Technology

Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.It follows a review which found depictions of choking were "rife" on mainstream porn sites and had...

With the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence, teachers and school leaders are looking for answers to...

Older people who are particularly at risk of Alzheimer’s disease could slow their cognitive decline by taking just 3000...

When hundreds of volcanologists gathered in Geneva last July for the world’s largest volcanology conference, Italy’s Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) drew particular attention. INGV was presenting results from five years of very close range observations of...

An anonymous reader shares a report: Chinese President Xi Jinping joked about security backdoors while presenting a pair of Xiaomi smartphones to his South Korean counterpart, a rare moment of spontaneous levity captured during a week of tense...

We may have finally seen the first generation of stars. Astronomers have been looking for these primordial behemoths, called...

Kevin Rose has a visceral rule for evaluating AI hardware investments: “If you feel like you should punch someone in the face for wearing it, you probably shouldn’t invest in it.”It’s a typically candid assessment from the veteran investor,...

Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is shifting how it brings ambitious technology projects to market, increasingly spinning them out as independent companies rather than keeping them within the Alphabet corporate structure, X’s head honcho, Astro Teller, revealed at TechCrunch Disrupt...

"People are creating 'dumb homes,'" the VP of research at the Global Wellness Institute, tells the web site Axios. Some are swapping NASA-style setups for old-fashioned buttons, switches and knobs. Others are designing digital detox corners —...

Cold plunging at the gym or having a chilly shower at home has become a popular practice in recent years. But is all the self-inflicted freezing really that good for you? With the promise of boosting your mood, providing...