TECH

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology used to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws.

Scientists for the first time have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has dropped into losses as the value of its investments declines.

Cryptocurrency tycoons are emerging as new power players in American politics.

About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the lingua franca of the Inca Empire was nearly impossible before Google introduced it into its digital translation service Wednesday.

Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted globally, making it tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot worrisome viral mutants as they emerge and spread.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he will reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Donald Trump if his deal to buy the social media company goes through.

Spain’s government has fired the director of the country’s top intelligence agency following the hacking of politicians’ cellphones.

Nintendo’s profit for the fiscal year ended in March was little changed from the previous year, edging down 0.6% to 477.7 billion yen, or about $3.7 billion.

Two men charged by U.S. prosecutors with racketeering and other crimes for their involvement in the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload say they have reached a deal that will see them avoid being extradited to the U.S. in exchange for facing charges in New Zealand.

A Chinese cargo vessel has docked with the country's under-construction space station before a new crew arrives next month.

Many climate scientists share a sense of optimism with professionals in other tough jobs like emergency room doctors and researchers who study Alzheimer’s Disease even as they chronicle a world losing its protective balance with the sun.

Many Ukrainian scientists are continuing their research and teaching even amid Russia's war.

Deforestation detected in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of April.

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta would have to comply with tough British rules under a new digital watchdog aimed at giving consumers more choice online.

SpaceX has returned four astronauts from the International Space Station with a midnight splashdown off the Florida coast.

Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a pig heart transplant have found the organ harbored an animal virus.

Drought-prone cities in the U.S. West are mapping snow by plane to refine their water forecasts.

A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.

The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by U.S. labor investigators.

Spain’s government says it has nothing to hide amid mounting unease over national security controversies involving Pegasus spyware.

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.”.

An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, where acute power shortages are affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels.