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Of course, $664,000—the maximum penalty under UK law—isn’t much of a punishment for a company like Facebook, which is valued at more than $584 billion.

Mercedes parent company Daimler has struck the partnerships it thinks it needs to keep up in the race for autonomy.

Mail.ru also ran hundreds of apps on Facebook at a time when the platform’s policies allowed app developers to collect their users' friends' data.

The bug serves as a reminder of China-friendly censorship code hidden in all iOS devices.

Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns. The government tried to stop him. He sued—and won.

Is Brava’s idea of the oven of the future just right or overdone?

Electric currents have magnetic fields, so the right kind could mess with your navigation.

Brett Kavanaugh's nomination is likely to rankle tech leaders who oppose his perspective on issues related to privacy and net neutrality.

In an excerpt from her new book, Microsoft researcher Nancy Baym demonstrates how music lovers used fan culture to build a worldwide web.

"This NATURAL TRICK can CURE YOUR CANCER" isn't at all what it looks like.

@_personals_ started as an Instagram account for posting old-school looking-for-love ads—but it's poised to be so much more.

The Chesapeake Bay project uses AI to go beyond flood warnings and create more detailed maps that can help with land-use planning and emergency response.

Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic are quietly competing to see who will be the first to ferry tourists into space.

Brothers Svilen and Konstantin Rangelov are working on a drone they say will someday haul 800 pounds up to 1,550 miles.

When the young Mark Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto in 2004, he and his buddies built a corporate proto-culture that continues to influence the company today.

Human drivers struggle to figure out something as simple as whether someone will cross the road. Just imagine how robocars feel.

The latest Surface is Microsoft's smallest—and least expensive.

Time-lapse footage of a calving Glacier in Greenland could help researchers anticipate catastrophic sea-level rise.

The comics artist co-created many iconic characters—but that's not the only reason he should be remembered.

The video platform is less focused on getting rid of conspiracy theorists than on trying to elevate journalism it considers valuable.