When Kristina Brecko arrived at Stanford University in the fall of 2012 to start her Ph.D., she was already scanning the weather forecast—not for rainfall, but for snow. An avid snowboarder, she and ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...

The Department of Transportation will use AI and advanced analytics to hunt down fraudsters and even carriers that employ illegal alien drivers, the department's Deputy Secretary Steven Bradbury ...

Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate. By Nitsuh Abebe “How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In.” A psychologist!

Roku devices are quite convenient if you're looking for a wide array of TV shows, movies, and more to watch, and there are many great Roku streaming apps other than Netflix. For the majority of users, ...

New rumors of stalled data-center funding have sent Oracle's stock lower, but some experts argue the negative narrative has gotten too harsh Oracle shares slid Wednesday on reports that Blue Owl will ...

Stocks dropped sharply Wednesday as jitters about the booming artificial intelligence sector once again returned to the top of investors' minds. The catalyst for the tumble was, once again, a story ...

Larry Ellison's wealth took a big hit on Thursday, with $24.9B wiped off his net worth after Oracle's (ORCL) weak guidance and massive AI spending plans pushed its stock down around 11%. Ellison is ...

Investors should put less weight than normal on the Federal Reserve’s dot-plot forecast because a new Fed chair will take over in May, said Jeff Schulze, head of economic and market strategy at ...

A quiet epidemic haunts the glowing screens of this globally connected world: digital loneliness. People possess thousands of friends across social platforms yet feel profoundly isolated. The very ...