Science & Technology

Facebook users are spending a lot less time on the world’s most famous social network. The company is not overly concerned though, having recently recorded growth in quarterly profits. In its latest earnings report Facebook said...

People from Moscow, via Sydney, to Washington DC will be given a rare celestial treat on Wednesday as three lunar phenomena coincide. Weather permitting, of course. A blue moon (a second full moon in a calendar...

Internet advertising firms are losing hundreds of millions of dollars following the introduction of a new privacy feature from Apple that prevents users from being tracked around the web. Advertising technology firm Criteo, one of the largest...

Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that he wants to focus on protecting Facebook users from abuse, defend against interference by nation-states and “making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent.” “The world feels anxious...

Apple has warned owners of its iPhones, iPads and computers that the devices are affected by a processor flaw that could leave them vulnerable to hackers. The company advised millions of customers to download software only from trusted...

Electric and hybrid vehicles combined accounted for more than half of all new cars sold in Norway last year (52 percent), confirming the country’s pioneering role in low-carbon transport. Zero-emission vehicles, i.e. mainly all-electric as well as a...

Hashem Al-Ghaili’s Facebook account “ScienceNaturePage” focuses on science news. More than six million fans follow him on his page. Facebook is constantly changing. That’s why it is important to adapt to Facebook’s algorithm, says Hashem Al-Ghaili,...

It’s almost quaint to think that just five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg cheerfully took credit for major pro-democracy movements during Facebook’s IPO launch. Contradicting his previous dismissal of the connection between social media and the Arab Spring, Zuckerberg’s...

Written by Natalie Huet World leaders and philanthropists are in the French capital to try to give new momentum to the fight against climate change, despite the US withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord. Two years...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors a process that allows researchers to study the 3-D structures of vital proteins in living organisms. It’s leading to new drugs. But it’s shocking… and cold. The Nobel Prize...