Introducing a bot to a secure Telegram conversation downgrades the level of encryption—without providing any visual cues.

Its execs have been arrested. Its gear is banned in places. And countries are reconsidering relationships with the company. How much trouble is Huawei really in?

PG&E’s electrical equipment likely caused California’s massive Camp Fire. That’s particularly maddening because science knows full well how to stop that.

OK, so it was never great in the first place. But the rise of rank nationalists could finally—perversely—spark an era of progress and cooperation for all humanity.

Never-ending notifications. Pull-to-refresh rewards. There's no escape from surveillance capitalism.

Collection #1 appears to be the biggest public breach yet, with millions of unique passwords sitting out in the open.

Despite the backlash, the fact that the Gillette ad exists at all is an undeniable sign of progress.

The "Google of Russia" showed up in Vegas with a bold and daring demonstration of what a Moscow-trained robot Moscow can do.

Antibiotics are still massively overprescribed, a new study shows. With no new drugs in sight, some scientists are turning to Crispr for a reboot.

We know a lot about the “what” of the Mueller probe’s findings. The crucial questions now focus on the “why.”

Protesters have created satirical newspapers before, but the tactic comes with more baggage in the era of fake news.

Researchers use a fossil, fancy computer work, and a complex robot to tease apart how an early land-walking animal moved.

A new Pew survey also finds that more than 50 percent of Facebook users are uncomfortable with how the company collects their information for ads.

From custom skis to the ultimate in-bounds backpack, everything you need to make the most of powder days.

For his book Universe, photographer Jos Jansen documented a neutrino-detecting orb, data visualizations, and other ambitious projects in the Netherlands.

Epic Games has since patched the attack, which would have allowed attackers to view account info, listen in on in-game conversations, and more.

In wildfire-prone cities and towns, increasingly worried residents are banding together to prevent future disasters.

New tabletop sensors could be sensitive enough to glimpse gravitational waves and even dark matter particles.

A bot trained to beat poker stars could offer strategic lessons to generals simulating a future war.

Facebook told investors it expects to spend $10 million annually on security for CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

You probably won’t enjoy reading about President Trump getting it on with Mike Pence (or Putin, or Shrek), but you’re not really supposed to.

From potential nation state hacks to a brain drain, the shutdown has done nothing good for cybersecurity.

By joining forces, the major automakers have each diversified their self-driving portfolios.

On the anniversary of the remarkable crash landing, remember just how quickly it all happened.

Opinion: The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train its facial recognition algorithm. But we can't afford to blithely play along.

Think Peter Parker got dusted for good in 'Infinity War'? Think again.

Not to make this about politics or walls or borders or displacement, but the Australian pop singer's new song is all about politics and walls and borders and displacement.

The egg feels absurd, but it’s part of a viral playbook we’ve seen before.

Opinion: GPS-monitored violent offenders are 95 percent less likely to commit a new crime. We need to implement an integrated, nationwide domestic violence program that tracks domestic abusers.

The company needs more cash for content and global expansion—and it's still cheaper than a lot of streaming services.

There are much better ways to generate electricity than this proposed scheme in Egypt, but here's how it would theoretically work.

Ralph Gibson, who’s been shooting analog since 1956, highlights the qualities inherent to digital photography in this new show, 'Digital Color.'

The Adapt BB isn't just an impressive riff on a sci-fi dream—it's a lightweight, NBA-ready kick that's ushering in a new age of smart footwear.

Games like the now-remastered 2001 title may have disappeared, but their plainness is an appealing antidote to today's excesses.

People love ‘Oumuamua because it's an antidote to our cosmic loneliness. And that's OK!

The concept teased at the Detroit Auto Show is the first step in a new way of winning drivers over to batteries and motors.

Across the country, cities are implementing new housing and transit laws that, oh by the way, lower their emissions of greenhouse gasses.

Nearly everyone now has a decade of photos in their pockets.

Now in the cycling business, Uber, Lyft, and others are co-opting the experience of longtime safe streets advocates.

Researchers are turning to VR because it can create realistic scenarios in a controlled setting, potentially making diagnoses more objective.

When Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare disease, she and her husband, Eric Minikel, set out to find a cure.

The latest take on the muscled up Mustang has more than 700 horsepower and might actually corner as well as it sprints.

Winter is coming this spring—April 14, to be exact. There's a trailer too.

A new study shows that 3D-printing a section of spinal cord, living cells and all, restored movement in injured rats.

The science of how technology affects happiness needs a huge statistical upgrade. A new paper charts a path toward better research.

Desalination plants turn seawater into drinking water, but also pump hypersaline water back into the environment. That's especially troubling because desal has become extremely popular.

A social media campaign against forced arbitration clauses in employment contracts is a rare example of employees from different companies joining together.

With true autonomy proving harder than we hoped, some companies are refocusing on systems that split the work between human and machine.

A Hyundai with legs, a Tesla Model S robot death stunt, and all the happenings out of Vegas that you missed.

Last week, the internet was consumed with talk of President Trump's attempts to get funding for a wall on the US southern border.