Moov, the wearable maker best known for its line of fitness trackers with their accompanying digital coaches, is today branching off into mindfulness. The company is the latest to join the self-care craze, with the launch of a new app focused on mindfulness and meditation, Sanity Self. However, unlike most …

A research team led by Purdue University structural biologist Michael Rossmann was the first to discover the structure of Zika virus — emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus closely related to dengue virus — in 2016. Using cryo-electron microscopy, the scientists created an image of the virus at a resolution of 3.8Å (Ångstrom). …

Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, a research team led by University of Heidelberg scientists Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja found that complex, carbon-rich molecules with molecular masses above 200 atomic mass units are ejected from cracks in the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. This artist’s painting of the …

For the past 12 years I’ve followed the rise of the startup — defined as a small business with global ambitions — from my perch at TechCrunch. During that period I watched business reporting change from a sleepy backwater on the back of the Sports section into a juggernaut, a …

In brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease, an international group of scientists has identified several chemically-reduced iron species, with mineral forms including a magnetic iron oxide called magnetite. Understanding the impact and management of these minerals could lead to more effective future therapies for the neurodegenerative condition. Everett et al scanned …

Media exits happen, but typically you don’t hear of tech events companies being sold. Well, that’s the case in Singapore where SingEx — a subsidiary of the country’s Temasek sovereign wealth fund — has forked out to buy a majority share in Unbound Innovations, a five-year-old UK-based business that runs technology events …

The Dodgers’ Justin Turner apparently wasn’t too pleased with Cubs catcher Willson Contreras during a play at home plate in the first inning on Wednesday. Turner slid into Contreras, and the two exchanged a few words after Turner was called out.  

  It has been several years since Google’s last big makeover for Maps, though the company announced a new version at I/O back in May. The updated app popped up intermittently over the last few weeks, but now it’s rolling out to everyone. There are a few new features in …

On Tuesday at ISC 2018, Samsung discussed its Aquabolt HBM2 technology and made a rather unusual claim about demand for its high-end memory standard. According to the company, even if it doubled its manufacturing capacity for HBM2 today, it still wouldn’t be able to meet existing demand for the standard. …

Last week, the head of OpenBSD development, Theo de Raadt, told the press that the OS project he leads would no longer enable Hyper-Threading on Intel processors because of security issues. A full paper is due to be released in August at the Black Hat security conference. All de Raadt …