TECH

The International Committee of the Red Cross says hackers broke into servers holding its data and gained access to personal, confidential information on more than a half-million vulnerable people.

The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally arrived after the Pacific nation’s main airport runway was cleared of ash left by a huge volcanic eruption.

First, Amazon competed with malls.

A team of scientists has explored a rare, pristine coral reef off the coast of Tahiti.

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately make it a larger video-game company than Nintendo.

The eruption of the undersea volcano near Tonga over the weekend was incredibly explosive but also relatively brief.

A Polish Senate commission has opened an investigation into the use of powerful spyware against government critics.

Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s literally from out of this world.

Amazon’s British website has backed away from plans to stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom.

Ukraine says Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced government websites and it alleged that Russia is engaged in a “hybrid war” against the country.

New Zealand and Australia have sent military surveillance flights to assess the damage caused by a huge undersea volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Tesla is turning to Mozambique for a key component in its electric car batteries in what analysts believe is a first-of-its-kind deal designed to reduce its dependence on China for graphite.

Around 75,000 New Mexico schoolchildren are missing school Friday for the second day after a cyber attack hit the state's largest school district on Wednesday.

Scientists have concluded that a meteorite from Mars contains no evidence of ancient Martian life.

Two U.S. science agencies say 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend.

British scientists hunting down coronavirus variants have a new mission: sharing their expertise with others around the world.

An internet watchdog says dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half.

More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform.

A Polish opposition senator whose phone was hacked with advanced spyware has filed a civil suit against Poland’s ruling party leader.

Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words With Friends, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $12.7 billion.

Attendance at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas fell more than 70% compared to its previous in-person event two years ago, its organizer said Saturday.

NASA's new space telescope has opened its gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror, the largest and most sensitive ever launched.

Attendance at this week’s CES gadget show in Las Vegas fell more than 75% compared to its previous in-person event two years ago, according to the event’s organizer.

The tallest mountain in the Galapagos islands is erupting, spewing lava down its flanks and clouds of ash over the Pacific Ocean.