In early interviews, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger knew they were being acquired by Facebook at the right moment. Another well timed move: their exit from Instagram.
Researchers wanted to know what cats would do with a large colony of rats in Brooklyn. The answer: Not much. But cats could still pose a huge threat to more vulnerable urban wildlife.
By working collectively, an unlikely group in Southern California is defying the FCC and by building powerful (and affordable) internet infrastructure.
As Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stood before Congress in turn, filter bubbles on the left and the right saw very different pictures.
This is what happens when a prestige- and pedigree-obsessed creative strategy overrides all functionality.
Magnix is testing a new motor designed specifically for aviation, which is lighter weight, and higher power.
Over two days in Bentonville, Arkansas, the new aerial mobility nobility gathered away from the public eye to craft strategies for launching the next age of aviation.
For the first time, a so-called UEFI rootkit has been spotted in the wild. And it appears to come from Russia.
Using lidar, archaeologists have mapped the previously unseen ruins of entire Maya cities, revealing new details of their complex civilizations.
Apps need your explicit permission to access your smartphone's motion and light sensors. Mobile websites? Not so much.
The company's chief privacy officer confirms that Project Dragonfly does in fact exist, but not much else.
Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world.
When war and natural disasters like Hurricane Florence call for a quick crossing, military engineers hop to with one of their favorite tools—the improved ribbon bridge.
Facebook's Oculus division wants more people in VR. The Quest, its new high-powered stand-alone headset, takes a flying leap in that direction.
Facebook starts publicly testing its dating service with users in Colombia today.
HimToo has meant many things over the last three years. The latest is a hashtag hijacking, like #AllLivesMatter, spawned as a sexist rebuttal to Christine Blasey Ford.
Lettuce contaminated with pathogens have sickened and killed people. But the FDA has shelved Obama-era plans to test the culprit: farms’ irrigation water.
Space companies and national agencies are all gunning to visit the moon and kick off a bustling lunar economy, but the business case is shaky.
The company’s new challenge is a PR stunt. It’s also a useful way to learn about the quirks of user behavior.
At Oculus' annual developer conference, everything from the demos to the keynote language reinforced how important VR is to Facebook's long-term efforts.