Facebook is a social network, but that hasn’t stopped Zuckerberg and company from trying to muscle into other markets over the years. The only success it had with that comes from buying established companies like Oculus. Now, it’s trying to get a foothold in the burgeoning smart display market on …

For the last few years, improved cameras have been among the top reasons people upgrade their phones. That makes photo and video capability a key battleground between industry heavyweights. Each, in turn, showcases glamorous photos with gushing hyperbole about its latest camera tech. Today was Google’s turn, with its launch …

If we’ve learned anything from 2018, it’s that Google is really bad at keeping secrets. The company just had its annual hardware unveiling, and all three of its new devices leaked repeatedly in the lead-up to the event. No matter, we have all the official details and availability info now. …

Google has been trying to gain a foothold in social networking for years, going all the way back to the tragically flawed Google Buzz in 2010. A year later, it launched Google+ with the aim of taking on Facebook. Now, the dream is over. Following a security audit and reassessment …

Companies like Boeing and SpaceX may both be working with NASA to return Americans to space in rockets and crew vessels of our own design. The companies are competitors, not partners, and they’re competing for some of the most lucrative, important contracts of the 21st century. They also aren’t friends …

It has been more than a year since the iconic Cassini probe ended its mission by diving into the atmosphere of Saturn, the planet it studied for more than a decade. However, Cassini is the mission that just keeps on giving. Scientists are still analyzing the data collected by Cassini …

NASA representatives have spoken in the past about returning to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, but it was always in the vaguest of terms. The agency recently formalized its plans with the aim of building an orbital moon station called The Gateway. One glaring omission from the …

The Hubble Space Telescope is creeping ever closer to 30 years old, and nothing lasts forever. Scientists are acutely aware of that today after placing the orbiting observatory into safe mode following the failure of another gyroscope. The team is currently working to bring another gyro online, but Hubble may …

Jupiter’s moon Europa has captured the attention of scientists with its likely subsurface ocean and cracked icy shell, but visiting the distant iceball might be even harder than we thought. A new analysis of the conditions on Europa says we could encounter pointy spears of ice on the surface up …

A few days ago, Facebook quietly introduced a “Lite” version of its Facebook app for iOS devices, but only in a single market, Turkey. The app had been previously available only on Android. Today, the company is following suit with a launch of Messenger Lite on iOS, again just in …