The Kona wasn't charging at the time of the explosion and the cause of the incident is still being investigated.

Creating animations for robotic characters is very challenging due to the constraints imposed by their physical nature. In particular, the combination of fast motions and unavoidable structural deformations leads to mechanical oscillations that negatively…

Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

Electric bicycle riders have always known that e-bikes can actually be a great form of exercise. But a new study...

Apple continues to crapify its products, in ways intended to thwart the ability of their owners to use third party services to repair their devices.

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China steps ups efforts to pull business into line over the demonstrations

Sacred values and social isolation contribute to extremism in young men.

Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery

In 1992, an electronics company offered two free international flights with any £100 purchase. Today, it’s cited as the worst sales promotion in history.

Your web application for managing personal data. personal.management.system.inbox@gmail.com - Volmarg/personal-management-system

The Airport Authority on Monday said it is virtually shutting down the Hong Kong airport, one of the busiest in the world, as – in a change of tactics – thousands of protesters occupied both the arrival and departure halls of Chek Lap Kok. Authorities cancelled…

At the modern law firm, not all partners are created equal, and data and billings rule. In the new paradigm, lawyers are expendable, and partners may jump to a competitor for the right amount of money, taking clients with them on the way out.

Some kids play in a band after school. Bill Demirkapi hacked two education software giants.

When I launched Chrome on Thursday, I saw something unexpected: While most users probably would have no idea what to make of this, I happened to know what it means– Chrome is warning me that …

My email address isn't on the web. A recruiter at @HarveyNashGroup used the GitHub API to pull my email address out of git commits (the author metadata field). When confronted they said they "meant no offense." Then they added me to their mailing list. Please…

API documentation for the Rust `_01__await_a_minute` macro in crate `dtolnay`.