Google has announced a new partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey to add detailed earthquake information to its search results. Google says this will allow people to get timely information to help them stay safe.
In January, President Obama handed the reins to Joe Biden to head a "moonshot" initiative to cure cancer, and a major step toward that end has just been made.
An age-discrimination lawsuit filed by two people who interviewed unsuccessfully for jobs at Google could expand to encompass other individuals if a motion filed this week is successful.
When news broke earlier this week that Facebook was using smartphone location data to suggest new friends to users, some people were upset about the privacy implications.
Now that the big smartphone makers have solved most of the “big-enough, fast-enough, easy-enough” hurdles for consumers, there’s lots of room for less well-known manufacturers to compete by selli...
Tackling Student Debt At Consumer Reports, we envision a day when every American can get an affordable college education and contribute to society unburdened by the pressure of excessive debt.
If you're a parent or a high school grad looking for a deal on a college laptop, you might want to check out the new back-to-school special from Microsoft.
High-powered thermal cameras using atomic research technology will be used on the Tour de France to help eradicate the threat of riders using hidden motors inside their bikes.
What appears to be a tongue-in-cheek social media movement to mark June 29 as a day to celebrate heterosexual pride has become one of the day's top online trends.
A propeller-driven drone that can fly both in the air and underwater is in development at Rutgers University— a unique vehicle that has caught the eye of the U.S. Navy
A Florida man who says Apple ripped off his design for the iPhone is willing to let the matter drop for the modest sum of $10 billion plus 1.5% of worldwide sales of the iPhone, iPod, and iPad.
Neighbors of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Hawaii aren’t too happy about the rock wall he’s having built on his property on the north shore island of Kauai.
A hacker is attempting to sell 9.3 million alleged patient healthcare records on the dark web, according to security experts, just days after 665,000 records reportedly went on sale.