YouTube appears to be doing damage control less than a week after a report revealed advertisements from hundreds of big-name brands were appearing next to videos with content ranging from Nazi and North Korean propaganda to pedophilia.
Russia’s reported development of a formidable nuclear-powered torpedo or underwater drone is fueling concern about the potential devastation if the weapon were ever unleashed against U.S. cities.
In a recent study, scientists demonstrated for the first time that the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be successfully used on coral. The breakthrough suggests CRISPR could offer a boost for conservationists.
Cabot Guns, a high-end weapons company, is selling the most expensive guns ever made, a pair of $4.5 million (£3.2 million) handguns made from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite.
Following the lead of several other big tech companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Twitter, Google has changed the gun emoji on its platform to a water pistol.
Pepper's latest gig is at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. It's hiring 25 of the diminutive droids to assist at several of its locations in the capital, with visitors encouraged to interact with the friendly robot.
The Marine Corps is now arming its Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with a range of weapons to enable its assault support and escort missions in increasingly high-threat combat environments.
Much has been made in recent months about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity – stopping terrorist content before it's seen, letting people experience events they otherwise never could or performing menial tasks, such as tagging photos.
WhatsApp is raising the minimum age to use its popular messaging app to 16 from 13 for European users, ahead of new data privacy laws slated to go into affect in the region next month.
