A final decision on a launch attempt for SpaceX's milestone mission to the International Space Station on Saturday afternoon will take place after assessing the weather that morning, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said Friday.

Video conferencing service Zoom is urging users to update to the latest version – 5.0 – as it plans to enable GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) encryption, and after May 30, users on older versions will be required to upgrade before being allowed to join meetings.

Alongside construction crews racing to build the Mexican capital's new airport, skulls and curving tusks of massive mammoths peek through the dirt as archaeologists dig up more and more bones belonging to the ice age's most famous mammal.

The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years later during the Cretaceous Period.

Google's popular map service on Wednesday added more ways for people to engage with local businesses struggling to survive the economic hit of the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook on Wednesday defended itself against a report that it shelved internal research indicating that it was dividing people instead of bringing them together.

After a day of suspense, SpaceX's landmark launch to the International Space Station was scrubbed Wednesday due to fears of a lightning strike.

A computer game where players morph into housemaid in India who tries to dodge the new coronavirus and feed her family has opened people's eyes to inequality, one of its creators said on Tuesday.

Everyone is faced with the same pandemic and challenge; our response will set us apart from the rest.

This much we knew: some 66 million years ago an asteroid roughly twice the diameter of Paris crashed into Earth, wiping out all land-dwelling dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on the planet. What remained a mystery was whether it was a direct hit or more of a glancing blow, and which would be more destructive.

A group of tech companies is working on a patch about the size of small bandage that could be worn to monitor for the elevated body temperatures that can sometimes signal the onset of COVID-19.

Apple Inc plans to reopen about 100 US stores, mostly with curbside pickup but some with walk-in service, the company said on Tuesday.

If the bad weather clears, at 4:33 pm (20:33 GMT) a SpaceX rocket with the new Crew Dragon capsule on top will take off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, the same from which Neil Armstrong and his Apollo crewmates left for their historic journey to the Moon. 

A star-formation binge in the Milky Way spanning the time when the solar system was born more than 4.5 billion years ago was apparently precipitated by the collision between our galaxy and a smaller one called Sagittarius, scientists said on Tuesday.

Outsight has developed a large-scale sensor capable of recognizing certain behaviors in dense crowds.

With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing companies to permanently allow their employees to work remotely even after the coronavirus risk has subsided, Facebook is experimenting with ways to optimize at-home work and give their workers the best conditions for optimal productivity.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company aborted its first attempt to launch a rocket into space from the belly of a 747 airplane on Monday, the company said.

A growing number of doctors, academics and institutions have adapted and amplified their scientific messaging in hopes of countering what has been termed an infodemic -- a deluge of information, including widespread false claims, which experts say can pose a serious threat to public health.

Google has announced the deployment of a particularly useful functionality in its web mapping service, which will make it much easier for wheelchair users to see accessibility information.

Silicon Valley is buzzing over a new audio-chat social network which is struggling to keep people out even as it hits an eye-popping value.

French company La Barrière Automatique presents Miss CLean, a vandal-proof, non-contact, hand-sanitizer dispenser designed for outdoor use.

Forty years ago, a new video game featuring a bright yellow, dot-chomping, ghost-dodging character called Pac-Man appeared in Tokyo.

NASA gave the green light on Friday to next week's launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX vessel -- the first crewed space flight from US soil in nine years and a crucial step towards ending American dependence on Russian rockets.

Various applications and sites have been developed to provide a means of self-examination.

On Tuesday, The Verge reported on an app that will offer New York City dwellers an experience close to their hearts: a NYC subway soundboard.

Facebook on Thursday said that its Messenger app will be watching behind the scenes for scammers using the smartphone communication system.

Inspired by the book series by British author J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells allows its players to traverse the wizarding world.

Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star a planet in the process of being born.

Lokapala presents characters and stories that are based on a mix of Indonesian mythology, culture and history, with most of the heroes names derived from Sanskrit.

Amazon launched an assault on Fortnite and other eSports giants Wednesday with team shooter "Crucible", aiming to expand its territory in the world of game playing.