The social network entered the discovery app world Thursday with its new Nearby Friends feature—but can it quell privacy concerns?

It's not the thought that counts; unexpected in-person customization feels icky.

Facebook and Google are among the tech giants pushing into artificial intelligence, along with startups like Vicarious FPC and DeepMind. Companies envision applications such as masterfully translating foreign languages, identifying objects in photos and directing self-driving cars through busy intersections.

With companies using big data to push you toward their services, it's starting to feel very much like '1984.'

Discussing five movies about relationships over a month could cut the three-year divorce rate for newlyweds in half, researchers report. The study, involving 174 couples, is the first long-term investigation to compare different types of early marriage intervention programs. The findings show that an inexpensive and relatively simple movie-and-talk approach can be just as effective as other more intensive therapist-led methods -- reducing the divorce or separation rate from 24 to 11 percent after three years.

Brain imaging predicts cognitive development in children

The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease epidemic.

Parents will soon be able to track, log and judge the every move of their offspring. God help those children. By Rory Carroll

Algorithms can predict which products we are going to buy based on our Marketing DNA. This can be a game changer for marketers and sales managers.

In the romantic comedy of the future, the protagonist won't have to dish about being depressed to a sassy best friend. Instead, facial...

3VR is one of many companies selling "big data video-mining" to retailers. It can figure out a customer's age, gender and mood, on a scale of 1 to 10, in real time.

When a company is in the process of hiring a new employee, there's a standard set of things it typically does — follow up with references, check the cover letter for obvious typ...

A new concept from an Israeli designer is surprisingly plausible.

Worm study suggests that activity in mitochondria determines ageing.

A new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable during short windows.

Using the power of the Watson supercomputer your bank could soon be stalking you on Twitter. And that might not be a bad thing.

An Ultimate Software tool gives employers insight into employee performance and intentions. Some retailers are now using software that gives human ...

Technology that matches faces to names can already single out criminals. What happens when it can identify anyone? 

 

A wrist device and a special vest are among innovations that can transmit your mood — and show it, too.

The trove of documents leaked by Edward Snowden has revealed the elaborate tricks the NSA can use to monitor communications and data around the world.

Sociologists at the University of California-Los Angeles have come up with statistical predictors for getting the nod.