As the startup tech scene blossoms in Australia, despite challenges like a small pool of local institutional investors and natural threats like the predatory Dropbear, one of the key components of its success has been the development of its national incubator and accelerator programs. One of the best of the …

Clayton Kershaw’s postseason woes continued in Game 1 of the NLDS as he gave up four runs (all on solo homers) in 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, walking three more and striking out seven. Kershaw now has a 4.63 ERA in 19 postseason appearances (15 starts): a far cry …

Photo: turkeytrotrun on Instagram From roast turkey to pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving is packed with delicious foods that make it hard to resist the urge of indulging without guilt. Although it is pretty common to pack a few pounds during the holiday, you shouldn’t have to refuse those delectable desserts after adding …

Juno captured this color portrait of the edge of Jupiter and two of the gas giant’s largest moons — Io and Europa — as it performed its eighth flyby of the planet. This image of Jupiter, Io and Europa was taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on September 1, 2017 at …

Owner Iraj “Ira” Rafei says he now refuses to show the games because NFL players are disrespecting the American flag and anthem. But after Trump wistfully dreamed of a day NFL team owners would fire any “son of a bitch” player who dared kneel during the national anthem to protest …

Developing healthy eating habits (and sticking to them) can be tough. It’s easy to cook nutritious meals for a week or two, but one stressful day can throw you off your game. Luckily, there are plenty of simple tricks that can make healthier living a lot easier. Yes, Pinterest is …

Two separate teams of researchers have used advanced DNA sequencing methods to analyze the 52,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal woman from Vindija Cave in Croatia, and the 34,000-year-old remains of four anatomically modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic archaeological site of Sunghir. The findings are published in two papers in …

BlackBerry used to rule the smartphone space, but then the iPhone came out. BlackBerry execs deemed the iPhone a “toy” and a “fad,” but that fad eventually drove the company to revamp its product lineup. It was too late, though. BlackBerry will probably never regain the throne, but it’s not done …

No one knew exactly what DeepMind was up to when it was acquired by Google a few years back. Now DeepMind is an Alphabet company, working on big machine learning problems like how to beat humans at Go, improving AI problem solving, and making computer-generated speech more realistic. On that …

The consumer Internet of Things is a sprawling ecosystem of hardware. For every well-made product, there are a dozen that raise serious concerns about basic security practices, or require the customer to risk paying top dollar for expensive equipment, only to discover it will be shut down one day. There are …