USA

Vaccine misinformation and Infowars: Researchers wary of Facebook's embrace of 'Groups'

Vaccine misinformation and Infowars: Researchers caution Facebook's embrace of 'Groups'

16 February 2019

USA

Fuggedaboutit: NYC's tech scene mourns Amazon but is ready to move on

"While we will continue to see this really good and important and incremental growth, I worry we'll see fewer of the big bets," said Julie Samuels, executive director of Tech:NYC.

16 February 2019

USA

How to see the biggest, brightest supermoon of 2019

This will be the second in this year's trio of back-to-back supermoons.

16 February 2019

Norway

Eat your heart out, Elon: Norway proposes underwater 'floating tunnel'

The submerged roadway would help speed travel along the nation's rugged west coast.

15 February 2019

USA

'Pizzagate' video posted to YouTube account of alleged arsonist's parents hour before fire

The video was posted to Ryan Jaselskis' parents' YouTube account an hour before he allegedly tried to burn down the restaurant at the center of the massive internet conspiracy theory.

15 February 2019

USA

New York's Amazon-adjacent real estate not so prime anymore

Realtors in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens had been doing brisk business because of Amazon's plans to move to the area - plans that have now been scuttled.

15 February 2019

USA

This start-up aims to put first private space probe on the moon

"We're looking at an entirely new model for space exploration beyond Earth orbit."

14 February 2019

USA

Coffee Meets Bagel announces data breach on Valentine's Day

Dating app meet data hack.

14 February 2019

USA

Tickets to Mars will eventually cost less than $500,000, Elon Musk says

And the return ticket is free!

14 February 2019

USA

NASA's Mars Opportunity rover declared dead after record-setting mission

Space agency planning new rover mission in 2020 to search for evidence of past life on the Red Planet.

13 February 2019

USA

'No one can own a dance step': Fortnite maker pushes back against lawsuit

Rapper 2 Milly filed a lawsuit last year, claiming his dance "Milly Rock" was recreated as a dance emote in "Fortnite."

13 February 2019

USA

Apple's AirPods, once a punchline, emerge as a 'flex' and a financial force

After an inauspicious start, Airods have "gone viral," according to one analyst, and CEO Tim Cook has described them as a "cultural phenomenon."

13 February 2019

World News

Philippine journalist at odds with Duterte arrested for libel

Philippine journalist at odds with Duterte arrested for libel

13 February 2019

USA

Another immense crater may have been found deep under Greenland's ice sheet

A bowl-shaped feature about 23 miles across lies buried under more than a mile of ice.

12 February 2019

USA

Trump's artificial intelligence order lacks funding but not a target — China

"It's kind of a new arms race," said Theresa Payton, U.S. chief information officer under President George W. Bush.

12 February 2019

USA

Mysterious Ultima Thule object isn't quite a 'snowman' after all

"The new images are creating scientific puzzles about how such an object could even be formed."

11 February 2019

USA

Why solar farms of the future may float on water

New report spotlights benefits of installing solar panels on bodies of water.

11 February 2019

USA

YouTube announces it will no longer recommend conspiracy videos

YouTube will no longer recommend videos "claiming the earth is flat, or making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11."

10 February 2019

USA

Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson sets date of first trip into space

British billionaire plans to make a suborbital flight on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

9 February 2019

USA

Chinese satellite snaps rare photo of moon's far side with Earth

Eye-popping image evokes other iconic space photos, including the famous "Earthrise" portrait taken during the Apollo 8 mission.

8 February 2019