The world of tech and politics lost one of its giants Friday when Jim Gilliam, the founder of the organizing platform NationBuilder, passed away after a long illness and many battles with cancer. Jim was probably best known for a talk he gave in 2011 at Personal…

Life expectancy for Americans fell again last year, despite growing recognition of the problems driving the decline and federal and local funds invested in stemming them.

Just a few years ago, Microsoft was seen as a lumbering has-been. Now it’s a contender for the noscript of the world’s most valuable company.

As long as the paperwork is in order, the clerk is required by law to approve the case, before a borrower has a chance to object.

Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.

So much for young people favoring "experiences" over tangible goods.

Some companies are choosing to end their relationship with Amazon rather than cave to the online retailer’s demands.

When it comes to using computers to steal money, few can come close to matching the success of Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev. The…

Study confirms rare paternal mitochondrial transmission in three families.

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Dublin’s landlords would rather put their properties on Airbnb than rent to local families. There are echoes in cities around the world

In the Martian landscape that is the Atacama desert, astrobiologists are learning how to recognize extraterrestrial organisms.

Jenny Bhatt recalls the rites of passage that led to her shift in identity from corporate executive to woman writer of color.

When you live inside of your shame, everything you see is inadequate and embarrassing.

We’ve seen our fair share of soft silicone robots around here. Typically they are produced through a casting process, where molds are printed and then filled with liquid silicone to form the …

I remember the excitement when AWS Lambda was announced in 2014! Four years on, customers are using Lambda functions for many different use cases. For example, iRobot is using AWS Lambda to provide compute services for their Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners…