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Big video game makers like Epic Games and EA have gone through substantial layoffs in the past year. Amid the turmoil, many indie studios are getting shut down completely, threatening a dearth of new ideas.

Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.

Since the presidential debate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign has heavily leaned into X and TikTok as part of its strategy to get the third-party candidate into the national conversation. It’s working.

Venture capitalists on both sides of the aisle suggest Silicon Valley is more anti-Biden than it is pro-Trump.

In a livestreamed update on X, Elon Musk and Neuralink executives gave an update on the company's next study participant—and its next-generation brain implant.

Former Big Tech workers intended to disrupt Wednesday’s AWS Summit in New York to protest the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel.

The long-awaited Galaxy Ring arrives alongside new folding smartphones, wireless earbuds, smartwatches, and a premium wearable that looks a lot like the Apple Watch Ultra.

Even techno-optimists hesitate to say teaching is best left to the bots, but there’s a debate about where to draw the line.

The app’s algorithm is so powerful that ordinary TikTok users can’t get their favorite videos into the record books. Homegrown viral campaigns like the egg that took over Instagram are a thing of the past.

Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem.

Google is bringing the password-killing “passkey” tech to its Advanced Protection Program users more than a year after rolling them out broadly.

Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.

After August 6, you won’t be able to download the app that controls the Adapt BB, and it won’t be getting any more updates.

Even if you use Google Maps every day on your phone or on your computer, you might not know about these hidden tricks.

A fake article about Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a $4.8 million Bugatti with US aid was promoted by bots, Russia state media, and pro-Trump influencers on X. It’s part of a network of websites supercharged by AI.

Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India.

The cofounder of Aizome is selling sheets colored with natural dyes that won't harm your skin. Just don't call his startup a bedding company.

This outstanding family EV on steroids is about as much fun as you could wish for on a track—and it’ll do just fine on the road too, as long as you prefer a ride that isn’t, shall we say, subtle.

In the face of longer hurricane seasons filled with more powerful storms, homeowners are turning to new designs and stronger materials to ensure the resilience of their property.

These findings align with other evidence that wildfires are getting worse—such as the total area burned each year ratcheting up.

Social media platforms, far-right message boards, and extremist Telegram channels are full of misogynistic and racist hatred directed at the vice president.