In the absence of satisfying friendships with other women, I've found that games like 'Uncharted: The Lost Legacy' and 'Life is Strange: Before the Storm' are modeling nuanced female relationships.

In December, AOL will shutter its messaging service after a 20-year run.

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A 26-year experiment has revealed a carbon feedback loop between Earth and its atmosphere.

Donald Trump doesn't write all of the tweets that come out of his account. Fortunately, there are plenty of tells for when it's someone else.

Plus: Dyson jumps into the auto industry, and Tesla struggles with production.

Opinion: It doesn't have to be trolls all the way down. But publishers have to treat the comments section with respect.

Envelop at the Midway has 32 speakers situated around the room, and when you stand in the middle—or anywhere, really—sound fills the whole space.

No self-driving supercars here.

The movie's vision of 2049 isn't as progressive as you'd expect the future to be.

There's basically zero chance of me not doing a speed analysis of this thing.

The first open-to-the-public shark-diving program lets you get up close and personal—no cage required (and no sudden movements).

It's cheaper than a real race car—and almost as much fun.

The world needs more kidneys. Here's how researchers are making artificial ones—in silico.

After the revelation of the third contractor leak in as many years, the agency has a clear operational security problem.

Google's newest gadgets are cool, but it's not really about the hardware.

Want robots that don’t crush our skulls? Well, we better give them a sense of touch.

For once, an uplifting tale of conservation, courtesy of a strange island called Ball's Pyramid.

TV creators are raiding the sci-fi section like never before—for some obvious, and not-so-obvious, reasons.

The folks addressing the most vexing and important problems standing between us and the future of transportation.

The medical gadget hasn't been revamped in almost 200 years. A group of designers hopes to change that.

My friend Bassel Khartabil may no longer be with us, but his dream of spreading open culture to the Middle East will live on through those it inspires and enables.

Celebrities ranging from Gwyneth Paltrow to Infowar's Alex Jones swear by colloidal silver as a germ-fighting miracle cure. But the medical community says there's no evidence it works.

Abortion providers have long faced harassment, both online and and in person. But a recent wave of cyberattacks have caused havoc lately—and proved difficult to stop.

Google's Assistant and Amazon's Alexa offer more capabilities than Apple's Siri, their predecessor.

To win the assistant game, Google needs a hardware ecosystem. And it's not waiting for one to materialize.

It was either a new, sci-fi sound gun or something else. Here’s a hypothesis for the something else.

An image of Seattle Seahawks Michael Bennett burning the flag went viral last week. It's totally fake. But that didn't matter.

Time to talk about "negative trade secrets."

Call it the Unified Theory of Google Hardware.

Employees at the Department of Energy are the latest to undergo government-wide training sessions on "the importance of protecting classified and controlled unclassified information."

Plus: Pixel Buds, two new Google Homes, an upgraded Daydream View, and more.

Neither lawmakers investigating election meddling nor social-media companies will release the controversial ads.

Second-amendment defenders get super-nerdy. That's how to fix America's gun problem

The winners developed a technique for imaging the 3-D shape of proteins, a crucial step in studying the molecules' function.

The wireless earbuds are connected by a rope-like cable that goes behind your head and give you a direct line to Google Assistant.

The Pixel 2 arrives this month starting at $649. It's faster, has a super-sharp OLED screen, and wow that camera.

Google Assistant and Chrome OS in a two-pound hybrid laptop.

Plus, the huge Google Home Max.

The new Sonos One shows what you can do when you marry amazing speakers with a great virtual assistant.

Want to know how far Matthew McConaughey jumped in 'Reign of Fire'? Mark Hofmeyer is the quant you're looking for.

Bungie's sequel is a game about dying. But ultimately, in its endgame, the game has trouble remembering that.

Mainstream awareness wasn't a foregone conclusion—podcasts needed a few major developments to hit big.

Google is set to announce new Pixel phones and other new hardware at a live event in San Francisco. The live video starts at 9am PDT.

Appliance maker Dyson plans to make an electric car by 2020, but will buy self-driving software from others.

A self-organized mesh of artificial synapses might point the way to devices that match the brain’s energy-efficient computing prowess.

Steemit is a social network that pays users for their contributions. But in the cryptocurrency gold rush, it's unclear who stands to profit.

To replicate ourselves in artificial intelligence, we first have to embrace human error. Sci-fi writer Hugh Howey says we shouldn't try it.

In his new book, Tim O'Reilly identifies the first case of an algorithm run amok—and it's not what you think.