Iraqis Track Abandoned Homes With Digital Tools

Iraqis Track Abandoned Homes With Digital Tools

In camps across northern Iraq, people forced from their homes by Islamic State militants are using their phones to track...

Facebook to Release Russia Ads, Beef Up Election ‘Integrity’

Facebook to Release Russia Ads, Beef Up Election ‘Integrity’

Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized — if unintended 0151— role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.  ...

Review: iTunes Video Upgrade Makes New Apple TV Worth It

Review: iTunes Video Upgrade Makes New Apple TV Worth It

It might seem odd to review the new Apple TV streaming device — one specifically designed to display super-sharp video...

Standard & Poor’s Cuts China Credit Rating, Citing Debt

Standard & Poor’s Cuts China Credit Rating, Citing Debt

The Standard & Poor’s rating agency cut China’s credit rating Thursday due to its rising debts, highlighting challenges faced by...

Global Leaders See Globalization as Challenged, Not Failing

Global Leaders See Globalization as Challenged, Not Failing

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, business and political leaders around the...

Passive Polygraph Takes Lie Detection into 21st Century

Passive Polygraph Takes Lie Detection into 21st Century

A ‘passive polygraph,’ developed by SilvertLogic Labs in Seattle, Washington, is a high-tech version of the lie-detector test. Faith Lapidus...

Google Bets Big on Hardware With HTC Buy

Google Bets Big on Hardware With HTC Buy

Google is biting off a big piece of device manufacturer HTC for $1.1 billion to expand its efforts to build...

Nevada Lab: Quake-resistant Bridge Design Tests Well

Nevada Lab: Quake-resistant Bridge Design Tests Well

Scientists at a Nevada earthquake lab Wednesday tested new bridge designs with connectors they say are innovative and created to...