Xiaolang Zhang allegedly took more than 40 GB of Apple intellectual property with him when he left in April to work for China’s Xpeng Motors.

Of course, $664,000—the maximum penalty under UK law—isn’t much of a punishment for a company like Facebook, which is valued at more than $584 billion.

Mercedes parent company Daimler has struck the partnerships it thinks it needs to keep up in the race for autonomy.

Mail.ru also ran hundreds of apps on Facebook at a time when the platform’s policies allowed app developers to collect their users' friends' data.

The bug serves as a reminder of China-friendly censorship code hidden in all iOS devices.

Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns. The government tried to stop him. He sued—and won.

Is Brava’s idea of the oven of the future just right or overdone?

Electric currents have magnetic fields, so the right kind could mess with your navigation.

Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is likely to rankle tech leaders who oppose his perspective on issues related to privacy and net neutrality.

In an excerpt from her new book, Microsoft researcher Nancy Baym demonstrates how music lovers used fan culture to build a worldwide web.

"This NATURAL TRICK can CURE YOUR CANCER" isn't at all what it looks like.

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are quietly competing to see who will be the first to ferry tourists into space.

@_personals_ started as an Instagram account for posting old-school looking-for-love ads—but it's poised to be so much more.

The Chesapeake Bay project uses AI to go beyond flood warnings and create more detailed maps that can help with land-use planning and emergency response.

When the young Mark Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto in 2004, he and his buddies built a corporate proto-culture that continues to influence the company today.

Human drivers struggle to figure out something as simple as whether someone will cross the road. Just imagine how robocars feel.

Brothers Svilen and Konstantin Rangelov are working on a drone they say will someday haul 800 pounds up to 1,550 miles.

The latest Surface is Microsoft's smallest—and least expensive.

Time-lapse footage of a calving Glacier in Greenland could help researchers anticipate catastrophic sea-level rise.

The comics artist co-created many iconic characters—but that's not the only reason he should be remembered.

The video platform is less focused on getting rid of conspiracy theorists than on trying to elevate journalism it considers valuable.

A Canadian nonprofit alliance is trying to save a staple fish supply—via drone photography.

By drawing on prior experience, a humanoid-ish robot can watch a human pick up an apple and drop it in a bowl, then do the same itself, even if it’s never seen an apple before.

Tread gently on the planet with a versatile pack made mostly from recycled materials.

The on-demand economy gives fewer opportunities for people to interact with those outside their class—creating impermeable inequality.

Fights over renewable standards and nuclear power can be vicious. Here's a list of views that climate hawks share.

Groceries, toddlers, and tools all fit in the cargo box of the Riese & Müller Load.

We’re witnessing, it seems, the localization of the genre, if not its full-on domestication—and Tau embodies that domestication.

There haven't been as many hacks and attacks compared to this time last year, but that's where the good news ends.

Instead of digging into Belgium's Ypres Salient, archaeologists used lidar laser scanners to map the war zone and turn up some remarkable finds.

Alia, which allows employers to pay voluntary contributions toward benefits for domestic workers, could be a model for others without insurance or paid time off.

Opinion: Twitter and Facebook need to cut the excuses and consider the greater good when managing content on their platforms.

Well, Twitter loves memes in general, but this one really took off.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act says platforms are not liable for the content they host. Legendary troll Ken ZZ03 was its first test.

Traumatized by the news? Enter the peaceful world of train rides, city walks, and hikes on YouTube.

From hacking protections to smarter two-factor authentication, Apple's iOS 12 will lock down your iPhone better than ever.

Astronomers have found stars dating from a long-ago collision between the Milky Way and another galaxy. The crash helps to explain why the Milky Way looks the way it does.

Plus: GM's self-driving cars get into a scrape, China considers rolling back incentives for going electric, and more.

Of all the questions the show has left unanswered, this is one of the most nagging.

The Robocar is headed to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to take on the event’s famed hill climb.

Election meddling reports, an abundance of bugs, and more of this week's top security news.

Boots Riley’s filmmaking debut is a deliciously untame allegory about the exploitation of labor and land.

By squeezing fluids into flat sheets, researchers can get a handle on the strange ways that turbulence feeds energy into a system instead of eating it away.

Plus: Whether your PC needs zippy storage or you want to play your 16-bit Nintendo faves, we've got some deals for you.

Rumor has it the tech giant wants to get into the videogame industry. But what could that look like?

Pruitt's replacement might be more effective at gutting environmental protection than Pruitt himself.

The maker of smart speakers connects to virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa. But Amazon sells its own speakers, making for an uneasy partnership.

Here's some choice equipment for cooking like a pro in the wild.

The best questions are always the ones that don't have a single clear answer.

It’s a happy accident that the cofounder's hurried sketch left Snoo colorless and genderless, a form onto which everyone could map themselves.