The new horror movie is very frightening—but not entirely because of its occult twist.

Drone plans for sale, a Silk Road arrest, and more security news this week.

Beautiful evidence of our red neighbor’s watery past and current annual changes.

Amazon's big Prime Day sale is almost here, and we'll help you get something out of the madness.

This small, bashful botvac that will win over your heart, if not your wallet.

The famed Italian design house hopes to win over customers with the PF0, a battery-powered ride that hits 60 mph in under two seconds and offers 310 miles of range.

Evidence mounts that organisms without nervous systems can in some sense learn and solve problems, but researchers disagree about whether this is “primitive cognition.”

The 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking the DNC allegedly used $95,000 worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to fund their operation.

Microsoft's chief product officer, Panos Panay, tells us why the company made the Surface Go.

A new online sim computes how and where a robot should grip objects like vases and turbine housings. You can even upload designs of your own objects.

The special counsel has unleashed an international, geopolitical bombshell.

Celmatix sells a genetic test for reproductive health, and it's looking to expand.

“Facial recognition will require the public and private sectors alike to step up—and to act,” says Brad Smith, the company’s president.

It's been a busy week in gaming. Let's catch up.

A budget gaming laptop with a few flaws, but gobs of brawn.

A new study investigates the intersection of climate change and real estate, and finds that higher elevations bring higher values.

The best Emmy nominated shows to binge watch to relax, from 'Killing Eve' to 'The Good Place.'

In the post-Uber crash era, self-driving car developers are struggling with how to present their technology to an increasingly wary public.

By the normal standards of outbreak, Candida auris signals a mind-bending shift—and it’s forcing researchers draw on some of medicine’s oldest practices.

As Elon Musk proposes water filters for Flint, the city's mayor and others outline what would actually help.

Container ships sometimes have a handful of passenger cabins—the peak of carbon emissions frugality.

Now that Elon Musk's car company is finally putting out the more affordable Model 3, it could be a problem.

The prize isn’t a charting single; it’s becoming the soundtrack to a nation’s memories.

For the first time in 18 years, HBO isn't at the top of the Television Academy heap.

Photographer Rogers Grasas spent seven years traveling the Middle East to capture these stunning images.

Under the new rule, critics say the agency will not review informal complaints about telecom companies, and steer consumers to a formal process that carries a $225 fee.

The founder and editor in chief of ThinkProgress is starting over with "Popular Information," a one-man political newsletter "for people who are feeling overwhelmed."

Astrophysicists have traced the origin of some of Earth’s cosmic rays to a blazar 4 billion light years away.

Apple leans in on the high end of the laptop market, rather than going light and cheap.

This keyboard-packing smartphone is the best kind of throwback. Our full review.

In Denver, engineers have built an architecturally identical twin for Orion, NASA’s next next launch vehicle—and they're putting it through its paces.

The Swedish robo-truck ditches the engine for batteries, the human for software, and the container for a big pile of logs.

A proposal that critics said would have forced consumers to file formal complaints, at a cost of $255, appears to have been dropped from Thursday's agenda.

A sedative, an opioid, and a paralytic sit at the core of legal and ethical debates over the state-sanctioned killing of death row prisoner Scott Dozier.

Thanks to a new agreement, ESPN will be broadcasting esports live in primetime for the first time.

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO's work to help the rescue operation captivated the internet and reinforced the most flattering image of Musk, as a brilliant engineer with a nose for unexpected solutions to pressing problems.

By not informing the US government of two industry-wide hardware flaws, Intel may have inadvertently given ammo to China's hackers.

Photographer Heiko Hellwig envisions a world made of silicon.

Rat invasions ripple across an island ecosystem into places you’d never expect—including all the way into surrounding coral reefs.

After purging millions of fake or suspicious accounts in recent months, Twitter announced a new policy around locked profiles.

Social Science One, an independent research commission, will give social scientists unprecedented access to Facebook's data.

Her departure is a sign the company’s system is beginning to work. It’s also a crisis.

The visual novel—and mech brawler—is wild, melancholy, and willing to take none of your crap.

A company from Austin, Texas is building 800-square-foot houses from concrete pumped out of a giant 3-D printer.

A technology that for years has been good for making prototypes and tchotchkes promises to usher in a new industrial revolution.

Oasis Labs is working with Uber as it aims to cure some of the ills of the internet.

Loon and Wing, X's internet balloon and drone delivery ventures, are emerging from the super-secret incubator—and demonstrating what an ever expanding Google means for the world.

A new generation of air-quality sensors is making it easier for citizen groups and residents to monitor the air around them.

Apps like Bellhop and RideGuru allow riders to find the best deal—highlighting the uncomfortable truth that price is the bottom line for ride-sharing companies

Research conducted in LA shows that Lyft reaches almost every neighborhood, regardless of race or income, but black riders still wait longer to be picked up.