The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.

Behold, the wonders of science.

HP Labs says the best office social networks require no effort. Social networks like Facebook and Twitter work well because people enjoy sharing their lives with friends. At the office, however, social networking with colleagues can feel forced. Many businesses are adopting social-networking tools in hopes of fostering collaboration, but if employees don't sign up or participate, the effort fails.

A kit containing 600 to 700 parts, including Kinect hardware and software, was used to build basketball-shooting robots.

Bureau's top spy-catcher reveals sting operations exemplifying intelligence threat facing gov't agencies, private companies

An excerpt from The Big Picture, a TV series produced by the U.S. Army, covers the promising "flying platform" technology in development. 

Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee investigation finds.

A growing body of evidence suggests that the molecular machinery of life emits and absorb photons. Now one biologist has evidence that this light is a new form of cellular communication

If you've ever watched "Minority Report" and wished that you could interact with your computer just by waving your hands around, then you might want to take a look at the Leap. It's a tiny little gadget which will supposedly allow you to control your devices by waving your hands, wiggling your fingers, or fidgeting with a pen.

The measure sets guidelines for 'autonomous vehicles' to be tested and operated in California. It now goes to the Assembly for consideration next month.A bill that would allow self-driving cars on California's roads has passed the California Senate.

A team of journalists, programmers and digital strategists is proposing a tool that would help people discover stories being read by people unlike them.

Gearing up for the “Release Preview” of the new operating system next month, Microsoft this week detailed its plans for Windows 8′s family safety settings. One of the features lets parents receive a weekly email report that summarizes a child’s activities on the computer.

Typically companies anger the public by taking a controversial action, but in Google's case, not doing something is causing backlash. The search engine giant's decision to not label a body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Google Maps has many Iranians outraged.

Delphi, a major parts supplier to automakers, is developing an engine technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivaling the performance of hybrid vehicles while costing less. A test engine based on the technology is similar in some ways to a highly efficient diesel engine, but runs on gasoline.

The device can detect abnormal fetal heartbeats with minimal equipment.