Opinion: A democracy shouldn’t leave it to companies to figure out the ethics of artificial intelligence.

If your smartphone didn't come preloaded with Gboard, you're missing out. Time for an upgrade.

A dust storm predicted for 2018 could change the face of the Red Planet.

The new Amazon Prime series doesn't have the same problems with female characters that the author's short stories did.

Some days are crushingly cold and sloppy. Bring the right equipment and you won’t suffer.

The Doomsday Clock, #ReleaseTheMemo, and more of the week's top security news.

Silicon Valley's elite have the public's trust for now, but they know it won't last. At the World Economic Forum at Davos they chart a path forward.

A series of fossil finds suggests that life on Earth started earlier than anyone thought, calling into question a widely held theory of the solar system’s beginnings.

Turns out it's not so easy to improve the way we produce the stuff beneath our feet.

With a reorganization and two acquisitions, a hazy vision of Ford's future starts to take shape.

We discuss the latest in autonomous car tech, electric driving, and why China is the future of the auto industry.

As special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation grows, at least one Facebook employee who worked alongside the 2016 Trump campaign has been pulled into the probe.

At the Colorado attraction, the world’s first and largest man-made frozen climbing grounds, you can chill on an ice wall 10 feet thick.

If you want robots at your beck and call someday, start thinking about robo-fitting your digs now.

Plus: Elon Musk's $0 salary, details form Uber's secretive Strategic Services Group, and more slightly catastrophic news from this week.

The console already has a series of excellent first-party games and older ports. What it needs are more new indie titles.

The dizzying network of interactions within microbe communities can defy analysis. But a new approach simplifies the math.

Right now there's just about no recourse for victims. Here's the lay of the legal land.

For a decade, the government has been working on a revision for grant applications. It’s finally done. It’s ethical, sensible, and a big enough pain that it might actually hurt science.

In the 34 trillion-cell sea that is your body, an IV bag full of Crispr’d cells won’t make a dent. So scientists are working on ways to put the gene editors right where they need to go.

Scouring the blockchain, researchers found years-old evidence tying Silk Road transaction to users' public accounts.

Advocates of greater diversity at Google say they are being harassed and targeted on right-wing websites.

The number of women in computer science has steadily decreased since the 80s. The industry needs to change—and it could take a lesson from Maria Klawe.

A new fight with AMC is just one sign that MoviePass has settled in for the hard part: actually making money.

Marijuana is such a confounding drug that scientists and law enforcement are struggling to create an objective standard for marijuana intoxication.

Enough to charge two iPhones—or flip a car.

At Yahoo, Bob Lord led the response to two massive cyberattacks. Now he's bringing that know-how to the Democratic National Committee.

As the so-called Doomsday Clock ticks even closer to midnight, a reminder of just how easy it is to slip into nuclear war.

There are always some fun TV and tech deals before the Big Game, and we've got them right here!

For yet another year, there are VR projects aplenty at the Sundance Film Festival. The question is: Where do they go from here?

Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement Project is the only government-funded climate relocation in the country—and a test case for more to come.

The embattled company's Strategic Services Group spills its secrets in court.

Facebook plans to poll users on the news sources they trust. The same users who are prone to spreading false stories and extreme content.

For the first time, VR has scored the kind of film-festival deal usually accorded to conventional movies.

Congressman Devin Nunes has fired up his fellow Republicans over a mysterious memo, taking advantage of a secretive legal process to sow confusion.

From his 1970 Troubadour shows to his work on The Lion King, the nearly six-minute retrospective is a result of some stunning technical wizardry.

Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster was perched on top the triple-booster rocket as its 27 Merlin engines roared to life.

And your photos could end up in its database.

A tree-shaking robot wouldn't be as dramatic as the machine-driven apocalypse, but it’s an intriguing vision of agriculture.

Two recent incidents are a reminder of the pitfalls of semi-autonomous driving systems.

In a rapidly changing world, Musk's combination of prescience, persuasion, and a taste for challenges makes him feel like a good bet.

Research has shown that cursing allows you to handle suffering and actually diminishes the sensation of pain.

The fantasy and science fiction writer dreamed of tomorrows that may not have always been sunny, but were always original.

Montana's governor issued an executive order barring state agencies from doing business with internet providers that violate net neutrality.

New physician protections could cripple health care for LGBT people—as well as the data collection that’s been filling gaps in our medical understanding.

China is making a national push in artificial intelligence. A program from one of its biggest internet companies, Tencent, just beat a world champion at Go.

In the haste to address the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that shook the computer industry, several clumsy patch attempts have had to be pulled.

Bigger isn't always better—but when it comes to drones, it kind of is.

The DJI Mavic Air goes on sale this month for $799, and is packed with impressive automated tech.

While Instagram and Facebook fine-tune their Stories features, Snapchat is moving some of its content beyond the app.