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After a half-year mission at the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield lands in central Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.

Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from more than 100 countries.

For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest breakthroughs.

A clutch of blogs and Twitter accounts maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which often attacks media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.

Overtaking Apple as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.

London - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday.

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

The Supreme Court ruled on May 13 that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto 's intellectual property rights when he planted a second generation of the agribusiness giant's patented soybean seeds without paying the company a fee.

Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.

The United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft onboard is seen as it launches on February 11, 2013 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, studying the science of getting high and earning nicknames like "the queen of weed." Now, officials in Washington are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry.

Sandwiches are a staple in my house. On a busy weeknight, sandwiches are quick to assemble, filling and even healthy.

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. The spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope's orientation in space, NASA said Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University in May 2013 shows a stem cell colony developed from cloned human embryos.

Smartphones are increasingly popular not only with consumers, but also with thieves who see the devices as another way to tap into bank accounts and other sensitive information, experts say.

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services.