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There are few things more thrilling than watching your favorite movie clutching a screen-used prop from the same flick in your trembling, sweaty palms.

Ten years ago, letters laced with anthrax killed five people. But did the Feds trace the spores to the wrong man?

She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?

Entertainment startup Quibi has already won over industry A-listers with its vision for short-form mobile streaming. But will it catch on with viewers?

A $1.50 wager on a "Call of Duty" match led to a fake 911 call reporting a violent hostage situation in Wichita. Here’s how it all went horribly awry.

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream.

Chemical flaws in the materials used to make sneakers cause the shoes to break down over time. Sad news for collectors, who are finding new ways to preserve their beloved kicks.

Bryan Johnson's insanely ambitious dream to create a "neuroprosthesis," or a brain-computer interface, would allow humans to “coevolve” with artificial intelligence and even unlock the secrets of telepathy.

After six globe-trotting decades spent probing “the phenomenon,” the French information scientist is sure of only one thing: The truth is really, really out there.

People freak out over end-of-the-world scenarios involving everything from resource scarcity to chemicals and disease. Here’s why they should know better.