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Google I/O is ostensibly about the future of Android, but that changed in 2016 when CEO Sundar Pichai put the AI-powered Google Assistant and machine learning at the forefront, a trend that continued at this year's show. In addition to adding to its collection of...

As expected, the FCC today voted to move ahead with a plan that would dismantle net neutrality rules put in place by the previous administration. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and his fellow Republican Commissioner Mike O'Rielly voted in favor of the proposal, while the lone...

Whether it's a night of college shenanigans that have found their way onto YouTube, a privacy breach outside our control or a news item involving business dealings from decades ago, many of us have items in our online profiles that we'd love to erase. But while humans...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The first standalone virtual reality headsets based on Google's Daydream design go on sale later this year, Google announced at its I/O developers conference here on Wednesday. The new headsets, from HTC and Lenovo, will come with the built-in...

NASA in March revealed its four-phase plan to get humans to Mars. And while much work remains before humans land on the Red Planet, urban planners are already drawing up blueprints for future outer world colonies. One of them is architect Vera Mulyani of Mars City...

Hundreds of thousands of PCs were attacked by ransomware known as WannaCry on Friday, throwing government agencies and private businesses around the globe into disarray. If you've been wondering what actually happened, here's the lowdown. What is WannaCry? WannaCry is...

LONDON (AP) — In a story May 14 about the global "ransomware" cyberattack, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the researcher known as MalwareTech had redirected the attacks to his server. It was the server of the company he works for, not his personal...

Ransomware scum are using an SMB exploit leaked by the Shadow Brokers last month to fuel a massive ransomware outbreak that exploded online today, making victims all over the world in huge numbers. The ransomware's name is WCry, but is also referenced online under...

According to string-theory advocates, our universe has at least 10 dimensions. But we humans can only directly perceive three spatial dimensions. We also experience the passage of time, a fourth dimension. Beyond that, we only know other dimensions are even possible...