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The Biden administration concluded a two-day meeting Thursday on ransomware with more than 30 countries recognizing it for the first time as a global security threat and agreeing to work together to combat it.

Beam me up, Jeffrey.

Smartphones have become convenient places to store theater tickets, boarding passes, credit cards and even proof of vaccination. Now, after years of debate and testing, you may soon be able to carry digital versions of your drivers license on your phone, too.

Over the summer, Frances Haugen called a friend to talk through the implications of her decision to reach out to a journalist and provide confidential documents she had gathered from inside Facebook.

James Kuffner once reprogrammed a Prius to turn it into a driverless vehicle for Google. Now, hes a top executive at Toyota, charged with hacking the very way it approaches the business of carmaking.

Apple, whose CarPlay interface is used by millions of motorists to control music, get directions and make phone calls, is looking to expand its reach within cars.

Windows 11 is here, and if you own a PC, you might be wondering whether its time to upgrade your operating system. After all, youll likely get this new software for free.

Facebook apps slowly came back online Monday following a prolonged, global outage, one of the largest disruptions to the social media sites billions of users in years.

BMW has finally made a new electric auto, the iX SUV. I say "finally" because the last we heard-product-wise-from BMW regarding electric technology was the tiny and lackluster i3 that debuted in 2011.

A Chula lecturer from the Faculty of Science has analyzed sugar and amino acid content in durian stems to indicate the age of the fruits before harvesting them to help growers identify the right products for distribution and export, and aims to develop a sensor to detect ripeness in all varieties of durians.

Car and motorbike maker Honda Motor Co. is positioning itself for a vertical takeoff.

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube is taking down several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who experts say are partially responsible for helping seed the skepticism thats contributed to slowing vaccination rates across the country.

Forget settling down in front of a computer monitor at work - someday, you might strap on a headset instead. That might sound a bit like a 90s cyberpunk fantasy, but its not really all that outlandish.

Whether you ever thought about it or not, some of the biggest tech companies in the world are duking it out for a spot on your wrist. But should you actually offer it to Apple, Google or Samsung?

With SpaceX now responsible for flying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA is reorganizing to put a new emphasis on deep space, including setting up a new directorate to develop the technologies needed to pursue what would be some of the most ambitious missions NASA has ever attempted, including building a permanent presence on the moon and eventually Mars.

The quartet of amateur astronauts onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean Saturday evening, completing the first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth and setting the stage for more privately funded missions to come.

Facebook on Thursday announced a new enforcement policy for groups that coordinate online to spread misinformation, hate and "social harm" but do not violate traditional company standards against "inauthentic" content.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Four amateur astronauts lifted off from Kennedy Space Center here Wednesday evening, making history by becoming the first all-civilian crew to reach orbit in a fully commercial mission operated by Elon Musks SpaceX and paid for by a billionaire entrepreneur.

Nikola Corp. offered the public a look at the production line the company is counting on to start delivering trucks to customers in the wake of its founder being charged with securities fraud.

Facebook is facing renewed fury from Washington after reports suggested the company knew, but didnt disclose, that its Instagram platform could pose risks to teenagers.

Apple chose style over substance on Tuesday, when it announced a lineup of surprise-free upgrades that didnt quite live up to the high video production of its pre-recorded stream.

None of the crew has ever been to space before. Not the spacecrafts commander, a high school dropout. Not the pilot of the mission. The medical officer is a childhood cancer survivor who has a prosthetic in her leg. The fourth crew member lucked into the seat after a friend backed out.

Deploying vast fleets of robocars has been much tougher than Tesla, Alphabets Waymo and others thought. One European startup is now pitching an intermediate step to full autonomy: teledriving.

An estimated 1.9 million children of the 9 million in the schoolgoing age could be categorised as poor and very poor, which is a very high proportion, the Equitable Education Fund (EEF) said, revealing data from January 2021.