollowing Twitter users that employs Marie Kondo's "KonMari" decision-making method.

The next great idea in tech is not going to emerge from the Cupertino spaceship—the company is too good at its current job to be disruptive.

To handle its massive amount of data, Facebook built new hardware and software tools, and shared them through open source.

So will the new 'Captain Marvel' footage and this news about Goop. (Maybe.)

Superman is more than welcome to use his superpowers to pick up a building. But we really need to talk about his technique.

Two new assistive apps coming to Android provide audio boosting and near-real-time text-to-speech translation to the deaf and hard of hearing.

Probably because the next 'Star Wars' movie is still 10 months away ... but we've gleaned a few morsels.

Warby Parker’s new AR app for trying on its eyewear is another example of how companies are exploiting face-mapping tech to help you buy their stuff.

The social network is growing fastest in Asia, is insanely profitable, makes most of its money from mobile ads, and has rewarded investors richly.

A likely shoo-in to be the next attorney general, William Barr spent much of his career helping phone companies reassemble the old Bell System monopoly.

A lot has changed since Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook in 2004. Here are some of the milestones that mattered most.

The United Nations predicts that the global population will soon explode. In *Empty Planet*, John Ibbitson and Darrel Bricker argue they're dead wrong.

While some brands have opted out of football's biggest night, plenty of others were willing to pony up for 30 seconds of persuasion.