The game, recently available on Steam, is the story of a young girl's dreams, but playing it is like a nightmare of its own.

Thanks to Tinder's patchwork use of HTTPS, researchers found they could reconstruct someone's entire experience in the app.

Small satellites used to be a way for scrappy startups and scientists to get orbital data on the cheap. But now they're powerful enough that the feds are taking an interest.

A wave of concern about the ill effects of smartphones and their apps echoes fears of earlier innovations, including TV, the printing press, and writing itself.

A 200-mph jet stream has sent several passenger jets to nearly 800 mph, and helped break a (subsonic) speed record.

Eighty years ago, Guy Callendar built the first climate change model that predicted the danger of greenhouse gases. Today his successors are plotting ways to re-engineer the air.

At a city council meeting, Musk's Boring Company made its case for what could be the future of transportation.

After its last suit flopped at the Sochi Olympics, Under Armour plans to outfit speed skaters in a faster, more technical suit in PyeongChang.

Seeding the atmosphere with sulfur could keep temperature from rising—but once we stop, the backlash could destroy entire species.

Spanish photographer David Lloda travels the world shooting tournaments.

Ralph Lauren has created a jacket to keep US Olympic athletes warm in the chilly South Korean winter—and soon, you too could own one.

Pixek, an end-to-end encrypted photo app, could point to the future of searchable cloud data storage.

The national conversation about harassment started in tech, but other industries, like Hollywood, have leapt to the forefront.

It’s how thousands of expectant parents see their baby’s face for the first time. And one day soon, it may be how doctors cure disease.

Last week, President Trump announced the winners of the Fake News Awards—with a website that was (briefly) not real.

Opinion: Researchers from Yale Privacy Lab argue that the scourge of trackers in Android apps means users should stop using the Google Play store.

For decades Margit Wennmachers has quietly shaped the world's hottest startups. Now Andreessen Horowitz's secret weapon must reckon with the era of big tech.

When Aptiv teams up with BMW, it's like "Intel Inside" but for self-driving cars.

The launch company Rocket Lab sent three small satellites to orbit during a test flight from New Zealand.

When NASA's Juno spacecraft whizzes by Jupiter's poles, it manages to snap clear photos at astounding speeds.

False alarms, free speech, and more of the week's top security news.

In the latest 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast, author David Ignatius discusses the shortcomings in US education.

A look at one of the nation's first classes for undergraduates on intellectual property.

Our guide to what's in the Nintendo Labo Variety Kit and Robot Kit for Switch, and how to pre-order.

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration. And while he may not have his border wall yet, he's done plenty to impact innovation for years to come.

We did the math.

Facebook said it will prioritize news sources by surveying users about their trust in media brands.

A reporter's suggestion prompts a startup executive to create a browser extension that adds the words "on the blockchain" to every sentence.

Newark, New Jersey has the highest unemployment rate of any Amazon HQ2 finalist—and the highest tax incentives.

All you need is a battery, a magnet, and some wires to build your own quasi-fictional submarine drive.

With slate full of movies by and about women, the festival is poised to start a lot of conversations.

Plus lots of news from CES and the Detroit Auto Show.

Call it "emo rap," call it "Soundcloud rap," but its iconoclasm fuels unbounded creativity.

News consumption habits are changing, and not only because of Facebook. But mostly because of Facebook.

Magnetic north changes by as much as 40 miles per year, and that means signage updates.

When use of a contraceptive app results in an unwanted pregnancy, don't blame the technology.

A new layer of code could address two problems that inhibit use of bitcoin in transactions.

The answers to impolite but salient questions about personal health aren’t, it turns out, straightforward—for anyone, not just a president.

New details about Triton malware should put industrial systems and critical infrastructure on notice.

The FCC backed away from an earlier proposal that would have lowered the threshold for connections to be considered "broadband," and said it had rejected the idea of labeling mobile internet a replacement for home broadband.

The robot revolution we're in the midst of is way more interesting and way less murder-y than science fiction. Call it the multiplicity.

What exactly is happening when you wash your clothes with fatty acid salts in a candylike package?

Microsoft and Alibaba claimed software could read like a human. There's more to the story than that.

Blood tests can detect eight of the most common cancers—but their accuracy still isn’t high enough to be used clinically.

New research advances techniques for finding and exploiting known vulnerabilities in IoT devices automatically.

ESL is bringing two of its leagues exclusively to Facebook Watch. Are no-scope 360 headshots the new "meaningful interaction"?

Both CES and the Detroit Auto Show happen early in the year, and while they suggest an electric and autonomous future, there’s mileage left in gas.

YouTube has taken new steps to limit who can profit from views—which may leave the next generation of creators in the lurch.

When temperatures drop below -6 degrees F, engineers in Manitoba will bring the freeze to Boeing's new engine.