GPS and Water Don't Mix. So Scientists Have Found a New Way To Navigate Under the Sea

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: [E]ven today's most sophisticated GPS systems are still unable to map a huge chunk of th...

MIT Team's Cough Detector Identifies 97% of COVID-19 Cases Even In Asymptomatic People

Scientists from MIT have developed a new AI model that can detect COVID-19 from a simple forced cough. ScienceAlert reports: Evidence shows ...

Before the votes are fully counted, Trump falsely claims victory

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump prematurely claimed victory in the 2020 election early Wednesday morning, te...

Uber, Lyft drivers aren’t employees after all, California voters say

California voters approved Prop. 22, which would exempt companies such as Uber and Lyft from having to classify their workers as employees,...

Trump Attacks Legitimate Vote-Counting Efforts and Claims Fraud Without Basis

President Trump attacked legitimate vote-counting efforts in remarks from the White House early Wednesday, suggesting attempts to tally all ...

Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition

Illustration by Alex Castro / Th Portland, Maine has passed a ballot initiative banning the use of facial recognition by police and city a...

Twitter, Facebook label Trump posts alleging election theft

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has placed sharing restrictions on a tweet from President Donald Trump, setting up a high-...