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These days, headphones for runners can track steps and heart rate.

Imagine what it’s like to be the victim of revenge porn.

Tree lovers, take note: A new database called GlobalTreeSearch has for the first time provided a tally of all the world's tree species.

If you’re the person who’s been guiding the drones that have been dropping cellphones and drugs into prison yards in England and Wales, now would be a great time to stop.

SpaceX's next Hyperloop contest is set to be the most exciting yet as it'll focus on a single element: speed. Teams from around the world will test their passenger pods on a track in California to see who has the fastest design.

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time.

Footage posted to Facebook showing the horrific random killing of an elderly man is yet another example of how the social network has become a sort of modern-day Roman coliseum for gruesome acts.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper was a born explorer. He broke countless NASA space flight records, like the longest single-man space flight, a 122-hour mission. But one of his greatest achievements may not have been unveiled if it wasn’t for his willingness to share a secret he had kept for more than 40 years.

Artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years, and algorithms with machine-learning applications are proving skillful at things like playing poker, lip-reading, and, unfortunately, being biased.

A new "specialist squad" has been set up in the U.K. to target criminals trying to fly contraband into the nation's prisons. The problem is a growing one, prompting a growing number of companies to offer solutions.

Q. My home's Wi-Fi connection seems to drop constantly, especially in certain rooms around the house. What could be causing this? And are there fixes I can do to stop this annoying problem?

If you own an Amazon Echo, you probably know its strange secret: The device records a lot of what you say. Deep inside that dark tower, Echo keeps a vast trove of recordings. Your voice is preserved. Your friends’ voices are preserved. Anyone who has ever been to your house and said, “Alexa!” has contributed to its great library of human sound.

Apple will be vying against 29 other companies that already have California permits to test self-driving cars. The list includes major automakers, including Ford, General Motors, BMW, Volkswagen and Tesla, as well as one of its biggest rivals in technology, Google, whose testing of self-driving cars has been spun off into an affiliate called Waymo.

A 75-year-old widow in tough financial straits reached out to NASA about selling a speck of moon rock her late husband had given her.

It's been established that screen time in its traditional form—think television and video games—is linked to sleep problems in kids, note researchers in introducing their more specific study: one that, for the first time, looks at touch-screen use among very young children.

YOUR WhatsApp is about to get a lot less private.Facebook, which bought WhatsApp in 2014, is in negotiations with the European regulator to get its hands on the chat app’s juicy data.

Airbnb says that it is tightening its security to prevent so-called “account takeovers” where a scammer gains access to a user’s account.

Japan has turned to a team of robotic players to help its best volleyball players improve elements of their game. The automatic blockers mimic the actions of real players, helping the human players to hone their skills.

Japan has turned to a team of robotic players to help its best volleyball players improve elements of their game. The automatic blockers mimic the actions of real players, helping the human players to hone their skills.

Facebook is adding changes to its systems that will make it harder for fake news to be spread and eliminate fake accounts.