Few feel neutral about their choices for US president this divisive election season. And with election day—and the looming choice between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump—less than three months away on November 8, it’s high time for US citizens to make sure they are registered and know how to vote.
Everyone in the Twitterverse can now access a “quality” filter that will let them control tweets that appear on their feeds.
The first step to eliminating poverty is identifying the regions most by plagued it.
As you’ve probably heard by now, reports of Olympian swimmer Ryan Lochte and three other US team members being victims of an armed robbery in Rio on Aug. 14 have now been debunked by Brazilian authorities. On Friday (Aug. 19), the 12-time gold medalist took to Twitter and Instagram to apologize for “not being more careful and candid in how I described the events of that early morning.”
Uber’s proposed $100 million settlement with drivers in California and Massachusetts who claimed they should be classified as employees, instead of independent contractors, was rejected by a US judge on Thursday (Aug. 18).
In March, Chinese drone manufacturer DJI opened their flagship store in Seoul. If that wasn’t enough to satisfy aerial enthusiasts in South Korea, the country also just got the world’s first-ever training-ground-for-drones.
Many of us learned when we were teenagers that lying to your parents can sometimes go very wrong—but not, it seems, Ryan Lochte.
The saga of the alleged mugging of swimmer Ryan Lochte and his teammates as they returned from celebrating their Olympic success at a rave has turned into the stuff movies are made of. Not in a good way.
Since around 2002, farmers in the English countryside have been using neonic insecticides to protect their abundant oilseed crops spanning 8.2 million hectares. Now, scientists are linking the chemicals, also called neonicotinoids, to the death of half of the wild bee population in the country, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
Pinterest will finally begin serving its shopping-obsessed users video ads.
With DuoSkin, wearables are no longer just an accessory. They become part of your skin.
Google’s FaceTime killer seems more like a rip-off than an innovation.
At the Olympics, there’s a fine line between regret and relief and, scientists say, it’s drawn between the second and third position on the medal podium.
You might not get Twitter, but you understand stickers. And Twitter wants to use that to its advantage.
The chances of recovery for paraplegic patients were once considered nearly nil. But in 2014, 29-year-old Juliano Pinto, who faced complete paralysis below the chest, literally kicked off the opening match at the FIFA World Cup. Researchers had created a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allowed Pinto to control a robotic exoskeleton for the symbolic kickoff at São Paulo’s Corinthians Arena.
Silk Road, the first major illegal online marketplace on the dark web, was shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in October 2013. Since then, some 50 similar dark websites or “cryptomarkets” have cropped up and, like Silk Road, they are fueling illicit drug transactions.
In the state of New Jersey, women can avoid out-of-pocket costs for infertility treatments—but only if they’re trying to conceive with a man.
The Netflix series Making a Murderer has flung open the prison doors: Brendan Dassey may be walking free after a nearly a decade.
Apple may be diving deeper into the health-care industry.
By 2030, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants to send humans to Mars. In order to make the Journey to Mars, which began at the start of this decade, a reality, the space agency will have to figure out how to establish habitation systems that could provide a safe place for its astronauts on the red planet.
For the past day or so, everyone talking about the mysterious, murky green diving pool at the Rio Olympics contrasted it with the adjacent water polo pool, which was a crystal-clear blue. But it was too good to be true.
Just before the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform diving competition in Rio on Tuesday (Aug. 9), the pool water turned from bright blue to a swampy green. British Olympian Tom Daley and American David Boudia, who won a Bronze and Silver medal respectively at the men’s diving event in the same pool when it was a clear blue, took to Twitter to express disbelief at the unsettling color change.
The team that already replaced your breakfast is coming after your morning coffee next.
India already chose free and open internet over what Facebook had to offer once. But second time’s the charm, right?
