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The line between the Swarm and Foursquare City Guide apps just blurred a little more. Foursquare has released Swarm 6.0 for Android and iOS, and its tentpole features will feel familiar if you&rsqu…

Whether they take the form of scooters or bikes, pedestrian mobility programs have sprung up quickly around the globe, occasionally angering people and governments in cities that hadn’t asked…

EU antitrust regulators reviewing Sony Corp’s $2.3 billion (roughly Rs. 17,000 crores) bid for EMI are asking rivals and users whether they think the Japanese group would use its greater mark…

NASA’s top official suggested Friday that a new mission to the International Space Station could take place this year after Russian experts address the cause of a Soyuz rocket malfunction, wh…

When Magic Leap first debuted earlier this year, it was available only in select markets. Today, at the company’s inaugural developer conference, it’s announced that the augmented reali…

Researchers at the University of Washington have been developing a way for 3D-printed plastic objects to transmit data without the need for embedded batteries or electronics. Last year, they showed…

Yesterday Google disclosed that it had inadvertently exposed Google+ users’ personal data and that up to 500,000 accounts might have been affected. But the issue, which was discovered in Marc…

HIGHLIGHTS Google will roll out granular control on permission starting this month It is also limiting access to consumer Gmail data to third-party apps It is also putting a ceiling limit on apps t…

SpaceX may be an old hand at rocket landings by this point, but there are still a few firsts left. The private spaceflight company is launching Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A satellite from Vandenberg…

For a while, it looked like Rethink Robotics would shake up the world with its collaborative robots: rather than having to write code, workers could teach bots to perform tasks by guiding them thro…