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The full-scale prototype of as futuristic transport system is called DevLoop and could transport passengers at up to 760mph.

Two Chinese companies have announced plans to build a one gigawatt solar plant in the zone surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

German data protection authorities said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp.

Uber has been testing its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

The discovery of sophisticated spyware to infiltrate and remotely take control of iPhones put a spotlight on Israel's surveillance industry.

Since its release in the United States, Australia and New Zealand last week, the free Pokemon Go smartphone game that overlays play on the real world has triggered a craze tinged with obsession.

China has built the world's fastest supercomputer using locally made microchips without using US technology.

A knee-high robot designed to help around the house ended up serenading Taiwan's president as Asia's largest tech trade show kicked off Tuesday in Taipei.

What if you could both watch a film and be a character in it?

Japan is abandoning a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar satellite it sent to study black holes, disappointed space scientists said.

From the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic to the Chernobyl nuclear accident 30 years ago, technology has repeatedly confounded its creators.

Has encryption technology given the bad guys a way to operate in the dark? Or has the new tech age gifted law enforcement with unprecedented surveillance powers?

China has the youngest premium car buyers in the world, and their tech-savvy demand for connected cars is driving international automakers.

US technology giants Google, Amazon, Apple, Intel and Microsoft have all come under the often costly scrutiny of European Union.

Researchers from Guangzhou Medical University used a gene-editing technique CRISPR to artificially induce a mutation in human cells.

Experimental drug that greatly increases levels of "good" cholesterol has no effect on heart health, a comprehensive clinical trial found.

Facebook on Monday began using artificial intelligence to help people with visual impairments enjoy photos posted at the leading social network.

South Korea's Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payment service in China, a market its arch-rival Apple entered six weeks ago.

An estimated seven million drones will fly in US skies by 2020, nearly tripling the number in circulation by the end of the year.

SpaceX launched a communications satellite to an orbit but failed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform.