Even after 81 years, stubborn myths still cling to the colossal construction effort that built Hoover Dam. But the most incredible story about the project is absolutely true.
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Vine, the service, may be shuttered soon, but Vine, the app, will survive: Twitter is going to update the existing Vine app with a new Vine Camera app come January.
The dwarf planet Ceres, an enigmatic rocky body inhabiting the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is rich with ice just beneath its dark surface, scientists said on Thursday in research that may shed light on the early history of the solar system.
A multi-state agreement aimed at slowing the decline of Lake Mead can’t be finished until California finds a way to solve two major, long-simmering environmental fights, top water managers said Thursday.
Wynn Las Vegas is setting a new standard on the Strip: all 4,748 guest rooms will be equipped with artificial intelligence by next summer, the company announced Wednesday.
Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network, partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories.
Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday that it has identified a new system breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than 1 billion user accounts.
Retail giant Amazon.com has made its first drone delivery to an actual customer, dropping off a Fire TV device and a bag of popcorn to a house in the rural English countryside 13 minutes after receiving an online order.
Twitter users can now start streaming live video right from within the service’s mobile apps, courtesy of Periscope.
All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday.
Three months after first announcing a recall of its Note 7 phone, Samsung is getting ready to force any remaining users of the device to stop using it.
Some 99 million years ago, a juvenile dinosaur got its feathery tail stuck in tree resin, a death trap for the small creature. But its misfortune is now giving scientists unique insight into feathered dinosaurs that prospered during the Cretaceous Period.
Scientists have developed a mind-controlled robotic hand that allows people with certain types of spinal injuries to perform everyday tasks such as using a fork or drinking from a cup.
Amazon Go, the online shopping giant’s new 1,800-square-foot (167-square-meter) store, uses sensors to detect what shoppers have picked off the shelf and bills it to their Amazon account if they do not put it back. It’s called “just walk out technology.”
An ailing Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand where he was hospitalized Thursday in stable condition.