A group of Google employees has signed a public letter calling on the company to abandon its plans for a Chinese search product that censors results.

WhatsApp’s chief business officer is leaving the company, the latest executive to flee since the messaging service was bought by Facebook.

It must be asked ‘what was there in the life of a blacksmith aside form hammering out swords for lords?’ What sort of world did he inhabit and what were the rules he had to play by?

Apple’s case before the Supreme Court is about standing; Apple has a strong case. That, though, doesn’t mean the App Store isn’t a monopoly — and that Apple isn’t increasing…

As Sellafield's Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant closes, the huge and dangerous clean-up begins.

IBM’s Jeopardy winning computer Watson is a serious threat, not just to the livelihood of medical diagnosticians, but to other professionals who may find themselves going the way of welders. Besides its economic threat, the advance of AI seems to pose a cultural…

Until recently, scientists thought of viruses as mostly small infectious agents, tiny compared to typical bacteria and human cells. So imagine the surprise when biologist Jeff Blanchard and Ph.D. student ...

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Farm bankruptcies are on the rise in the Upper Midwest, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve, doubling from their recent lows in 2014.

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Anonymous recruiting entails that the applicant's name, date of birth and other personal info are not included in the job application.

More than 60 years ago, Idaho Fish and Game dropped beavers out of a plane and parachuted them into the state's backcountry. This little-known piece of Idaho history stars a crafty Fish and Game officer and a plucky male beaver named Geronimo.

In an open letter, Google employees are calling on the company to cancel its efforts to create a censored version of its search app for the Chinese market. The so-called Project Dragonfly has drawn criticism from human rights groups and U.S. politicians since…

If your startup is building a consumer product, your product has to be viral. For consumer products, the average revenue per user tends to…

A guide to finding the right day job, protecting your time, and building creative habits by Jeffrey Silverstein. Illustrated by Sunny Eckerle.

The MIT Media Lab’s 2018 Disobedience Award will be shared by three leaders of the #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM movement. Tarana Burke, founder…