By applying an algorithm akin to what Facebook uses to make friend suggestions, researchers have identified communities of ancient life...
Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive...
Cornell computer scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence framework to automatically draw “underground maps,” which accurately segment cities into...
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter—in the space of barely a decade, these massive data platforms and others have transformed society. But each...
Researchers have developed a novel strategy for using Facebook data to measure cultural similarity between countries, revealing associations between immigration...
Samsung is trying to reclaim lost ground in the coveted high end of the smartphone market with a new lineup...
A future powered by sustainable energy sources could save the world from devastating climate change and reduce energy bills. But...
If you download music online, you can get accompanying information embedded into the digital file that might tell you the...
Big data is big, as it were, and the buzz phrase is often accompanied by associated terms such as data...
The data-tracking “cookies” at the heart of concerns over online privacy were meant to shield people, rather than serve as...
Soon, internet users will be able to meet each other in cyberspace as animated 3D avatars. Researchers at ETH Zurich...
Google on Tuesday announced a new plan to stop using small files known as cookies to track people’s web browsing...