Technology

LONDON — Europe’s top court said on Thursday that an individual country can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs and videos and restrict global access to that material, in a ruling that has implications for whether countries can expand content bans beyond their borders. The European Court of Justice’s decision came after a former […]

A top marine biologist is urging Thailand’s government to speed up conservation plans for the dugong, an endangered sea mammal, after their death toll for the year has already climbed to a record 21. Thon Thamrongnawasawat said on his Facebook page that the carcass of a dugong was found Tuesday off the southern province of

Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location _ a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano. Vents on Bogoslof Island continue to spew mud, steam and sulfurous gases two years after

“A secure messenger should provide the same amount of privacy as you have in your living room,” said Erica Portnoy, a technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group. “And the D.O.J. is saying it would be worth putting a camera in every living room to catch a few child predators.” But Mr.

He prowled the streets of southeastern Fort Lauderdale under cover of night, a pair of wire cutters in his pocket, one hand sheathed in a glove. Then, the police said, he carried out his crime: slashing the brake lines of electric scooters and rendering them useless. The suspect, Randall Thomas Williams, 59, was arrested on

Twin bloggers Hermon and Heroda lost their hearing when they were children but new clothing using haptic sensors means they can enjoy a night out dancing to music. Special software captures the music, interprets it and then transforms it into touch data which is sent wirelessly to their shirts. BBC Click finds out more. See

A new video showing people casually discussing gene editing and designer babies is making waves because of its source: the government-funded group leading efforts to set standards for the ethically dicey science. The National Academy of Sciences posted the video earlier this week along with a tweet it later removed. The tweet read: “Dream of

Tesla reported on Wednesday that it delivered 97,000 new cars in the third quarter, a rise of almost 2 percent from the second quarter. The total puts Tesla in position to approach or reach the range it forecast for the full year. Tesla delivered 79,600 Model 3 sedans in the quarter, an increase of 2.6

A billionaire California technology firm founder and his friend took no-jail plea deals Wednesday that had them donate $1 million to charities while not admitting guilt in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room drug investigation. Henry Thompson Nicholas III and co-defendant Ashley Christine Fargo stood with their attorneys in court and entered so-called “Alford pleas”

United Parcel Service announced this week that it had received a certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to use drones to deliver medical packages at campuses across the country. The certification will allow U.P.S. to use multiple drones to deliver health care supplies within federal regulations and to fly drones beyond the visual line of