Sprint today announced it will support Apple’s Business Chat — the new platform that allows businesses and customers to interact over iMessage. According to the carrier, customers can now message a Sprint customer service agent, get info about plans and other services, as well as look up store information …

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took a series of images between 3 p.m. EST (8 p.m. GMT) on December 31, 2018, and 12:01 a.m. EST (5:01 a.m. GMT) on January 1, 2019, that were later linked together to make a movie showing the propeller-like rotation of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima …

Blood-forming (hematopoietic) adult stem cells reside deep in the bone marrow and are responsible for regenerating the body’s blood supply including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. In a study published this week in the journal Cell Reports, a team of researchers from China and the United States …

According to a study published in the journal Immunity, fever alters surface proteins on immune cells to make them better able to travel via blood vessels to reach the site of infection. Fever is an evolutionarily conserved response in both endothermic and ectothermic species and confers survival benefits during infection …

A team of Canadian archaeologists has found a cache of charred seeds of the pitseed goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri spp. jonesianum), a form of quinoa native to Eastern North America, at the site of Tutela Heights in Brantford, Ontario. The ancient quinoa seeds date back to 930-915 BC, and have never …

  Science requires finesse, but sometimes it also needs more power. CERN took the latter approach when it built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile (27 kilometers) particle accelerator that smashes protons together with so much energy they fracture into subatomic confetti. By studying the remnants of those collisions, …

  Netflix announced plans to raise prices for all of its product plans this week. Wall Street welcomed the news, sending the stock up 6.5 percent. As for the plans being increased, here’s how it all breaks down: Basic: Stream Netflix to one device in standard definition, download titles to …

  Companies like Intel and AMD typically make their CPUs available to both OEMs and what’s known as the retail channel for purchase. Sometimes, a limited edition chip or one intended for specialty markets may only be available to OEMs, particularly if it’s a soldered form factor or relies on …

  Of all the companies I’ve covered in my career, none have ever sparked the same level of takeover discussion as AMD. Now, with CES in the rearview mirror, the rumors have raised their heads again, sparked apparently by Intel’s lack of a CEO, a very strong overall show for …

  When Motorola’s Razr first debuted in 2004, it blew up the sales charts and quickly became one of the most popular devices on the market. The diminutive flip phone may have begun life as a $500 fashion accessory, but much lower prices after the first year and a successful …