Tech billionaire Peter Thiel may ditch Trump because he thinks Trump will lose

Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images Billionaire Peter Thiel, the most famous Trump supporter in tech, is distancing himself from the pres...

Marijuana use while pregnant boosts risk of children's sleep problems

As many as 7% of moms-to-be use marijuana while pregnant, and that number is rising fast as more use it to quell morning sickness. But new r...

Research reflects how AI sees through the looking glass

Intrigued by how reflection changes images in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, a team of researchers used artificial intelligence to investiga...

BMW Wants To Sell Car Features On Demand

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: BMW is planning to move some features of its new cars to a subscription model, someth...

India's Richest Man Takes On Zoom

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: India's Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise ...

The Sci-Hub Effect: Sci-Hub Downloads Lead To More Article Citations

Excerpt of a paper on Arxiv [PDF]: Citations are often used as a metric of the impact of scientific publications. Here, we examine how the n...

Materials scientists drill down to vulnerabilities involved in human tooth decay

Researchers have cracked one of the secrets of tooth decay. The materials scientists are the first to identify a small number of impurity at...