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What My DNA Told Me: Avoid Fast Food, Eat Vegetables

Avoid fast food, eat vegetables and exercise. It sounds like generic health advice, but they’re tips supposedly tailored to my DNA profile.

Apple Throws The Cover Off Apple TV+... Well, Sort Of

Apple’s latest big media event on Monday was exciting for more than a few reasons.

Asus Computers Infected By Auto-update Virus

In a sophisticated targeted espionage operation, hackers infected tens of thousands of computers from the Taiwanese vendor ASUS with malicious software using the company’s online automatic update service, security researchers reported this week.

Uber Acquires Mideast Competitor Careem For $3.1 Billion

Ride-hailing service Uber announced it has acquired Mideast competitor Careem for $3.1 billion, giving the San Francisco-based firm the commanding edge in a region with a large, young, tech-savvy population.

To Imagine The ‘5G' Future, Revisit Our Recent Wireless Past

The mobile industry is cranking up its hype machine for sleek new “5G” networks that it says will make your phone and everything else faster and wonderful. If you believe the marketing.

Card: The Future Of Digital Money

With Apple announcing its new credit card, powered by Goldman Sachs and MasterCard, we delve deeper into the company’s fintech division, explore the implications of the new venture, examine Apple’s financial services competition, and ask whether the Cupertino firm is spreading itself too thin as it expands its services arm and enters into unmarked territory…

Google To Require Benefits, Minimum Wage For Contractors

Google says it will require staffing companies it works with to pay workers at least $15 an hour and give them health benefits.

Swedish Superstars Abba: New Song Later This Year

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says fans can expect a new song “in September or October” from the four-member Swedish pop group that broke up 37 years ago.

German Minister Meets Zuckerberg, Wary Of Messaging Plans

Germany’s justice minister is criticizing plans for Facebook to combine its instant-messaging services after a meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg, but is offering a wary welcome to his call for more encrypted messaging.

Sweeping UK Spy Bill Dubbed ‘snoopers' Charter' Becomes Law

In Britain, Big Brother just got bigger.

Homepod: Apple Leaks Its Own Products

Leaked: Everything You Need to Know About Iphone 8 and Apple Watch 3

Life-Saving Drones Used To Rescue Swimmers Off French Coast

Life-Saving Drones Used To Rescue Swimmers Off French Coast  

Netflix Makes 1st Acquisition: Comic Book Maker Millarworld

Netflix Makes 1st Acquisition: Comic Book Maker Millarworld

3-D Version Of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Set For Debut

3-D Version Of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Set For Debut

Google Expands Paid Carpooling Across California

Google is expanding its paid carpool service throughout California, building on an effort to get more traffic-weary drivers to share their rides to work - and to collect data that could be useful for future transportation services.

How 'Wonder Woman' Built A World Of Women, Onscreen And Off

In a world of only women, there are no phallic structures.

Sirius XM Buys Stake In Music Streaming Site Pandora

Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services.

Review: Interstellar Virus Makes Trouble In New Sci-fi Novel

“The Space Between the Stars” (Berkley), by Anne Corlett.

Facebook Deploys Ai To Fight Terrorism On Its Network

Facebook has started deploying its artificial intelligence capabilities to help combat terrorists’ use of its service.

Harvard Freshmen's Ouster Over Posts Draws Broad Response

Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their dream school once they get in, but it happened at one of the world’s most elite institutions and for a reason that has, until recently, hardly registered in the university admissions process: social media.

Tech CEOs Visit White House To Talk Modernizing Government

The White House on Monday urged technology CEOs to pitch in on President Donald Trump’s effort to modernize government.

Augmented Reality:A New Goal For Apple

Arkit:Apple Headed In A New Direction.

Elon Musk Talks Cars And Humanity's Fate With Governors

Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned a bipartisan gathering of U.S. governors on Saturday (15) that government regulation of artificial intelligence is needed because it’s a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization.” 

Tesla Driver Recants, Says Autopilot Not To Blame for Crash

A Tesla driver says his car’s partially self-driving Autopilot system wasn’t responsible for a crash in Minnesota, despite what he initially told investigators.

Dispute Could Mean Financial Panic In Bitcoin

Got some bitcoin? An internal dispute over the digital currency could soon mean financial losses, whipsawing prices and delays in processing payments.

Netflix Still Piling Up Viewers And Big Programming Bills

Netflix is pulling in new viewers and award nominations in droves.

US To Create Independent Military Cyber Command

After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation’s military command for defensive and offensive cyber operations in hopes of intensifying America’s ability to wage cyberwar against the Islamic State group and other foes, according to U.S. officials.

Besson Hopes 'Valerian' Is A Remedy For Your Sequel Fatigue

“I’m Valerian and she’s Laureline,” Luc Besson says with a smile, and gesturing to his producer and wife Virginie Besson-Silla. “She’s the clever one.”

Ball State And Tv Network Offer Free Online Musical Class

Ball State University is teaming up with Turner Classic Movies to offer a free online class on the history of Hollywood musicals.

After 4 Years, Indiana Embraces Text-To-911 In Emergencies

Four years after Indiana’s dispatch centers began adopting text-to-911 technology, residents in all 92 of the state’s counties can now send texts during emergencies if they’re unable to speak to dispatchers.