Google will not seek another contract for its controversial work providing artificial intelligence to the U.S. Department of Defense for analyzing drone footage after its current contract expires.
Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene announced the decision at a meeting with employees Friday morning, three sources told Gizmodo. The current contract...
ON FRIDAY, VISA'S payment network suffered outages across Europe, limiting transactions for both businesses and individuals. Banks and commerce groups began advising customers to use cash or other payment cards if possible, and reports indicated that online and contactless transactions were having more success than chip cards.
Though some Visa...
It seemed out of place, and not only because the skull of the critter, which couldn't have been much bigger than a bunny rabbit, was found under a dinosaur's fossilized foot.
"We've never found a mammal there in these rocks before," researcher Jim Kirkland told the Salt Lake Tribune. "This...
Steel suddenly looks sturdier, but orange juice could be spoiled.
President Trump's imposition of tariffs on imported steel and aluminum is expected to ripple through economy as foreign trading partners are likely to retaliate against American goods.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that Canada, Mexico and the European Union would be...
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will invest $2.25 billion in General Motors Co’s (GM.N) autonomous vehicle unit Cruise, the companies said on Thursday, a deal that validates the venerable Detroit automaker’s leadership in self-driving cars and sent GM shares up nearly 13 percent.
The move by SoftBank’s $100-billion Vision Fund...
There’s no question that exercise is good for the body, and there is growing evidence that staying physically active can help slow the normal declines in brain function that come with age. Health groups recommend that adults try to get at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-intense activity a week...
It turns out that 8,000 tiny plastic disks in a rotating drum could help scientists develop a technique to forecast avalanches or earthquakes through sound.
A team of researchers studying granular materials at North Carolina State University set up an experiment to recreate stick-slip failure events—jolts of force from two...
U.S. economic growth slowed slightly more than initially thought in the first quarter amid downward revisions to inventory investment and consumer spending, but income tax cuts are likely to boost activity this year.
Gross domestic product increased at a 2.2 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said in its second...
